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Jun
05
2019
Photoshop World Orlando—Day 4 (Scott Kelby)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThough Photoshop World 2019 in Orlando ended a few days ago I’m just getting to my final post on the conference because I had a Photoshop hangover. After the last session I attended I was walking in the large hallway to leave and happened to run into Scott Kelby and meet him for the first […]
May
31
2019
Photoshop World Orlando—Day 3 (Headshot Photographer Peter Hurley)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOne of the classes I attended today at Photoshop World Orlando was given by New York model turned photographer Peter Hurley who specializes in headshots. Here are a couple of his YouTube videos with over six millions of views just on two basic techniques that will help with your headshots—no matter what side of the camera you’re […]
May
31
2019
Photoshop World Orlando—Day 2 (Lindsay Adler)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Train your mind to see ordinary things is a unique way.” Lindsay Adler I went to several workshops today at Photoshop World Orlando 2019 including an inspirational talk by New York fashion photographer Lindsay Adler. Here are two online videos she mentioned that show how some of her work was influenced by Hollywood. One being the […]
May
29
2019
Photoshop World Orlando—Day 1 (Terry White)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday was my first day attending Photoshop World Orlando 2019 and I took a four hour workshop with Adobe Evangelist Terry White. If you’re a content creator looking for some free tutorials on Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, etc. check out Terry’s YouTube channel (and join his 464,000+ subscribers). Scott W. Smith
May
28
2019
The four most important words that every storyteller wants to hear to know their story is working (According to Neil Gaiman)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAuthor Neil Gaiman was once on his blog was once asked what words or quote would he inscribe “on the wall of a public library children’s area” and this is the core of his answer from his essay Just Four Words (found in his book Stories: All-New Tales) mixed with his Masterclass on storytelling: I’m […]
May
22
2019
The Only Thing Writers Can’t Fix (According to Neil Gaiman)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The thing that I tell young writers—and by young writers, a young writer can be any age you just have to be starting out—which is anything you can do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen […] “Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: ‘Love. They must do it for love.’” Wendell Berry Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food The Biggest Little Farm is an extraordinary film. The documentary directed by John […] “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust” From the funeral service in the Book of Common Prayer The memorial service for my mother was held Saturday in the historic chapel part of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Maitland, Florida. It was led by The Rev. Cameron MacMillian and was a beautiful […]
May
13
2019
Peter Hedges & the Origin Story of a Classic Indie FilmPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaPeter Hedges once met an actress on a subway in New York City who eventually told him the story about how some friends went to cook a Thanksgiving dinner but their oven didn’t work so they had to go around the building to get other people to let them cook their meal. Hedges thought, “That […] |
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