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FOTOfusion 2023 - Friday Schedule
500, 600 series presentations: Free to everyone
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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 |
| 700 Series: Free to Public | Portfolio Review / Technology Center |
Special Events |
>CLICK HERE for a description of the different types of events.
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.
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Descriptions
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Master Workshop 418
Selections & Masking in Photoshop with Ben Willmore
©Ben Willmore
Learn to isolate everything from the simplest object to the most complex. We'll start with some basics just to make sure you aren't missing a critical concept, then we'll advance to selecting furry, fuzzy and hairy objects before learning how to remove the background on translucent object such as a glass of water.
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Master Workshop 419
Portraiture and Lighting with J. Tomas Lopez
Additional Fee: $30.00
©J. Thomas Lopez
Ansel Adams famously compared the photographic process to music, with the negative being the score and the print the interpretation or playing of that score. With that said, it makes sense to understand that to adhere to an obstinate philosophy that cropping, restaging, burning, dodging, blurring is heresy or somehow not kosher is absurd. Picasso said that “an artist makes the lie believable”. In this class we will take the portrait through a rigorous evolution. Beginning with the shoot, which will take into consideration the possible manipulations that are possible in post-production to editing the image and finally to the fine art print. This workshop will give participants an excellent re-learning of Fine Art Portraiture.
- Lecture – Examples of Low Key, High Key, Ratios, Posing
- Shoot – How to shoot – allowing for post shoot editing and interpretation
- Post-Production Choices: Editing/Altering/Printing
- Computer Session Friday 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Seminar 133
How Do You? Ask The Editors/Photographers/Gallerists… with Dennis Dimmick, Angelika Hala, Micki Strand, Alan Winslow; Moderator: Evan Jane Kriss
Workshops present a unique opportunity to tap into the collective expertise of many photo editors, photographers and gallerists. Attend this panel to ask those questions you may have always wanted answered, such as how to get ideas and inspiration, how to pitch a story, how to propose an exhibit, how to get hired, how to expertly execute a photo shoot, or anything else you always wanted to know.
Seminar 134
Capturing the beauty of the Milky Way and the Night Sky with Lewis Kemper
©Lewis Kemper
Night sky and Milky Way images present many challenges for photographers. There are 4 ways to capture the night sky. A single image at high ISO and relatively short exposures; multiply images at very high ISO and short exposures, which then get stacked in special software; and tracking, using a mechanical device to move the camera in sync with the stars, allowing for long exposures at low ISO; and creating star trails by either stacking multiple images or photographing for extended time periods. Lewis will explain each technique and talk about their advantages and disadvantages. Lewis will also be demonstrating post processing techniques he has learned over the years, saving you much time and experimentation.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Community Event 613
In Public: 50 Years of Street Photography with George Schaub
©George Schaub
In 2022, photographer and editor George Schaub self-published “In Public, George Schaub Photographs 1970-2020.” Illustrated with his images and captioned by readings from his book, Schaub will share his techniques for making candid and “direct” (one-on-one) street portraits, including tips on engaging subjects, framing and compositional setups and taking advantage of fruitful venues. Schaub’s attitude is that all photography is autobiographical and that the spontaneous images we make of our fellow humans are indicative of a shared space and serve as mirrors that help us both express and understand our own unique worldview. (“In Public” Blurb Books: ISBN 9798210036995 www.blurb.com)
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Master Workshop 420
The Lyrical Portrait with Sal Taylor Kydd
Additional Fee: $15.00
©Sal Taylor Kidd
Participants will engage with writing and photography in this workshop geared around creating a deeper connection with your subject. You work in pairs to learn about each other’s personal story, asking each other questions to inspire a creative piece of writing. You will then go on location and work on photographing each other to create a portrait to go with the text. Learning something of each other through the writing will help you focus your photographic approach, and the process of being photographed likewise helps you build empathy and trust in your subjects. Sal will also be sharing some of her own work and process in helping students understand how to create that connection between text and image.
