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CreativeLIVE

CreativeLive is a worldwide free creative education that Chase Jarvis and Chad Swanson created. Their are courses from technology, photography and fine art of all kinds. You can watch the live webcast FREE . If you are unable to watch or like it so much, you can purchase the download for a great price. I think this kind of education can open door for photographer and allowing other to network.

I discovered CreativeLIVE when I was looking into Zack Aris, the OneLight Workshop guy, who is a great teacher. I was checking out his blog and I found out that he was on CreativeLIve. I missed it! So I decided to purchase the CreativeLIVE course "Studio Lighting with Zack Aris". It is so worth it.

Zack Aris is back again for another CreativeLIVE weekend! Yes! Zack going to be on CreativeLIVE on April 29, 2011 and May 1, 2011. The title is "FREE Workshop: Zack is Back" and the event is the same day Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married.

Are you going to tune into creativeLIVE?

Just Do It!

Do you have dreams or goals? I want to one day, get to the point where I feel confident to photograph a wedding and do portraits. I need to get my butt into gear and step up my game. I need to get some guts! Step out and ask people if I can photograph them. But I do not like asking people for help! What am I afraid of? Failure? No? Let down? Crummy photo (I would learn from)? Well, I need to get over it, get to work and just do it. I need to practice, practice and practice. As long as I learn and grow, that is what counts. Here is a great quote I really like, "Rather than being the best, I concentrate on being better than last week."-Jerry Ghionis.

If you can dream it! You can do it!

Fun Fabulous Tuesday!

Jasmine Star, a Famous Wedding Photography from Orange County, who came to Akron, Ohio as part of the Akron Photo Series to discuss her marketing strategies and social media.

I have a confession! I have been following Jasmine Star's blog for a while. I came across this amazing photographer by watching Dane Sanders , Escalate LIVE May 2010 live webcast. I have been so excited to meet Jasmine Star. I really counted down the days for when she came to Akron, Ohio. No Joke! I really was! You know how a child counts down the day for Christmas. I was counting Jasmine Days! LOL!

On March 29, 2011, it was Jasmine Day. It was cold outside and the sunny was shining, but when you entered the ballroom it was a different story, it was filled with energy! From all of the photographers eager to meet Jasmine Star and network with each other. I arrived at the ballroom half an hour early to hear her speak. Upon entered the ballroom Skip Cohen ( the brains behind the Akron Photo Series) was their to great you! Jasmine Star and JD (Jasmine's husband and second shooter) was very kind and down to earth. Jasmine is an amazing photography and business owner. The best advice I took away from spending the evening with Jasmine was to be yourself, take the tools she gave you and incorporate them in to your own business.Your business is you, stay true to yourself and your brand! A great website is a version of me and a blog is best version of personal me. She even brought up some great points to think about! Like, what sets you apart from other photographer? The quote of the evening was "Be different is powerful"- Jasmine star. She even asked a great question. What makes you different? Showcase your differences! How can you use that? Be unique! BE YOU! And best of all a percentage of every ticket sold was donated to Akron Children Hospital!

I would like to thank Jasmine Star for coming to the cold east coast to educate other photographers on marketing. Also, Thanks to Skip Cohen, for all of his hard work he put into each Akron Photo Series Event. Skips created the Akron Photo Series to bring great photographers to the Akron Area. The next photographer coming to Akron is Julieanne Kost on May 23,24 of 2011! Get your ticket and mark your calendar the Adobe Queen is coming to town!

Have a great day!

#6 and Learn Music Rights

Number six is one of my 2011 Photography Goals, I can check it of my list!

I decide to go with Vimeo as a option to share my videos and slideshows. Vimeo is easy to work with and all you have to do is upload your video or slideshow to share with others. I use iMove to create a slideshow for my photography and Triple Scoop Music to set the tone for the slideshow. Thanks to Dane Sander's live webcast episode while back, I learned the right of purchased music from itunes or from the store.

Every Tuesday, Dane Sanders (Fast Track Photography Author) has a live webcast , where he has a special guest regarding business or photography. Episode 107 is Using Music to Transform Your Business and the guess was Roy Ashen, the cofounder of Triple Scoop Music. From this episode I learned that when you purchase music from the store or itunes, it is for the personal listening use only. You only get the right to listen to the song and not for commercials purposes. It dose not cover any business use, such as, advertising, slideshows, websites, video or to give to clients in any form.

I think Triple Scoop Music sets the tone for my slideshow. Each song you purchase you have single user and lifetime right to the song. You can use the song as many times as you want. Triple Scoop Music has a verity of songs you can hand pick to complete your slideshow!

2011 Photography Goals

Here are my goals for 2011. As I finished the goals, you can click on the goals in orange to read the post about it.

Understand my camera
Take your camera everywhere and don't be afraid to take it out to use it.
Shoot a photograph each day of the month
Do a self photo
Learn how do a slideshow fast
Share photos online ( Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo) (completed on 2-21-11)
25 Blog posts
Do a photo walk one day of the year
Learn Adobe Lightroom
Learn Adobe Photoshop
Learn Histogram on camera
Conquer and understand strobe and flash
Conquer and understand natural light
Do a newborn photoshoot (completed on 2-11-11)
Be a second shoot for a photographer
Finish New York Course
Get a photo or business mentor
50/50 do 50 photos with 50mm lens
Shoot framed artwork for myself
Create a portfoilo
Read and finish two business related books
Read and finish four photography related books
Learn and understand 5 new Techniques
Watch 3 events on CreativeLIVE
Attend 4 workshops
Enter a contest or in a gallery
Purchase 3 new pieces of photography gear
Frame the 3 poster I purchased

PEAK and SEEK: Julieanne + Rain

Everyone knows the fabulous wedding photographer, Jasmine Star. I adopted this ides from her. She has a weekly blog post called Kisses and Disses. They are random entries dedicated to her life highlighting the great part (Kisses) and the bad parts (disses). I liked the idea. So I created my own called PEAK and SEEK. The PEAK is, as you probably guessed it, the high parts and SEEK is the bad parts.

PEAK
Julieanne Kost is an great teacher for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. She can show you the features and tools of adobe photoshop Lightroom.

Fleeces. They are very worm and cozy for a snowy or rainy days.

Cool Ranch Doritos. They have been my choice of a snack lately.

SEEK
Rain. It has rained for two days strait.

I smashed my left thumb in the car door when going to a Bambi Cantrell event. My thumb hurt so bad, I stuck it in the snow. Did I tell you that I am left handed. No Joke!

Noxzema face cleaner. I went to clean my face with Noxzema, a few hours later, my face had a rash.

Have a great weekend!

Nathan: Birthday

The first time Nathan visited Pump It Up Party Center was when he attended a birthday party, he had so much fun, he wanted to go back. He asked his Mother if he can have his party their, who would have know that his birthday party would have been at an inflatable arena. He told some of his friends to mark the calendar for February 26, 2011. He was so excited for the day to come, he would talk about it every chance he would get, while insuring his brother he would have fun. The talk at school was about a new inflatable, the Slippery Slope, it was all of the craze, who can reach the star first. With a little help Nathan is the first and only person to reach the star at the party. He kept it funk and fresh while playing in the rooms filled with inflatable slides, bounce house, optical course and the slippery slope. Who would have know that party room had a Large king chair, where he opens his presents and blew out 7 candles. As a thank you gift, everyone received a goody bag and a balloon.

I 'm honored to be a part of his day and capture little moments in action! Here is a link to a sideshow of the exciting day and some of my favorite photos!

http://vimeo.com/20592278