A workshop held in the Beautiful Eastern Free State

Summary:

Attention all Photography and Photoshop enthusiasts – (Beginners and Advanced)
On 27 March a workshop on Photography and Photoshop will be held in Bethlehem.
Speakers will include Mohammed Jogie, an internationally acclaimed design guru who will talk on Design Principles for Photographers and Special Effects, Miguel de Carvalho – a master in the field of advertising and glamour, who will talk on Retouching your photography and Igno van Niekerk, a photographic storyteller who will show how photographic principles are essential to digital workflow.
Cost: R550.00 per person (including lunch)
Venue: Witteberg High School, Bethlehem
When: Saturday – 27 March 2010 – 09:00 – 16:00
For more information: Visit www.fotofees.co.za or www.photofestival.co.za
Enquiries: Tel – 011 782 4297

Full Programme:

09:05 – 09:30 – 5 Principles of Creativity and the golden Mean – (Designthink for Photographers).
Speaker: Mohammed Jogie.
In this session Mohammed Jogie will take you through the “science” of design. Every photographer can benefit from understanding these principles, as they are underlying to the fundamentals of photographic composition.

09:30 – 10:30 Camerawork and Capturing with workflow in mind.
Speaker: Igno van Niekerk:
Igno shares the basics of digital capturing – the importance of understanding file formats, aperture, shutterspeed and ISO, as well as good camera skills to make sure that the best is made of every picture. He will also share the power of photographic workflow to save time by using Photoshop Ligthroom to show how a wedding photographer’s workflow can save hours of precious time.

10:30 – 11:00 Teatime

11:00 -12:00 Retouching in Photoshop.
Speaker – Miguel de Carvalho:
Miguel will take you through the power of Photoshop as a retouching tool. You will learn the skills of Photoshop insiders in terms of whitening teeth, brushing away blemishes, softening skin, treating tattoos etc. Photographers will walk away understanding that a great portrait is not finished until the Photoshopping is done.

12:00 – 13:00 Photoshop Special effects.
Speaker: Mohammed Jogie.
Mo will show photographers how to create elements like fire, lightning, fog, rainbows and rain to photographs. Not only will you learn some really cool stuff about some really hot stuff. You will also learn things about Photoshop that will astound you!

13:00 – 13:45 LUNCH

13:45 – 14:30 Photoshop, landscapes and storytelling. The fundamentals every Photographer should know.
Speaker: Igno van Niekerk.
In this session you will learn how to enhance the stories you tell with Photoshop by using Levels, curves, layers etc combined with an eye for the landscape and a “feel” for the light. A powertour on the fundamentals of Photoshop for unleashing the landscapes of stories and the stories of landscapes.

14:30 – 15:30 Ensemble –
Every speaker takes 10 minutes to show you some really cool things about Photoshop.

15:30 – 16:00 Showcase.
Attendees will be showing some of the things they have been doing with Photoshop. (More information on registration)

16:00 Close and Depart.

Thought process:
Because this is the first weekend of the holidays, we hope that photographers will make the most of the opportunity to spend the weekend or part thereof in the beautiful Eastern Free State. (Clarens, Rosendal, Paul Roux and Bethlehem). Others may drive through for the day…

Kind Regards/Vriendelike Groete,
Igno van Niekerk
083 376 1330

Ons is geneig om te vergeet dat ‘n museum ‘n kritiese  deel behoort te vorm van enige kind se opvoeding en dat ons werklik  bevooregd  is om in Bloemfontein sulke ongelooflike museums  te he.  

  Voor ek die webblad besoek het, het ek nie besef hoeveel  verskillende museums in Bloemfontein is nie.  Van Florisbad  tot die Eerste raadsaal.  Hierdie is almal museums wat ek  verseker binnekort gaan besoek.

  Dit is so belangrik dat instansies soos die Nasionale  Museum ‘n webblad moet he wat nie dood voorkom nie, die webblad moet  gebruikersvriendelik wees. Teks op so ‘n blad moet ook nie te tegnies wees nie  en moet met die gebruiker kommunikeer op ‘n vlak wat hy/sy verstaan. Ek dink  werklik dat hierdie webblad daarin slaag om effektief te kommunikeer.   

  Die Nasionale Museum het ‘n groot taak en ek dink hulle  neem nou ‘n stap in die regte rigting.  

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  Ek het deur die webblad gewerk en is werklik beindruk  deur die feit dat jy werklik alles wat jy oor die museum sou wou weet, kan  uitvind.    Die webblad  kan besoek word by www.nasmus.co.za, maar maak  seker dat jy nie net die webblad besoek nie, gaan besoek sommer dadelik die  museum self ook!

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Vir jou om ASTV gratis op te vang moet jy ‘n satelietdekodeerder he. Indien jy reeds ‘n satelietdekodeerder het kan jy dit maklik instel. Dit is net ‘n paar stappe en as jy kan lees sal jy dit regkry. Gaan vandag nog na www.clickkliek.com vir die skakel na die stappe wat jy kan volg.

Ek glo hierdie is net die eerste van vele kanale wat ons binnekort sal sien. Die dae waar slegs een of twee maatskappye alles wat ons kan kyk beheer is binnekort getel. Met die daling van Internet pryse en die verhoging van die spoed van die Internet gaan ons ook binnekort ‘n hele aantal Internet gebaseerde kanale sien. Jy kan nou al reeds deur ‘n aantal gratis Internetdienste jou eie radio en televisiekanale skep.

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I strongly believe that the iPad will revolutionise education around the globe. I do not think that we will all have an iPad and that we will all now all of a sudden use the iPad to consume content. I do however believe that the iPad has started a wave of change, soon we will all have easy access to digital books and other digital media on devices like the iPad.

The iPod started a change in the way we consumed digital music /mp3’s. Mp3’s have been available for a very long time but the iPod and iTunes made it easy to buy and manage. Many others followed and there are hundreds of online stores where you now can buy mp3’s and podcasts. Each individual was given the means to create and distribute recorded shows around the globe. Having the ability to create, distribute and consume on one device made the difference and others followed.
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Please share your ideas on the iPad and also educational applications of this great new device.