Seminar: Real World Pricing & Negotiating

Register today to attend a Group Portfolio Review, Pricing & Negotiating Seminar and/or Interactive Estimating Workshop for one low price.*

Real World Pricing & Negotiating

Changes in how photography is licensed and used have left even veteran photographers scrambling to calculate the true market value of their work. With prices all over the map, how do you figure out what to charge?

In this practical and incisive seminar, Bill Cramer draws on his experiences as a photographer and founder of Wonderful Machine to help photographers answer this critical question. Using real negotiations, estimates and invoices from real photographers and real projects, Bill walks you through the process of identifying key negotiation points, leveraging opportunities to showcase your value, and calculating what the market will bear.

Group Portfolio Reviews

Using knowledge gleaned from countless portfolio reviews for Wonderful Machine photographers, Bill provides candid and insightful feedback on photographers’ portfolios and/or websites. A limited number of attendees will get direct feedback on their work* but everyone who shares in the discussion will get unprecedented insights into what makes (or breaks) an effective portfolio presentation. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to hone the most important tool in your branding and marketing arsenal!

*Participants who want their portfolio or website reviewed must register for the event and also complete a separate Group Review registration with a modest additional fee. Spots are limited, first-come first-served!

Interactive Estimating Workshop

Following the lecture, attendees can stay for an optional 1-hour interactive estimating workshop where attendees will work together on estimates for hypothetical jobs with Bill’s feedback and support.

Baltimore Program Schedule

3:00-5:30 pm — Group Portfolio Review
5:30-6:30 pm — break
6:30-8:15 pm — Real World Pricing & Negotiating presentation
8:30-9:30 pm — Estimating workshop
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When:
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
3:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Doors open half an hour earlier.

Where:
address TBA
Baltimore, MD

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Cost:
0.00 — ASMP Leader
35.00 — ASMP Member
70.00 — Non-member
50.00 — Professional Association member
10.00 — Student

This registration fee will admit you to one, two or all three segments. Remember: If you want your portfolio or website to be reviewed, you must also register here!

The Speaker
Bill Cramer is founder and CEO of Wonderful Machine, a curated directory of high-quality photographers serving commercial and editorial clients worldwide. He is also an accomplished photographer in his own right, specializing in environmental portraiture for a wide range of corporate, editorial and advertising clients including Forbes, BBDO, Comcast and Accenture.

In 2007, seeing an opportunity to build a better mouse trap, Bill created Wonderful Machine as a “source book on steroids.” In addition to providing clients with an eclectic selection of photographers from around the world, Wonderful Machine aggressively promotes those photographers using email campaigns, print mailers, web ads, social media, publicity, phone calls, and portfolio events. Wonderful Machine also offers photographers a host of consulting services including help with estimates, production, web design, photo editing and more. The staff members frequently participate in industry events and contribute a popular monthly column on Pricing & Negotiating for aphotoeditor.com. Wonderful Machine currently works with over 600 photographers in 50 countries.

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Jamie’s Charities: Madison House

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

While you’ve heard a lot of appeals from me over the last year, I wanted to highlight a few charities from now until the end of the year that do good in the world and have especially touched my heart. If you gave $5 to one charity a day until the end of the year, you’d spend less than $100 and have a larger tax deduction!

First up, Madison House.This amazing charity was started a dear friend of mine and Chris. Here is their mission.

The Madison House Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded by JaLynn and Gregory Prince and named for their son Madison, who is autistic. Now 21 years old, Madison faces a daunting challenge over the next two years, at which time he will no longer be entitled to year-round education and training within the public school system. He will be an adult, and will face another six decades of challenges that are impossible for him alone, but laden with the great possibilities if he has the right kind of guidance and assistance. Madison has the potential for living an enviable lifestyle, holding a full time job in a protected environment, and making a contribution to society rather than being a burden on it. The alternative? Slip through the cracks, as countless thousands of his predecessors have done, or become unwanted burdens on their extended families after their parents leave the scene.

The mission of the Madison House Foundation is to identify the lifelong needs of adults with autism and through education, awareness, and advocacy, fill those needs. The smile on Madison’s face can be permanent, as it can be on millions of other adults with autism. Please join us to keep them smiling.

You can learn more and donate her: http://www.madisonhousefoundation.org/how-you-can-help/

And remember, this is the season of giving gifts. So what better way to honor the spirit of the holidays than to give a gift to a stranger!

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JOB: Online News Producer

Online News Producer, edweek.org

Education Week is seeking a creative, versatile online news producer who can bring fresh ideas, video-editing skills, and cutting-edge online design and development capabilities to a talented news operation that provides first-rate content for education policymakers, frontline educators, and wider audiences.

Published by the independent, nonprofit organization Editorial Projects in Education, Education Week spans multiple platforms, including a weekly print edition, a well-established online presence at edweek.org with more than 1 million registrants, specialized e-newsletters, special reports, a growing roster of staff- and guest-written blogs, webinars, online chats, video, and live events for education leaders.

