6:00 - 9:00 am
 FOTOshoot 225
Loxahatchee Landscape with Steven Nestler
One of Florida’s natural treasures, the Loxahatchee Wildlife Preserve, in the northernmost part of the Everglades, is considered to be among its most photogenic areas. Celebrated landscape photographer Steven Nestler will guide you through the refuge’s diverse wetland habitats, home to the American alligator and many endangered species, affording wonderful, up-close views of wildlife and vegetation.
7:30 - 9:30 am
FOTOshoot 226
People on Location with Ross Whitaker
Take this hands-on field trip to the Boynton Beach Inlet with Ross Whitaker and learn how to get the most out of a location shoot. Topics of discussion will include how to be an ”engaged voyeur”; equipment and how it effects your relationship with your subjects; film and film speeds; to flash or not to flash; film/digital; and how your own personality can define your approach to a shoot. Whitaker
will be right there with you to guide you and answer your questions…a fun adventure!
8:30-10: 00 am
 Seminar 133
Creative Landscape Photography with Dennis Dimick, Robert Glenn Ketchum, David Muench, Marc Muench; Moderator: Kim Hubbard
How to create stunning images, while interpreting the natural landscape, will be discussed by this distinguished panel of some of the world’s master landscape photographers. A MUST for the concerned landscape photographer, all the important details you need to know for location shooting will be covered and all your questions answered by this informed panel.
Seminar 134
The All New "Smart" Workflow with Photoshop CS3 with Jack Davis
The most powerful, flexible, nondestructive and streamlined workflow imaginable? It's the Photoshop CS3 AND Camera Raw 4.1's application of Adobe's new Smart Objects/Smart Filters technology. Once understood, these "Smart" capabilities will give you the ability to do the vast majority of your photography magic on one single layer in Photoshop - including your raw tonal adjustments, retouching, filtering and even enhancing - without ever permanently altering a single pixel of your embedded original photograph! Jack will also show you how to take all this image magic and apply it to dozens of other photographs instantly - without altering your originals or needing to run Actions.
Photographers attending Jack's sessions will receive complete sets of BOTH his Lightroom AND ACR Wow Presets. This seminar is a prerequisite to computer lab 328.
 Computer Lab 317
Retouching Portraits--An Introduction with Julie Adair King
Fixing flaws in portraits requires a skilled and subtle hand. Julie Adair King shows you how to realistically retouch and enhance portraits, demonstrating easy Photoshop techniques for covering blemishes, whitening teeth, softening wrinkles, adjusting skin tones, and removing red eye (and green/white/yellow eyes in animal portraits, too). You'll learn tricks for emphasizing eyes, dealing with blown skin highlights, and sharpening focus without increasing skin texture.
Computer Lab 318
Masks and Curves Powerhouse! (The Stuff that Real Photographers Need) with Dan Burkholder
When you master masks and curves in Photoshop, you have harnessed 75% of the real photographer power of digital imaging. This hands-on session introduces you to a full arsenal of techniques that you can use on a daily basis to give your images vivid midtones, glowing shadows and milky smooth highlights. Don’t miss this chance to take your imaging skills to the next level.
9:00 – 10:00 am
 Community Event 611
Get Extraordinary Results with Your Epson Printer with Shelly Katz
You will learn how you can originate output, ranging from fine-art prints to exciting promotional materials as you explore the remarkable potential of your Epson Stylus desktop printer under the expert guidance of famed digital photographer Shelly Katz. Sponsored by Epson
10:30 – 11:30 am
Community Event 612
Photography's Evolution into the Multimedia World with Lucian Perkins
The world of multimedia keeps growing. Now with the advent of Apple TV, newspapers, for example, are beginning to offer High Definition content (through iTunes) for their readers to view directly from their TV. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Lucian Perkins will show some of the latest trends, with his work and the work of others, and discuss ways you can become part of this expanding new field that is still in its infancy.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Seminar 137
Believing is Seeing: Lighting on a Laptop: How to Light Like a Sunbeam with Vincent Versace
In this step-by-step lesson you will be guided through the process of believably replicating the most fleeting and beautiful light of all - a late afternoon beam of sunlight streaming through a window. Starting with initial image capture and lighting considerations, this series of progressive Photoshop lighting techniques gives you the essential skills to emulate brilliant, realistic lighting.
Seminar 138
Take Control and Create Impact with Adam Jones
Aperture and Shutter are the two primary functions on your camera. Famous photographer Adam Jones will show you how to take control and create impact by demonstrating the technical and creative possibilities of these two controls and their impact upon depth of field and motion.
