Ben Willmore Explained

Ben Willmore
Birth Date:17 June 1967
Birth Place:Minneapolis–Saint_Paul, Minnesota
Nationality:American
Field:Photography
Movement:Photoshop
Works:Up to Speed, Photoshop Studio Techniques, Crafting the Landscape
Awards:Photoshop Hall of Fame

Ben Willmore is an American photographer, author and founder of Digital Mastery, a training and consulting firm that specializes in photography and digital imaging. He is best known for his digital imaging expertise and for writing the book Photoshop Studio Techniques.

Career

Willmore, who attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is a Photoshop instructor[1] and a featured speaker at publishing conferences and events. He has contributed to MacWorld magazine[2] and had a monthly column in Photoshop User magazine. His book, Photoshop Studio Techniques is printed in nine languages: English, French, German, Greek, Chinese, Spanish, Czech, Japanese, Polish.

In 2004, Willmore was a recipient of a Photoshop Hall of Fame Award.[3]

Up to Speed, one of Willmore's books, was described in Rob Galbraith's blog as "perhaps the most useful book we've picked up on Photoshop in a long time ... because it painstakingly outlines what's new in CS2."[4] About his book Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques, Blogcritics' T. Michael Testi wrote that it "covers all of the fundamental techniques that you need to become proficient with Photoshop and it shows you how to accomplish tasks by teaching."[5]

Willmore is known for the decade of time he spent living full-time on a 40-foot motorcoach that he used to photograph America in between speaking engagements.

He spent eight years restoring a 1963 Flxible Starliner bus[6] which he spent a year living on full-time before purchasing a home in Clearwater, Florida. The bus has been named the Creative Cruiser and has appeared on the Extreme RVs TV show #502 "Keep on Trucking" Season 5, Episode 2[7]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sorrel . Charlie . Twelve Strobe Rig Blots Out the Sun | Gadget Lab . Wired.com . 1959-02-06 . 2013-02-11.
  2. Blatner . David . Photoshop Top Tips . Macworld . 2004-11-11 . 2013-02-15.
  3. Web site: Ben Willmore . Photoshop Hall of Fame . 2013-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902002713/http://photoshophalloffame.com/inductees/ben-willmore/ . 2012-09-02 .
  4. Web site: Rob Galbraith DPI: Three books that changed our digital world . Robgalbraith.com . 2013-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130121053422/http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-7885-7944 . 2013-01-21 .
  5. Web site: Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques By Ben Willmore - Page 3 - Blogcritics Books . https://archive.today/20130414125449/http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-adobe-photoshop-cs3-studio/page-3/ . dead . 2013-04-14 . Blogcritics.org . 2008-03-07 . 2013-02-15 .
  6. Web site: Creative Cruiser project web site . 2024-02-06. 29 Jan 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129081649/http://creativecruiser.com/. live.
  7. Web site: Travel Channel Episode web page . 2024-02-06. 23 Mar 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230323042543/https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/extreme-rvs/episodes/keep-on-truckin. live.

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