August 21, 2011

Tut Tut Tut

If you're looking for some free photography lessons visit photo.tuts+.  They have video tutorials and articles on all aspects of photography - from hardware to capturing the image to post production.  There is a special section for beginners called basix.

photo tuts+ is part of the Plus education network.  Another one of their sites you might want to check out is psd tuts+ for Photoshop users.  The special effects tutorials look especially interesting.

After Effects (Adobe's software for "creating sophisticated motion graphics and cinematic visual effects") is covered at ae tuts+.  You could learn how to make people walk through walls.

August 20, 2011

Free workshop: Anatomy of a Photoshoot with Mark Wallace

What: 3 day workshop on commercial photography
Instructor: Mark Wallace, http://www.snapfactory.com/
When: August 26 - 28, 2011
Where: CreativeLive, http://www.creativelive.com/courses/anatomy-photoshoot-mark-wallace
Venue:  Live, on-line
Cost: Free (if you can't make it to the workshop, you can buy a CD)