This is another "cooked up" piece. Images from Venice, Charlotte NC, Central Park NY and the Beaches of Long Island. Made last week when the pressing events of moving were not quite so pushed to the forefront of my mind.
And whilst I might be immersed in stuff to do with the house and moving I am not so oblivious to all that goes on around me on the world wide web and am appalled to note that another teacher of photoshop classes has rather blatently ripped off my syllabus for an online class that I taught a while back .....
right down to the same weekly offerings, of Camera Raw, straighten, crop, portrait retouching, buttons and blog banner stuff. All with the same order and detail as a class I have posted in the past.
I am all for being entrepreneurial, but PLEASE get your own ideas and think a little further outside the box if you want to represent the same kind of material......
And on that score, I will be teaching more in 2013. Possibly more "in person" workshops based out of Charlotte, NC. Photo walks, photo tours and some post processing as well. I'm going to be based slightly north of Charlotte, right on Lake Norman ....
so I am thinking, long explosure and perhaphs some wildlife photography and architecture in the City....
What do you think?
Lake Norman?!!?!? It's beautiful there!
I hope you get to teach in person more!
who the hell would take someone else's stuff? disgusting.
Posted by: Chris | March 06, 2013 at 05:28 PM
marie, I'm shocked that someone ripped off your your syllabus ~ I remember enjoying that class so much! I hope that you have some sort of retribution!!!
Would love to attend classes with you ~ I love your "cooked up" pieces very much.
Will put Charlotte, NC, on my radar :-)
~K
Posted by: karen burns | March 01, 2013 at 10:40 AM
I know you'll be successful teaching in person, but I'm still hoping for more on-line classes. I love your "cooked up" art. Sorry to hear your hard work has been stolen.
Posted by: joanne thieme huffman | February 26, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Great image and congrats on the move!
Posted by: Bob Towery | February 26, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Marie, I've been through the exact same thing with my teaching, but by my own students! They think you won't notice....the best thing is to just ignore them and get on with being the best you can be.
I've been copied with my giftware products (my supplier took my designs to China to have them copied and mass produced), people have "sampled" my art and now my teaching. There's a saying that "Once you've been ripped off you know you'e made it!"
You will be wonderful as a face to face teacher and no doubt very very popular!
Posted by: Cindy Lane | February 25, 2013 at 05:46 PM
Sounds like you are going to have no problem transitioning to your new place, love the ideas and look forward to seeing all that you come up with. That lake area looks amazing, serious case of envy going on!
I love that your work reflects so much of what your life has been all about. Unique wonderful works of art.
Truly sucks that other artist violate fellow artists without thought. Take inspiration from yes, but don't just take!
Posted by: Bren | February 25, 2013 at 07:14 AM
There are always people who will steal whatever they can.Ill gotten gains will come back to bite them on the butt. OXOX M
Posted by: Mother Bear | February 25, 2013 at 02:52 AM