It's been a few days since my 3-day class at Okay, so back to the class! One of the most interesting things about working on this production was the sheer amount of time, energy and effort that goes into pulling off one of these master class weekends - there's about 25 people working behind-the-scenes on the production, in addition to the six who joined us in our live audience, the two who appear on-camera to represent the internet, and the several who navigate all the chat

We've had a lot (lot!) of questions about the specifics of the 3-day course for creativeLIVE. Most questions are simply asking what to expect from a course outline perspective. So, let's start with full disclosure: um, to be quite honest, I don't quite know exactly what to expect. Much of this we'll be doing for the first time. But, now that that's out of the way, here are a few things we do know ... I'll be heading out to Seattle early to film a few shoots of children

We've had a lot (lot!) of questions about the specifics of the 3-day course for creativeLIVE. Most questions are simply asking what to expect from a course outline perspective. So, let's start with full disclosure: um, to be quite honest, I don't quite know exactly what to expect. Much of this we'll be doing for the first time. But, now that that's out of the way, here are a few things we do know ... I'll be heading out to Seattle early to film a few shoots of children

Well, that wasn't ridiculously difficult or anything! We just finished watching all the video submissions for creativeLIVE - many for the 4th, 5th, 6th time ... and we now feel like we've had the pleasure of making about 60 new friends. Kinda crazy to see so many clips, given the very short deadline! Here is the full list of video submissions, which doesn't include the errant straggler videos we found here and there! It was an extremely tough call - my first short list in

Well, that wasn't ridiculously difficult or anything! We just finished watching all the video submissions for creativeLIVE - many for the 4th, 5th, 6th time ... and we now feel like we've had the pleasure of making about 60 new friends. Kinda crazy to see so many clips, given the very short deadline! Here is the full list of video submissions, which doesn't include the errant straggler videos we found here and there! It was an extremely tough call - my first short list in

I am in New York for PDN's PhotoPlus 2010, an International Conference & Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, ready to present my program on Friday, October 29th at 1:15pm. A big thank you to AsukaBook, Kubota Image Tools and Simply Canvas & Color Lab for sponsoring my talk. Prior to my seminar, I'll be spending some time on the trade show floor - presenting a live Q&A with Mr. Photofocus himself, Scott Bourne, at Adorama's fabulous booth (#723) on Thursd

I am in New York for PDN's PhotoPlus 2010, an International Conference & Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, ready to present my program on Friday, October 29th at 1:15pm. A big thank you to AsukaBook, Kubota Image Tools and Simply Canvas & Color Lab for sponsoring my talk. Prior to my seminar, I'll be spending some time on the trade show floor - presenting a live Q&A with Mr. Photofocus himself, Scott Bourne, at Adorama's fabulous booth (#723) on Thursd

If you remember last year's Chocolate Slip 'n Slide Party, you might know there seems to be a preference for messiness when it comes to birthday celebrations. When a certain imaginative birthday girl requested a Food Fight party this year, I was a bit stumped. How to indulge her party plans (gotta encourage creativity) while also keeping the entire event ethically responsible and not waste perfectly good food (gotta teach that it's a small, connected world with limited res

If you remember last year's Chocolate Slip 'n Slide Party, you might know there seems to be a preference for messiness when it comes to birthday celebrations. When a certain imaginative birthday girl requested a Food Fight party this year, I was a bit stumped. How to indulge her party plans (gotta encourage creativity) while also keeping the entire event ethically responsible and not waste perfectly good food (gotta teach that it's a small, connected world with limited res

I'm really looking forward to working with this fantastic caliber of individuals :) After all this time, it'll be especially fun to meet Julieanne Kost, from Adobe, whose name I see listed on Photoshop every single time I boot up my computer ... or my laptop ... or my mac air ... so, to rephrase , whose name I have seen several times a day for nearly a decade!* You can join us in Illinois or tune in online by registering here. ALSO, and this is fun - I get to give away one

I'm really looking forward to working with this fantastic caliber of individuals :) After all this time, it'll be especially fun to meet Julieanne Kost, from Adobe, whose name I see listed on Photoshop every single time I boot up my computer ... or my laptop ... or my mac air ... so, to rephrase , whose name I have seen several times a day for nearly a decade!* You can join us in Illinois or tune in online by registering here. ALSO, and this is fun - I get to give away one

I put out a simple query on twitter and facebook today - what's the most FUN you've had with your kids (or friends' kids or niece/nephew, etc.) lately? i would love some new ideas! I received such a variety of fun responses, but they all came in through a variety of mediums. I decided to aggregate them all in one place, and I wanted to share some of the inspiration here. Would love to hear more suggestions / experiences / ideas about fun things to do with children. I'm i

I put out a simple query on twitter and facebook today - what's the most FUN you've had with your kids (or friends' kids or niece/nephew, etc.) lately? i would love some new ideas! I received such a variety of fun responses, but they all came in through a variety of mediums. I decided to aggregate them all in one place, and I wanted to share some of the inspiration here. Would love to hear more suggestions / experiences / ideas about fun things to do with children. I'm i

For Photographers: I am pleased to announce that the Kubota Artist Series' Tamara Lackey Style Book is now available to purchase! Thank you all for your emails and excitement over the anticipated release of this book (and associated DVD & my customized Kubota actions). Kevin Kubota and I had received so many requests to share details behind various looks and feels - and styles - that we finally just teamed up on this book. We can't wait for you to start using the guide

For Photographers: I am pleased to announce that the Kubota Artist Series' Tamara Lackey Style Book is now available to purchase! Thank you all for your emails and excitement over the anticipated release of this book (and associated DVD & my customized Kubota actions). Kevin Kubota and I had received so many requests to share details behind various looks and feels - and styles - that we finally just teamed up on this book. We can't wait for you to start using the guide

I had the great pleasure of teaming up with Kevin Kubota, fearless leader of the globally beloved Kubota Image Tools to create the first of the Kubota Artist Series' post-processing walkthroughs, The Tamara Lackey Style Book. More details about this book coming very soon, but for now ... we're kicking off its launch by offering a free webinar this Tuesday, August 31st at 10am PST / 1pm EST, showcasing some post-processing yumminess. Sounds like a good number of photographer

I had the great pleasure of teaming up with Kevin Kubota, fearless leader of the globally beloved Kubota Image Tools to create the first of the Kubota Artist Series' post-processing walkthroughs, The Tamara Lackey Style Book. More details about this book coming very soon, but for now ... we're kicking off its launch by offering a free webinar this Tuesday, August 31st at 10am PST / 1pm EST, showcasing some post-processing yumminess. Sounds like a good number of photographer

There are some images, exchanges, and connections that stay with you long after the session is over. I don't think I'm alone in this, but I often see photographs I've taken just running through my mind, like an ongoing slideshow set to various themes. Sometimes an image will persist so strongly, I have to go back to the session and look at it again. I think that one of the most powerful aspects of photography is the ability to seek out, uncover and then capture a specific

There are some images, exchanges, and connections that stay with you long after the session is over. I don't think I'm alone in this, but I often see photographs I've taken just running through my mind, like an ongoing slideshow set to various themes. Sometimes an image will persist so strongly, I have to go back to the session and look at it again. I think that one of the most powerful aspects of photography is the ability to seek out, uncover and then capture a specific