Bert Monroy Photoshop Seminar
Yesterday, I went to see Bert Monroy give a seminar as part of the Photoshop CS3 Creativity Tour organized by Kelby Training. He’s an expert when it comes to Photoshop. He’s even in the Photoshop Hall of Fame. If you ever get the chance to attend one of these seminars, definitely do it. I consider myself an intermediate user of Photoshop, so this seminar was perfect for me. It reviewed some of the basics yet introduced me to some of the more advanced features of the program.
I took a few pictures while I was there with my iPhone. I uploaded them all to my tumblr site. Check them out. The above photo was taken when I ran into Bert Monroy in the lobby before the seminar started. I took another of Bert Monroy answering questions at the first break and one of where I sat at the Photoshop seminar. Pretty funny!
There was a bunch of the booths set up in the lobby by different vendors. I stopped by the B&H table and picked up a few of their free catalogs. The onOne Software company had a table setup up with info on all their Photoshop add ons. I went to the National Association of Photoshop Porfessionals table and joined. I ended up getting a $50 book and DVD for free as part of the membership. Wacom also had a table set up showing off their Cintiq displays. That display is definitely going on my wish list at B&H. The Cintiq display is what Burt Monroy uses on his podcast.
Bert also does a weekly podcast. I’ve been watching it since the first episode. It’s called Pixel Perfect and is produced and distributed by Revision3, a company Kevin Rose helped start with a few others from the TechTV era. They also do a bunch of other podcasts I listen too like DiggNation and The Totally Rad Show. You can download it from the Revision3 website or via iTunes.
Point No Point
By late afternoon, the storm started to break up enough for us to venture out. We decided to go up to Point No Point. It’s on the northeast point of the Kitsap Peninsula. It’s known for the small Point No Point Light House located there and for bird watching. It has one of the largest bird lists out of any site in Washington state. While we were there, I saw a guy with a huge spotting scope trying catch a glimpse of any rare birds brought in by the storm.
It was the combination of the storm clouds and the sunset that made for some very dramatic scenery.
Mojo Junky
Last Friday, we went to see our friend Tim sing. He’s the singer for a band called Mojo Junky which is based out of the greater Seattle area. After leaving New York, I realized I really miss taking photos of live music. So I was hoping to get a few pictures too.
New Hope, Habitat for Humanity, Bremerton, WA
I spent this morning at the New Hope construction site in West Bremerton, Washington. It’s being managed by the Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County. When finished, there will be 18 new homes on 2.7 acres. Volunteers are just about finished with 7 of them.
I met one of the future residents. She’s married with two children ages 1 and 3. Once they move in, she is going to adopt a third child. They are tentatively scheduled to move in on the 20th of December. Of course, this all depends on whether the house can be finished. They really need volunteers to help meet that date. When I was out there today, there was only a handful of people.
If you live in the area and want to help with this or any other Habitat for Humanity project, check out the Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County website. For a current list of dates when volunteers are needed, click on the Volunteer Up icon.
