You asked for it, you got it!
So glad to announce our next YinYang Workshop with our favorite partner in crime: Huy Nguyen 
For all the YinYang goodness and to find out how to bring YY4 to a city near you, check the website here.
The news continues to come in and quake-ravaged Haiti needs our help. I’m not skilled as a doctor or rescue specialist, but if you’re like me, you’re wanting to make a difference.
Next Wednesday, join us for fwforum’s Mentor Marathon for Haiti. Give to Haiti and spend time online with some amazing photographers:
7 am – 10 am : Sergio + Critsey Rowe
10 am – NOON : DQ Studios
NOON – 2 pm : David Murray
2 pm – 4 pm : Tyler Wirken
4 pm – 6pm : Ben Chrisman + Anna Kuperberg
6 pm – 8 pm : JVS
8 pm – 10 pm : Brooks Whittington
100% of proceeds go to your choice of charity, and you’ll be able to request critique or ask any questions of the photographers above.
If you’re wanting a critique of your work during our allotted time, just comment below and we’ll connect to get things moving. First come first serve.
Special thanks to Huy for creating the community that is fwforum and for spearheading this a community-driven effort.
Details and info on getting codes for the online webinar can be found here.
See you Wednesday!
So excited to share!
Click here or the pic above to see our first video sneak peak of Virtual QuiKeys.
Whether you’re looking for the easiest and fastest workflow plug-in for Photoshop or adding it to your QuiKeys PRO arsenal, our new V-Keys is the answer
Feature list and more info can be found here.
Happy QuiKeying!
It’s been a whirlwind of a start to 2010! We’re thankful for such an amazing response from our talk at Mystic5. It was an honor to be amongst such amazing teachers and people and a special Shout-Out to the amazing Walter and his wife Angela who made it all happen. Boy did we Geek and Chic like never before! LOL! I hope y’all took away some great ideas but remember: ideas are lazy; it’s up to you to make 2010 your best year ever.
We’re also thankful for such an amazing response at our Imaging USA QuiKeys booth. Thanks to all old and new friends who made it a non-stop packed booth! It’s so rewarding when our QuiKeys baby has something to offer to not only those just starting out, but to our respected friends, peers and leaders in our industry.
Ok: enough mushy stuff 
I know we’re a bit late, but here’s a movie of some of our favorite wedding images from 2009. It’s the same one we presented at Mystic5 and after many requests to see the images again, here you go
Thanks to all our amazing clients for their trust and for letting us into their lives … truly we are blessed to do what we do.
Click here for an iPhone friendly super-duper sized version.
xoxo
d (4q2)
One day back from speaking at the amazing Mystic5 convention and we’re on the road to Nashville!
We’re excited to publicly debut the 2010 QuiKeys lineup and get it in your hands
Don’t be shy: Visit us at booth #837 and ask to take QuiKeys for a hands-on spin! Quin and I will be there every day demoing and sharing our workflow tips so stop by, and we’re looking forward to seeing old and making new friends
Phew! This is the last of 5 posts in one day. Thanks for staying with me & can’t wait to see you at the show!
I’m very happy to announce our new online shopping cart for photographers is open for business! Say hello to quikPhotoTools.com
If you’ve visited quikeys.com lately, you know we’ve been up to something. We’ve been thinking lots about what we have to you and simplified, it’s this:
“Smart solutions for Creative Photographers.”
It was 2007 when we first shared QuiKeys with the world. Back then we had 1 function and 1 product: QuiKeys for Photoshop.
We’ve come a long way baby
With the addition of different software plug-ins, educational DVD’s and shooting accessories, we needed a new shopping cart to keep up with our growing product line.
It’s still a work in progress with content added regularly, but we’re ready to take orders to help get your life back.
Hold on to your hats cuz 2010 has just begun and we’ve got big plans to make more innovative solutions available to you soon
Check it all out at quikphototools.com.
I had excitedly leaked QuiKlips on twitter months ago, but we’re finally ready to make it public and ship worldwide!
What’s QuiKlips? I’m glad you asked ….
It’s an oversized cell-phone belt-clip which we’ve been using to “wear” our flashes instead of carrying them. One-handed and ubiquitous flash access has allowed us to create images that others can’t and we’re now sharing this vital little piece of the gear puzzle with you all.
Can’t I just use any cell phone belt clip?