Critique Saturday 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Seminar 137
From Self-assignment to the Today show! With Mickey Strand
Mickey is currently photographing members of America's Greatest Generation, The Veterans of World War II. Mickey will discuss the steps it took to get from a self-assignment to a body of work to a featured museum show, online feature articles, news stories, and then to a feature on the Today show interview with Harry Smith. Mickey will take you through the growth of his personal project.
Seminar 138
iPhoneography in 2023 - Pushing the Creative Shooting, Enhancing and Retouching Possibilities! with Jack “Wow” Davis
©Jack Davis
In this seminar, Jack “Wow” Davis will demonstrate the current state-of-the-art capabilities of our omnipresent "creative partner": our beloved iPhone! From making detailed giant prints from high rez raw files (from the new iPhone 14 Pros, or even from older models), to amazing automated AI retouching (that’s often better than what’s even possible on the desktop!) to exploring the controversial world of AI assisted art (but where your photography forms the basis of the creations) - all this in a fast-paced demo of new indispensable possibilities!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Community Event 614
Four Photo Legends Lost This Year with: Dr. Anthony Bannon, David Burnett, Scott Mc Kiernan, Robert Pledge
As a global leader in the practice and culture of photography, FOTOfusion has enjoyed the wisdom of a unique assembly of international talent. Founding Director Fatima NeJame asked four thought leaders in photography to share their experience with four legendary photo professionals who died in this last year.
- Arnold Drapkin
- Dirk Halstead
- Allison Wright
- Douglas Kirkland
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Computer Lab 310
Photoshop Selections & Masking with Seán Duggan
©Sean Duggan
This introductory class covers essential concepts and techniques for working with selections and masks in Photoshop. We’ll cover the most important selection tools, including the new AI-assisted selection tools. Then we’ll explore ways to refine selections using the Select & Mask workspace, as well as other techniques, so they’re as good as possible. From selections we’ll venture into the world of layer masks and alpha channels, which can be used for everything from applying tonal adjustments to specific parts of a photo, to creating composites from multiple image sources.
Portfolio Review / Tech Center P4
FOTOfusion Portfolio Reviews
Bring your portfolio for top photographers, picture editors and other pros in the business to evaluate your work.
Portfolio reviews are available Thursday through Saturday, from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Register 1 day in advance for each portfolio review. If there is availability, you may sign up the same day. Times may vary, so consult the individual daily schedule for exact times.
You may request a portfolio review with a specific artist. To schedule a review with a specific artist, go to the portfolio review area to see the schedule. Please do this before the artist's schedule fills up. Individual artists are scheduled for certain day(s) and time(s) and are only available when they are scheduled.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Event 413c
Secret Life of Plants Critique session with Veronika Lukasova
This is the critique session for Master Workshop 413. You do not need to register for this. It is shown here for your time scheduling convenience.
Prerequisite: Master Workshop 413.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Event 503
“Only A Little Planet…” with Keith Carter
©Keith Carter
A look at our history of “writing with light,” our own shared histories, and the search for meaning in a tumultuous, occasionally puzzling, and often eloquent world.
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Event 414c
Expanding Your Creativity with time/Motion Techniques Critique Session with Lewis Kemper
This is the critique session for Master Workshop 414. You do not need to register for this. It is shown here for your time scheduling convenience.
Prerequisite: Master Workshop 414.
