Lightroom is capable of exporting some very powerful galleries that look beautiful (learn more in our free on-demand webinar, Lightroom and the Web). However, when you are a WordPress user and have your website on WordPress things get much harder for you.

In this webinar, hosted by Erik Bernskiold, you will learn two ways of integrating a Lightroom gallery with your WordPress website and have it show up beautifully in your theme design, as though it was naturally a part of the site.

If you prefer to get a downloadable version instead to save on your computer (and to tablets and mobile devices) and be able to view wherever you are, you can purchase a download version from the shop for a special introductory price at $14.95.

Watch Basics of Using WordPress »

If this sparks your interest, go and have a look at the webinar page where you can also sign up to watch live. The webinar will be available for $19.95 and is live on Monday, April 18 at 2 p.m EDT.

The first webinar will be broadcast on March 21, at 2 p.m EST. Registrations are open today and until Sunday (March 13) you can get an early-bird ticket for just $19.95 instead of the normal $29.95! If you are thinking about moving to WordPress or setting up a new website, register fast because we only have 90 seats.

Secondly, we will be following this starter webinar up with a chance to learn how to take your already existing WordPress website and extending it further. This webinar is good both for attendees of the first one, as well as you who have a basic WordPress website that you would like to extend with new features. Have a loook at the webinar info page to read the full details.

The second webinar will be broadcast on April 18, also at 2 p.m EST. Its registration has also started today with the early-bird available until Sunday, March 27 and by signing up now, you will save $10 on the normal $29.95 price.

I’m looking forward to seeing you in these two webinars and as always, if you have any questions, just leave a comment!

Our Hardware Equipment

It is tough to record without some hardware to capture you and your voice. Depending on what is being recorded, we use a few different setups.

Microphone for Internal Use

When recording the podcasts, tutorials and webinars, the main studio microphone is used. For this purpose, I have chosen to use a Rode Podcaster microphone. What makes it so good is that it is a mix between an XLR-ouput mic and a USB-headset. Simply put, it is a big mic meant to fit on a stand and in a shock mount, but with a USB-connection. Sound quality is really good and it looks pretty good on my desk too!

Microphone for External People

Sometimes there are guests on the podcasts or webinars and they need to sound good too! Most of the time our guests have their own USB-headset, but for those who have not we recommend or purchase for them, one of the latest Plantronics USB headsets. They are comfortable to have on, function well and output some great sound. Additionally, they do not break the bank and are quite cheap. Whenever I make a recording “on the road”, these are the series of headset that I use.

Video Camera

This is one area that we haven’t fully expanded. For recording videos at events (conferences, trade shows) we just use a little handy Kodak Zi8 camera with an attached external lavaliere mic that easily clips on.

USB Webcam

For the webinars it is important to good a high-resolution (HD-quality) video stream that looks good. For this, the choice has fallen upon the Creative Live HD webcam that has a 720p resolution and an OK quality, good for a webcam. The reason why the choice for the webinars is a webcam is that it is much simpler to set up and work with, compared to an external, dedicated video camera with a solid USB video feed, acting as a webcam.

The Software That Makes It All Happen

Even with all this hardware, the final movies would not happen if it wasn’t for a few key software bits.

ScreenFlow

All screen recording is done through this fantastic Mac application called ScreenFlow which supports recording both your screen, audio and webcam simultaneously or in any configuration. The beauty of this app is that you can do most of the editing required right in it, saving an extra exporting step. Another big benefit here is that you can do it quickly, with easy tools that achieve a good-looking effect. The look is key for the production.

Final Cut Express

Movies from events or other training movies not recorded through the computer directly also need to be edited. For this, Apple’s Final Cut Express does just a brilliant job. It feels much more like the full Final Cut Pro than the Adobe equivalent, Premiere Elements feels to Premiere. Plus, it does all that is required for us at this time.

Adobe Creative Suite

For all of our productions there is a certain amount of graphics work that needs to be done. Not to mention the fact that we mostly teach Adobe applications. This makes the Creative Suite from Adobe (always the latest version) a must have in the recording setup.

The videos have always been exported for iPhone and iPad and been available through iTunes but we are now pleased to be able to serve them online as well.

This past week has for us at Bernskiold Media been collectively the busiest week since we started with two seminars at two photo clubs in Sweden who both had booked us for the brand new “Photographer and Photoshop” seminar. Both bookings were made as a part of our seminar special to photo clubs and groups all over the world to have us come and speak to them for only the cost of travel.

We want to extend a warm thank you to both “Mariestads fotoklubb” and “Fotografiska föreningen i Göteborg” for letting us come and to everyone who visited these two events and made it a very good time for hopefully everyone.

Do you want to attend this seminar?

If you do want to attend this one yourself and are a member of a group or club, please contact us to find out how we can schedule a day to visit your club with either of our seminars or a custom presentation.

Should you on the other hand not be a part of a club or group, you can attend this seminar (Photographer and Photoshop) or Photoshop Elements for Beginners as they are hosted locally and for everyone here in Gothenburg, Sweden. You can sign up on their respective information pages.

Free Seminars/Speaking at Your Event!

Whether you are a small photo club, a business or a big trade show, you can sign us up for your event for free. That is right, this fall only we are not going to charge for our speaking gigs. The only cost will be reimbursement for travel to and from your venue as well as necessary hotel nights.

Our offer is not just good for Sweden but all around the globe, even though we realize that travel costs will obviously be higher the further away from Sweden your venue is.

The offer is good for all seminars that we have as well as custom tailored talks for your event.

Are you interested in this offer and would like to have us come visiting you? Just send us an email through the contact form or call us which you can also do if you have any questions or would like to know more.

That site has been renamed to Bernskiold Learning in order for this site to evolve, and let me tell you why this is.

Bernskiold Media is now the central hub of an entire media network. We are planning several new websites and podcasts but also en expansion to classes and courses, not just online but as seminars and workshops, as well as on DVD.

Multi-Language Website

Our new expansion is not just in the worldwide market. We are working hard to bring out a series of classes and DVDs in Swedish and for the market here in our home country.

If you look at the right of the navigation up on the website, you will probably have seen already that we have a language selector, where you can quickly switch between our english and swedish websites. These sites do contain the same information just translated into the two languages.

Welcome to our new world!

A warm welcome to the new Bernskiold Media. You will be seeing a lot of content here about our upcoming courses and classes as well as the new websites we are launching. As you can tell, I am really geeked about all these new things!