Eager buyers–During the 15-minute breaks between each hour, attendees to the seminar hurriedly browse the vendor’s tables in the hopes of scoring free giveaways like a Wacom tablet in exchange for their email addresses. Who can resist the chance to win something? He/she who dies with most toys wins!

A few Mondays back, I attended my very first all day Photoshop seminar.

Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers taught by Ben Willmore was put together by Kelby Training on Oct 19th.

Boy, did they pack the room at the San Diego Convention Center!

At 1 Ben Franklin a piece (US$100) and my estimated crowd of 600 people, even if they provided lunch, they would have still made a killing.

And we’re haven’t even taken into account the sale of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) membership, books, tutorial DVDs and sponsorship deals with vendors.

It’s nice to know despite our downturn in the economy, there are still money-making opportunities.

What did I get out of braving the horrific traffic from Riverside to San Diego on a Monday morning?
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