Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby (born July 7,[1] 1960 in Lakeland, Florida) is an American photographer and an author and publisher of periodicals dealing with photography and Adobe Photoshop software, specifically for design professionals, photographers, and artists.[2]

Biography

Scott Kelby is editor and publisher of the Photoshop User Magazine, president and co-founder of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and president of Kelby Media Group, an Oldsmar, Florida-based software training, education, and publishing firm.

He is a photographer, designer, and the award-winning author of more than 50 books, including The Digital Photography Book series, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers, Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it, The Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers, and The iPhone Book.[3] His books have been translated into dozens of different languages. For the years 2010 through 2012 Scott has been named the #1 top-selling author of books on photography.[4]

He is the training director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and conference technical chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. He is featured in a series of online Photoshop training classes and DVDs and has been training Photoshop users since 1993. In the fall of 2007, he created Kelbytraining.com [5] to bring much of his training material online into one easy-to-find location.

In 2008, he started the "Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk". In 2012, this consisted of communal photowalks in 1,300 cities around the world with over 30,000 photographers participating in walks.[6]

Kelby is a Christian, and his most well known non-photography book is It's a Jesus Thing, a book intended to introduce non-believers to Christianity.[7]

Photoshop User TV

Since the fall of 2005, Scott Kelby has co-presented the video podcast Photoshop User TV, named after his organization's flagship magazine. The 30-45 minute show, which began life as "Photoshop TV" (and was briefly "NAPP TV"), is available for viewing and download each week at kelbytv.com/photoshopusertv/.[8] During the show, Kelby and his NAPP friends/coworkers talk Adobe Photoshop news and tutorials in a witty, bantering style.

The Grid Live

On March 8, 2011, Scott launched a weekly talk-show for photographers called "The Grid Live," which airs live Wednesdays at 4:00 PM ET with co-host RC Concepćion, Director of Content at Kelby Media Group. Show topics include current photography and creative industry topics, and viewers are encouraged to participate by posting questions to a live feed via Kelbytv.com/thegrid. One of the most popular show segments is called "Blind Photo Critiques" at kelbytv.com/thegrid.[9]

Bibliography

Scott Kelby is one of the most prolific authors in the digital imaging industry. Below is a list of books (not exhaustive) he has authored or co-authored. A full and up-to-date listing is available on his web site.:[10]

References

  1. ↑ "It’s a Perfect Day! (A short story about yesterday) - Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider". scottkelby.com.
  2. ↑ "About Scott Kelby". Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Scott Kelby". Peachpit Press. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Scott Kelby Is Top-Selling U.S. Photography Book Author for 2012 - Peachpit". peachpit.com.
  5. ↑ "KelbyOne - A better way to learning Photoshop, Lightroom and Photography". KelbyOne.
  6. ↑ worldwidephotowalk.com
  7. ↑ The Photoshop Elements 7 Book for Digital Photographers, p. 4, at Google Books
  8. ↑ "Photoshop User TV - The weekly Photoshop TV show featuring "The Photoshop Guys" Scott Kelby, Corey Barker, Pete Collins, and RC Concepcion. Presented by KelbyOne.". kelbytv.com.
  9. ↑ "The Grid - The Grid Live often features in-studio guests -- many times, famed photographers -- and viewers are encouraged to chime in live on KelbyTV.com or via Twitter by adding #TheGridLive to their tweets.". kelbytv.com.
  10. ↑ book List on Kelby Training

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