FOTOfusion 2011 - Thursday Schedule

Color Key
100 Series Seminar	200 Series FOTOshoot	300 Series Computer Lab
400 Series Master Workshops	500 Series Lecture Demo / Computer Lab / FOTOshoots	600 Series Community Events
Portfolio Review / Technology Center
Special Events

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Note: Schedule is subject to change due to the busy schedule of our presenters. Changes will be posted at all sites during the week.

* FOTOshoot times indicate time that field trip leaves from The Centre and time that FOTOshoot ends at the location.  Please arrive at the Centre at least 15 minutes before departure time.  All FOTOshoots leave from Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s courtyard at indicated starting time. The FOTOshoot will end at the time indicated and additional time should be allowed to return to the Photographic Centre before your next event.

Thursday, January 13, 2011
6:00am-9:30am	208 Photograph the Birds of Wakodahatchee with Amy Gulick
8:30am-10:00am	117 Broadening Your Talents As A Still Photographer to Multimedia and Video with Lucian Perkins
	118 The Photojournalist's Heart and how it Ticks with Mary F. Calvert
	502 HDR Efex Pro - How to get natural looking HDR Photographs with Janice Wendt
8:30am-11:30am	408 Crafting the Multiple Image Composite with Seán Duggan
9:30am-10:30am	607 Color and Design: Urban Images and Exposure Control with Grace Schaub
10:30am-12:00pm	121 Negotiating The New Marketplace: How and Where To Sell Your Images Now with Debbie Bondulic, Vincent Ricardel, Cynthia Van Roden; Moderator: Beth Filler
	122 Controlling the Unconscious Eye: An Exploration of ExDR (Extending Dynamic Range) through the Use of Image Harvesting with Vincent Versace
	304 Preventing Hair Loss with Ben Willmore
10:30am-12:30pm	503 A class of its own: Shooting the LEICA S2 with Tom Smith
11:00am-12:00pm !	617 iPhone Artistry: the Newest Exciting Frontier in Photography with Dan Burkholder
11:30am-2:30pm	FOTOfusion Technology Center
12:00pm-2:30pm	Portfolio Reviews
12:00pm-5:00pm	409 Adventure at Tropical World --- It's Feathers and Flowers Galore! With Barbara Ellison Additional Charge $20 Critique Friday 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
12:30pm-1:30pm	206C The Digital Zone System with Gordon Brown, Thomas McCartney, Steve Nestler
12:30pm-5:30pm	410 Nudes In The Everglades with Craig Blacklock Additional Charge $175 Critique Friday 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
12:45pm-1:45pm	609 Portraits of the Famous and Not-So-Famous with Al Satterwhite
1:30pm-2:30pm	406C The Art and Craft of Photographing Family with Ross Whitaker Critique Session
	411 Florida Frontier with Carlton Ward - Lecture Session FOTOshoot Friday 5:00 am – 10:00 am Critique Friday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
2:15pm-3:15pm	610 Get Better Pictures from Your Digital Camera with Julie Adair King
2:30pm-4:00pm	125 A 930km African Photography Odyssey: Don't Wait For An Editor To Call - Create Your Own Assignment With Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio
	126 Time-Lapse Photography with Tim Grey
	305 What’s new in Lightroom 3?  with John Reuter
3:00pm-4:00pm	405C Unlock the Secrets of Color! with Lydia Goetze
3:00pm-6:00pm	412 Digital Fine Print Workflow with George DeWolfe
3:45pm-4:45pm	611 The Treasures at George Eastman House with Anthony Bannon
4:00pm-6:00pm	209 Lighting Portraits on Location with Louie Palu Additional Charge $20
4:00pm-7:00pm	504 In Bresson’s footsteps: Available light photography with the new LEICA M9 with Tom A. Smith
4:30pm-6:00pm	129 Perception: Seeing vs Looking with J. Tomas Lopez
	130 Digital in Black and White with George Schaub
	505 Color Efex Pro 3.0 with Janice Wendt
5:30pm-7:00pm	Museum Opening Reception - Robert Glenn Ketchum

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Descriptions

6:00 am - 9:30 am

FOTOshoot 208
Photograph the Birds of Wakodahatchee with Amy Gulick
Join acclaimed wildlife photographer Amy Gulick to explore the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, home to more than 140 species of birds including herons, ibises, and woodstorks. Bring your camera, sturdy tripod, and longest lens available in order to photograph small subjects from a distance comfortable for the wildlife.

