Photoshop World at the Mandalay Bay Resort

If you missed Photoshop World at the Mandalay Bay Resort, you really missed a lot! “Designed to help you boost your skills, Photoshop World offers three days of pulse-pounding training with classes from renowned experts in the fields of Photoshop, photography and lighting and a once-in-a-lifetime experience guaranteed to enhance your skill set and help your work soar to new heights! A Career-Enhancing Experience! Learning From The Best.”

OK, the above quote was from the website, but it was fun and interesting.. and FREE. You got free access to the sales floor on Friday if you printed out the ticket on the website. There were many interesting vendors. Great networking opportunities, too. I got offered a job opportunity and my guest found about about another.

“Whether you’re hoping to pick up new lighting techniques from the pros or want to better familiarize yourself with Photoshop and Lightroom, Photoshop World’s team of top-notch instructors give you a healthy dose of learning and inspiration. After training with NAPP’s highly regarded team of Photoshop experts and acclaimed photographers at our design and photography convention, you will see a big difference in your work almost immediately!”

You should have been there!

Please check it out for next year.... http://photoshopworld.com/

Great Food Trucks in Vegas

Food trucks are a culinary trend. They are suddenly everywhere. Trucks move constantly, "broadcasting" their location by Twitter, parking wherever they can find enough space, and drawing as many as 800 people.

In the world of food, the food truck has a kind of celebrity standing. It is where the action is. As the LA Times said:

“The truck and its staff of merry makers have become a sort of roving party, bringing people to neighborhoods they might not normally go to, and allowing for interactions with strangers they might not otherwise talk to.”

In marketing class summer quarter, we developed Marketing plans for food trucks. I think there were some pretty good ideas presented with some great creative material.

Keri Neal said: “The product of the Wrap Shack is quite simple. Anything that can be folded into a wrap or a crepe is possible. Thus, developing a unique product item will keep my business on the consumers "top of mind" and meet their demands and needs as the market changes.” This photo of the wraps is her original photo:

Sara Philips said: “Starting out with a plan, then turning it actions can be one are the hardest things to do. Though implementation the Underdog needs to take its strategies and plans and turn them into actions to accomplish its goals, objectives, and uphold its mission statement. Above all, we need to exemplify our main concept and keep customers satisfied.” This website, to the left, is her creative work:

For Joscelyn Reyes, " The internet is a blessing or tragedy for all businesses, especially for the beginners that are struggling to find new consumers. For my bus truck I have opened a website and a twitter account. (http://electricitytruck.blogspot.com/) I have realized just how important the social media has grown to be, one post can determine your reputation and your business carrier.

This week at SIGGRAPH - AILV Professor

Our own Michael Baker of the Art Institute of Las Vegas spoke this week at SIGGRAPH. Now in its 38th year, the SIGGRAPH conference is the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques. The SIGGRAPH conference attracts the most respected technical and creative people from all over planet Earth.

Michael was on the panel titles Destruction and Dynamics for Film and Game Production. He spoke on Authoring Destruction with the Dynamica Bullet Maya Plugin. The course was focused on “rigid-body and particle simulation and collision techniques used in breaking objects and large-scale destruction. He gave a brief introduction to the basic theory, and then the course continued with examples from specific films and games. Other topics included production aspects such as authoring tools (including the open-source Bullet physics library used in both game and film production) and computational and algorithmic issues.”

Though organized by Advanced Micro Devices, other members of the presentation committee included people from DreamWorks Animation, Industrial Light & Magic and Disney Interactive Studios.

http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/

Summer 2011 PHG360A Marketing and Promotions

Lemus, Vicky http://troublestardesigns.blogspot.com/
Perry, Gena http://genamphotography.blogspot.com/
Ramos, Brian http://brr431-brr431marketingandpromotions.blogspot.com/
Veltman, Melody http://melodyveltmanphotography.blogspot.com/

Summer 2011 FRM325H Brand Marketing

Baker, Nina http://goldsparks.blogspot.com/
Cornett, Magdalena http://brandmarketing777.blogspot.com/
Costa, Gabriella http://gc180921.blogspot.com/
Cunningham, Lana http://cunningstyleprodigy1.blogspot.com/
Moore, Roland http://roland30fashion.blogspot.com/
Oberle, Leah http://midwestbeststyle.blogspot.com/
Perales, Armando http://raconteurinc.blogspot.com/
Wacaser, Cristin http://cjfashionrmbrandmarketing.blogspot.com/

Summer 2011 BUS125A Fundamentals of Advertising

Agcaoili, Alana http://agcaoilialana.blogspot.com/
Bombard, Jessica http://jessicabombard.blogspot.com/
Deleon, Dana http://daydaynamite.blogspot.com/
Gonzalez, Jose http://jgurbantrend.blogspot.com/
Lewis, Tiffany http://tiffanymicloset.blogspot.com/
Medley, Alice http://wrbridal.blogspot.com/
Moore, Kassadie http://designerpink3.blogspot.com/
Oberle, Leah http://latidastyle.blogspot.com/
Reaze, Shantay http://fashionuenvy.blogspot.com/
Sandoval, Raquel
Sconyers, Dorian http://doriansconyers.blogspot.com/
Shaw, Jourdinae http://jourdinaes.blogspot.com/

