ThePhotoFinishes will be offering a series of free presentations
Starting this Fall and featuring key Photo Finishing skills and crafts.
The presentations will be available at local libraries or the Studio. The presentations are 50 minute lectures and a ten minute Question and Answer session for issues that did not get resolved during the presentation. In addition there is an optional 45 minute hands on demo period where attendees will get to try the various tools and methods live on their machines or on at least two supplied PCs. All presentations courtesy of iMAGENATION For Photography. To reserve your place at any of the 4 presentations, send an email here. Below are the 4 scheduled free presentations. Note all 4 are live, just click to see an overview of the presentation:
Saturday September 7th at the Cobourg Ontario Public Library
2nd Floor from 1:30PM to 4:00PM
20 Guidelines to Photo Composition
Photo Composition is vital to all aspects of Web Design. This presentation will underline 20 basic photo composition guidelines which will keep your attention on the image while photo-taking. 23 slides in the show plus a free CD with 3 free photo editors.
Wednesday September 10th at the Warkworth Studio
565 RedCloud School Road from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
3 Part Media Strategy for Your Web Presence
Delivering a winning Web Presence can be achieved with remarkably low costs as Web system tools become cheaper yet feature laden while becoming easier to use. Adding responsive designs means your site looks good and works well no matter what device [PC, smartphone, tablet] is used by your clients. Finally, the richness of images and media and their display containers means one can deliver a unique and attractive look for your website. 52 slides in show.
Saturday September 14th at the Cobourg Ontario Public Library
Second Floor Reading Room from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
How to promote your Portfolio or Products with Panache
There are some wonderful sliders and tools that have appeared over the past 2-3 years that allows users to flaunt their work and/or products. Not only do these tools capture attention and intereest, but theuy also act as very convenient Visual Sitemaps to your website. For special events or big sales use some splash pages that direct site visitors to where the action is. 18 slides in show.
Saturday September 21st at the Cobourg Ontario Public Library
2nd Floor from 1:30PM to 4:00PM
Dirty Dog Photos, How to Brush them Up for Print or Web Use
This presentations will explain how “dirty dogs” creep into your images and some of the methods that can be used to avoid them during picture taking. But inevitably you will have to do some post processing brush ups. The lecture will spotlight some of the key photo finishing techniques and in an optional hands on session, some free photo editing software [shared on CD] will be demo-ed. 22 slides in the show plus a free CD with 3 free photo editors.
Note there is limited room, 5-8 at each venue, so price of admission is an email sent here which will guarantee a place at a presentation.
