We know it takes time and money to attend professional workshops.  You may be fortunate to be a staff photographer, and if so, these workshops are usually your perks.  But if you are independent and living on a modest salary, these classes may not be fit it in your schedule or your budget.

One of Blinq’s goals is to provide you with useful and reliable resources. So we will do the crawling for you so you do not have to search through millions of links trying to find a useful webinar, podcast or webcast, or even a book. That’s right, a workshop in a book!  Oddly enough,  I was thinking how nice it would be if there was a workshop in a book.   Good thing, there’s a very good one.

Dave Black has been sports photographer for thirty years.  He’s made a name for himself through his passion of teaching. He has a great online tutorial called “Workshop at the Ranch,”and you can also attend one of his upcoming workshops in the USA. Dave has done a wonderful job covering all the bases for workshops–online, on-site, or in a book.

Dave recently self-published a book called “The Way I See it.” What makes this book so different from others is that it is written in the format of a workshop.  So instead of sitting at a workshop for hours, you get fifty pages of beautiful, instructive photos.  Dave took the time to find out the needs from his thousands of followers so he could write a book that would inform and inspire photographers.

A nice way to use Dave’s book is to gather some of your photography buddies and go through each section together as a round table discussion.  Plan a monthly rendezvous for each section.  This way, information overload will be avoided, which often occurs at these weekend workshops. Most try to cram in too much new information and can hardly retain any of it.  This book can be used in a very advantageous way for you.  A monthly or bi-weekly session using Dave’s workshop book  will trigger fresh ideas and you can share information. Definitely mutually beneficial.  And you will walk away refreshed.

On the topic of self-publishing- the next blog will touch on some ideas and thoughts about writing and self-publishing your own photography book or ebook someday.

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