Capture One Pro Training Link  PhotoAssistant.net is providing advanced training for Capture One Pro RAW Workflow software, with hands on training using Canon and Phase One digital cameras. This is an intermediate to advanced workshop that is great for Photographers and Assistants that want to learn more about digital photography, cameras and software; and for Photo Students and new Digital Techs. Contact Jim Sullivan, the owner/operator, at 212-254-7608 for training times and dates. (Free listings for Digital Techs & Photo Assistants in online database)

LightJet, Lambda & Giclee Prints Link  A&I, one of Hollywood's elite pro labs has developed a "Direct to print" service that is aimed squarely at pros. If your files are prepared by you, ready for printing, the savings is HUGE!  As an example... a 6 foot x 4 foot print (previous cost $500) is now going for only $125. You can download their Printer Profiles so you can properly prepare your own files... and then easily send to them via simple upload, and save big on the best quality output available, printed by a truly professional lab that is simply one the best in the world.

The Best LCD Monitor Link  If you are concerned about seeing your images on-screen as they are intended to look, or as they can and should look... then you may want to upgrade to a 10-16 bit LCD monitor. Many of the currently used LCDs are only 8 Bit and, although they look snappy, they don't show you the full range available in your images or the correct colors for that matter. Eizo ColorEdge monitors are designed to meet the demands of professional digital photography, requiring uncompromising color accuracy. With 12- or 10-bit hardware calibration, you can enjoy the benefits of soft proofing and on-screen color checking for a more prcise and efficient workflow. (The Eizo Coloredge is reported to have the ability to show ON SCREEN the full range of Adobe 1998 RGB)

Licensing, and The Value of Copyright (By Jeff Sedlik, APA) Link  The ex-president of the APA, Jeff Sedlik (professioanl photographer) shares some amazing information, to help you make more money with your images. "The APA does NOT advise that photographers respond to the wavering economy and evolving marketplace by selling or giving away their copyrights. Your ownership of these rights, together with your clients’ acceptance of your right to such ownership will determine your future ability to make a living in this industry." - Jeff Sedlik.

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LightBox Network Inc.  8748 W. Washington, Culver CA, 90232.   818-288-3298

LightBox Network is an advanced, web-based, image collaboration & communication system,
providing high performance, coordinated workflow solutions to the photographic industries.
It is comprised of a series of flexible editing tools within a powerful image communications
system that enables real-world, customizable, professional image collaboration.

LIVE is a simple & powerful desktop application that seamlessly integrates with The Lightbox,
to enable even more dynamic functionality. LIVE enables image organizing, color-corrections,
meta-data editing, drag & drop uploads to your LightBox or to any FTP folder, and
most dynamically, real time gallery creation, while you're shooting, directly to your
LightBox or to any FTP folder, with any pro digital camera. (Enabling remote art direction.
Your clients can watch from any computer on the Internet, while you shoot)

LightBox Network TESTIMONIALS:

Thanks again for the great site!
- Peter Buckingham, Fashion Photographer, New York


"Photographers today need an integrated workflow because the demand for quick
turnarounds are ever greater. They need the ability to organize their images quickly and
collaborate immediately with clients about editing and retouching. Also, photographers
want to get off their computers as soon as possible in order to have more time for shooting.
The LightBox Network makes workflow and communication processes available in one
simple integrated internet system. There's nothing else like it."
- Lexy Scott, (Owner) The Workbook, Los Angeles

I LOVE lightbox!!!!!! Thank you- it is making my job sooooo much easier!!!!
- Milissa Douponce, Photo Editor, NBC-Universal, Burbank


For true professional image collaboration... LightBox is the solution. It was developed
by professional photographers to solve their real world digital collaboration problems...
the LightBox is simple and powerful, with an obvious understanding of the actual
workflow that occurs between photographers and clients.
- Jason Devaney, (Owner), DPI, New York (Professional Digital Photography Rentals)


"In an instant, LightBox has changed the way I do post production. I'm pretty tech savvy,
and I have always created my own systems of delivering shots to a client, which included
a photoshop action set and a custom tweaked html web proof. This time consuming
process was hardly ideal, but it was the only reasonably affordable way for me to deliver
exactly what I wanted my client to see. THEN I DISCOVERED The Lightbox... AMAZING!
Forget about the hours of time I save at the end of a shoot, or the fact that I actually
deliver my jobs much faster. Lightbox gives me custom fit tools that I would not have
been able to develop on my own. Lightbox is now a fully integrated part of my workflow,
providing a venue for me and my clients to remotely collaborate using sophisticated
web tools quickly and easily."
-Alexx Henry, Advertising Photographer, Los Angeles