Connect 2010 Palm Springs Photo Festival !!!!

THE PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL 2010 CELEBRATION PROGRAM
March 28th - April 2nd
SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY READERS

Less Than Two Months Until Connect 2010!

QUICK LINKS:

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No Fee Slide Show Contest
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The Palm Springs Photo Festival will celebrate its 5th year in 2010. With 20 extraordinary Workshops, 20 Seminars, four Important Symposiums, more than 1000 Portfolio Reviews available and two fabulous Networking Parties, this will be our most ambitious program to date. Plan to be with us this year for a remarkable event!

Study with master photographers in our Workshop Program; attend important seminars conducted by the industry's most respected voices. Each afternoon you'll be invited to our daily Symposium where you'll watch discussions of important subjects of interest to all emerging and professional photographers (Business of Fine Art, The Collector's Conference, Advocacy & the Arts & The PDN Emerging 30 Conference).

We will offer over 1000 Portfolio Reviews at Connect 2010! See museum curators, gallery directors, ad agency creatives, art directors, photo editors, publishers, educators, noted photographers and other experts and get important feedback on your work. For those registering for Portfolio Reviews, the opportunity of presenting work at our Open Portfolio Review on Sunday, March 28 is free. Take advantage of this great way to have your work seen by hundreds of people including our faculty, the public and other attendees.

Be ahead of the game! Send us your Slide Show Contest entries now! There is no charge to submit your work. See the weblink above for complete information. Your work could be seen by our entire remarkable faculty and the whole festival audience in addition to the many prizes you may win.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Palm Springs Photo Festival

Enroll in remarkable workshops such as:


The Joel Meyerowitz Master Class: The Search for Artistic Identity

Kenro Izu: The Sacred Landscape

Lynn Johnson: The Documentary Personal Project

Douglas Kirkland: Portraiture Using the 8x10 Camera

Ed Kashi: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age

Jack Dykinga: Light in the Desert Landscape

Jock Sturges: The Fine Art Nude

Keith Carter: Personal Style - Finding Your Voice

Frank Ockenfels III: The Signature Style Portrait

Antonin Kratochvil: The Psychological Portrait

Linda Connor: The Importance of Sequencing Your Work

Mark Edward Harris: The Documentary Travel Essay

Vincent LaForet: The Convergence Factor: Using the Canon 5-D Mark II for Motion

Nels Israelson: Dramatic Lighting for Dramatic Portraiture

Juergen Nogai: The Art of Architecture Photography

Allegra Wilde: Deconstructing Your Portfolio

Laurie Kratochvil and Carol LeFlufy: The Business of Photography

(for complete details, click on the name of the workshop instructor above)


Our Fifth Year Workshop Program offers intense, remarkable classes with world-renowned working photographers and educators. Most are three full days plus a 4th day morning session and begin on March 29. You will spend three and a half days with your fellow students listening, learning, shooting and comparing notes. Your instructor will work with you, demonstrate his or her methods, explore his or her own work and your own. We also offer one day workshops beginning later in the week, allowing you to choose from special lighting and portfolio organization and presentation classes in addition to your principal workshop, seminars and portfolio reviews.
SEMINAR PROGRAM

Understanding Color Spaces, Profiles and Calibration
with X-Rite & Digital Color Expert Eric Magnusson

Digital Workflow for Fine Printingwith Mac Holbert

Canon Digital SLR: An Advanced Look at Canon Digital SLR Systems

Social Media Marketing : Keeping Up With the Competition with Rick Sammon

Adobe Presents: Creating Pixel-Perfect Photos with Adobe Photoshop

Blurb Presents: The Photographic Book: Editing, Sequencing, Designing, Producing and Marketing Your Work In Print.
Note: We will have special coupons for a free Blurb Book for the first 75 attendees to sign up for this seminar!

Publishing and Marketing Your Photobook

Western Digital Presents: Photography & the Printed Word with Colin Finlay

Apple Presents: The Complete Aperture Primer

Finding Your Audience: Learn the Essentials of Marketing
Your Photography with Mary Virginia Swanson

The Convergence Factor: Storytelling With the New Hybrid Cameras: Produce Multi-Media Documentary Films Incorporating Moving & Still Images with Vincent LaForet

The D.A.M. Seminar: Digital Asset Management: With The Dam Book author Peter Krogh

The Business of Photography: Surviving in Today's Print Media Markets with Laurie Kratochvil & Carol LeFlury

The Convergence Factor: Storytelling With the New Hybrid Cameras: Produce Multi-Media Documentary Films Incorporating Moving & Still Images with Vincent LaForet

An Introduction to Using Adobe Premiere

Final Cut Pro: The Basics with Frank Rohmer

(for complete details, click on the name of the seminar above)

Many of our Seminars are FREE with your daily registration.

Seminars are conducted in the form of a lecture, followed by a Q&A session. A registration fee is required for each day of Seminars.

In addition to the above, our program includes our daily Symposium, Tech Consultations, our wonderful Evening Presentations, our Networking Parties and more. Come join us - just go to our website at www.palmspringsphotofestival.com for complete details and register now! To get great savings on a suite at our Attendee Headquarters, the Hyatt Regency ($109.00!) click on the Travel tab on our site. Feel free to call us at 1-800 928-8314 for further information.

Sincerely,

JEFF DUNAS
Director