TGR On the Road
April 17, 2008
All these cities... in two weeks! I'm off to Washington DC tomorrow via the Acela train (I can't wait!) for five days to speak at several venues including (but no limited to) the new DC Users Group, Washington Apple Pi, and too many design firms/companies to name. Most importantly, I'll be holed up at the Elephant & Castle pub come Friday April 25 at 6:00 pm. If you're in the area, come on by! A frosty beverage is on me.
Next Tuesday the 29th I'll be in Orlando to teach at the CRE8 Conference. April 30-May 2 I'll be in Vegas to teach at the Interop Business Conference. May 3-7 I'll be in San Antonio for the Nat'l Business Incubation Assoc. show. Whew! Now that's a 'multi-city' trip.
If you're in one of these cities, I'd love to meet up.
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Fixing Fringe
April 17, 2008
I’ve been chief evangelist of iStockphoto for a couple of years now, though only last fall did I become an actual contributor to the stock library. My photography skills are really coming along and it’s thrilling when someone purchases one of my images (plus I get a kickback). The problem, however, is that it’s extremely frustrating/discouraging/heartbreaking to have a well-composed image rejected, especially for a problem I could have fixed before submitting.
Case in point: I participated in a real photo shoot in Calgary last year—models, wardrobe, make-up artists, the whole nine yards—and captured what I considered to be an excellent stock shot... more
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When it comes to adding a bit-o-class to your images, few effects beat a thin black rule. It's such a simple little thing but it makes a huge difference. In fact, this technique is one of the first tutorials I wrote for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and for this very web site, back in late 2004. 
