A complete list of Speakers @ PhotoPlus…

…for Booth #967 (Camera Bits/Photo Mechanic)

Schedule and topics of speakers at the Camera Bits booth (#967) during PhotoPlus:

Jamie Rose, Photographer & Director of Momenta Workshops

Thursday Oct 22nd 1:00 pm
Friday Oct 23rd 1:00 pm
Saturday Oct 24th 11:00 am

“Basic Mechanics: Using Photo Mechanic in the Field & on Assignment”

Jamie Rose will be presenting a demonstration of how she uses Photo Mechanic while in the field and on assignment. She will demonstrate the basic but most important features of Photo Mechanic, such as ingesting, tagging, batch renaming, applying IPTC, watermarking and other features that are essential to a photographer’s workflow. She takes you through the invaluable ways that Photo Mechanic can speed up your workflow and make any photographer’s editing process quicker, more streamlined, and altogether less demanding

John Harrington, President of the White House News Photographers Association

Thursday Oct 22nd 11:00 am
Friday Oct 23rd 12:00 pm

” Using Photo Mechanic To Boost Your Profits”

Join photographer John Harrington as he shows you how he’s uses Photo Mechanic when seconds count to get images out from assignments worldwide. Whether it’s traveling with the President, or in the middle of the Baltic Sea, Photo Mechanics’ tools mean fast access to the selection, editing, and transmission process. How does this translate into profits? Photo Mechanics’ e-mailing and direct transmission to client FTP destinations and services like PhotoShelter generate “transmission fees” as well as their templates for metadata and emailing mean lightning-fast delivery to serve fast-paced client demands. In addition, John’s use of Photo Mechanics’ browsing window onsite when doing executive portraits gives subjects fast and easy previews of their portraits moments after being taken.

David Riecks, founder of ControlledVocabulary.com

Thursday Oct 22nd 2:00 pm
Friday Oct 23rd 11:00 am

“Structured Keyword Catalog and the CVKC”

David will demonstrate how the Structured Keyword Catalog in Photo Mechanic uses a controlled vocabulary, which is a managed set of hierarchical terms for keywording images so that others can easily find the image they need when searching. Version 3.0 of the Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog (or CVKC) contains approximately 11,000 keyword terms, including a broad range of people, lifestyle, and concept themes ˜ all organized in a hierarchical structure with segregated synonyms. Use of the CVKC insures consistency in selection and spelling of specific keyword terms and helps guide the keyworder to appropriate synonyms.

“How to use the Code Replacement Feature to Add a Set of Keywords to a Folder of Images”

David will demonstrate how the Code Replacement feature can take a spreadsheet containing filenames and keywords, to populate the keyword field as a batch process to a folder of images. This is important for any photographer or image collection manager (stock agency) that outsources their keywording, and needs to move that information back into the original image files (to feed into a DAM system, or to share with a distributor, or other collection).

John Supra and Jon Moeller from DigitalFusion

Thursday Oct 22nd 12:00 pm
Friday Oct 23rd 10:00 am
Saturday Oct 24th 12:00 pm

” From Shoot to Online – From Photo Mechanic to DF Studio”

Learn how use the DF Studio LINK Upload Template built into Photo Mechanic to upload images from Photo Mechanic to DF Studio (www.dfstudio.com). Once uploaded, DF Studio enables you to deliver the job to your client in a consistent, professional and secure way using DF Studio’s Messenger feature. To market your photography to new clients, DF Studio’s Web Portfolios provide an easy-to-use and engaging approach to online portfolios. And DF Studio’s archiving tools integrate the experience with a safe and cost-effective long-term archive storage service. DF Studio delivers a complete solution to manage your images, online, anytime that begins directly from Photo Mechanic.

NGS Lecture: TOMORROW NIGHT!

another awesome event from Gina Martin over at NGS:
http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers/2009/10/20/national-geographic-image-collection/

Jamie + Booth 967 = Photo Plus!

Hey guys!

