MANCHESTER SEMINARS
10.00am - 11.00am Mark Cleghorn - Wonderful Weddings and Wicked Workflow
In this session Mark Cleghorn looks at his real time workflow for weddings including edit, colour and creative RAW processing, techniques that have changed tens of thousands of photographers techniques and got them out from behind the computer. Even though most of Mark's time is spent as the training director for the PhotoTraining4U website, he still shoots around 15 weddings per year. In this presentation he uses a recent wedding to highlight on specific images to talk about lighting, posing and creative vision as well as the step by step guide to workflow for photographers.
Location: The Manchester Suite
11.00am - 11.15am Paul Cooper FMPA - Master Photographer's Association - A Personal and Business Perspective
The current National President of the MPA, Paul Cooper, will explain just some of the main benefits of membership, and highlight why it's important from both a personal and business perspective, to belong to an association that promotes Professional Photography and higher standards throughout the UK.
During his presentation Paul will show examples of successful qualification panels and will be on hand afterwards to provide advice to anyone wishing to apply for membership.
Location: The Manchester Suite
2.00pm - 3.00pm Damien Lovegrove - Advanced Lighting & Composition for Location & Portraits
Damien will reveal the strategies and systems used to create his blend of striking portraits. He will share 30 images from his 2011 collection plus 15 images from a personal project. He will discuss the advanced lighting set ups and composition in detail. Having a strategy and a vision is fundamental in creating great portraits and this is your chance to learn from a contemporary master at first hand.
Location: The Manchester Suite
3.00pm - 3.10pm Howard Butterfield - Bitesize Sales and Marketing Tips from theimagefile
A glimpse at marketing mastery. Just 10 minutes but take away some proven ideas and techniques to boost your sales and capture more customers. Fast and furious, one not to miss.
Location: The Manchester Suite
3.45pm - 4.15pm Richard West - Digital Imaging - Tips and Tricks across media
Photography is no longer just camera to print. Today images can be captured on digital cameras, phones and tablets. Stills cameras can capture video as accurately as video cameras. Likewise output can be to more than just a printer with images ending up on digital signs, posters and the Web. Even albums can be designed digitally and delivered on Tablets instead of print.
In this session join ex Apple Exec, Richard West as he looks at the fastest and most up to date ways to capture, retouch and deliver across all media.
Location: The Manchester Suite
All Day Richard West - NIK Software: Tips and Tricks Seminars
Richard West from Nik Software will be running an ongoing series of 'Tips and Tricks' seminars from the Nik Stand on the main show floor. Come and see us and pick up advice and shortcuts to get the best from your digital photos with Nik's wide range of plugins.
Areas covered: Retouching made Easy, Creating stunning Black and White images, how to get perfect prints and HDR photography.
Location: Exhibition Room
All Day - See the latest Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 in action!
On the Adobe stand we will be running demonstrations throughout the day featuring both Adobe Photoshop and new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4. Including real world examples from professional photographers, we'll be giving key hints and tips in how to get the best from the features in the latest versions of the Adobe Photoshop Family.