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Seminar  117
Broadening Your Talents As A Still Photographer to Multimedia and Video with Lucian Perkins
Surviving in today's market place may mean expanding your repertoire as a photographer by adding sound and video to your work. Lucian Perkins, a former staff photographer at the Washington Post, began delving into the world of multimedia and video four years ago. He found that it helped him tell a more complete story on the subjects he covered and it opened more venues to sell that work on the web an on TV. Perkins will show you how he made this transition and he will give you tips that he has learned to make your transition to produce sound and video easier. In this class, he will give you tips on the best way to record sound, how to interview subjects, ways to shoot video along with your stills, and how to edit in Final Cut Pro.

Seminar  118
The Photojournalist's Heart and how it Ticks with Mary F. Calvert
Learn how to better your imagery whether shooting in one's own neighborhoods or overseas. Photographing humanitarian crises involves a myriad of professional and personal challenges that teach us to be better photographers. In this seminar award-winning world-class photojournalist Calvert embraces a multi-faceted approach to photojournalism, from developing a personal sensitivity and visual style, how to work in the field and finalizing a story.

Computer Lab 502
HDR Efex Pro - How to get natural looking HDR Photographs with Janice Wendt
Gold Passport Holders Only: FREE • General Admission: $25. 

Janice Wendt, Nik Software’s leading authority, will be taking you step by step on how to expose for and process images using Nik Software’s latest product HDR Efex Pro.  She will cover how it works using both Lightroom and Photoshop. She will go over how to create a custom preset to preserve a style all your own.  Also covered, how to use HDR Efex Pro on a single image to get the most out of your files that are not shot in HDR.

8:30 am - 11:30 am

Master Workshop 408

Crafting the Multiple Image Composite with Seán Duggan
This Master Class computer lab session takes an in-depth look at what goes into creating multiple image composites and collages. We’ll start off by examining compositing strategies for developing new collage ideas, how to determine what type of images work best for a composite, as well as shooting new photos with a specific composite in mind. Then we’ll dive into creating two complex multi-image composite from the ground up in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Along the way we’ll work with various selection and masking strategies, explore the magic of blend modes, and master the power of layers and layer masks to create the perfect composite image.

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Community Event 607
Color and Design: Urban Images and Exposure Control with Grace Schaub
Join us for on an artistic exploration of light, shadow, color and composition and how an awareness of these elements can enhance your photography. Through observation, integration and realization we’re more able to our connect with our creativity --- in the following ways: Observation of light, its qualities and how it falls upon your photographic subject,Integration of the subject with your own personal and worldview, realization of this view and the ability to express your vision through the use of camera, lens and exposure.

10:30 am - 12:00 noon

Seminar  121
Negotiating The New Marketplace: How and Where To Sell Your Images Now with Debbie Bondulic, Vincent Ricardel, Cynthia Van Roden; Moderator: Beth Filler
In the age of a shrinking marketplace photographers must become creative about the alternative outlets for selling their work. Each panelist brings his or her own areas of expertise to create a viable strategy for developing new outlets.

Seminar  122
Controlling the Unconscious Eye: An Exploration of ExDR (Extending Dynamic Range) through the Use of Image Harvesting with Vincent Versace
Dynamic range does not only apply to exposure. In this seminar, Vincent Versace will show you how to apply a new concept, ExDR, to focus, blur and image structure.  Starting with image-harvesting to the image-editing process, Vincent will teach you the most aesthetic choices to make regarding light, shape, gesture, and color when you first take a picture. You will also learn the approach of how the human eye "sees" to guide the viewer's eye through the image.
He will cover how to actually shoot for ExDR, pecifically all the considerations you need to think about when harvesting, for focus blur and image structure and how to assemble.

Skill Level: Intermediate, Advanced

Computer Lab 304
Preventing Hair Loss with Ben Willmore
Removing the background on furry, fuzzy and hairy subjects doesn't have to be time-consuming and difficult. Learn to use the newest features in Photoshop CS5 to isolate hair without losing a strand or having chunks of the old background visible while creating a perfect transition to a replacement backdrop.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Studio Demo 503
A class of its Own: Shooting the new LEICA S2 with Tom A. Smith
Passport Holders: FREE • Others: $25. (Studio Lecture and Demo)