I’ll be giving lecture on behalf of WPOW & Momenta at the booth for Camera Bits at Photo Plus this week (Booth 967 to be exact) on the following days:

Thurs. Oct. 22: 1-2 p.m.
Fri. Oct 23: 1-2 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 24: 11-12 p.m.

To view the floor plan, visit http://bit.ly/1uG4oo.

Art Auction & Reception: NYC Nov. 12 @ 6:30

ART AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR L.E.A.D UGANDA
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 , 6:30 PM
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York

Stephen Shames, and his art dealer, Steven Kasher, approached Shepard Fairey earlier this year about creating artworks to support L.E.A.D. Uganda, an educational leadership program founded by Shames that locates vulnerable children with innate talents and molds them into leaders.
Fairey agreed to create and donate two unique mixed media collages, valued at $10,000 – $20,000 each, and two editions of 450 prints, which sell for $75 each. The collages and prints will be auctioned off on November 12 at the Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd Street, New York.

Other noted photographers and artists who donated prints include:
Joyce Tenneson Patti Smith Richard Renaldi Dan Winters Donna Ferrato Penelope Umbrico Lynn Bianchi Alen MacWeeney William Coupon Michal Chelbin Robert Bianchi William Ropp Thomas Rose Jeffrey Scales Tom Atwood Nacio Jan Brown Steve Liss Bob Fitch Leonard Sussman Hans Namuth Gary Hallman Laurence Salzman Erica Harris Stephen Shames
L.E.A.D Uganda, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, locates children living on the edges of society – AIDS orphans, former child soldiers, child laborers – and gives them the world class, 21st century skills necessary to lead Africa into the future. The goal is to help Africans become equal partners in a world of democracy and prosperity. All proceeds from the event will go towards the education L.E.A.D Uganda’s students.
This event is open to the public and admission is free. Stephen Magezi, Deputy Director of L.E.A.D Uganda in Kampala, Uganda will speak briefly about L.E.A.D Uganda.

Who’s going to NYC’s PhotoPlus this year?

We’re thinking about arranging a happy hour and I wanted to see how many Jamie’s Listers will be around New York next Friday! Comment here or email me at jamie@jamierose.net. See you in NYC!!

DC Art Salon: Oct. 29 from 6:30-9:00

Please join us for the next Art Salon hosted by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This month we converge at The Corcoran Gallery of Art from 6:30-9 pm on October 29th. These monthly events have quickly become the hot ticket (of course!).

Come mix and have fun with the creative DC community and the Commissioners who help support them.

Be provocative and inspiring!

Rebecca

Rebecca Fishman, Commissioner
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
202.255.8081
rafishman@comcast.net

Want to go to PhotoPlus for free?

The deadline for free Photo Plus Expo registration has come and gone, but I just got a demo code that you can use to get into the exhibit hall absolutely free! All you have to do is register online and use VIP Code “FRIE1.”

Go to this link to sign up!

Kevin & Kris are in a show!

Kris tripplaar and Kevin Deitsch have pieces in a juried alumni show at the Corcoran Museum of Art. The musuem is hosting a closing reception tomorrow Friday, Oct. 17 from 6-8. Please stop by and congratulate them on a job well done!

Nat Geo lecture: Documenting 1 family for 30 yrs

More than 30 years ago, Pam Spaulding, a photojournalist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, began documenting events in the life of the McGarveys, a family from Louisville, Kentucky. The result is National Geographic’s An American Family: Three Decades with the McGarveys, a unique album comprising 250 discerning black and white images. Join her, and the McGarveys, for a remarkable look at one family’s life.

Photographer Sam Abell will introduce the event, and moderate a discussion with Ms. Spaulding and the McGarveys after the presentation.

This event is part of the 4-part Masters of Photography speaker series

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers/2009/10/28/american-family/

Welcome party for Janet Reeves to the WashTimes!

To welcome Janet Reeves, the Washington Times’ new AME/Photo, to town, the Washington Times is having a get-together on Thursday night (Oct. 15th) at the Irish Times near Union Station (14 F St. NW) starting around 8:00pm.

The party is open to all in the DC photo community (shooter, editors…) to meet up and have a good time.
Please spread the word to anyone interested.