The producer’s role will include: combining news articles, art, social media, and multimedia into vibrant content packages; assisting the online creative director with site design and development in a variety of platforms and content management systems; developing an ability to troubleshoot within those systems; editing video and audio and working with live-streaming operations; and participating in and leading various projects, such as work with databases, video and audio production, photo galleries, interactive design, user-generated content, and community building. An eye for quality, technical integrity, and journalistic standards are essential.

Online news presentation techniques and technology are constantly changing, and our producers are expected to bring new ideas, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit to the job. You will have a voice and ownership of projects in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications:
• Experience with digital news production, website design, content management systems, and blog platforms
• Experience editing video and working with interactives and multimedia
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Javascript (jquery), HTML and CSS
• Working knowledge of AfterEffects and PHP is a plus
• Knowledge of journalistic standards and the ability to work quickly and independently while being meticulous about quality and technical integrity
• Interest in education policy is a plus

Salary is commensurate with experience and comes with excellent benefits. The office is located in Bethesda, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C.

To apply: Send cover letter, résumé, and samples of your work to websearch@epe.org. Editorial Projects in Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Wanna go to Vietnam? South Africa? New Orleans? India?

Momenta Workshops latest line up of trips for 2010-2011 are now live on at momentaworkshops.com! Myanmar, India, New Orleans, South Africa and Vietnam await your

These workshops will teach you how to work with nonprofits in a real-world environment, build your portfolio and have access to exclusive locations through some of the most visually stunning regions in the world. Join a workshop today and witness the world!

Visit Momenta Workshops online, on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. 

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Project New Orleans: Photography for a Change

Project New Orleans 2010 with Chris Usher

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Level Three/Weekend: Working with Non-Profits
Dates: April 7th-11th 2010
Cost: $1329. Discounts available for students and professional photographers.

Click here for more information or to register for this workshop.
This year New Orleans remembers the 5 year anniversary of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The city is still alive with nonprofit and community groups dedicated to rebuilding the Big Easy back to its former glory. Momenta and lead instructor Chris Usher will travel to this vibrant city to work with our attending photographers to help in that process by documenting the efforts of the city’s residents and many volunteers as they continue to rebuild.

Momenta Workshops staff and instructors with work with each student to find a photo story that is close to their personal vision and embodies the theme of hope and recovery. Momenta will offer to connect photographers with nonprofit organizations we have worked with in the past. However, each photographer is encouraged to find their own photo story or charity of their choice, under the guidance of our team of instructors.

We will be working on the ground in the hardest hit areas of the region to create a narrative about the hurricane’s devastating impact. Student are encouraged to record audio for presentations. Multimedia instruction will be available for interested attendees. On the final night of the workshop, Momenta will host a slide show presentation for all the organizations who participated in the workshop as well as local residents and the workshop attendees.

Our NGO / nonprofit Project workshops allow for freedom in scheduling based on the photographer’s and nonprofit’s vision. Upon arrival in the city, each student will meet with the instructors on a one-on-one basis to discuss their photography, do a portfolio review and talk about their photo stories and develop a strategy based on the student’s goals for the workshop. We want this workshop to be tailored to each student on a personal level so that you leave with the best experience possible and the strongest portfolio of work.

The workshop fees include: Momenta staff coordinating a personal nonprofit assignment for you, one-on-one access to instructors for daily editing, personal portfolio reviews, all handouts and workshop materials, daily slideshows and lectures, software and equipment training, an opening night group dinner, the slideshow party, and Sunday brunch provided by Momenta. Students are free to arrange their own transportation and hotel accommodations to fit within their budget. For those who are interested, Momenta and our travel agent can help with any travel arrangements. Please contact our staff for a trip itinerary and travel arrangement questions.

Visit our website for more information at http://bit.ly/NOLA01 or email our staff at info@momentaworkshops.com for more information on this great workshop and to get an itinerary. We look forward to working with you in New Orleans on this popular and worthwhile workshop experience!

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Congrats to Jacquelyn Martin!

Momenta’s Project India student Jacquelyn Martin‘s photo story and written story from her nonprofit assignment during the worskhop was published by the Associated Press this week! All of us at Momenta are all so proud of her for such amazing work and dedication to her photojournalism goals.

Co-instructor Mary Calvert and I were honored to able to work with Jacquelyn on this amazing story of a young nonprofit that helps girls achieve their dreams in India. This is why Momenta was founded and this is a prime example of ways we can all do good work with our images! Congratulations Jax and we’re very very proud!

Click here to see Jacquelyn’s images from India: http://bit.ly/MomentaIndia02

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Momenta is featured on Strobist.com!

David Hobby, of Strobist.com fame, wrote about Momenta Workshops this week on his blog and you can see it here:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/04/ot-sunday-stepping-outside-box-of.html

If you’re not a member of the blog RSS feed, you should be. Great advice on lighting and ways to market yourself too.

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Momenta Workshops: Northern Uganda, March 2009

Hey everyone!

I’m teaching another Uganda workshop this coming Spring with Momenta Workshops and wanted to let you know about it! It’s going to be really exciting since we’re getting out of the big city of Kampala and going to Lira and Gulu, which were major epicenters of the war but are now city centers in the now peaceful Northern regions. We’ll be working directly with NGOs who are helping repair the damages of 22 years of civil war. We’ll be teaching audio and multimedia packaging as well as nonprofit documentary skills. It’s a really great workshop!

