Turning Photography Into Art -

Richard Sturdevant is turning the professional photography community on it's heals with his outstanding work that has received an astonishing perfect score of 100 on five different occasions - an unheard of record.  Learn how Richard turns the ordinary into extraordinary.  

He has also put together tools that help with the artistry - SturDaVinci Art Tools.  

Watch as Richard shows you how he creates his masterpieces.  

Master Photographer John Murray will be "in the studio" to show you how to master your lighting so you can create beautiful portraits or still life images.  

Using a live model, John will demonstrate how to control your lighting to produce stunning results.  Time permitting, he will also take the images shot during the session and show you how they flow into the computer and are edited to create a stunning final image. 

Last time Sean was with us the most common feedback I received was "bring Sean back!!".  You asked for it so Sean is back.  His session is for the advanced Photoshop user who wants to take advantages of the more technical features of Photoshop and file formats. 

Learn the hidden benefits of RAW files, squeezing the most out of every file you create.  

Who better to talk about printing and Color Management than someone who lives and breathes ink on paper every day.  Come join Drew Hendrix, Vice President of Red River Paper, for a discussion on printing and print color management.  

Over the years the technology has dramatically changed in both printer hardware and especially inks.  Add this to an ever changing landscape of papers and you get a moving target that's difficult to hit.  Let Drew help you learn how to get the most out of your images.

Bob Malish, Canon's Pro Markets Support Manager, will join us for the 9th year in a row.  This year he'll share his expertise in digital camera flash.  As technologically advanced as these new flash systems are, you still need to understand how they work to ensure you get consistent results.  

In addition to his session presentation, Bob will be available throughout the day to talk about Canon digital photography equipment and systems.  It's a treat to have him join us each year.

Learn how to make your photography and vacation trips more effective and enjoyable, and once you are home how to make those travel photos look like what you remember seeing when you took the images.  This session will discuss the key aspects of travel photography, from the initial research of photo opportunities at your planned destinations, to what to look for while you are traveling, to easy techniques for post processing travel images in Lightroom and Photoshop to achieve the best possible images

Yours truly, Rob Hull, will be presenting a session on the digital workflow using Adobe Lightroom.  We'll take a look at how you import images into the the Lightroom library - including how to shoot tethered to your computer  (this is a must for macro and portrait shooters).  

Learn how to make Lightroom do all your work with presets and templates.  In fact, we'll learn how to make Lightroom do more than it was designed to do.

So get on board and sign up today.

Lunch is provided courtesy of Competitive Camera.  They want you to come and enjoy the company of other attendees and session speakers.  So sit back and relax or get your hands on some of the latest technology.