PTOW: Join National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)

In December, I took a course on Lightroom in downtown, and learned some cool stuff.  But the bigger thing I did while there, was join NAPP: The National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

I always thought it sounded kind of silly, and I didn’t rally understand why it would be good…but I talked to other photographers at this course, and ALL of them were members and happy with their benefits.  So I said, what the heck?

I bought a 2 year membership – along with a 1 year subscription to Kelby’s Online Training (I’ll talk about that separately) and I have LOVED it.  It has been SO AWESOME!

The best part: The Educational Videos

Here is an example of the simple help videos – I searched for “actions” and got all of these choices.  These are great, short (2-3 minute) videos that explain whatever you have searched in photoshop.  I have learned so much in watching these videos – photoshop is like a new program for me!

Plus, there are lots of resources for Lightroom users as well.

In case you are wondering, no I do not get ANY money or sponsorship for this post.  I just think it is a really great resource that I didn’t know about, and so want to share with everyone.

Oh yeah – there are also all sorts of discounts and other things available for NAPP members.  So always ask when you are buying photography equipment.

If you are not ready to buy a membership yet, and own an iPod/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV – check out some of the photography podcasts created by some of the NAPP educators.  I just did a search for “NAPP” and got several free ones which have really been great.  I have used what I saw in a couple of the videos in the last several days dozens of times already!

Well that’s it, short and sweet today.  Check it out!