"Picture Perfect"
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
A Northumberland Photography Club One Day Workshop
Four great photographers, two full time professionals, two gifted amateurs.
You get to choose one in the morning, one in the afternoon.
Sponsors of the door prizes for the workshop.
- Sharon Thompson - An assorted pack of 13" x 19" Epson Professional Photo Paper.
- Downtown Camera, 55 Queen St. East in Toronto - Two 7" Digital Photo Frames and 2 Canon Photo Album Kits.
- Henry's Camera Store in the Oshawa Plaza - Gift card.
- Oliver Steins' Ganaraska Art and Framing, Walton St., Port Hope, a Gift Certificate.
- Jeff Gardner Fine Art Printing Service - A Print of Your Photograph up to 16" x 24".
- Haynes Printing, Division St., Cobourg, 150 Hasty Notes of Your Photo with envelopes.
- T.G. Barker Studio Custom Framing at 4138 County Road 45 in Cobourg - a framed and Mounted Beth Hoselton Print.
Please give our generous sponsors your support and business in the future!
Mention you heard about them at the Picture Perfect workshop.
Start time: 9 a.m. 81 Mill Street South in Port Hope, The Ruth Clarke Activity Centre
Doors open at: 8.30 a.m. Participants will want to bring their camera, manual and a tripod.
MORNING PRESENTATIONS
Nancy Falconi
A full time photographer who made the transition from a corporate business career into full time freelance photography, and will share what she learned along the way about inspiration and creativity.
Abintra is a Latin word for "from within". In this lecture she will talk about:
- Becoming aware of Abintra: your individual source of inspiration and uniqueness. and
- Allowing yourself to be guided by Abintra: how to translate that awareness into your
photography or any creative endeavour. This will enable you to take your photography to the next level and create the photographs you dream of.
Nancy Falconi B.A. (Hon), M.I.R. | Visual Artist/Storyteller
web: http://www.nancyfalconi.com
blog: http://www.nancyfalconi.net/
Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/nancyfalconi
Sherrie Greig
Sherrie will be discussing: How do you see the world? How do you capture the feeling and experiences of the
places you travel? How do you capture that, especially if you are just beginning? In this workshop she will share some basic
tricks that she learned to capture the essence of the places and communities that she has visited in Canada.
- Artistic design and composition: how to frame a picture using basic artistic design, creating movement and balance in your images
- Depth of field (Aperture) and shooting in Aperture Priority. What do you want to focus on? how do you want the viewer to see your work?
- Exposure and histogram basics: Creating mood, getting the shot you want with the right light.
- Advantages of Shooting in camera RAW and using a tripod. Why is camera RAW better? Should I cart my tripod around with me?
Catered Lunch 12 p.m to 1 p.m.
Afternoon PRESENTATIONS
Sid Tabak
Sid Tabak has been a commercial photographer for over 30 years, using a documentary and editorial style to
tell stories about people, buildings, engineering and his new-found love of point-and-shoot cameras for personal memories.
Even though the image-processing cameras, printers and machines have changed, Sid has remained consistent with a vision of natural light, a tripod and documenting what is in front of the camera.
Sid will present images from his career, concentrating on people in the health care industry, the process of construction for the engineering industry and his love of point-and-shoot photography and using self-publishing techniques for creating personal books and family documentation.
www.sidtabak.com - a commercial photographer
Ann Brokelman
A great amateur bird and wildlife photographer. Ann will present a slide show with different styles, take off, landings, winter vs summer lighting, golden hour and other workshops available for them to go and practice flight shots. One is Wye Marsh and the second location is the Canadian Raptor Conservancy.
Only requirement is a camera with high speed shooting. I would be using a 400mm lens. I may do a session on nesting documentation. Taking shots of building nests, sitting on nests, first shots of young parents bringing in food, branching, fledgling and becoming juveniles. I have for 2 years monitored a red-tailed hawk nest and have taken well over 40,000 shots of this.
Morning afternoon and night shots.
Birds of Prey, heron, shorebird flight shots
How to prepare for doing flight shots, setting for flight shots, hand holding lens vs tripod vs flight brace. If I do this type of workshop I will need to take the group to the lake and use gulls to practice.
Participants should bring a camera for high speed shooting.
Daily Journal: www.naturephotosbyann.blogspot.com/
Enjoy the photos and stories on the SCC red-tailed hawk nest: www.redtailnest.blogspot.com
Weather permitting, it is hoped that all participants will get a chance to go outside with their cameras and try some of the techniques they have just learned.
Back into the Hall for 4 p.m. for a quick wind-up, the next group of hall users will be coming in at 4.30 p.m.
There will be a limited number of tickets available, so sign up on February 7th if you can commit to the date.
Tickets will be available at the March meeting, and then we can open the event to members of other clubs
to fill any remaining seats.
Cost, including lunch, $65.00 per person.