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Want To Go To The Google+ Photo Conference On Me? (Sort of)

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On April 27, 2012, I wrote a post about the Google+ Photo Conference and why I am going. If you didn’t read it, stop now and give it a quick glance.

You probably realize now that I am a big believer in anything Scott Kelby and his team are involved in. I am also a big believer in the power of networking. I have been lucky in my life and find myself at a point in my career where I don’t have to worry any longer about my needs. But I know some of you are not in that situation. It’s expensive to buy a ticket to the Google+ Photographer’s Conference – but then again, attending might just change your life. Who knows what might happen if you show your work to Scott Kelby or Trey Ratcliff, etc.?

So here’s the deal. I am offering a scholarship of sorts to the Google+ Photo Conference in San Francisco, May 22-23, 2012. I’ll be there along with most of my friends and I’d like to see you there too. If you’d like me to get you a free ticket to the conference, simply send me a one paragraph email with ALL your contact info in it explaining why you think you would benefit from attending the conference. I’ll see that your conference ticket is covered but your transit to and from San Francisco, your lodging and all of your meals but one are your responsibility. (I’ll take you to lunch one day during the event.) So you have to not only convince me that you’d benefit from attending, you have to convince me you can get to San Francisco and cover your expenses.

Please don’t apply for this scholarship if you are not 100% certain you can attend. Don’t deny someone else the chance to go who would actually show up.

Send your ONE PARAGRAPH request to: photofocus@me.com by no later than May 5, 2012 Midnight.

Thanks and I hope to see you at the Google+ Photographer’s Conference!

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Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta – First Thoughts

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Adobe released the beta version of Lightroom 4. Here are just some of the killer new features:

1. MUCH better video integration
2. Soft proofing
3. Better geotagging
4. New shadow/highlight controls
5. Photo books via Blurb – (Will this be the end of Aperture for Scott Kelby who primarily liked Aperture’s photo books feature:))
6. Improvements to the clarity tool
7. Improved DNG format
8. Burn to disk archiving
9. New toolbars in all menus
10. Better search filters
11. Better white balance tool

There are a few things you should know. This is a real Beta. It’s pretty solid but there are still issues and I don’t recommend using this version for any professional or serious work just yet. You also can’t import LR3 catalogs into LR4 as a precautionary measure. You will need to convert your LR3 catalogs at some point if you want to use the retail version of LR4 when it ships. This is similar to the change Aperture went through not too long ago. People who upgraded to the latest version had to upgrade their libraries as well. It’s not a big deal but you need to know about it.

I am and probably will be, an Aperture man until I die. But I recognize the community seems to prefer LR so I try to stay current on it. I am far from an expert, when it comes to Lightroom, but my pals at Kelby Media Group ARE experts and I suggest you visit their new dedicated LR4 website if you are interested in this latest version of Lightroom.

Oh and P.S. – Welcome Lightroom – at roughly three times the money you’ve now got features Aperture has had for five years :) (Sorry I couldn’t help myself – really – I’m getting counseling :) )

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