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Student Testimonials

From Judy Crookston

          Just wanted to thank you again for a great class! My brain is fried, but otherwise I'm back in my office ready to rock 'n roll. (Or maybe cha-cha-cha!!) Whoever said you can't teach an old dog new tricks obviously didn't know YOU! 

The work book is a lifesaver. I could not keep up with all the note taking by hand, so the workbook made it much easier. I learned so much it boggles my mind, but the real test will be to start using that knowledge and see how much i actually retained. 

If all this new knowledge actually speeds up my workflow you may have saved my marriage. No kidding- my husband is always poking his head around the door asking "When are you coming out?" Maybe you should add "marriage saver" to your list of accomplishments! ha ha


 

 From Diana Vader

          Thanks Suzette, I can't tell you how much I enjoyd your seminar at West Coast school. I was sitting there with my mouth hanging open. I only caught about 1/25 of what you were saying but just knowing that all that is in Photoshop is an eye opner for me. Blessings!


 From Frank Peele

          You are both life changers--in the finest possible way! Thank you!


From Julie B.

          Thank you for a great week - you put all our work into a great common-sense perspective. Thanks again and God bless!


  From Becky, Savannah, GA 

          This past year at GA School was one of the best weeks of my life. The intensity of your class was amazing. My brain has absorbed what was learned and I'm ready for more! It was awesome getting to know you and Jonny on a personal level too. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to a faster work flow and the multitude of things I can do wtih Photoshop!


 From Ed Pedi

           Thank you for such a great class last week. I learned a ton of things that I'm using right now. You guys have a very comfortable teaching style that makes it easy to learn. I just wanted to say thanks again and let you know how much you impact peoples lives.


From Drea Cunningham

          I have wanted to email you ever since getting home from East Coast School in Raleigh. I truly cannot express how HUGE of an impact your course and your magnificent energies have had on my business and my life. I am amazed everyday at the volume of knowledge that I was able to absorb and implement from your four day couse but it is right there at my fingertips. Your insight and professional outlook is so uplifting but your intuitive explanations of Photoshop and Photography are pure genius. You and Johnny are blessed to have each other and we are blessed to have spent such priceless time with you. Once again, thank you for everything and every little thing! You are wonderful people and a kickass teaching team!


From Emily Cavaco, NY

          Just wanted to let you know, I'm saving loads of time with your pointers already - it really has made an amazing difference in my workflow, my photo quality and my capability to spend more time actually taking pictures!


From Thomas Pham, Ridgecrest, CA

 

          I just want to thank you for a terrific job teaching the Photoshop class in Pasadena. Your teaching style, patience, and attention really helped me absorb the material. Prior to this class I had some knowledge of Photoshop but never fully was comfortable at using it. Now I feel so much more confident and at ease sitting in front of the screen using my Intuos 3! I can't wait to start working with real clients digitally. Thanks again for the most valuable Photoshop learning experience to date.


 

From Bill Hench

 

          I'm going all digital this year and I purchased your DVD for my daughter who is going to retouch for me this summer. The "Working Smarter" aspect of the DVD is great. I can do most things I need to do, but the way you simplified so much of it is great. Best $50 I have spent in the last three years, not counting my camo archery coat.


 

From Heidi Hopp, San Diego, CA

 

          Hope all is well with you and I think about you almost daily when I use all my wonderful Pohotshop tricks from your class. I keep telling every photographer I know that they need to take your class. It sure has changed my business tremendously. Thank you for everything you have taught me. You da bomb! 


 

From Nicole Katano

 

          I love your articles in ShootSmarter! You explain things clearly and concisely and I've learned a lot from you, so thank you very much and keep up the good work!


 

From Kathryn Myers

 

          I have been a big fan of your articles in the ShootSmarters.com. I was especially excited about the watercolor technique. I paint with watercolors and so wanted to do it on occasion with my photos too. I just wanted to tell you that I tried it on a picture of a Connor Prairie recreation character who was baking biscuits. It turned out just the way I wanted it so I entered it in the Kokomo Art Museum Photo contest and I won Best of Show in the computer generated category. Thank you for this qonderful technique.


 

From George Vokovich, Fort Myers, FL

 

          I want tos ay you are the very best instructor/teacher. I really want to learn Photoshop 7 and you are above all others.


 

From Heidi Hopp, San Diego, CA

 

          Thanks for all the info you are giving us and helping to make us better digital photographers. Your class is worth five times more than what you're charging.


