Just attended my first Kelby Training seminar yesterday. I can't say I was disapointed at all. I learned quite a bit, but quite a bit of what Scott went over I already knew for the most part, but he had a number of little tips that I found helpful... stuff they sometimes leave out of the tuts. It was much more like being in a class than watching a tutorial because you really couldn't follow along and do it in PS while it was going on like you can with a tutorial. You pretty much followed along with what he was saying and took it all in. It was good though to watch him do it all in real time... including the mistakes. It's good to know even Scott Kelby needs to Ctrl+Z once in a while. They handed out a workbook which had the all the lessons in them which made the seminar worth it, because it would have been impossible to take enough notes to remember it all from beginning to end. I've heard it said, and I'll have to agree, they got a bit commercial in between sessions, but then again you have to remember they are out to make a profit. I didn't buy anything extra though. I figure I have enough learning materials to last me for a while. I don't need another book or DVD that's going to sit on the shelf for six months till I catch up with the ones I already have.
One thing I already knew, but was reinforced yesterday, a need to sharpen my photography skills, especially when it comes to portraiture photography. I definetly want to go to more seminars when I can, but think I will try to take one on lighting or some other aspect of photography rather than Photoshop. I need to concentrate more on getting the image right when I hit the shutter release than trying to correct it in PS.
One thing I already knew, but was reinforced yesterday, a need to sharpen my photography skills, especially when it comes to portraiture photography. I definetly want to go to more seminars when I can, but think I will try to take one on lighting or some other aspect of photography rather than Photoshop. I need to concentrate more on getting the image right when I hit the shutter release than trying to correct it in PS.