Find out for yourself what the buzz is all about. Tom Smith will present the groundbreaking Leica S system in a studio setting that will allow you to see the outstanding image quality with your own eyes. Developed from the ground up by Leica Camera this new system combines the image quality of Medium Format with the compact size and handling of 35mm dSLRs, creating a new class of camera. Please join us when we put the camera to the test.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Community Event 608
iPhone Artistry: the Newest Exciting Frontier in Photography with Dan Burkholder
Lurking under the iPhone’s phone label is one of the most inspiring, capable and fun imaging systems in all of photography. More than just a snapshot device, the iPhone is a powerfully creative tool for creating art right in our palms. We now have camera, darkroom, and—as Jerry Uelsmann would say—Visual Research Laboratory, all in our shirt pocket! Liberated from rushing home to our computers, we can shoot and process our images in the field, learning what works (and doesn’t) to make our captures match our vision. Witness photography’s next revolution.

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Master Workshop 409
Adventure at Tropical World - It's Feathers and Flowers Galore! With Barbara Ellison
Additional Charge $20
Lecture and FOTOshoot Thursday 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
Critique Friday 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Barbara will start by discussing the various ways that you can create flower portraits, from close-ups to environmental portraits.  She also will cover printing and hand coloring techniques to create the finished product. Why did the chicken cross the road?  To be chased, followed and coaxed by photographers for close-ups. You will spend the afternoon at Tropical World Nursery’s wholesale operation photographing the colors and comical expressions of these creatures (chickens).  Feather close-ups, panned shots of running chickens, and portraits will be on the schedule.
You will be photographing orchids and other tropical flowers – with and without flash to create beautiful flower images while you roam the unusual acreage at the nursery.  There will be a photo opportunity around every corner --- including the friendly pack of Corgi dogs.

12:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Master Workshop 410
Nudes In The Everglades with Craig Blacklock
Additional Charge $175
Critique Friday 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Craig Blacklock is first and foremost a landscape photographer. Thus, when he introduces the nude into his work, the landscape comes first and the figure serves to emphasize his connection to the land. Prior to your shoot Craig will show examples of his work, both from large format film, and from more recent digital capture. He will discuss what he watches for in a creative process that involves extensive planning, but also how to adjust on the fly if conditions change. He will demonstrate how he communicates with his models to insure that everyone is comfortable, and understands the goals of the shoot.

A private area of the everglades will provide the land and waterscape for the photography. The group will take some time exploring the Preserve to scope out and discuss possible locations prior to working with the models. Then, when the light improves in late afternoon you will spread out and begin making images while Craig demonstrates as well as assists you.

Craig will critique the group's work on Friday, as well as show a few of the images he made during the demonstrations. Beyond critiquing the work, Craig often opens a photograph into Photoshop to demonstrate additional steps he often applies to an image. Many participants find this among the most valuable parts of his workshops.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Community Event 609
Portraits of the Famous and Not-So-Famous with Al Satterwhite
See this exciting multi-media presentation by award winning, internationally renowned photographer and film maker Satterwhite known for capturing the essence of his subjects with a keen sense of design, composition and color saturated images. He will include images from his new book titled “Titans: Muhammad Ali and Arnold Schwarzenegger."

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Master Workshop 411

Florida Frontier with Carlton Ward
Critique Friday 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
FOTOshhoot Friday 5:00 am to 10:00 am
Critique Friday 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Drive thirty miles west of Palm Beach to enter the heart of Florida ranch country, where the vast expanses surrounding Lake Okeechobee sweep south toward the Everglades, where the men and women of America’s oldest cowboy culture live and work among the wilderness they protect. Capture the frontier spirit with acclaimed photojournalist Carlton Ward Jr, who will teach you the art of documenting a human story within its ecological context and introduce you to the practice of conservation photography, an emerging field he and colleagues from the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) have helped define.

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Community Event 610
Get Better Pictures from Your Digital Camera with Julie Adair King
Take the first step to getting better pictures with your digital camera as Julie Adair King, author of Digital Photography For Dummies," explains the basics of choosing an exposure mode, getting good autofocus results, manipulating color, and selecting the right resolution and quality settings. You'll also find out how to avoid common picture defects and get tips on using Live View, recording digital movies, archiving your picture files, and preparing pictures for printing and online sharing.

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Seminar 125
A 930km African Photography Odyssey: Don't Wait For An Editor To Call - Create Your Own Assignment With Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio
In 2009, NYC based, British photojournalist Jason Florio and his wife, Helen Jones-Florio made the first circumnavigation of The Gambia, West Africa by foot (a nearly 600 mile journey) to create a series of now award winning portraits of African village chiefs and elders who hosted them on the expedition.  They will take you through creating your own assignment, planning and organizing for such photography based adventure, fundraising and execution of the work in difficult environments - accompanied by reportage and portraits from their odyssey.