 

From Jennifer Duff

 

          Thank you for sharing your faith and caring about teenagers! Shine For Him seems like a great way for teens to share their personal faith and testimony. I am a photographer and my husband is a Youth Minister. We've been in ministry for seven years and they have been the best years of my life! Your website is awesome and your photography and retouching techniques are outstanding. I have really learned a lot from your articles. Somehow I don't feel overwhelmed or discouraged by so much information. I feel excited and ready to try new things. You truly have a gift for teaching. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with the rest of us.


 

From Jamie Gilbert, Sacramento, CA

 

          I took your Photoshop class a few years ago when I was in California and it literally changed my life. I learned so much from your class and love to design on Photoshop, but I realized that there is so much more I could learn. It kills me every time I see one of your classes offered, as I am now in Washington State and with starting over up here with my business, it will probably be a couple of years before I can afford to get away for workshops again. You were one of the best teachers I've had. You taught in a way I understood completely, but I feel I'm at a standstill and want to learn more. You truly inspire me to want to be better.


 

From Girish Patel, Fairfield, CA

 

          Love your way of working with people. Keep teaching with love and care. Keep on shining. God bless.


 

From Eli Sloves

 

           Love reading your articles. Very clear and easy to follow. You have made my life much easier to do retouching.


 

From Kristine Bardin, Los Angeles, CA

 

          I really enjoyed the last two classes in Torrance. Hopefully, I will have some free time to work on all the new things I learned.


 

From Nolan Bailey, Natchitoches, LA

 

         After being graduated from Brooks Institute a millennium ago, I taught photography at the university level for fifteen years. Was I amazed to see you state something that I pounded into my student's heads over and over. You are 100% correct! One last thought: the only difference between "Good" and "Excellent" is the attention to detail. Keep up the good work.


 

From Carolyn Graham

          Thank you so much for the "applying text" article in ShootSmarter! I have enjoyed your helps previously too. The timing was PERFECT, as I was a lover of personalizing prints using foils and a "hot pen" before shooting digital. I admire individuals that are able and willing to share their knowledge so skillfully.

From Troy Tran, Elk Grove, CA

          This was a great workshop for those interested in digital photography. I learned many great techniques taught in class that I never knew before. THese techniques create great images in photography. I am very much interested and looking forward to attending the intermediate level workshop for Digital Discoveries.


From Marie Zigon, San Jose, CA

         Well...somehow thank you does not seem sufficient. You are such a smart woman. YOu have a gift to give us and you do it willingly. Thank you..from me as I sit in front of this tool that I am addicted to and create. I am amazed by what I now can do. Thank you for what you did for me and did for CPW. You are amazing. I know they all appreciate you for this.


From Marie Zigon, San Jose, CA

         Thanks again for the great Photoshop class. I have tried to work in Photoshop before but found it very frustrating. Your class showed me the ins and outs and how simple it can really be. I can hardly wait to start in on some great projects I have in mind!


From A Professional Photographer, Turlock, CA

         Your images are breathtaking. As a fellow Christian, I can appreciate your God given talent.


From Barbara, San Jose, CA

          Thank you so very much for a great day and evening of the most wonderful and useful information. Jeri suggests I check your website for more class info. I look forward to seeing you again in another class.


From Bill and Marscia Thomas

           You asked us what we wanted to do with the information we learned at West COast School. I wanted to write a book. Well - I have. In September I scanned 500 negatives my Mom and Dad took in Peru (1927-1930). My dad worked there. I restored them and put most of them on 62 pages of the book. My Dad had started a book about his life and our older son typed it up for us. Bill had me get it printed on double sided matte paper. This will be Christmas to all my Dad's grandchildren and their families. Thank you for making it possible.


From Joey Ikemoto, M.Photog. Torrance, CA
            I was thinking of all the things I was grateful for this past year and how far I have grown in this past year. I didn't shoot anything digital for a real Job until this past June. That's when I took your class in Photo Shop. We shot over 80 weddings all digital in 5 months The lab is telling me that my digital weddings now look better than 95% of all the weddings that is going thru the lab. I have you to thank for that! I was letting the lab make all the corrections to the images and the results were not always good. Now on all the images that go into the wedding album, I go and color correct them myself. All I learned about Photoshop came from the class that you taught. You made it NOT SCARY to learn P.S. I've gone to other P.S. classes since your class and they talk so tech and make it seem very confusing. Thank you!!