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM
FOTOshoot 215
The Art of the Horse with Shane Srogi and Alan Winslow
©Alan Winslow
From cave painting to the earliest days of photography, horses have been the subject of artists. Learn a classic and modern approach to photographing horses from Shane Srogi and Alan Winslow. Both have extensive experience with long-term projects in this time-honored pursuit. We will be on location in the heart of the equine world, Wellington, Florida. Poinciana Farm is an Olympic-level training facility and one of the newest in the area. Students will be able to make portraits in this peaceful environment, learning the ins and outs involved in the art of the horse. Then, we will up the ante and challenge students to capture the rhythm and movement between horse and rider in a dressage training session.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Community Event 616
NUCLEAR: From Cold War to Deep Time with Veronika Lukasova
Growing up in communism in the Czechoslovak Socialistic Republic, the threat of nuclear war posed a very vivid future. I've tried to make sense of this invisible awesome power whilst elementary school rehearsals of the safety response to the nuclear attack. The weight of this feeling and need to understand it led me many years later to stand on the precise location of where the first atomic bomb was tested - the Trinity Site which at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Understanding the subatomic world - and how can we relate to it - became my obsession that led me to fully embrace working at the intersection of art-science as an artist and academic.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Seminar 141
Women and Photography with Jill Enfield, Angelika Hala, Jari Pulin, Joyce Tenneson; Moderator Susan Currie
©Joyce Tenneson
Hear from some of the most exciting voices in our field in this panel, which addresses the central role of women in defining photography. From the beginning artists and amateurs have animated a broad spectrum of practices. Documentary, editorial and fine art photographers – both well-known and anonymous – have contributed to photography as an innovative form of creative expression. Today, especially, women are fostering new ideas about photography in a host of exhibitions, photobooks and digital projects.
Seminar 142
What You Can Learn by Turning the Lens Inward with Peggy Peattie
©Peggy Peattie
Working with student photographers before, during and after the pandemic lockdown presented an opportunity to re-evaluate the idea that documentary photography work is necessarily outside of our own lived experience, and exclusively involves immersion into someone else's reality.
Takeaways: Participants will see student work that reflects the depth of visual acumen resulting from creative freedom and documenting their own realities. We discuss the value of insider positionality.
Computer Lab 311
From Almost To “Wow!” Lightroom Workshop with Jean Miele
©Jean Miele
Want to take your pictures from “Almost” to “WOW!”? If we all use the same tools (cameras, light, computers), why do some photographers produce consistently exceptional work? Because they understand the magic necessary to transform what’s in front of the camera into a stunning photograph. In this 90-minute hands-on computer-workshop Jean ‘Gino’ Miele will share some of his Lightroom secrets for creating stronger, more striking images, and help you take your work to the next level.
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Master Workshop 421
Creating the Picture Package with Daniel Milnor
©Dan Milnor
The term “picture package” derives from the journalism world and refers to a three to five-picture “package” of images that tells a complete story. These picture packages are then combined to tell a much larger story through a complete photo essay. (Using Miami as an example, you might create a picture package from South Beach another from Little Havana and another from the art district then combine them to tell the story of the city of Miami itself). The ability to create a picture package is helpful to photographers at any level, especially when faced with limited time at a location or scene or when traveling from place to place while on vacation. Creating picture packages helps tell a story instead of creating sets of random images. We start with a lecture to show you how to build a picture package quickly and creatively, covering the visual bases while allowing the individuality of the photographer to shine through. We then head out on the field where you will shoot your own picture package applying the principles you just learned. We will meet the following day for a critique of the work created.
Critique Saturday 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Community Event 617
Stories That Need to be Told: The best of zReportage in 2022 by Ruaridh Stewart
©Ruaridh Stewart
Witness the most important events of 2022 and other stories in pictures though the lens of ZUMA Press photographers from around the world.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Seminar 145
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, Ways Photographers can generate revenue through social media platforms with Richard Liebowitz
Learn about the ways journalists are using social media to brand themselves and make money while also balancing what they are putting online. What is the future of social media? Where do you see it going? Are digital marketplaces here to stay? A fun, exciting, and interactive lecture!
Seminar 146
Adobe Premiere Pro: Introduction to Video Editing for Photographers with John Reuter
It seems every digital still camera produced today has extraordinary video capabilities that would have been only available on professional cinema cameras several years ago. From the pioneering Canon 5D Mk2 over a decade ago to the latest phones from Apple and Android the moving image is something available to all image makers. Many phones offer limited editing programs to quickly trim your videos and upload them to social media sites. If you are taken by these possibilities, you eventually will want to utilize a program that can offer you more control over the editing process. We are choosing Adobe’s Premiere Pro, because of its cross-platform performance and tight integration to Adobe’s Creative Suite. This will aid in learning the program.