You could try. We did But this is the only one that has lasted over 5 years of real-world DQ use and abuse without a single failure. It’s the combination of the oversized tab, quality adhesive and hi-impact plastic that makes it work so well.
Where do you find this stuff?
Back-story: Over 5 years ago, I was trying to find the best way to carry our flashes. Anyone who’s seen us shoot or deconstructed our work will quickly realize we seldom put our flashes on-cam and choose to shoot flash off-camera. Not having our flashes on top of our cams, but still wanting instant access to it was a problem I needed to solve …. without turning to the “bat-belt” or bum-bag that wouldn’t survive the Chic of DQ
Super-fast flash access without the fashion faux pas.
I bought pretty much every cell phone clip I could find from the local shops and online. I stuck them on our battery packs and flashes, and very carefully tested them out. Everything failed! Then, I found this tab at Staples, under the brand Belkin. Finally! Success! I had found a belt clip strong enough to securely attach our expensive flashes, yet easily, with one hand, allow access to the flash. They weren’t at every Staples, so I bought them whenever I found them and stashed them for safe-keeping.
Fast-forward to last year when we switched to Nikon. I had run out of belt clips and tabs (gave them away and used them for other things) and was desperate to find the same ones. I had kept the Belkin packaging and searched the web with the SKU without luck.
Then, amazingly, I found a source which sold every part piece-meal. You had to find each individual piece, and cut the adhesive yourself too, making it very inconvenient.
So I did what anyone would do: I bought 1000 of the parts, customized them for use on flashes, and put them together in convenient packages.
Honestly, I’m not going to retire from selling these little things, but wanted to have a good stash for myself and share this little gem out of our flash nirvana kit with y’all
Phew! Long story: happy ending. All is good. Now go get your QuiKlips here!
Because shooting with style shouldn’t make you look ugly.
Look Ma! No hardware required!
I’m always looking to create products that solve *my* problems (and yes: they are many ). One was working up images for blogs and client teasers while on the road. I’ve purchased a small fortune of small ergonomic peripherals; from calculator-pad sized customizable keyboards to fancy shuttles & buttons, but always hated the compromises of a smaller keyboard when compared to my full-sized QuiKeys PRO. Add to that the pains of traveling the world and trying to find workspace on airplane tray-table or lap and I couldn’t find a solution I was happy with.
Until now
Introducing: Virtual QuiKeys.
It’s got many of the non-destructive Smart Tools made famous by its big brother, but doesn’t require any hardware. This Photoshop CS4 plug-in has become my grand-central station for all my retouching needs when away from my QuiKeys keyboard!
It comes complete with a virtualized set of 22 of our most-used QuiKeys PRO keys. But we didn’t stop there ….
Power-Users rejoice! You can also customize the Virtual QuiKeys layout and add actions and scripts of your own!!
Tested on many-a-plane-trip, it’s DQ-approved and ready to rock your world
It’s truly the one Panel you’ll ever need when working in Photoshop.
Visit us at booth #837 at ImagingUSA 2010 or find out more here.
Merry Belated Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
The last quarter of 2009 was wildly busy beyond the blogosphere. All I can say is I’m thankful I survived to see 2010
That being said, there’s soooo many great things to share with you it can’t be contained in one post. So, without further delay, here’s blog post 1 of FIVE for today (if I can get internet at our hotel in Nashville long enough … heh heh)
Hey: it’s a blue moon kind of thing, so don’t expect this every day
After months and months of work, I’m happy to announce QuiKeys is ready to ship for Windows 64-bit OS users!! So all you Windows geeks with pimped out motherboards, SSHD’s and more RAM than a Dodge can now take all that speed and harness it with the power of QuiKeys!!
We’re shipping today and you can put your order online here.
It’s been a wonderful year of family, work, travels and … espresso!
We’ve been so blessed in so many ways we wanted to pass on the blessing to you
(drumroll …..)
We’re having our first-ever Thanksgiving Black Friday Sale!!
Save $50-400 on a QuiKeys system by using the coupon THANKFUL09 in our shopping cart at www.quikeys.com.
As always, we welcome your emails or calls with questions regarding all things QuiKeys
Special “THANK YOU!” shout out to Kirsten for the AMAZing gift of the custom T-Shirts you see in this post!!
And remember:
Medium print: This sale ain’t gonna last long, so buy today for a better life in LR/PS the QuiKeys way
