Casey proposes to Amy...

Back from vacation and (sadly) back to work, posting will be picking up from here. I have a a bunch of photography products to review as well as images to share.

Below is a video of Casey proposing to Amy.

The event took place in a local coffee shop, Casey had the waitress bring Amy box after box until.... well, you'll see.

(You subscribers will need to return to the blog to watch this little gem)

Intercourse... PA...

Yup, we went to Intercourse PA yesterday, once my girls saw the name of the town there was snickering and laughing all day long. It also didn't help that almost every darn business there named themselves after the town!

And of course at every gift shop we stopped the girls want to buy the "I Love Intercourse" shirt.

I don't think so!

They had a great deal of fun at my expense, it's not very often these teenage daughters get a chance to make their dad blush and they took full advantage of it.


Well, today we had off to Blue Ball and who knows, we may end up in Paradise... Pennsylvania that is.

;)

Sorry, I just could not help myself.

SHOOTER ANYONE? AND WE'RE NOT TALKING MELON BALL.

It wasn’t long ago that the Cake Pop was the latest trend in wedding favours and the newest addition to the dessert buffet, but we all know how long trends can last. Move over Cake Pop, here comes the Cake Shooter!

The Cake Shooter consists of three layers of cake and frosting in a plastic cylinder contraption that allows you to “shoot” the cake into your mouth. Mmm! Sounds good doesn’t it? Tori Spelling thought so - she served them at her daughter Stella’s 2nd birthday party!

Sprinkles Custom Cakes is the creator of these yummy treats. Located in Winter Park Florida, they do offer shipping but unfortunately not to Canada. So all you wonderful Ottawa area bakers out there... Please bring the Cake Shooter to this great city of ours. I’d like to place an order!

An Amish "bike"...

Not quite sure what it really is called, but the kids sure can move on these.

Here are just a few shots from yesterday.

Off to Amish Country...

In just a few minutes I will be hitting the road for Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

I tell you this not because you might be all that interested in my day to day activities, but so you'll know why my posting may become less frequent.

;)

Tinker Tubes...

I think the best (and first) thing that comes to mind when I hear the words "DIY Photography" is Tinker Tubes for the late Dean Collins.

With just a few dollars worth of PVC piping Dean shows us how to make light stands, reflectors, scrims, even a diffuser that will fit over your garage door.

You can get the 27 page PDF of Tinker Tubes designs, material list, detailed demonstration images, and everything else you need to know to make some pretty cool gear here for free, but the scan quality is rather poor (to be kind).

Software Cinema is offering the high res version as an instant download for just $19 and they are throwing in a Dean Collins studio sketchbook for free.

If you want to see what other folks have done with Tinker Tubes check out Thomas Evans post here and the "Ghetto Studio" from Just Fab.

12 Free Learning Resources for Photoshop CS5...

Here are an even dozen educational opportunities that will teach you everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop CS5 and won't cost you a penny.

1. From Adobe you will find getting started and what's new info here.

2. Also from Adobe you will find (about) 25 "learning Photoshop CS5" videos here.

3. You'll find the Adobe Photoshop Learning Center from NAPP (aka The Photoshop Guys) here.

4. There is one boat load of tutorials at CS5.org.

5. If you are looking for Photoshop and Bridge tutorials check out PhotoshopEssentials.com.

6. You can watch 10 content aware fill video tutorials here.

And here are Podcasts that will enrich your Photoshop learning experience:

7. Photoshop Killer Tips

8. Photoshop User TV

9. Adobe Photoshop Quick Tips

10. Photoshop with Matt

11. Photoshop from the Ground Up

12. DekePod

***WARNING***

Consume the resources is small manageable bites or you may end up with a severe popsicle headache (brain freeze).

:)

One of the features that many folks rave about in CS5 is the improved masking ability, below is a video demonstration. It is part one of a two part video, you can watch part two here.