From Jeri Arstingstall , PPA Certified, M. Photog., Cr., San Jose, Ca
          Hi Suzette - I wanted to thank you for all of your Photoshop expertise. Your digital beginning class put the pieces together and I have been using what you taught every since. Now to see your articles on shootsmarter.com the information keeps on coming. You bring real world examples to what every working photographer needs. Thank you!

From Kay Simon, Walnut Creek, CA
         You gave a wonderful presentation the other night. I learned a number of more efficient ways to use Photoshop. I know that people who are more advanced were thrilled, and a number of people who didn't use the program said that they could follow your discussion and enjoyed hearing you outline the possibilities. Everyone talked about what a great teacher you are.

From Debrah Woods, Auburn, CA
         Suzette is an extremely talented artist and an awesome instructor! I learned so much! My images will never be the same. I can hardly wait to apply all that I have learned and turn photos into art! Well worth the investment. What an inspiration!

From Deanna Bansemer, Brookings, Oregon
          Suzette is an awesome instructor. She has a gift for teaching and grasping ideas. This course has changed my life~my business will never be the same! Thank you!!

From Heidi Miller, Redding, CA
           Walking in totally blind to digital....wow....a whole new world opened! Thank you, thank you, thank you.....the possibilities are endless!

From Greta Heintz, CPP Walnut Creek, CA
            Suzette gives clear explanations in plain english. So many "computer gurus" talk in "technospeak" at a level above the heads of the students. Suzette brings a technical subject down to earth in a very practical hands-on way. Everyone leaves her classs able to actually DO Photoshop!

From Kip Cothran, Murrietta, CA
             Suzette is the most awesome instructor at CPW! Totally inspirational!! Loads of knowledge!!

From Linda Rothwell, Santa Paula, CA
             I didn't have a clue about Photoshop; just getting started in photography. The knowledge that I am leaving with is awesome. Suzette was extremely informed on the subject matter and wasable to demonstrate it with ease and humor. I really enjoyed this experience and will be taking her advanced class.

From Dorman Louie, San Jose, CA
             Suzette was wonderful as a teacher's assistant, but as a teacher, she is absolutely brilliant, warm and awesome. You are sure to have a great time!

From Tasha Grosl, Soldotna, Alaska
             Well, I thought I'd write to say hello and inquire about your Photoshop classes...I've had the honor of learning firsthand what a wonderful teacher you are, so of course for something difficult like Photoshop, I'd like to have that kind of instructor.....

From Yogi Patel, Moorpark, CA
              Thankyou for sending me the info for tablet. I am definitely getting it. Also Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much for all the wonderful knowledge you have provided.
I will email you a composite I am working on. Thankyou!

From Heidi Wilson, Northern, CA
              Thanks again for allowing me to sneak in there. I learn so much from you and it's so, so, SO appreciated. You make my life better.
From Tod Gomes, Pleasant Hill, CA
              I really enjoyed your class this week at California Photographic Workshop! The techniques that you showed the us will greatly improve my business (not to mention saving me $$$ so I don't have to pay the lab to color correct or retouch or alter my images). I learned a lot and I plan to take at least one more class of yours down the road so I can really soak up some of the information that didn't stick the first time and to improve my skills even more. Thanks again!

From Kathi Corder, McArthur, CA
               Well...somehow thank you does not seem sufficient...You are such a smart woman...
You have a gift to give us and you do it willingly. Thank you...from me as I sit in front of this tool that I am addicted to and create I am amazed at what I now can do. Thank you...for what you do for and did for CPW. You are amazing. I know they all appreciate you for this.
From Troy Tran, Elk Grove, CA
                This was a great workshop for those interested in digital photography. I learned many great techniques taught in class that I never knew before. These techniques create great images in photography. I am very much interested and looking forward to attending the intermediate level workshop for digital discoveries.

From Barbara, San Jose, CA
                 Thank you so very much for a great day and evening of the most wonderful and useful information. Jeri suggests I check your website for more class info. I look forward to seeing you again in another class.

From Marie Zigon, San Jose, CA
                 Thanks again for the great photoshop class. I have tried to work in photoshop before but found it very frustrating.Your class showed me the in and outs and how simple it can really be. I can hardly wait to in on some great projects I have in mind!