Essential iPhone App: Instant Model Release

Ditch the paperwork!

Easy Release by ApplicationGap is a simple, watertight iPhone/iPad app that takes the place of a model release, Polaroid, and follow-up.

Learn more here.

Leverage Your Copyrights!

April 20, 2010

Do you register your images with the United States Copyright Office?Do you know how to locate infringements of your work? Do you get angry and frustrated when you find your images being used without your permission?Do you have potential unrealized profits you may know nothing about?

Please join veteran photographer Jackie Shumaker for an insightful evening as she discusses copyright infringement, and how infringements can benefit your photography business. Jackie will share with you how she shifted her mindset and discovered a new, positive source of income. This transformation in thinking can change your business through leveraging your rights, enabling you to discover and collect on unrealized profits. Jackie will share her real world experience utilizing actual examples of how she leverages infringements and turns them into income, and in some cases, even gains valuable clients!

Topics:• Registering your Copyright.• Changing your attitudes.• Researching infringements.• Team with a Copyright Attorney.• Reality of Copyright and how to leverage your rights.

Aurora Multimedia Workshop

The Aurora Multimedia Workshop, will be held on May 26-29th, 2010 on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder.

While there have been many workshops teaching multimedia, ours is very different. This is clearly Phase II -- the practical hands-on training needed to move into multimedia production, and beyond that, a look at the future of story telling and communication in this visual age. Presenters will share how multimedia fits into the future from the perspective of the hottest new media ad agency in North America (Crispin Porter+ Bogusky) to how traditional news media are transitioning (Sports Illustrated on the tablet, Associated Press in multimedia) to the goals of a new division of a highly respected picture agency (Aurora Novus) to tips from documentary filmmakers. This is not just training for today, but a vision of the future -- which isn't that far off.

Get complete details at the Summit Series of Photography Workshops website.

Digital Workflow, Not Workslow Workshop

ASMP member Seth Resnick is offering ASMP members a discount of $200 off the upcoming "Digital Workflow Not Workslow" Workshop in Denver. It is an intensive, hands on 4-day program with a maximum of 30 people. The Discount Code is ASMP.

Dates: May 21th-24th
Workshop Location: Joe Hancock Studio, 2432 W. 32nd Avenue, Denver, CO 80211
Cost: $899.00 (with ASMP member discount) regular price is $1099.00
More Information: http://www.d-65.com/workshops.html

No one ever accused a creative mind of being organized. The two don't usually go hand in hand. But when you're a photographer, being organized is invaluable. And if you're shooting digitally, it's crucial.

The D-65 workshops are a dynamic resource for photographers of any level. Our 4-day intensive will equip you with the tools to manage your work efficiently, effectively, and effortlessly.

Utilizing the 5 modules of Lightroom 2.6 we'll teach you detailed workflow, digital asset management, processing and image delivery. You'll also learn to tag, name, size, and sharpen your images so they're perfect for reproduction.Plus, you'll become an expert in keeping every image you shoot organized and archived.

By the end of our program, you will have the skills to create your own successful workflow in Lightroom 2.6. And, you'll be armed with our comprehensive D-65 Workflow bible.
Each D-65 workshop is all encompassing and vital for professional photographers, art directors, photo editors, image heavy bloggers, and the advanced amateur.

In addition to Adobe Lightroom 2.6, D-65 will cover:

• * File Formats
• * Digital Standards
• * Exposing for Digital
• * White Balance
• * Color Management From Input to Output
• * Profiling Monitors & Systems
• * Using Lightroom: The 5 Modules
• * Lightroom Catalog & Preferences
• * Importing Images into Lightroom
• * File Naming Conventions
• * Metadata & Keywording
• * Rating Your Images
• * Tweaking Your Files - the beauty of Parametric Editing
• * Sharpening: Capture, Creative and Output
• * Processing Files
• * Custom Presets
• * Automating workflow
• * Photoshop CS4
• * Creating Actions for Lightroom
• * Client Delivery
• * FTP File Transmission
• * Web Galleries, Slide Shows, PDF Presentations
• * Printing, Soft Proofing & ICC Profiles
• * Converting to CMYK
• * Archiving
• * Retouching for Digital
• * The Business of Digital* Copyright and Security
• * Digital Camera Maintenance
  * Digital Asset Management
• * Optimizing Lightroom & Photoshop Preferences
• * Color Spaces

D-65 is taught by Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer , two seasoned professionals with over 30 years of experience advocating creativity. Their teaching style is engaging, informative, and entertaining.

Wanted: Skilled Product and People Photographers

Wanted: Skilled product and People Photographers for Corporate Studio in Colorado Springs

Part or full time Photographers wanted to fill one position in Colorado Springs at Corporate Studio.The right candidate will have excellent product lighting skills, strong familiarity with digital workflow, a good work ethic, and ability to work with creatives on tight deadlines. Nice work environment with excellent equipment. You would be joining a team with 2 other photographers, stylists and support staff.

Good benefits including health insurance, and 401 k match. Please send contact info, resume and link web pages or small sized pdf portfolio to: [email protected]
All replies confidential and will be answered.

Shooting On-site: Getting Up-close and Personal

Da Vinci Capers ~ A Personal Renaissance Journey will host Massimo Bassano, a freelance international photojournalist, for a one week* photographic workshop on May 21-May27, 2009, in Boulder, Colorado.

In his return Colorado appearance, Massimo shares with us how photographers can capture that exceptional photo when they become part of the scene they are photographing and "touch" the lives of their subjects, rather than just watching them through a lens.

His words and photographs have graced major magazines around the world such as National Geographic, GEO, Ciclismo, and MAX France. In January, 2007, National Geographic Traveler noted Massimo as one of the top 17 photographers in Italy with his centerfold of Atrani, and once again in April, 2010, in the feature article, “A Taste of Amalfi”, his photographs gracing the cover and inside.

Besides working with Da Vinci Capers, Massimo teaches for National Geographic and Maine Media Workshops. Come join us for a new adventure and a rare opportunity in photography to learn from one of our top photographers. For more information, contact Barbara Hardesty at (303) 284-1383, or e-mail: [email protected].

*Optional: 1 day, 2 day Technical Intensive, 5 day Shoot/Critique or 7 day combination workshop.