Good Morning Everybody,
So have you ever gone on a PhotoWalk? What the heck is it anyway? Many of us grab our cameras whether it be on vacation, or just walking around the park on a nice weekend. Yes, that would be considered a PhotoWalk of sorts - lonely, solitary, devoid of any social interaction. OK, I'm joking here just a bit, but it's to make a point because it's just the opposite of what a real PhotoWalk is all about.

A Photowalk is about walking the park with a group of people all seeing the same things differently and sharing those different views at the end of the walk. We have Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk happening this weekend. I'm leading the Cincinnati, Ohio edition - so I thought I would give a call to the person whole inspired Scott to put the whole thing together.

That would be Master PhotoWalker, Jeff Revell himself. Jeff has been organizing PhotoWalks for quite a while now, and I think it is such a cool idea too, that I asked Jeff to share his ideas, insights, and experiences with the DigitalProTalk community. Here is the list of things we discussed in our short conversation. I know you will enjoy Jeff's easy and enthusiastic style as you listen to our conversation. Hey, after listening, you've got all the info you need to put your own PhotoWalk together. It's a nice listen - hit the PLAY...

Hey everybody, be sure to read the comments from Monday's post, "Lightroom 2.0 Running On A Network, Well Almost - Really Good News and Almost Good News." Lot's of suggestions about Lightroom's Auto Tone feature and running a network. I'm going to let the comments continue and next week, I'll consolidate the best and most workable and put them up in a more structured post - stay tuned.

If I don't post these now, they may be lost forever so here goes. So do you have a bunch of old gear laying around and would like to dump it on EBay, but just don't know how to do it, well, Terry White over at his TechBlog has the answer for you. Read Terry's review of GarageSale, an easy to use and inexpensive EBay tool to help you clean out your junk closet and make room for all that new gear you are dyin' to buy. Here is the link to Terry's article right here. I'll tell you, it's looks very cool - only for MACs though :~( Who's got a good suggestion for the PC side of things?

Two weeks ago, I posted an Photoshop tutorial entitled, "Picking The Right Color." It demonstrated an alternative way of removing the background from an image. The next day, Lance Burns, a Photoshop...

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Release Date: 19 August 2008



Kenro has announced the UK release of two new studio light tables with built-in light stands.

These new additions to Kenro's wide range of studio lighting equipment are ideal for product shots and close-up photography where shadow-free reproduction is required.

The units feature three arms designed for the attachment of flash or continuous heads. The direction of the light source can easily be adjusted from all directions as the arms allow for over and under product illumination.

Each table features a curved acrylic board that creates the illusion of an endless horizon; this means the subject appears to float against the background. One side of the board is glossy and the other side has a matt finish to allow for different effects. Coloured foils or velvets can easily be attached to the board to create a more unusual backdrop.

The tables are available in two sizes, 122cm x 183cm (4 x 6ft) or 76cm x 128cm (2.5 x 4ft). Both the large and small tables are available on their own or as part of a kit. Each kit comprises of a table, including 3 arms, plus three Kenro Slim Light 300 Heads.

Paul Kench, Kenro's managing director, says: "These products extend our range of quality Light Tables for the pro and semi-pro photographer. If you are thinking of earning money from small object, table-top photography, then this...

This photoshop tutorial will show you how you can easily add transparent watermark and copyright info to a whole folder of photos.

NOTE: If you just want to apply watermark to a photo, you can skip step 1, 8 and 9

Step 1) Open your image, go to your actions pallete and create a new action. I’d call it ‘watermark’.

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Just in case you don't check comments, Joel Saget was nice enough to comment on my post about his Tour de France images.

It turns out he is using a tilt-shift lens after all, and no Photoshop trickery is involved.