Computer Lab 319
Photoshop – 3 Minute Makovers with Rick Sammon
This workshop is designed for all those with an artistic flair. Now you can use Photoshop to awaken the artist that lies within with Rick Sammon guiding you along the way with his personal, hands-on lessons. In 3 minutes or less, Sammon will demonstrate several of the popular Photoshop CS artistic effects from his latest book, Idea to Image. His techniques include: Add flair with Artistic Filters, Get the Best Black and White, Outtake to Keeper, Do it with Duotones, Beautiful Brush Strokes, Be an Artist with the Art History Brush, Hand-color a Picture, The Pinhole Camera Effect and Quick Artful Touchups.
Computer Lab 320
Expanding the Dynamic Range of your Image with Lewis Kemper
We live in an exciting time of digital imaging. New techniques and tools allow us to make images that were impossible in the past. Contrast is no longer an issue in our images! Using techniques in the newest version of Camera Raw, masking in Photoshop, using HDR in both Photoshop and with Photomatix, Lewis Kemper will teach you how to expand the dynamic range of your images to encompass all the detail you could ever imagine.
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
FOTOshoot 227
Portraying People with Jean-Pierre Laffont
Laffont’s creative style is distinctive. Gain special insights in how he goes about portraying people, and his special tips on what you have to understand before shooting a portrait will help make your images outstanding. This internationally acclaimed, award winning, documentary photographer will show you how to photograph people on location in a beautiful South Florida setting.
FOTOshoot 228
On Location Using Available Light with Bruce Talamon
Join this FOTOshoot and learn how to “write with light” on location with experienced photographer Talamon who creates images worldwide for marketing and publicity in motion picture film production. Become skilled at achieving great image quality while using a minimum of equipment as Bruce demonstrates the techniques he uses to get his memorable award-winning images.
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Community Event 613
FOTOFusion Master Lecture Series:
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford with David Hume Kennerly
Gerald R. Ford stepped into the American presidency during a constitutional crisis that many believed was America's worst since the Civil War. One of his first appointments on taking office was Pulitzer Prize winning photographer David Hume Kennerly. Kennerly will show photos from his new book Extraordinary Circumstances, many seen here for the first time, from the day Ford was appointed vice president, through the controversial pardon of Nixon, the withdrawal from Vietnam, the end of his presidency after losing a close election to Jimmy Carter, and finally, to coverage of his funeral a year ago. The book is a tribute to the honest and unassuming congressman from Michigan who was called upon to serve his country in one of its darkest hours, and found a way to heal a nation, as seen through the eyes of his personal photographer.
1:15 – 5:30 pm
FOTOshoot 229
On Location: The Fine Art Digital Nude with Craig Blacklock
Take advantage of the instant feedback provided by digital capture to learn the techniques noted digital expert Blacklock uses when photographing nudes. In this practical workshop Blacklock will use available light in a tropical Florida atmosphere to demonstrate his unique posing and lighting techniques and give you hands-on instruction. Please meet at the Mahogany Room in the Community Center where Blacklock will give a lecture on photographing the nude before proceeding to the shooting location.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
FOTOshoot 230
Extraordinary Orchid Center with Brenda Tharp
The American Orchid Society's International Orchid Center offers 3 extraordinary acres of botanical gardens, two 4,000-square-foot greenhouses, and a spectacular atrium filled with displays of orchids. Creative, experienced nature and outdoor photographer Tharp will lead this shoot and personally advise you on how to come away with very special images.
2:15 - 5:30 pm
FOTOshoot 231
Beauty and Body with Robert Farber
Shooting with available late day light at the beach Farber will concentrate on how to shoot a model for “beauty and body” within the environment, making the best use of the light, and the understanding how to work with the surroundings to make the image special. Learn how to make the model most comfortable, as well as yourself.
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Seminar 141
How to Market Yourself to the Editors with Jimmy Colton, Beth Filler, Paul Moakley and Evan Kriss; Moderator: Eliane Laffont
Only at FotoFusion can you get a group like this of five-star distinguished editors from national magazines together in one room? A great opportunity to listen as they share with you the secrets of how to successfully market yourself. Find out what works in attracting their attention, and keeping it, in today’s competitive environment, how to get important assignments, and what NOT to do.
Seminar 142
Shooting For Photoshop with Ben Willmore
If you're approaching digital the same way you shot film, then you have a lot to learn about shooting to take full advantage of the digital tools available. In this session you'll learn about the three essential on-camera filters for digital; shooting techniques that ensure accurate color & skin tones; creative light painting & car streak photos with a difference; simulating graduated neutral density filters; combining two less than ideal shots to produce an acceptable result; how to process a RAW file twice using smart objects and masks; how to slow down water without slow shutter speeds; how to reduce or eliminate environmental mist and fog; how to change background colors by filtering the subject's light; simulating sunrise or sunset light and much more.
Seminar 143
“Mood and Ambience in Photography” with Joseph Meehan
“It is when the photography moves beyond just documenting a subject or scene that the true power of photography as a form of personal expression begins to emerge.”
