November
2005 NoBs Photo Success
Photography Forum Newsletter
To all Inner Circle Members.
PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS AND OTHER STORIES
FROM THE DIGITAL DOG BOWL
It's been a great month! Wow!
The forum grew faster than we expected
and are totally blown away at the activity and feedback.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Inner Circle Forum
Read more
about it here.
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-STAND
AND APPLAUD-
A great big heartfelt thanks to all the moderators for doing an OUTSTANDING
job these past
few weeks. (If you cannot tell, we are standing up and clapping).
Thank you for your hard work and participation.
We would also like to thank our photography forum vendors for offering
up some fabulous products and specials
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Read
a few comments from the forum.....:
Dawn Hunt writes....:
"Just a quick respond to confirm what everyone is already telling
you.......THIS KICKS *SS! Thank you for a wonderful site
all around. Yes to the Seniors category!!!"
We put out the call to see about starting a new
category dedicated to senior photography.
Seems like a great idea so it's
up and running.
Charles Vandersluys writes:
"Rob & James I was just on the new NOBS site and looking
at some of the great images that have been posted. I am getting blowed
away by some of the great photographers here on NoBs, from areas like
Arizona, California, the UK and the rest of the world. As you know I have
been in the business for some 20 plus years. I truly love the new site.
I am here first thing when I wake, and just before I go to bed. I am totally
blown aways..."
Charles Vandersluys CPP Master Photog., Cr., Niagara Falls,
Ontario
REPLY: "Charlie...I too "got blowed away":)...good
to hear you feel so strong about our humble little photography forum and
you recognize the talent from all over the world that sits around the
NoBS Table sharin', hangin' and partakin' in some good wholesesome learnin'....
just don't neglect your family or your business. Wouldn't want to be responsible
for any major upheavals in your life;) Yours in a shared addiction....
Rob
P.S. Maybe if you do loose control, loose your wife, your biz, we can
start a 12 step group for NoBs addicts....;)
or maybe not....stay sober dude!! and prosper
P.P.S. I appreciate the input and the positive energy. Looking forward
to the St
Lucia photography workshop in January. More learning, sharing and,
of course SCUBA! :)
And the competition was stiff!! I was there. I see'd it with my own eyes......There was a lot of awesome photographs.
Listen, if you have any major going' ons or reasons to celebrate, let us know. We will make a big deal outta if and try our best to really, really embarass you.
See the original post about James here.
TRAVEL
PLANS AND FREE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS FOR ALL INNER CIRCLE PHOTOGRAPHY
FORUM MEMBERS
WHAT'S BREWING. Las
Vegas anyone? Next April WPPI (Wedding &
Portrait Photographers International) will be having their
huge 5 day photography conference in Las Vegas. The trade
show alone is worth the price of admission. It's legendary!
BUT,
here's a great reason to head out to Sin City in April:
We are planning, planning that is,
not etched in stone yet, a full day photography seminar,
maybe two. Here's the good part.
It's a gonna be FREE for all NoBs
INNER CIRCLE MEMBERS.
Call it a customer appreciation seminar. Or, because we love you.
More
travel plans...
A message from Charlie, who's been doing a photography workshop with his
wife
Jackie for many years now in St Lucia, writes:
St Lucia in January Please Join us:
We GUARANTEE that you will get totally turbo-charged!!! The 7th Annual
"A Week In Heaven" Jan 10-11-12 2006 on the beautiful island
of St Lucia with Charles Vandersluys Master Photog., Cr., CPP and Jacqueline
R Baldini Master Photog., Cr. Plus SPECIAL GUEST ROB PROVENCHER &
JAMES HODGINS FORM NOBS they will be doing a half day program on digital
photography . It is a PPA Continuing Education course and you receive
1 merrit for attending . For more information http://photo_workshops.homestead.com
or call toll free at 1800 393-7270.
Yes, we'll be there! And there's room left so if your
planning to get away this January, AND get a bonus tax write off, join
us in ST Lucia.
New
photography and photoshop tutorials in the Dangerous Download section.
COMING IN DECEMBER. "How
I made over $5,000.00 in three days photographing 143 woman". Will
be up for the month of December.. Keep checking out
the
downloads for updates!! You never know what ideas and new strategies
may inspire you to earn more, or innovate more in your photography business
or digital workflow.
