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In preparation for the new year I’m releasing several calendars of my photographs; the first one is available now from Cafe Press. A couple more calendars are in the works and will be available for purchase during the first week of December.

Great new site from Peter Krogh and friends about digital photography and imaging workflow and standards… in the works for a long time. Check it out.

Former Adobe Evangelist, George Jardine has announced a Lightroom Workshop in Denver, next January.

Press release:

Master Adobe Lightroom! Hands-on Lightroom Workshop to be offered in Denver, Colorado for January, 2010

Photograph © George A. Jardine

In January I’ll be conducting an intensive, one-day Adobe Lightroom workshop at the Lone Tree Civic Center in South Denver, Colorado. We’re tentatively planning for Saturday, January 23rd, 2010. (OMG…. where did 2009 go???)

In this workshop, you will learn:
- an easy-to-adopt, end-to-end workflow using Adobe Lightroom
- navigation tips and techniques for the Lightroom Library, to speed your image editing and asset management
- color correction secrets of the pros, for squeezing the very best photograph out of your digital exposures
- the basics of the Slideshow and Web modules, for streamlined output
- the basics of Photoshop CS4 integration into the Lightroom workflow

Bringing your own laptop computer is highly recommended!

While you can certainly follow along in this workshop without a computer, you will get the most out of it if you are working on your own laptop, hands-on. It is highly recommended that you bring a laptop computer, with a copy of the latest version of Lightroom installed. A free, trial version of Lightroom can be downloaded and used for 30 days, from here.

This workshop is perfect for any serious amateur or professional photographer who wants to get a solid foundation in the basics of Adobe Lightroom, all the way from the Library Module to the Web Module.  If you live in Colorado and want to have a chance to learn Lightroom from one of the original Adobe Lightroom team members and the former Adobe Pro Photography Evangelist, then this workshop is for you.

Instructor George Jardine. Photograph © Jeff Schewe

This all-day Lightroom workshop will be $99, with a discount offered to qualifying Denver-area camera-club members. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail me at georgej@gmail.com to reserve your space, or check back here for the final date and location to be posted before the end of December. Reserving your space with me in advance is highly recommended, as space will be limited!

Hello all -

I’m hoping to learn more about how photographers typically go about securing corporate sponsorships (equipment mfgs, trade associations etc.)

I have some opportunities developing in 2010 that I think will be good situations for sponsor involvement from companies operating in the photo/imaging/printing industries.

Any thoughts, advice or referrals would be greatly appreciated!

During the past year I’ve undertaken a number of large-scale projects related to my photography and teaching. Much of the work is new to me; I’m on unfamiliar ground a lot of the time and have often struggled with the various processes involved.

As a result, I’ve intermittently been feeling overwhelmed, stressed-out, anxious… whatever label you give it, feeling like this sucks. I sometimes wonder if I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, and begin to doubt my ability to succeed in reaching my goals.

Fortunately, thanks to my very strong support system of friends and family (and some great books), I’ve been able to repeatedly bring myself back down to earth and into a calmer state of mind, which in turn allows me to refocus, get back on track and keep working effectively on my projects.

Sometimes, when I can’t sleep at night, I find my mind running endlessly over my to-do lists – which seem to be ever-growing! When this happens, one of the new habits I’ve developed to counter it is to let my mind work over the following list I created to ease my anxiety. I figure if I’m going to obsess on something, it should be more like zen meditation, and I’ve found this has a very calming effect. In fact, sometimes it’s helped me get a good night’s sleep when nothing else worked! Read more…

Thursday Nov 5 I am giving a Lightroom presentation at the Denver Photographic Society meeting. Click here for more info.