Well today was my big Adobe Lightroom presentation at the Ann Arbor Flash user group “Flash Focused”
My presentation was focused on some of the key features of Lightroom & my own workflow.
I had been going back & forth over how I was going to pull it all together for over a week but it all came together last night.
After setting up my Keynote presentation & setting up some test files, I was ready to go!
So I get to the venue 15 minutes before the meeting started & found out that they did not have a way for me to connect my MacBook Pro.
With some quick thinking, a Windows based laptop, & free wifi I was able to download a trial copy of Lightroom & upload my Keynote presentation to Google Docs.
After about 1 hour of waiting for the download I was able to present without further drama. Well, no, there was a little drama. I had to get adjusted to using Lightroom on a Windows PC.
When all was said & done, my presentation went well & I covered everything that I planned. I also now know that I need to get an adapter so that I won’t have this issue again.
After my presentation, there was a raffle for some fun little Adobe swag & I managed to win an Adobe notebook of graphing paper.
AND THEN…… there was a larger raffle for CS5 & your boy won the copy! I am now the proud owner of a fresh copy of Adobe CS5 Design Premium. I’m still too excited & basking in the afterglow of a very nice win.
In other news, I sold an image of Kwame Kilpatrick that I took a couple years ago.
The purchaser was Detroit Clear Channel station WKQI FM 95.5. They used the image on a 14ft billboard on I-696 & John R, which shows Kwame with a caption that reads “It’s fun til ur caught.” I love it & I love the check that comes along with it.
What a GREAT Monday!
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SHAZnyc / May 12, 2010
Awesome story. I was biting my nails there for a sec. What adapter did you need for your MacBook.
Congrats on your CS5 win, and sale. It feels good don’t it.
Tafari / May 12, 2010
Hey Shaz! If it were not for my friend having her lap top it would have just been totally ugly!
The adopter that I need is the “Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter” by apple. Its like 30 bucks. Crazy!
yes my wine & sale are for sure highlights of my week!!! Hoping to carry the goodness through the weekend…