I will introduce you to Premiere Pro, detailing the multiple processing modules such as Assembly, Editing, Color, Graphics and Export. The beauty of Premiere is that it can seamlessly handle footage from high end cinema cameras, DSLRs, mirrorless cameras and your phone, all on the same timeline.
I will demonstrate how best to set up your project in Premiere for efficiency and how to import your video, audio, and even still images to create a short film. The seminar will detail how to create edit points for longer footage and place them on a timeline, how to place clips in relation to one another, move them around, create transitions, color correct and color grade, work with audio and music and finally how to export your video for a variety of platforms. This seminar is designed for still photographers who want to explore the possibilities of the moving image with the existing equipment they have from DSLRs to iPhones and everything in between.
Event 419c
Portraiture and Lighting Lab session with J. Tomas Lopez
This is the critique session for Master Workshop 419. You do not need to register for this. It is shown here for your time scheduling convenience.
Prerequisite: Master Workshop 419.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Community Event 618
Photographic Life Lessons with Mark Maio
Whichever point we are in our photographic journey, the tendency is to concentrate on which camera, lens, software or plugin we think we need to make better photographs. While the tools we use are important, what we see, feel and say through them is even more important. Going beyond the technical aspects of image making and using his dual career in photography (medical/technical imaging & fine art photography), Mark will discuss how each half of his photographic life contributed to the photographic life lessons that have shaped his vision and voice.
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FOTOshoot 216
Downtown Evening Photography with Matt Stock
This walking tour is designed for photographers who have always wanted to photograph at night but have not had the guidance to make it happen. Led by Matt Stock, an award winning experienced night photographer who’s motto is “carpe noctem” or “seize the night”. The downtown nighttime walking tour will be scheduled from 5pm-8pm with a 30 minute lecture prior and will take participants from the Photo Centre down towards the waterfront. We will focus on seeing light, shutter speed choices, composition, and spontaneous opportunities for building rapport with subjects for evening portraits. Tripods are recommended but not required.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Special Event S4
FREE EVENT: FOTOvision- The Year in Pictures: 2022 by Scott Mc Kiernan/Zuma Press
at County Commission Chambers
Eight Edition of FOTOvision by Scott Mc Kiernan at County Comm Chambers
Join us for this FREE evening event and experience photography from across the globe.
World renown picture editor and photo-journalist Scott Mc Kiernan presents 365: a Visual Review of 2022, Photography that ran moments after shot year long on ThePicturesOftheDay.com. Images from more than 60 countries.
After ZUMA Press movie, there will be Q&A on the imagery and highlights of 2022. It is a not to be missed visual tour de force!
Then, witness amazing work by internationally acclaimed FOTOfusion faculty and hear first-hand from those who created it.
Top Ten Headlines of the Turbulent Year of 2022:
February 24th: Russia Invades Ukraine
May 24th: Uvlade, Texas 19 little Children senselessly killed
June 9th: JAN 6 Hearings Begin. Will anything come of them?
July 13th: Inflation reaches a 40-year high. Is worst yet to come?
September 8th: Queen Elizabeth a Live well lived ends at 96
November 2th: Greed: FTX $8 Billion Ponzie King Sam Bankman Fall Begins
November 8th: Republicans Takeover Congress, Yet not Senate
December 8th: BRITTNEY GRINER in Russian-USA prisoner swap
December 16th: Avatar Redux: New Box Office King, again
December 18th: World Cup Mania Ends: Long Live King Messi.
Registration
For registriation information, see the registration page.
You may download the 2023 catalog by clicking the link below.
> Download FF23_CATALOG.pdf
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