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The 2013 Calendar Is Here!

November 27, 2012 by Justin Balog 0 Comments

If you are a cyclist, know a cyclist, or just want to help support the Davis Phinney Foundation buy this 2013 calendar featuring images from the 2012 USA Pro Challenge. ALL (I repeat ALL) proceeds go directly to the Davis Phinney Foundation to support its mission to help people living with Parkinson’s disease, live well. Below is a preview of all the images used in the calendar. The calendar not only includes all the US holidays, it includes the dates of the 2013 USA Pro Challenge and Davis Phinney’s birthday.

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Exciting New Workshop

November 15, 2012 by Justin Balog 2 Comments

I’ve just launched a new workshop, and it’s only $19! To make it convenient for those around the world, it is online and self-paced. In the workshop you will learn how I processed all these images using a single piece of software…Snapseed for the desktop.

I have put a lot of work into it, and I would love to have you attend.

Sign Up Here: http://www.udemy.com/snapseed

What You Will Learn

You will learn how to impress all your friends with your amazing new images!
You will learn how to use all the features of Snapseed.
You will understand the creative decisions behind each and every enhancement.
You will learn how to use Snapseed as an external editor for Lightroom.

Reasons To Attend

Q/A – You can ask me questions directly…and yep, I will happily answer them.
iPad App – Udemy.com has a free iPad app so you can take all your courses along with you wherever you go!
Bang For The Buck – The techniques you learn here can be applied to Snapseed for the desktop, iPad, iPhone and Droids.
Self-Paced – Take your time, you will have lifetime access to the course and its content.
The Best Part – As long as you remain a student, you will receive free updates whenever I publish new course material.

I really look forward to teaching you!

Justin

Before/After Snapseed

These are the images we will be working through in this workshop. Not only will I show you every step I made, I will explain why I made it. The goal is teach you how to use Snapseed by exploring creative image enhancing.

iPhone Friday

Just so I don’t break my 150 week-long streak of sharing some iPhone Photographs every Friday, here is one I shot this weekend right after sunrise. I shall call it…Early Bird…(also edited with Snapseed)

Filed Under: iPhone Friday, iPhone Photography, News, Workshop

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

November 15, 2012 by Justin Balog 1 Comment

I tell you what, this lion had one heck of a view. Getting to watch the sunset over the Great Salt Lake every night would be quite a treat!

Book Club

I will have the final details for you on Monday when the Book Club officially launches, but for now I would like to thank our sponsors who believe that investing in creativity is a good idea. They came through huge!!!

Think Tank Bags

Every week we will be giving away a ThinkTank card organizer and at the end of the event, ThinkTank will be giving away a free Retrospective 5 to one lucky reader.

Nik Software

Nik Software will be giving away one of their individual products every week, and then the big daddy…at the end Nik will be giving one lucky reader the entire ‘Complete Collection’.

Craft & Vision

Craft & Vision is going to be giving away free books every week, and at the end of the club one lucky reader will get their entire collection.

Filed Under: News, Salt Lake City, Sunsets, Travel, Utah

24 Hours Of Photoshop

November 4, 2012 by Justin Balog 19 Comments

24 Hours Of Photoshop

I’ll be speaking at the first annual 24 Hours Of Photoshop. I’m going to be presenting something I call the Snapseed Enabled Workflow. I’ll be showing you how to leverage the power of Snapseed for the desktop to turn images like this….

with few quick moves in Snapseed, into this…..

Book Club

I had every intention of announcing this winter’s book club today, but I got tied up finishing my presentation for 24 Hours Of Photoshop. I’m really sorry about it, but the presentation is taking a bit longer than anticipated. I promise to have the book club news to you next Monday. Again, I’m really sorry about the delay. I hope you understand and can find a good book in the meantime.

Snapseed Give Away!

To make up for the book club delay, I will be giving away a few copies of Snapseed. To enter you only have to do two things.

1) Leave a comment with a link to one of your own photographs.
2) Like Nik Software’s page on Facebook. ( http://www.facebook.com/niksoftwareinc )

I will randomly choose a few winners to receive a free copy of Snapseed for the desktop.

Again, sorry about the book club delay. I promise it will be here next week with lots of giveaways and great prizes.

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Super Cool Security Guard

October 17, 2012 by Justin Balog 2 Comments

Karl, the security guard pictured here, kicked me out of the LDS Conference Center. Well, it was more like he asked me to leave because it was closing…but you get the idea. We chatted on the way down the stairs and he shared some pretty cool stories with me and I told him about HDR photogrpahy. On my way out I asked if he wouldn’t mind posing for a quick photo for me. My photo really needed some scale. He not only obliged, he stood still for all 9 brackets which took about 2 minutes. Yep, cool dude!

Photographer’s Note: This is a 9 bracket HDR image. After tone-mapping it in Photomatix, I corrected the sky with a middle bracket. Then I applied Nik’s Dark Contrast, Glamour Glow, and Brilliance Warmth (only saturating warm colors). Finally, once we were back in Lightroom 4, I added some Vignette.

24 Hours of Photoshop

I’m excited to announce that I will be presenting at the first annual 24 Hours of Photoshop (register here). The event is pretty slick. You can watch the live presentation (all 24hrs of it) live for free. If you can’t watch the entire event, you can purchase the whole thing for only $199. I’m not sure when I will be presenting, but I’ll be sure to let you know. If you just want to go ahead and get the entire workshop now, you can purchase it here…

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