Summer 2011 DFVP420H Professional Practice

Coonce, Eric http://ecsound.blogspot.com/
Lamoureaux, Christopher http://lamoureauxfilms.blogspot.com/
Lazendic, Ivana http://analaze.blogspot.com/
Lucero, Chelsea http://clproductionz.blogspot.com/
Lum, Kevin http://akoostik9pp.blogspot.com/
Milner, Jasmine http://jzmmedia.blogspot.com/
Nguyen, Jenn Bao Tran http://jennbtn.blogspot.com/
Perez, Angel http://uneed2hear.blogspot.com/
Plum, Dan http://danielplum.blogspot.com/
Renda, Nina http://profshoot.blogspot.com/

Summer 2011 BUS121A Fundamentals of Marketing

Agcaoili, Alana Alohilani http://alanagcaoili.blogspot.com/
Alvillar, Annica Nicole http://monochromeromancephotography.blogspot.com/
Bianchi, Christopher A. http://njfilmz908.blogspot.com/
Bugbee, George A. http://georgesblogmarket.blogspot.com/
Collins, Heather M. http://soundslikeheather.blogspot.com/
Cornelius, Sanja A http://eyetrixsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Corpuz, Ryan http://rcorpzaudio.blogspot.com/
Donohew, Angel R. http://angelscascada14.blogspot.com/
Ducusin, Glenn M http://duke7oneimages.blogspot.com/
Hernandez, Erick Emilio http://hernansmind.blogspot.com/
Ibarra, Keem Martin http://cityrebelmusic.blogspot.com/
Jones, Jacquelena Tachola http://fashionablejacx.blogspot.com/
Lightford, Nicholas http://fundamentalknowledgenick611.blogspot.com/
Magana, Silvya http://silvyamarie.blogspot.com/
Medina, Karolina http://karolinafashionmedia.blogspot.com/
Molinar, Angela http://kokomokojo.blogspot.com/
Moore, Kassadie June http://designerpink.blogspot.com/
Neal, Keri L. http://kerilynndesign.blogspot.com/
Pacelli, Angela http://turnhedz.blogspot.com/
Perez, Angel L. http://stinknrican.blogspot.com/
Perry, Gena Marie http://genampphotography.blogspot.com/
Peshlakai, Bianca Patrice http://peshlakai-productions.blogspot.com/
Phillips, Sarah N. http://sphoto11.blogspot.com/
Ramirez, Bryan http://bryanai92.blogspot.com/
Reed, Briana Madelaine http://bmrstudios.blogspot.com/
Revis, Alexis Lynn http://alexisfashionmedia.blogspot.com/
Reyes-Miranda, Joscelyn http://leopardsprint.blogspot.com/
Robinson, Kiana Renee http://missanalvomit-slash.blogspot.com/
Ruggiero, Jonathan http://moonshotproduction.blogspot.com/
Sell, Travis Michael http://travisproductiondj.blogspot.com/
Stephens, Briana Lynne http://yumfashiontakeout.blogspot.com/
Topping, Christen Jean http://ctopsound.blogspot.com/
Ward, Kellie Jeynea http://ariesphotography1.blogspot.com/

A great time to start a business in Amrica

I think this commercial is wonderful for a lot of reasons. Certainly a lot of content is revealed in only 30 seconds and the little actress is terrific, but the message is really clear also. This is a great time to start a business. Yes, the economy is down, but that is the time for the entrepreneur to take advantage of the low costs of starting your own business. You can use social medis, constant online contact, gps and cell phone technology. You can use a cell phone to accept charge cards anywhere you can get a signal - I saw this in action just this past weekend at the Rock-a-billy festival.

You can prepare a business plan and get the proper government forms online. You can interact and get "Face-time" with people from around the world for free with Skype.

You can do things - today - that were not even dreamed of just a few yars ago. This commercial celebrates all that... in only 30 seconds.

Digital Rebels: The New Generation of Filmmakers & Storytellers

If your degree involved anything digital, and you missed NAB this year, you made a bad decision!

I went to the free workshop in Digital Rebels sponsored by Adobe and it was great! There’s a new breed of filmmakers who are changing the rules for film production and distribution. Defying the big, bloated movie budgets of the past, today’s digital rebels are making their films fast and with surprisingly low budgets. But make no mistake; the caliber and quality of these films is right up there with the best of the best. In this session, you’ll meet a few trailblazers from this new generation of filmmakers and hear first-hand how some of the film making upstarts are shaking things up. I spoke briefly with Gareth Edwards (shown on site with Monsters) after the workshop and asked him to (someday) visit the school. "Its frightening how easy it is to make a film. I am worried the competition will find out." Gareth Edwards, director of the upcoming Warner Brothers Godzilla

John Loiacono, Adobe Systems Incorporated <----------- Moderated and kept things moving

Gareth Edwards, "Monsters,"(***1/2 from Roger Ebert on an $800K budget) "Godzilla"(from Warner Brothers) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2284484/

Tyler Nelson, The Social Network (Assistant Editor to the Academy Award winning editors of the Social Network and now a member of "The Fincher Family" of filmmakers) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2379082/

Jacob Rosenberg, Bandito Brothers (Making his feature debut after 10 years of shorts and music videos)