With this statement as guide, professional photographer Joseph Meehan will demonstrate several of the ways he establishes a specific mood or reinforces a sense of ambience in his photography. The overall purpose is to illustrate how photography is a virtually limitless form of visual expression provided the photographer is willing to consider various approaches. The emphasis is on the creative opportunities at the camera stage of the picture taking process versus what can be done in Photoshop and similar image processing programs.
Computer Lab 321
Quick and Easy Photo Adjustments in Lightroom with Lydia Goetze
New to adjusting digital files? Adobe Lightroom makes the process easy and intuitive.
After a brief introduction to this new software, you will learn how to import digital files into Lightroom, and then how to adjust exposure and contrast. You’ll see how basic color theory can help you use Lightroom tools to adjust color. After a quick look at how to get the image ready to print, you’ll have a simple workflow to practice here on images provided by the instructor.
Computer Lab 322
Enhancing Beauty with Kevin Ames
Kevin will cover the basics of setting up the Layers palette for retouching in Photoshop CS3 for non-destructively. You will see how to create backups, use the Healing brush with the Clone Stamp tool, and how to enhance eyes and whiten teeth realistically. Kevin will continue with advanced techniques including skin smoothing, body sculpting, techniques for offsetting the “camera makes you look fat” factor and how to do digital cosmetic surgery.
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Community Event 614
How to Use PhotoShop Elements Easily with Gordon Brown
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements allows you to bring out the best in your photos easily. Easier to use than Photoshop, it has similar controls and simplified commands. So, if you start out with Elements, you can “graduate” to Photoshop with a minimum of fuss. Brown will take you through the steps of how to use this entry-level imaging program so that you can do more with your photos easily.
4:00 - 6:00 pm
FOTOshoot 232
Magical Portraits with Available Light with Rolando Gomez
Did you ever wonder why they say that less is more? Renowned Professional Photographer Rolando Gomez will teach you how to use your camera and available light to capture beautiful portraits. Learn how to position your subject in relation to the place and light to create captivating images. A Leica rangefinder camera can help you to capture that magical portrait. Take the opportunity to use Leica equipment. Our Leica Representative will be present to help you select the products that best suit your needs.
4:30-6:00 pm
Seminar 145
The Inside Story of Agencies Today with Uri Davidov, Scott McKiernan and Carmin Romanelli; Moderator: Robert Pledge
What’s happening with photo agencies and stock today, and how to get your photos seen and sold, are among the challenging issues these leading agency insiders will be discussing. You need help to keep abreast of the rewards and pitfalls of today’s radically evolving market for images, photographer’s rights and contracts, and the use of new technology.
Seminar 146
The Top Ten Uses of Blend Modes with John Reuter
When it comes to Photoshop’s Blend Modes many users take a look at the drop down menu in their Layers palette, try one or two of them and then give up in confusion and frustration. In this seminar we will explain the concept of Blending Modes and how they are organized in logical groups. We will then explore my top ten uses for them, from creative portrait effects, to burn and dodge, creating edge effects, adding noise and lighting effects to more practical uses in eliminating dust, sharpening, and color adjustments. You will never shy away from the Blend Modes menu again!
Seminar 147
Eight Steps to Immediately and Dramatically Improve Your Photography with Jim Zuckerman
In his easy to understand way of presenting information, Jim Zuckerman will go into the fundamental concepts that he uses to consistently turn out striking images. This lecture will help you focus on the essentials, and it will change the way you see photographically. It will also help you self-critique your work, which is the single best thing you can do to dramatically improve your picture taking. Using beautiful images to illustrate each point, Jim’s talk will leave an indelible impression on how you select, compose, and light your subjects.
Computer Lab 323
Digital Printing: Perfect Workflow - Perfect Print with J Tomas Lopez
Printing a digital photographic image begins with a properly exposed image, a calibrated monitor and a good print profile. The new Epson profiles have made printing much easier but you still have to follow a step by step process that is meticulous. This class will address each step and explain how and why it must be done this way. The end result will be a complete understanding of the steps you need to follow to produce a perfect print.
Computer Lab 324
Advanced Portrait Retouching Techniques with Lee Varis
Lee Varis, Author of “Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies” demonstrates, with detailed step-by-step procedures, the secret Hollywood retouching techniques that take years off the faces of celebrities and regular people alike. Smooth skin, dodge back wrinkles and sculpt bodies to perfection.
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Community Event 615
Photographic Composition with Dr Richard Zakia
Composition is as important to creating good photographs as grammar is to writing. This distinguished RIT professor emeritus uses an approach that is based on principles that have their roots in Gestalt psychology. They are easy to understand and remember for they are based on common sense findings. They have worked well for him and for his students over the years. To visually illustrate these compositional principles, he will use important photographs by Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Henry Jackson, August Sander and Weston; paintings by Arcimboldo, Escher, Michelangelo and Grant Wood.
6:30 pm
Photography Auction
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