Special scholarship opportunities for 10% off the workshop fees are being offered for a select group of qualified students. If you’re interested, you can email me at jamie@momentaworkshops.com or visit the Momenta website at http://momentaworkshops.com/uganda09.php or read about it here:

Project Uganda: Photography as a Force of Change

Lira & Gulu, Uganda

Level Three Advanced:Working with Non-Profits
Classroom: 15 Students/3 Instructors/Digital Only
Dates: March 1 – March 15, 2009

• Work one-on-one with instructors to develop a logistical and photographic plan to document a working NGO in an area of need.
• Gain rare access to these projects and forge relationships to last into the future. Benefit NGOs in their need to publicize and project their activities to new audiences.
• Panel discussions with local journalists on relevant topics related to working in the region and local issues.
• Explore, discuss, and examine the different types of outreach and aid programs in a given region. Relate this, with the benefit of mentors, to your own personal mission and develop a more broad approach to your own work.
• Students hone their ability to craft a rich and moving visual narrative about an important topic.

So, you want to do more with photography than simply show friends and family about your world travels? Perhaps you’ve even thought about working either alongside or in the employ of an NGO to assist them in their mission and gain access to their projects. Maybe you’ve begun to work as a professional or citizen journalist and want to take that mission to the next level, to a region and country out of the comfort zone.

If any of these things sounds familiar, then Project Uganda will be your ideal workshop. The centerpiece of your experience will be working with directly with one of our NGO partner’s in a real world, extended documentary environment. Workshop attendees will be assigned with an NGO that has a mission complementary to the photographer’s own goals for their work. Each student then covers the daily activities of the organization. Your visual product will be provided to the organization as a thank you for allowing access to their programs and will be used to further the cause of NGO’s in areas such as HIV/AIDS outreach, vocational training, orphanages and general healthcare.

Truth be told, Uganda will be so very close to the real thing, many students will come back with work that will be published. In addition, they will have the benefit of logistical support, editing, instruction, and personal mentoring during this process of creation. Finally, they will have honed their own craft while benefiting exactly the type of groups that need visual help the most. Every photo on this project will go towards documenting the work NGO’s do in the region, and the people who work so hard to make a difference.

Project Uganda allows for freedom in scheduling based on the photographer’s and NGOs’ vision. Upon arrival in Uganda, each student will meet with the instructors on a one-on-one basis to discuss their photography, their assigned NGOs and develop a strategy based on the student’s goals for the workshop. We want this workshop to be tailored to each student on a personal level so that you leave with the best experience possible.

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Ami Vitale will be the lead instructor for Momenta in India!

Hey everyone!

Exciting news!! Ami Vitale has agreed to be the lead instructor for Festival! India 2009 in January of this year. She will be joining the Momenta Workshops on this really great trip and we are stoked to have her expertise leading the group.

For more information on the Momenta Workshop, go to http://www.momentaworkshops.com/india09.php.

Have a great day!
Jamie

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Momenta Workshops presents Festival! India 2009, Jan. 24-Feb 6.

Join Momenta Workshops for this amazing new adventure to the land of color, spices and beautiful imagery. Visit our new website (www.momentaworkshops.com) to explore this and our other workshops.

• Travel through electrifying Rajasthan to end at the famous Nagaur Cattle Fair, where 70,000 animals and tons of local craftworks change hands in the course of a few days during an explosion of local commerce.
• Experienced instructors guide students through the process of developing compelling and insightful story-telling photography
• Nightly editing and discussion with experienced instructors rapidly develops visual skills and quickens the pace of improvement.
• Students enjoy a 5-1 student-to-instructor ratio to maximize educational benefit.
• See regional and Hindu traditions from the viewpoint of a resident with the aid of skilled guides

Explore our Festival! series of workshops with travel through vibrant Rajasthan while honing your photographic skills in one of the most culturally diverse countries on Earth. This region, filled with colorful turbans, flowing skirts, rustic forts and beautiful palaces makes a fertile ground for travel and editorial photography. See the Naguar Cattle fair, where 70,000 head of livestock change hands in a few days in a dusty desert setting. Local crafts abound in this stark, colorful and amazing portion India.

Attendees work one-on-one with instructors using Momenta’s proven packaging method to develop a series of photo essays from each daily location. Students explore the topics of ethnography, daily life, and the Hindu religion to develop a rich collection of photographs captured in this historical setting. Nightly lectures and close editing with instructors produces stunning travel narratives and build on daily skill exercises. Workshop participants can also opt to explore multimedia techniques which accentuate travel photo reportage.

Momenta’s narrative workshops, like those we offer in this series from in India, Myanmar, and Peru, rank among the most effective methods for aspiring photographers to develop the art of narrative photography. For each Level Two workshop, we choose acclaimed and accomplished photographers well versed in the art of the photo story. These instructors, matched with astoundingly photo-rich environments, work closely with students to help realize their potential as visual communicators.

Click here to register now.

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