MORE NEWS:
New features coming onboard soon. We have some really
cool new features that we plan on adding to the forum. They are all in
the works. If you know our phobia
of techies you know we walk softly into that world. But,
it's happening. Cool, really cool stuff coming down the pipes.
ONE THING you outta know about susbcribing to forums.
If would like to suscribe to a forum go to your "My Home" Click
on the forums you want to receive email notifications whenever there is
a new post, especially the Dangerous Downloads where you will get the
photography tutorials. Or, if you want to subscribe to a particular thread,
at the very bottom left of the
thread you will see "Favorite Topic Toggle", select that to
subscribe to the individual thread.
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Chat scheduled for Wednesday,
Dec 7th at 8:00 PM EST. Login to the CHAT room and the mods,
the founders and several plankholders will be there for an in depth interview
and Q&A on photography studio management. We'll try and keep things
organized and orderly so we get to all the questions and topics.
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Make
your own SUPER RING FLASH and kick your photography up a notch!
Jeff M shows us how he created an amazing and simple ring flash. You gotta
see this!. It's simply amazing:
The good part is, you can make it ANY
size you wish? Thanks Jeff for sharing this with
us.
The Print Critique Forum is a HUGE HIT. Seems like our members love the pain, ego bruising and suffering that goes along with having your work evaluated by a panel of judges. That is good, very good. Having your prints critiqued and reading critiques from others who dared will help your photography a lot! I've been there, took the blows, licked my wounds, and GOT RIGHT BACK UP ON THE HORSE. It helps.
Photo contest. Coming soon. This could be a logistical nightmare so we are working out any potential bugs. We do want GOOD PRIZES, that are guaranteed to wow! What's a contest without 'em?
What is a plank holder anyways? You may noticed some users have the term plankholder assigned to them. It's a term used for the first crew to take a new ship out to sea. So the plank holders are the ones that were here first testing the waters for everyone else, and basically "holding the blank" as you all walked aboard.
People who hate us
Yes, we're bold enough to print any hate mail we do get. Thankfully, we don't get that much. But Norris felt we deserved to be tarred with enough sarcasm to kill a water buffalo:
James, Oh my goodness, I have seen the light! I didn't
realize that I had no
desire to further my photography and skill. I also didn't realize that
without you this is not possible.
BTW, please tell me what marketing strategy you use
that is built around
insulting your potential clients? I want to sign up for that one as
well! Maybe if I beg enough you can show me how to do this to my
potential clients while you're furthering my photography and skill!
Please, oh please!!!!!
Sorry, but your marketing presentation is a HUGE turnoff.
It's like the
online equivalent of the screaming infomercial. Remember receiving 3-5
page sales pitches in the mail that just go on and on and on and on and
on and on about how wonderful their product is? If your product is
worthwhile, you don't need to repeat yourself 50 different ways.
I'm happy that you are able to make a living from
this. Maybe you should
sell subscriptions on eBay using "Alien Bees" in the item description.
Oh, sorry.. I forgot, you know it all and I'm nothing without your help.
Please remove me from your spam list.
There is less than ONE
week remaining in the Tim West Backgrounds – No Bs Members’
Grand Opening Sale!
All members receive TWO FREE BACKGROUNDS when you purchase just one
‘Soft Flow’ or ‘Soft Flow Solid’ series.
(This alone is worth the price of admission!)
Members of the NEW PHOTOGRAPHY FORUM
receive a gift certificate valued at $ 200.00, that may
be used to reduce the purchase price of any Tim West Backgrounds’
Hand Painted background – 10’x20’ or larger.
For complete details, please visit the special No Bs Members’ page
at the Tim West Backgrounds website…
www.timwestbackgrounds.com
No Bs Special Password: nobs
Please remember – THIS SALE ENDS NOVEMBER
30TH!!
We just added the Revised Sloppy Border Tutorial.
Click HERE to be taken right there.
Learn how to create your own, or simply download mine and use it instead.
Dec. 5/6/7 - 2005
NoBs Dog Bowl Vid Clip
Adobe Photoshop Tutorial
(Typical Headshot Workflow)
(QUICKTIME FORMAT)
Fondly, Lisa Marie
Well, that's it for this edition of the NoBs Digital Dog Bowl. See you all on the inside.
