Category Archives: Photography

Westcott Photo Shootout at PSW Vegas

One of the interesting aspects of the Photoshop World Expo is the Westcott Photo Shootout. The company sets up four sets with great design. They hire professional models and light them with their continuous lights – Spiderlite TD5 and some softboxes. Show attendees are welcome to shoot the models and this area gathers quite a...

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Beem Does Photoshop World in Las Vegas

PSW Begins - © Copyright 2010 by William Beem

About a year ago, I attended my first Photoshop World conference. Not only did I learn a great deal, but I had a blast doing it.  So much so that I decided to attend the next one in Orlando earlier this year. Once again, I learned a lot and had fun doing it. That was...

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Dealing with Writer’s Block

I read a lot of blogs. Probably too many, but I have a lot of interests. Sometimes I find the same topic on blogs in the same category. For example, a new product release or some kind of announcement ends up being displayed on at least half a dozen of the photography blogs I read....

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Timescapes

Every once in a while, I check the incoming links to see who sends traffic my way.  One that surprised me is TIMESCAPES.  I don’t know why they sent traffic my way, but I really enjoyed looking at some video of the projects they have underway.  They’ve posted to Vimeo and I’ll share one here....

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Photo Etiquette

Alina - © Copyright 2010 by William Beem

Do you remember this photo? I just posted it a week ago. It’s probably my favorite image from the day and I elected to give it a very light finishing in photoshop.  That means I added a slight bit of contrast with Curves, I brightened her eyes and added a bit of contrast to her...

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