Times Square – Bert Monroy’s Discusses His Epic Work; & FREE Fusion Webcast Tomorrow

Good Morning Everybody,

OMG – what a day yesterday turned into.  I sat down at the computer yesterday at 7:00 a.m., two computers BTW, and didn’t quit till  8:30 p.m.  Between getting ready for my upcoming Digital Master Class next week, preparing for the Fusion webcast tomorrow, and working on several projects for our PhotoPro Network – it felt like a Tsunami of work hitting me all at once.

With all that behind me today, thankfully is a little lighter, whew!

Times Square – Bert Monroy’s Discusses His Epic Work

Let me begin by saying that I am so excited about today’s post. I spent a good deal of time working on it yesterday because I wanted it to be a special experience for our DPT readers – I hope it is.

I caught up with Bert last week at Photoshop World in Orlando, Florida.  Bert’s opus digital painting “Times Square” [link] was being displayed full size and back-lit for the first time. As I said last week, seeing this 5 ft. x 25 ft. backlit photorealistic digital painting up close and personal was quite the stunningly visual experience.

I asked Bert if he could visit with me on the entire 4 year process of creating such a masterpiece. He graciously obliged.  In the conversation we talked about the computer horsepower needed to produce an image created pixel-by-pixel in Photoshop, problems encountered along the way, who appears in the image, pushing the last pixel into place, and his own personal experience in seeing the project displayed for the first time.

I watched the video several times and am still totally impressed with what Bert has accomplished.  I know you will be too.  Hit the PLAY button below and enjoy the show.

 

Fusion – Now More Than Ever!

We are ready to go for tomorrow’s webcast. Don’t forget to REGISTER RIGHT HERE! 

I was on the phone with our presenter, Ariane Fisher a few hours yesterday working out a few bugs – but late last night, we squished the last few of those bugs and all is looking good for tomorrow’s broadcast.

Here is a quick update – StoryMix Media has generously agreed to give two door prizes valued at $200/ea during the program – Thanks StoryMix Media.  We will be awarding the prizes live during the program. To be eligible to win, during the broadcast you’ll need to send a Tweet to @DigitalProTalk or @StoryMixMedia and include #FusionNow in the tweet.

It should be fun.  The Twitter Feed for questions is a little new to me but Ariane wanted to give it a try so we are.  I’ll be following the tweets on my iPad during our program.  Ariane will be following as well on her end.  It will be a great way to send questions to Ariane or to myself during the webcast tomorrow.  Don’t you just love technology ;~) __________________________________________________________

Hey gang, that’s it for me today. I can’t believe it’s Wednesday and the week is half gone.  Things are just a little too busy after being away for two weeks.  As president of PhotoPro Network, I’m working on plans for our PPN Summer School in July, another meeting in October, and our annual convention next February 2012.

Now having just mentioning these events, I can’t give you any detailed information on them just yet – I’m still working on websites, but I promise I will everything together very shortly – you will be blown away!!!!

Oh, BTW, my team tells me that we are nearly full for my private workshop – “The Sedona Experience” [link]. – If you’re interested, please give Jennifer or LaDawn a call at 800.292.2994 right away.

Plan to stop back tomorrow for another episode of Business Day Thursday.  I’ll be wrapping our series on wedding salesflow/workflow with my post, “After The Wedding – Workflow Part 7 – Let The Designing Begin!”

Hope to see you then,  David

Free Webcast: Fusion! - Now More Than Ever! Thursday, April 7, 2011 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Hey Folks, I’m announcing a brand new FREE web-cast coming up next month! I’m thrilled to have Ariane Fisher, Creative Director at Storymix Media as our presenter.

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011

Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Here’s why I think this web-cast is so important.  Only by delivering exciting, evolving, and innovative products and services to our clients can we ever hope to achieve success in this rapidly changing digital landscape.  Fusion - the combination of still and video coverage, is at the forefront of our digital evolution. We need to embrace it NOW!

Clay Blackmore, Steve and Jen Bebb, Ken Sklute just to name a few of the top wedding photographers have embraced the Fusion concept since the Canon 5D Mark II came out 2 years ago and are enjoying unbridled success with DSLR video.

How do they do it?  What's their secret? Join me in our Web-cast featuring Ariane Fisher as we discuss how simple and straight forward the process really is. Ariane is an expert in the field and will share with our audience exactly what you need to make it work for you.

Ariane will cover:
- The technical aspects of how to shoot your video segments
- What are the important scenes/actions to cover
- Length and best "points of view" for the scenes
- Post-production made easy
- And much more!

Point yourself in the direction of continued success and don't miss this FREE Web-cast! 

Register here or hit Register button above. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.  Hope to see you there. –David