Since 1999, PASS has held an annual conference to bring together SQL Server professionals for deep-dive technical learning, hands-on labs, and the best networking in the community. Now, with events in both the US and in Europe, the annual PASS conferences are recognized as the must-attend SQL Server events of the year.

Unlock the full power of Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional with this 12 hour training series for Mac and Windows. Join Tim Plumer Jr, as he demonstrates how to use the tools in Acrobat and shares his tips and tricks for getting a great application to work harder and smarter for you.
Tim shows you how to collect many items into a project that goes beyond PDF, and then use Acrobat to collaborate around the project. You will also learn how to control the documents to ensure the authenticity and integrity of your work.
Highlights

Dieses Buch ist nicht einfach nur ein Buch uber Kameras, es ist ein unentbehrliches Nachschlagewerk mit praktischen Informationen und gro?artigen Bildern, das Sie mit gro?er Begeisterung lesen werden. Die professionellen Spiegelreflexkameras D300, D300s, D700, D3, D3x und D3s von Nikon bieten eine Vielzahl von unterschiedlichen Einstellungen. Dieses Buch bringt Sie dazu, alles aus Ihrer Nikon Kamera herauszuholen. Nicht nur alle Funktionen von nahezu allen Bedienfeldern und Einstellungen werden hier ausfuhrlich beschrieben, auch beschaftigt sich ein gro?er Teil des Buches mit der allgemeinen Fotografie.

SQL PASS Summit 2011 Session Recordings - Professional Development

LT-100-W Lightning Talks - Wednesday
LT-101-T Lightning Talks - Thursday
LT-102-F Lightning Talks - Friday

For more than 100 years, Professional Photographer, the official magazine of Professional Photographers of America, has helped readers advance careers in the photographic industry. Each issue contains practical yet cutting-edge lessons in the artistic, business, and technological aspects of professional photography. No other magazine offers a more influential presentation of the people, trends, products, and photographs changing and defining the portrait, wedding and commercial photography landscape.

Discover the Industry's Best Kept Professional Retouching Secrets Learn some of the best kept industry retouching secrets used in high street advertising images to give your photographs that highly polished look. Learn the essential tools and techniques step by step for light shaping, skin smoothing, shading and much, much more. We’ll be looking in depth at the process and Karl will show exactly how he re-works beauty and product images to high end advertising standards.

Create Fantastic Web Sites with Advice From Some of the Best in the Industry
Professional Web Design presents guidelines for professional Web development, including communicating with clients, creating a road map to a successful portfolio, rules for professional networking, and tips on designing user interfaces for business Web applications. Inside you-ll find some of the best of Smashing Magazine-s coverage of professional Web design and the business side of Web development, with advice from trusted experts who will help you learn how to respond effectively to design criticism, use storytelling for a better user experience, and apply color theory to your professional designs.

Welcome to Nightclub Photography 101! If you’ve been searching for clear, simple, & informative instructions on how to take amazing nightclub and concert photos, you’ve come to the right place. When I was trying to teach myself nightclub & concert photography many years ago I found it frustrating that there wasn’t a simple guide out there to show me what to do, and what not to do. I’d search internet forums and blogs scrounging to find little tidbits of information here and there, but not all of it was good information, and it took up way too much of my valuable time searching through all the clutter to find all the good stuff. I yearned for someone to just flat out tell me: “To take this kind of nightclub photo, do this. To take that kind of concert photo, do that”.

Presenting ideas and commentary as well as photographs, this collection offers new photographers revelations and wisdom from professionals and informs them how to achieve commercial success. Commercial photographers create images that are designed to sell products, services, political candidates, organizations, corporations, and any other marketable commodity or idea, and their clients range from advertising agencies, manufacturers, retail stores, hotels, restaurants, and other businesses. With a section focusing on each of these types of services, this reference provides a quick workshop on an area of expertise, furnishing those new to the business with a wide variety of information about each specialty. Tips for selecting the most effective equipment for each subgenre as well as technical information about each camera combine with business-savvy know-how—from marketing, bidding, budgeting, building referrals, managing the office, and more—making this a comprehensive reference for being both behind and in front of the lens.

The UK's leading magazine for Professional Photographers the world over. All the latest news, reviews, tips and techniques to boost productivity and profit.