After you've snapped

What happens to your photographs after you’ve pushed the button and captured all those images and memories? Do you pull them directly off the camera and slap them into a Facebook album within minutes? What if you learned how to edit photos like a pro and were able to make stunning and creative photography and art?

Ever since my first creativeLIVE photography class last month, I have become a huge fan of everything creativeLIVE. I want to take every class they offer and tell everyone about them. The best part about it is that all the classes are FREE if you watch them live!

This month, creativeLIVE is offering THREE free classes, all centered around the topic of post processing and editing. The “how-to” of using photo editing software and techniques to get professional results. Here is more information about the upcoming classes for June:

Beyond Photography – Artistic Post Production (Doug Landreth)

Friday, June 10 – Saturday, June 11

Noon – 5 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Photoshop Elements 9 for Photographers (Lesa Snider)

Tuesday, June 21 – Wednesday, June 22

Noon  – 5 p.m. (Central Time)

The Power of iPhoto ’11 (Lesa Snider)

Thursday, June 23

Noon  – 5 p.m. (Central Time)

Around the…country

This will be somewhat of a continuation of my last post. If you haven’t read it, scroll down or read it here. The travel bug can hit at a moment’s notice, so here’s my list of places to visit that are a little closer to home.

30 American Cities I Hope to Visit (“Again,” if I’ve already been there before):

1. San Diego
2. Seattle
3. New York City
4. Boston
5. Chicago
6. San Francisco
7. Las Vegas
8. Orlando
9. Atlanta
10. Grand Canyon
11. San Antonio
12. Portland, OR
13. Washington D.C.
14. Philadelphia
15. Nashville
16. Los Angeles
17. Baltimore
18. Providence
19. Portland, ME
20. Minneapolis
21. Denver
22. Phoenix
23. Kansas City
24. Charleston
25. Myrtle Beach
26. Tampa
27. Indianapolis
28. Savannah
29. Phoenix
30. Key West

For some design eye candy, here are a couple city poster series that caught my attention…one with geometric shapes and bold colors and the other with interesting typographic placement. 

{via http://theheadsofstate.myshopify.com/collections/travel-series}

{via http://www.orkposters.com/}