The Creative's Corner

If you’re a student, even part time, check out http://www.Gradware.com and http://www.academicsuperstore.com to find great prices on photography software and software in general. You have to meet their requirements, but you can buy Photoshop CS5 Extended and Lightroom 3 combined for $300, instead of the normal $1,300. For nonstudents, don’t forget to check http://www.eBay.com and [...]

There are a lot of things you can do by yourself, and a lot of things that require teamwork. The trick is to know the difference. Before starting your next project, as yourself, “Can I do this alone, or is it too difficult by myself?” Have Fun, Jeff

One of my goals in life is to photograph an active volcano. While I would like to get some nice photographs of active lava flows in Hawaii, I really want to shoot one of those massive eruptions you see on the news. You know the kind, house size boulders flying through the air, ash plumes [...]

Yeah, I just sold my first print in the gallery I went into this month. This is the image Have Fun, Jeff

Wow, I only had a week and a half to find vendors, order frames, mats, backing, Plexiglas; create price tags, info stickers for the back of the prints, an info sheet on caring for Plexiglas, a bio and assemble everything. But it’s finally done and my prints are hung. This is all taking place in [...]

It’s been a busy and exciting few days. On Thursday I talked with the head of the Jerome Historical Society about putting some of my photographs in their gallery space. On Friday he informed me that he wanted to put my work up in the gallery, in less than two weeks. My initial thought was, [...]

There are numerous websites that let anyone upload anything and claim they are not responsible if copyright protected material is uploaded. They are happy to remove the protected material, if you can prove the work is yours and if you know your work is on their website. Thanks to Google Alerts, I located three sites [...]

Donate $5 or more to the United Nations Foundation for Haiti relief and you can download a previously unreleased track from Evanescence, “Together Again!” Go here to make your donation http://www.unfoundation.org/evanescence. Thank you for your donation. Amy, you rock!

After much serious thinking, I have decided to close down two of my websites. JeffColburn.com, my site for artists, and CreativeCauldron.com, my site for writers, will be removed in one week. JeffColburn.com will have all of its content removed, but the gallery of my images will be moved to CreativeCauldron.com. The later will have all [...]

Every year I have a posting with some of my favorite Holiday music. I hope you enjoy this years selections. I’ve always been a big fan of Jewel’s music and poetry, and was fortunate enough to see her in concert in Phoenix, Arizona several years ago. This song shows what a beautiful voice she has. [...]