Creative Inspirations Sydney and Brisbane

Creative Inspirations: Sydney and Brisbane

Two Dynamic One-day Seminar/Workshops in July

Dates and Details Below

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend two one day sessions with one of Australia’s most creative and awarded photographers; A triple Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year; Nick is an engaging and inspirational speaker. His images touch the heart and he is also regarded as one of Australia’s most experienced photo educators. Nick’s Eastern States workshops in 2010 were very popular and he will return again in July 2011 to share his passion and techniques.

 ”TRAVEL AND LANDSCAPE IMAGES FOR THE EYE,MIND AND SPIRIT”

A one day seminar 

Nick will outline techniques and concepts to develop your eye in seeing and creating stunning travel and landscape images. You will also learn his personal approach to workflow in the field; people and scenic travel images for pleasure and profit and an outline of the Photoshop and Lightroom techniques behind some of his award winning landscape/travel images. This seminar will be a ‘must see’ inspirational visual and learning experience.

Content will include:

• Workflow in the field including downloading, DNG files, software techniques for cataloguing and image enhancement ready for printing and publishing
• Workflow examples from RAW to finished file
• Nick’s favourite third party plug-ins for efficiency, effectiveness and impact
• Preparation for travel
• Nick’s travel equipment and options to maximise shooting opportunities
• Tips, techniques and examples for producing powerful landscape images in the field
• Tips, techniques and examples for producing powerful travel portraits in the field
• Understanding the essentials of powerful composition and avoiding the most common pitfalls
• What will help the process for image outcomes with impact?
• The power of pre-visualisation
• Participants are invited to bring a few jpeg images on a thumb-drive and Nick will provide constructive feedback and demonstrate quick and easy techniques for enhancing the images

Dates

Sydney – Saturday July 9^th

Brisbane – Saturday July 30^th   

Times

Start 9.30 am and finish 4.30 pm Brisbane

Start 9.00 am and finish 4.00 pm Sydney

Venues:

Sydney – North Sydney Leagues Club,   Kameraigal room

12 Abbott Street
Cammeray NSW 2062              (02) 9245 3000

Brisbane – Chermside Library: 

 375 Hamilton Rd, Chermside , Brisbane

Booking Details:  Please book by using the Paypal button below

Sydney workshop co-ordinator,

Kerry Boytell elippey@bigpond.net.au   Ph: 0414 642544

Brisbane workshop co-ordinator,

John Marshall johnmarshall01@bigpond.com  ph: 0419 659927

“LIGHTROOM SECRETS REVEALED”  

 A one day hands-on workshop limited to only 18 participants 

Adobe Lightroom, when properly understood, is probably one of the most innovative and intuitive programs for photographers. It imports captured images, sets up a Data Asset Management (DAM) workflow, works on RAW and image files for both global and local enhancements and exports files (if required) to Photoshop. It also effortlessly prepares images for photo-stitching and High Dynamic Range (HDR) composites that also pass seamlessly to Photoshop, not to mention its vast range of special effects, great slideshows, print layouts and very attractive web designs. The ability to file, catalogue and search for images is worth the price of the software alone – no more lost images.

One of the desirable elements of Lightroom is that it works with tiny thumbnails of your RAW and Tiff files without touching your originals and you can have several different virtual versions of your images with no pixels being harmed or your hard drives clogged up with large image files. The ability to file, catalogue and search for images is worth the price of the software alone.
This workshop will release the awesome power of this amazing program and you will probably find you are spending less time in Photoshop as a result. The workshop will focus mainly on the library and develop modules in Lightroom as photographers will be concentrating most of their time on these.

Recommended for:

This ‘hands-on’ workshop is suitable as an introduction to photographers wanting to reach a working proficiency in Lightroom and for advanced photographers who want to maximise their use of the program. The workshop will also show you how to set up a proven system for cataloguing and searching your image files. 

Requirements

Participants will require a notebook and their personal laptop computer loaded with a recent version of Adobe Lightroom or a trial version. Participants may use PC or MAC computers as the techniques are similar. Hand outs will be provided for reference during the course and for revision afterwards. A CD containing the images to be used during the workshop will also be supplied. Participants can therefore follow the techniques and skills demonstrated step by step.

Dates

Sydney – Sunday July 10^th

Brisbane – Sunday July 31^st   

Times

Start 9.30 am and finish 4.30 pm Brisbane

Start 9.00 am and finish 4.00 pm Sydney

Venues:

Sydney – North Sydney Leagues Club,   Kameraigal room

12 Abbott Street
Cammeray NSW 2062              (02) 9245 3000

Brisbane – Chermside Library: 

 375 Hamilton Rd, Chermside , Brisbane

Booking Details:  Please book by using the Paypal button below

Sydney workshop co-ordinator,

Kerry Boytell elippey@bigpond.net.au   Ph: 0414 642544

Brisbane workshop co-ordinator,

John Marshall johnmarshall01@bigpond.com  ph: 0419 659927

There are a lot of great photographers on the speaking circuits who communicate their passion, but few are able to communicate passion as well and with a clear understanding and direction that the audience can take away and apply to their own lives. This is where Nick Melidonis excels. He’ll draw you into his world of landscapes, travel and fine art with inspirational images, then describe a simple process you can follow to develop your own style and create your own masterpieces. Nick’s presentation techniques are engaging, humorous and educational and he can speak on everything from composition and photographic philosophy to practical camera and Photoshop techniques – everyone leaves his seminars and workshops on a high.
Peter Eastway, Grand Master of Photography
Publisher, Better Photography Magazine

This event is proudly supported by:

Enrolment Sydney and Brisbane  Seminar and workshop

Travel and Landscape seminar $80 July 9th Sydney Seminar $80.00 July 30th Brisbane Seminar $80.00

Lightroom Secrets Revealed workshop $289 Sydney workshop $289.00 Brisbane Workshop $289.00