Seminar 126
Time-Lapse Photography with Tim Grey
As an increasing number of digital cameras offer the ability to capture video in addition to still photographs, more and more photographers are embracing images that incorporate motion. A unique and interesting option that lies somewhere in between the still image and a video capture is time-lapse photography. In this lecture, Tim Grey will share some of the fundamental concepts and techniques involved in creating a time-lapse.

Computer Lab 305

What’s new in Lightroom 3?  with John Reuter
Adobe Lightroom 3 is a significant upgrade that every serious digital photographer should consider. Save time with fast image importing. The newly designed import interface is easy to set up and navigate, with clear visual indications of where your photos will be located and how they'll be organized after you've imported them. Quickly and easily perfect your images by automatically reducing lens defects like geometric distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting with single-click profiles. Lightroom 3 offers a vast improvement in the de mosaic process as well as new sharpening and noise reduction tools. Like traditional film grain?  LR 3 offers a new film grain feature that can mimic some of your favorite analog film types.  These are just a few of the significant upgrades in the new Lightroom 3.  Come discover them for yourself in this hands on seminar.

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Community Event 412

Digital Fine Print Workflow with George DeWolfe
This 3-hour Master Class is an introduction to my nationally popular Digital Fine Print workshop. The Master Class demonstrates the workflow necessary to produce an excellent print on a consistent basis. Over a period of 15 years the workflow has been refined and updated regularly with innovation in printers, papers, hardware, software, and inks.  The workflow goes through Lightroom and CS5 and discusses the most efficient way to make global, broad and local adjustments to the image. Included is a look at PercepTool 2TM  and the process of HDR blending.

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Community Event 611

The Treasures at George Eastman House with Anthony Bannon
The distinguished Director of George Eastman House, Anthony Bannon, presents an appreciation of the icons of photography, as seen through the Eastman House collection. Renowned for its depth and breadth, the collection also holds an array of unusual images from daguerreotype to digital, that Bannon cites as instrumented in the history and allure of imaging.

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

FOTOshoot 209

Lighting Portraits on Location with Louie Palu
Additional Charge $20
Get the lowdown on how to light on location from Louie, an award winning, 
internationally published photojournalist. Profit from his many years of experience in the field and his clear and concise demonstrations in this hands-on photo shoot.

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

FOTOshoot 504

In Bresson’s Footsteps: Available Light Photography with the New LEICA M9 with Tom Smith
Gold Passport Holders Only: FREE • General Admission: $25.  Limit 12 participants.

Take the LEICA M9 for a spin on an evening full of music and lights and a cattle drive. Experience why the world’s first digital rangefinder camera with a full-format 24 × 36 mm sensor continues the legendary heritage of the Leica M system, known for its outstanding available light capabilities. Tom will explain why the M-System is the tool to shoot in low light. Find out why great photographers like Elliott Erwitt and Henry Cartier-Bresson made the M camera their camera of choice.

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Seminar  129
Perception: Seeing vs Looking with J. Tomas Lopez
Everybody knows how to look, but very few people can see. Improve your image making in this fascinating seminar by world-renowned experts who will help you change your poor visual habits and decision-making. Through a series of exercises that engage participants, Lopez will help you develop your “photographic seeing” and produce excellent photographs.

Seminar  130
Digital in Black and White with George Schaub
Black and white photographers have more opportunity for creative expression than ever before, thanks to the amazing capability of image processing. Every photograph is potentially a great monochrome image. George Schaub will share his black and white imagery that has been featured in numerous books and magazines and he will also provide for you his insider tips for processing digital images from RGB to black and white. The processing side of the demonstration includes easy tips for working in Lightroom, Aperture and Photoshop.

Computer Lab 505
Color Efex Pro 3.0 with Janice Wendt
Gold Passport Holders Only: FREE • General Admission: $25

Janice Wendt, Nik Software's leading authority on image retouching will teach you retouching techniques using the Nik Software tools. She will provide tips on how professional photographers obtain the final look on their images. Everything from getting the perfect sky to glowing soft skin will be covered. Techniques will include how to save settings, use smart filters and using Control Points to speed selective enhancements.

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Special Event

Museum Opening Reception - Robert Glenn Ketchum
In PBPC Musuem - Free.

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