Had a great time at the ABS Bladesmithing School in Texarkana. The School is a two week course that covers all of the basics of forging, finishing, and heat treating a carbon steel blade. It also provides you with the training you need to pass your ABS Journeymans test. The instructors were great and met some great people! I ended up forging 3 hunters, and 2 large bowie knives during my two weeks. One of the bowie knives were used as my "test" knife. At the end of the class each student has to test one knife by slicing through a 1 1/4" rope in one slice, then chopping through two 2x4s, then shaving hair off of your arm. After all of that the knife gets put in a vise then bent over to 90 degrees. Yes 90 degrees without breaking!!! It can Continue Reading
Speaking At The Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild
I will be presenting a program at the Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild On March 7th 2017. I will be going over all of the techniques in photoshop to make your images look amazing. From raw processing, to color, to finish retouch and presentation. Have an image that you want retouched? Bring it!! I will be using several images from Guild members in the presentation. I will also be giving out some free actions, brushes, and the like! Can't miss this one!! Continue Reading
Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild Program
I will be presenting a program on November 1, 2016 for the Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild. I will be talking about what photographers need in a website. We will discuss image prep, SEO, Wordpress options, Social Media trends and so much more. If you have never been to the IPPG meetings, you simply have to go. This is a great group that meets once a month to bring the latest information to professionals and up an coming photographers. There is a dinner then around an hour and a half of great speakers and great information. Check out the website and make sure you join!! Update: The meeting went great! There were around 30 people in attendance even though the Cubs were in the World Series! The number one question of the Continue Reading