Not long now until our big course to Las Vegas. We will be spending a couple of days in Vegas then off to Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley, Arches, Bryce Canyon and Zion before returning to Vegas. We may even get to to se the odd Elvis and Vegas Wedding. We will be putting up next hers dates shortly and I hope to be blogging during the trip. Check out the America link on our web site for news about the 2013 trip.
For those of you interested in Motor Sport the annual Sunseeker rally is taking place on the 25th February. The event is great for photography with full details available from the web site http://www.rallyesunseeker.co.uk/. There is a motor fair and great spectating at Somerley park on the Saturday and a parade of vehicles on Poole Quay on the Friday.
For those of you interested in motor sport photography we run courses to the Goodwood festivals every year. Our course running at the Festival of Speed is now fully booked but there are a few places left on our Revival meeting day in September. Visit our web site www.fotocourses.co.uk and follow the Goodwood link to find out more.
Just been putting the finishing touches to the new course notes for Fotocourses. The notes have been written using the ibooks author software that I blogged about a few days ago and they look great. The new notes will come on a disc with ibook and pdf versions and are up to date with the latest cameras and software. We now have extensive course notes on Photoshop Elements, CS, Camera techique, Studio lighting and Wedding photography. The last 2 books have loads of tips and hints from our years as pro photographers so will be very useful for photographers wanting to turn pro.
If you want a copy of any of the books then all you have to do is book course!
Just finished the wedding fair at the BIC and winding down after my day on the stand. Not as busy as past shows but good quality enquiries and some nice bookings for 2012 and 2013.
The guys from Createful were showing off their new wedding planner app for the iPad. I saw the demo and loved the clean lines and usability of this app and expect it will prove popular with wedding couples planning their big day. The app is very new but worth a look on the app store. Visit their web site at www.createful.com or just type wedding planner in on the app store.
Our show offers will be around for a few more days so check out our wedding site www.forestsidephoto.co.uk
We are exhibiting this weekend at the BIC in Bournemouth on stand S79. Come down and have a look at the albums we offer and our competitively priced packages which include Graphistudio albums. You can also take advantage of our show offer which is running for the next couple of days.
We have just uploaded our new site weddingcourses.net which is linked into our main site fotocourses and offers a range of courses for the budding wedding or portrait photographer. These courses range from 1-2-1 training through to residential courses with an opportunity to build your portfolio. The courses have comprehensive notes available and the course content not only covers taking great photos but gives information on starting your own business in this competitive field – I have been taking wedding for over 16 years so have a great deal of experience. To find our more visit the web site or contact us.
Just been trying out a new free app from Apple. The app is called ibooks author and is available free from the app store. It allows you to create multi touch text books that work on the iPad or can be turned into pdf files. The books look great and have a simple drag and drop feature which let you use word or pages docs and you can add widgets to include interactive galleries etc. I have been creating the new course notes for our new wedding courses site and will be adapting the old notes form the fotocourses sites to freshen them up for 2012. Here is a link to the apple web site to see what the app can do http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
