You have heard me mention the name "Scott Kelby" right?

If you have heard of Photoshop, then you most certainly have heard of Scott Kelby.  If not, then that cave you have been living in needs internet connectivity.

Mr. Kelby is without much argument the most prolific Photoshop user known on this planet.  Yes there might be others equally competent, but this man has shared his knowledge and skills in such a way as to endorse a cult like following.

Back in a day when I first found myself exposed to Photoshop [there was no CS product back then]  he was showing his wares thru many avenues, books, web sites, etc.  His work was simply amazing, he would take a photograph, and then duplicate it entirely digitally without anything in his image being real, all constructed via PS techniques.  It took him months for one image.

 And we whine about spending three or more hours in a lab session just to get one print out

 [ouch that is a social comment on the plight of our current printing issues, 527 error rules our lives right now]

The link is to his site and a blog is within it.  READ IT  LEARN FROM IT  EMBRACE IT.

I was recently looking thru the BLOG and the Oct 24th entry in particular the post was by someone who told his story that captured the evolution and depth of this product, PS.  The statement about this person spending up to 10 hours on a single portrait photo was something that stood out for me. His work is noted through out the posting.  Many photo before and after PS techniques applied.  No he does not go into the depths of what he did per se.  But that this is what can be done, given the time and effort.  You must decided if you just want this EXHIBIT A  a photo right out of your camera, or this EXHIBIT B  a fully worked PS image that will knock your socks off.  These things do not just happen, they take hard work and hours of effort is the point he is making, but, given the end product, this person finds it well worth his time and energy to do the heavy lifting.

http://scottkelby.com/



Enjoy!


Just so you know, I still own and use PS but with LR I find most of my personal work can be performed well enough in LR.  But LR cannot do what PS does.  Likely never will.  These two products exist for different reasons, while they link to each other and compliment each other in so many ways.  PS is the big daddy and will always be the big daddy.  If you want to truly WORK a concept, then PS is the tool you go to.  Yes it will take time, and yes it has a steep learning curve.  But WOW can it do things even your imagination might not be able to exceed.

LR is in full support of you as a photographer.  

PS is in full support of you as an artist.  

That's my story and I am sticking to it!