Agenda

Ag at Focus On Imaging - Free Seminars

Once again Ag magazine will be at Focus On Imaging, forming The Hub with Linhof & Studio, BJP and Land & Light, and helping present a series of free seminars. Focus is held at Birmingham's NEC from Sunday 24 February until Wednesday 27 February. Ag editor & publisher Chris Dickie will be giving a talk on How to Make & Publish a Photobook on the Sunday afternoon, and copies of his new book on the subject will be available on the stand (Q26). You can download a pdf of the full 4-day seminar programme by clicking here.

Rhubarb-Rhubarb 'Cultivates' London

Rhubarb-Rhubarb, organisers of the UK’s International Festival of the Image, is putting on a series of three Saturday events at London College of Communication, London SE1, for photography graduates and others beginning in the business, under the heading Cultivate. The aim is to provide information and advice for those embarking on a career in the field. The seminar series will be held on the 9th and 16th of February, and there is an all day portfolio review session on 1st March.
For full programme and booking details click here.

Victorian photography: Free talks & events

Victorian Visions is an exhibition and events programme being held at Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, near Liverpool) from 1 December until 16 March 2008 featuring several famous names from the period. A series of free talks during December and January has already been timetabled and you can find full details at the Lady Lever Art Gallery website.

AOP charity print auction

The Association of Photographers is holding a print auction on 12 December in support of SightSavers. Bidding starts at just £40 and prints will be available to take away on the evening. 18.00-21.30 at the AOP Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, London EC2. Click on the invitation above for a larger version.

Digital Printing Workshops with Tim Daly

Following on from last year’s successful events, we have arranged two new weekend workshops led by Ag’s digital imaging and print expert Tim Daly. The workshops are aimed at photographers who would benefit from guidance on image file preparation, hands-on colour management and getting the best results from different printing papers. Ideal for those who are not satisfied with their current print quality output or for those planning to set-up a digital printing workstation in the near future. Throughout the weekend, emphasis is placed on practical, hands-on projects using specially prepared sample files.
Course content includes: Colour Settings in Photoshop, Image file preparation, Raw file preparation in LightRoom, Soft-proofing and colour management techniques, Darkroom-style printing techniques and Printing with profiles.
The sessions are held in small groups, with plenty of one-to-one tutor guidance and assistance and are ideal for intermediate users and beginners. The workshops are run on Apple computers using Photoshop and LightRoom software.
Workshop fee is £200, which includes a light buffet lunch on both days.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday 24–25 November 2007, Juniper Hall Field Studies Centre, Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey.
Saturday and Sunday, 15–16 December 2007, University of Chester, Chester, Cheshire.
Accommodation and travel: For further details on nearby hotels and travelling arrangements, please go to www.photocollege.co.uk.
Booking your place: Places are strictly limited and are allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
You can book online at www.photocollege.co.uk, or if you would prefer to be invoiced please contact Tim Daly on tim@photocollege.co.uk.

Edinburgh photo publishing workshop

Ag's editor & publisher Chris Dickie will be holding two one-day workshops in Edinburgh on the weekend of 13 and 14 October 2007. The workshops follow on from his recent book Photo Projects: Plan & publish your photography in print & on the internet, published by Argentum, and will take participants through all the steps necessary to prepare their work for publication. For full details of the worskhop contents click here. Or you can call organiser Beyond Words bookshop on 0131 226 6636 who are also handling bookings.

New fine art printing workshop with Tim Daly

Following the sell-out success of last month's fine art printing workshop, a second is now scheduled for the south of England, run by Ag technical contributor Tim Daly.

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June 2007
Juniper Hall Field Study Centre, Dorking, Surrey.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/juniperhall

The course is jargon-free and provides expert advice on how to prepare your workstation, creative processing techniques and how to problem-solve poor quality output. This intensive weekend course offers expert tuition, plenty of hands-on activity and individual guidance to help you develop your own approach to digital photography. It is ideal for those who need to further their understanding and those who learn best in a small group environment.

Course content
Colour management basics: Setting up your workspace, using colour profiles, Photoshop colour settings.
Processing and preparing your files for output: Including raw file processing, contrast control, resolution.
Creating emphasis effects: Darkroom style tools for better burning in and holding back
Preview, proofing and prediction: Gamut control, soft proofing and printer software settings
Test printing: Working out the best settings for your ink, paper and printer combination.
Fine colour and contrast control: Removing colour casts, enhancing shadows and highlights, sharpening.
Printing on archival/cotton papers: Making gallery quality output.

Facilities
The course will be delivered on Apple computers equipped with Adobe Photoshop and a large format Epson 4000 inkjet printer.

About the tutor
The course is taught by Tim Daly, author of the best-selling Digital Printing Handbook and Digital Colour Printing Handbook (both published by Argentum) and a regular contributor to Ag magazine.

About the venue
Juniper Hall is situated in a quiet wooded valley in an unspoilt area of the chalk North Downs. It is a superb country house dating from the 17th century, and is run by the Field Studies Council. It is about 1km from Box Hill and only 40km from central London. Nearest BR stations are Box Hill & Westhumble and Dorking, and the centre is 10 mins from Junction 9 of the M25.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/juniperhall.
We can provide details of local accommodation to suit all budgets, should you wish to stay overnight in the area.

Booking
This is a small group workshop with a maximum of 10 places available. The course fee is £200. For further information and booking, please click to email Tim Daly

Digital Print Workshop sold out

Tim Daly's fine art digital print workshop to be held in March (posted 2 December) has already sold out. You'll just have to be quicker next time! In the current issue of Ag (46) Tim describes ways of using Adobe's newly-released Lightroom software for superior results with RAW digital file conversions.

Special Ag magazine offers at Focus

Visitors to The Hub (stand Q20) at Focus On Imaging (see full details posted 1 February) will be able to pick up recent back number of Ag at less than half price. Also, anyone taking out a susbcription at the show - which saves 25% on the shop price - will also be able to choose a free back number. A total saving of £25!

Join Ag magazine at Focus On Imaging

Ag has teamed up with Linhof & Studio, BJP, the Association of Photographers and the team from Working The Light, to present a series of seminars at Focus On Imaging later this month at Birmingham’s NEC, 25-28 February. Based at The Hub (stand Q20) the talks will be as follows - Sunday 25th: 12.30 The Essential Guide to Freelancing, Paul Herrmann, director of Redeye; 14.00 Introduction to Large Format with landscape specialist David Ward; Monday 26th: 12.30 The Hidden Life of the Fine Art Portfolio, Rhubarb Rhubarb; 14.00 Life Coaching, John Cole; Tuesday 27th: 12.30 Get Into Print! with Ag’s own Chris Dickie talking about self-publishing photobooks; 14.00 Digital Storage & Archiving, Paul Ellis; Wednesday 28th 12.30 The Essential Guide to Freelancing, Paul Herrmann, director of Redeye; 14.00 Photography & Copyright, Gwen Thomas, AOP. All the seminars are free but pre-booking is essential. Email monique@aophoto.co.uk to book a place. Professional photographers can pre-register for Focus free of charge at the event’s website. There is a small entry fee for non-professionals.