Free Photojournalism Lecture Series: THIS Saturday

3 AWARD WINNING SPEAKERS | 3 AMAZING PORTFOLIOS | ONE GREAT DAY!

March 17th | Washington, DC | Starting at 9 a.m. | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Map & Directions to The Judging Day Lectures

Three award winning photographers will present their portfolios to kick off the WHNPA Student POY Judging Day.

The three speakers starting off the day’s activities are International Humanitarian Photojournalist Allison Shelley, The Washington Post’s Melina Mara and Roll Call’s Tom Williams.

A celebration party and lunch will be hosted by sponsor Momenta Workshops after the presentations and before the contest judging begins. A day of photography inspiration followed by free food & beer: how could a Saturday get any better?!?!

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FOTOWEEK: Portfolio Reviews

Portfolio Reviews @ the Corcoran Gallery of Art — Saturday, November 12th, 10 am – 5 pm

Always a sell out the FotoWeekDC portfolio review sessions provide emerging photographers with the opportunity to have their work reviewed by a distinguished lineup of professionals from around the country. Curators, educators, photo editors, and other experts from the fields of commercial, fine art, photojournalism, multimedia, and documentary join with prominent photographers to offer frank appraisals, valuable business insight, and key advice for projects and books in progress. All reviews will be held on Saturday, November 12 between 10am – 5pm for 20-minute reviews.

Important GUIDELINES are found below, please read completely.

For Tickets click HERE!

Portfolio Reviewers:

• Fabian Goncalves Borrega, Curator, Art Museum of the Americas
• Philip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research, Corcoran Gallery of Art
• Claudi Carreras, Independent Curator, Barcelona
• Pamela Chen*, Senior Communications Coordinator, Open Society Foundation
• Frank DiPerna, The Ruesch Family Professor of Photography, Corcoran College of Art + Design
• Doug DuBois, Photographer and Associate Professor, Syracuse University
• Andy Grundberg, Associate Provost and Dean, Corcoran College of Art + Design
• Carol Guzy, Photojournalist, The Washington Post
• Carol Johnson, Curator of Photography, Library of Congress
• Jeffrey Hoone, Executive Director, Light Work
• Elizabeth Cheng Krist, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
• Sarah Leen, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
• Michael Mazzeo, Owner/Director, Michael Mazzeo Gallery
• Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Photographer, Editor, Curator
• Andrea Nelson, Assistant Curator, Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art
• Mark Power, Photographer/Educator
• Kate Phillips*, Exhibitions Producer, Open Society Documentary Photography Project, Open Society Foundation
• Miriam Romais, Executive Director, En Foco
• Paul Roth, Senior Curator and Director, Department of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art
• Rod Slemmons, Curator at Large, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
• Michael Wichita, Director of Photography, AARP Bulletin

*Reviewers Pamela Chen and Kate Phillips will be reviewing as a team

 

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DC Wedding Business Skills workshop: June 4-7

In honor of the great spending stimulus plans, Momenta has lowered the price of the wedding business skills workshop for this June 4-7, 2009.
You can find all the information for this workshop including a registration button listed at http://www.momentaworkshops.com/wed09.php The cost for four-day workshop includes:

- all meals provided by Momenta
- transportation to and from the wedding
- portfolio reviews and editing sessions on the very first night followed by a group dinner at a wonderful local restaurant
- slideshows and lectures on wedding photography dos-and-don’t from industry professionals
- handouts and materials related to starting your own business and remaining profitable not matter what economy you are in
- hands-on location and event lighting seminars
- business skills sessions for opening your own studio or shooting weddings as a side job
- a sit down session with the couples and your team
- an afternoon panel discussion about the state of the industry
- you will be covering a real, live wedding with a team and a professional mentor
- editing your work from the wedding frame-by-frame with your team
- how to craft a story of a wedding and the best presentation techniques out there
- seminars by wedding portfolio book companies
- special equipment for Nikon users will be available to field test
- a champagne slideshow event on the final afternoon with the couples and their families as we celebrate your successes

This workshop is really going to be like wedding photography boot camp but we hope everyone will leave with the materials in hand to make their wedding business a huge success. Email me at jamie@momentaworkshops.com for any questions or information about discount options.

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Fun job: photographer for Semester at Sea

Photographer, Semester at SeaVoyage: Spring 2010
General Responsibilities: The staff photographer has four main duties:
1. Digitally document the voyage.
2. Coordinate and advise the student voyage book committee.
3. Produce the 120-page full-color voyage book.
4. Create multimedia slideshows with audio for the SAS website. The photographer works collaboratively with the the shipboard communications coordinator and videographer to document the mission of Semester at Sea for various promotional collateral. The photographer provides own camera(s) and image storage, at minimum equivalent of a D60 Canon/Nikon D100 or better; many photographers have found a personal laptop valuable although a G5 desktop is provided.
see:
http://www.insidehighered.com/career/seekers?page=index.php
?post_id=81810
or
http://tinyurl.com/dl7bgd

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