I thought I’d let everybody in on what I’ve been doing lately in the little spare time I have…
I have been working on a new tutorial DVD. In the past, I was focused on teaching Photoshop techniques but this time (although there will be many Photoshop parts on it), the package will be more about lighting. There will also be a great deal about business on there too, since I get many questions about that kind of thing in my inbox every day. Of course the delivery will be a lot more slick, and offer a lot more different content than the previous DVD. The two will go hand in hand, and expand knowledge further into deeper/more important areas. At this point I am so busy with commercial work, I cannot do workshops barely at all. I would rather offer my tutorials as packages to those interested in buying it with everything pre-recorded due to all the positive feedback I got from the first disk. I figure it’s much easier and cheaper that way for anybody who has ever wanted to come to a lighting workshop of mine.
Over the past 2 years since the last DVD was completed, I feel I have become a lot better at what I do and have a lot more to teach. Already I have been working for the past couple months recording new lessons and writing down my ideas. However, I require your help- I’d like to know what you would like to see on it. Let me know if there are any certain pictures of mine or things I’ve done that you think would be beneficial to explain. E-mail me- joey@joeyL.com
On the flip side-
I’m happy to claim that part of my job now includes rapping. Hah! You see, on my previous tutorial DVD myself and a guy named James Fox created a stupid cheesey 80s electronic song to help promote the disk. It was also in spite of the 80s-early 90s pop star also named Joey Lawrence that plagues me wherever I must sign a VISA receipt. This time, I’ve taken it a step further and have recorded not 1 but 2 rap songs at my friend Kent Sheehey’s studio. I’m the worlds worst singer so we used a lot of auto-tune. I plan to record a music video and release it the same time as the disk in August. I have a lot of work/roadtrips ahead of me, so I cannot fully guarantee that date at this time.
Here is a breif clip from “Nikon Girl”… A love story about a Canon guy that falls in love with a girl who uses Nikon. Nobody in the photo community will accept the couple and their love is forever doomed. It’s Romeo and Juliet meets DPChallenge.com. Extremely geeky stuff.
I have also recorded another song but that one is even more secretive.
Anyway I’d be happy to hear some feedback,
Joey
