Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs in the New Millennium
by Louis Helbig
Ottawa-based artist and aerial photographer Louis Helbig will discuss different aspects of this project ranging from the creative to the politics. Canada is America's biggest supplier of oil, most of which now comes from the tar sands. Largely out of sight and therefore out of mind, Louis has discovered that approaching the issue from an aesthetic perspective allows viewers to relate to and identify with the issue in an open-minded and imaginative way.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
Chris Chapman discusses the pros and cons of shooting a wide range of subject matter and resisting the industry's tendency to pigeonhole photographers into one specific area of work. Being versatile can be a blessing and a curse, which Chris will elaborate on with stories and images from his varied portfolios.
From the underground mines of Ontario to the front lines of Afghanistan, Louie Palu will present images from his body of work spanning over 20 years of working as a documentary photographer.
The Documentary Style in Commercial Photography
by Sid Tabak
Sid Tabak has been a commercial photographer for over 30 years, using a documentary and editorial style to tell stories about people, buildings, engineering and his new-found love of point-and-shoot cameras for personal memories.
Even though the image-processing cameras, printers and machines have changed, Sid has remained consistent with a vision of natural light, a tripod and documenting what is in front of the camera.
Sid will present images from his career, concentrating on people for the healthcare industry, the process of construction for the engineering industry and his love of point-and-shoot photography and using self-publishing techniques for creating personal books and family documentation.
Abintra: Express Yourself Through Photography
by Nancy Falconi
Nancy made the transition from a corporate business career into full time
freelance photography, and will share what she learned along the way
about inspiration and creativity. Abintra is a Latin word for "from within".
In this lecture she will talk about --
1. Becoming aware of Abintra: your individual source of inspiration and uniqueness.
2. Allow yourself to be guided by
Abintra: how to translate that awareness into your photography or any creative endeavour. This will enable you to take your photography to the next level
and create the photographs you dream of.
Digital Workflow for Travel Photography
by Louis Au
Digital photography presents a daunting new challenge to photographers:
managing hundreds of digital files from each shoot (usually many more images than when we shot film).
Whether you are on a day trip or an expedition, how do you create redundancy for storing captured images to prevent data loss? What is an effective system to manage hundreds of images while on the road?
This presentation will introduce you to an efficient on-site high-volume, quick-turnaround workflow technique to back up, sort, rename, edit, input metadata, and even process your RAW captures using apps like Adobe Lightroom.
My Career in Advertising Photography
by George Simhoni
George's photos have been described as a blend of art and photography. His style is well established as both ethereal and powerfully subtle.
Art directors have portrayed him as "a story teller in a single image, having the ability to bring life and humanity to his work" George's work has been described as "rich in layers of emotion, humor, irony, and even mystery."
"If I can stop a viewer and give them a momentary thoughtful pause, a smile, or a thought, then I have accomplished my mission," he explains.
David will explore finding that balance between creating something that is organic versus something that is totally contrived and artificial. To produce art is different from producing an advertisement. "As a commercial photographer, it is my job to blend the two," he says.
This presentation explores the world of visual design by using found objects "in the field" and creating imagery from them using a variety of in-camera techniques. The world of creativity will be explored using simple, modest equipment.
This informative presentation will be both fun and inspirational for all.
Go there... Get it, Been there ... Got it - Making Light Work by Garry Briand
Whether in the air, on the water or on land, Garry Briand has pursued 'memorable light' in his quest to produce outstanding imagery that succeeds for clients such as Ontario Tourism, Nova Scotia Tourism and Parks Canada.
As well as an nature photographer Garry is an advertising photographer and will share some stories and images in his pursuit of fine art imagery.
Recovering History: Henryk Ross's buried negatives
by Maia-Mari Sutnik
Henryk Ross worked as a statistics photographer of the Lodz ghetto (Poland) during the Nazi regime, where he bore witness to the ordeals of the community. During the final liquidation (1944) of its Jewish population, he buried his negatives in the ghetto's frozen ground, in hope of saving a historical record of the time.
Miraculously, nearly 3000 nitrate negatives survived, revealing the ultimate tragedy of Lodz. Now in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, these most rare images, for which Ross risked his life, are being preserved to provide us with a deeper knowledge and understanding of a past that must never repeat.
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