by Mike Wong on 01.29.10 in Events • 2 Comments
Image copyright Joe Drivas
My good friend Joe Drivas just let me know about a Stock Photography workshop that he is leading on February 19th and 20th at Harmon’s School of Photography.
The 1 and a half day Stock Photography workshop will be led by Joe himself. Joe is one of the leading stock photographers in the United States and his work is represented and licensed worldwide through Getty Images, Iconica, Stone and Photographer’s Choice collections.
Joe will be providing an overview of the stock photography industry and detail his unique and successful approach to being a highly competitive stock photographer. He will cover his software workflow, his approach to image metadata, and archival methods for quick retrieval. Also, he is going to discuss model and property releases, and describe what gear to bring to the shoot.
The cost for the event is only $250. A pretty good deal to learn from one of the best in the business. For more information be sure to visit the Harmon’s School of Photography web site.
by Mike Wong on 01.26.10 in Tips & Tricks, onOne Products • 3 Comments
One the most common questions we have received since the release of our Plug-In Suite 5 is “How do I get to the plug-ins? I only see Mask Pro 4 in the Photoshop CS4 Filter menu. Where are Genuine Fractals, PhotoTools, PhotoFrame, PhotoTune and FocalPoint?” Well, the short answer is that technically, the only “Filter” that we develop here at onOne is Mask Pro 4. The rest of the plug-ins technically are Automation plug-ins and “live” elsewhere within Photoshop.
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by Mike Wong on 01.26.10 in General, News, Photoshop • 1 Comment
20 years can go by fast. Doesn’t seem that long ago really, but maybe that is just an indicator that I’m getting old(er). I started playing with Photoshop back in 1995, but it was first developed in 1987 and then later sold to and then released as version 1.0 for the Mac by Adobe in 1990 [source]. But let’s get back to the present. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, Adobe and NAPP have a special event planned and from what I hear, you’re not going to want to miss it.
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by Mike Wong on 01.22.10 in onOne Products • 0 Comments
I created a new preset for PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition and it is posted on the onOne Exchange. The preset is called High-Pass Contrast Mask and I created it on the expo floor at Imaging USA in Nashville earlier this month when a PhotoTools 2.5 user asked me if we could get this specific look he was trying to get. He seemed very pleased with the effect so I thought I would post it for everybody else as well. I hope you enjoy it. Here’s a before and after example of the effect on a photo I took of my daughter recently.
by Mike Wong on 01.05.10 in Photography • 6 Comments
With the New Year comes new resolutions. Like many people, I’ve got the perennial favorites on my list like exercising more, eating better, blah blah blah. But one that I’m adding has come at the suggestion of a good friend of mine Rick LePage. Rick runs Photo One Media (the publishers of Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine and website and a sister company of onOne Software) and we’ve been friends for many, many years.
Early in December, Rick suggested we start a photo blog in 2010 with the idea of each of us posting a photo every other day. Rick has the even days. I have the odd days. For me, it’s going to force me to get creative every day – or at least every other day – and shoot. Which will be great because I love shooting but don’t always make the time to do it. I’ve already warned my family that I’ll be asking them to sit for a bunch of portraits.
So on January 1, we officially started our blog. The blog theme is still in progress, but we wanted to get going with posting photos. We have a few things planned to improve upon on the viewing experience but that will come later (hopefully sooner).
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