Happy New Year

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I would like to wish all my followers a very Happy and Healthy New Year. I do have some photography related resolutions. In no order but I hope I can keep them.

• Blog more
• Shoot more
• Take a workshop
• Teach more HDR workshops
• Go to Photoshop World in Washington

Wish me luck.

Happy Holidays to all

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I've written about Farbspiel (plays with light) before.  Klaus has a new site with an amazing amount of HDR information, all free.  I highly recommend you taking a few minutes to visit, here.

HDR Workshop - Sold out

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Today photo is another from my Asbury Park, New Jersey photowalk

I'm pretty excited. Today I got the word that my HDR workshop, to be held in Princeton, sold out in just 2 days. WOW.

Craft & Vision releases a free ebook

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Today's photo was shot in Asbury Park, New Jersey

Craft and Vision has released their latest ebook, CRAFT & VISION: 11 WAYS YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, a collection of articles from proven Craft & Vision authors on a variety of topics photographic. You can find it here. The download is quick, easy and FREE.

Craft and Vision was started a few years ago by photographer, author and workshop leader David duChemin. The entire series of ebooks are really well priced and contain great information. His blog, pixelatedimage is always a great read.

Should we laugh or cry?

Take a look at this video. "how to lose $2400 in 24 seconds".
Let me know which one you did.
http://vimeo.com/32936783.

B&H has some great deals on Canon products

I just received a notice that B&H is having a one day sale on some great Canon products. B&H is my favorite place to buy gear. I can tell you that they are reliable and offer great prices all the time. Check out these deals :
   Lenses
   Speed Lights
or click on their name under Resources to get you to their home page.
Have fun.

"HDR Spotting" is a great place to visit on the web

HDR Spotting is sort of a social network for photographers to share their HDR images.
It's really amazing how the site has grown over the years. If you like HDR, you should take a look at the site. You can find it here. Yes, I do have a bunch of images posted. To post, you'll need a invite code. I've been a member since the beginning , so I have plenty to give out. Just email me at akesselhaut@hotmail.com and I'll send one along.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving in the US. I have much to be thankful for but my thoughts go out to those who have had a tough year. I can hope that the next will be better for all. Enjoy the day.

My "Really Right Stuff" 2012 catalog just arrived

This year the quality of the catalog matches the fine quality of their products. I'm not a big gear head as you know. However, I must admit that a few years ago I bought a RRS BH-40 mid-size ballhead with a quick-release clamp. It has been great. I coupled the ball head with L-Plate that allows me to change from horizontal to vertical without having to recompose and it keeps the load centered. It was a financial commitment, but one that was well worth it.  You can find Really Right Stuff here.

Adobe is out to screw Photoshop users...

I read Scott Kelby's open letter to Adobe Systems today (Nov. 21, 2011) and I just want to say "thank you, Scott". Thank you for sticking up for all us Photoshop users.
It looks like Adobe has a new marketing plan that will screw it's long time users of Photoshop when their upgrade comes out early next year. If I understand it correctly, if you do not own CS5 or CS5.5 already you will have to repurchase the entire product for about $699.00 US if you want to upgrade. What??? Are they nuts. Talk about "Occupy Wall Street". Do they have their heads in the sand?
Please read the entire open letter on Scott Kelby's blog, here.