Los Angeles Digital Imaging Group Blog

READY FOR REINVENTION?
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
9:30 am - Noon
An Idea-Packed Workshop for Creative Professionals

Cutbacks, layoffs, slashed budgets, shifting business models - the chaotic changes in the marketplace are enough to confuse and confound all of us! What to do to keep up, stand out, impress and land that next gig? Join the ASPP as we welcome an extraordinary panel of career professionals who will provide practical tips, advice, tools
and some useful forecasts for navigating the new creative marketplace. A continental breakfast will be served.

Where: 3619 Eastham Studio, 3619 Eastham Drive, Culver City, CA  90232
For directions, please go to www.3619Eastham.com. There is ample street parking adjacent to the studio.

Cost:

ASPP Members - $15
New ASPP Members - Free
LADIG, PACA, APA, ASMP, AIGA - $20
Non-members - $25
Students (with ID) - $10

RSVP:  Because of limited space, you MUST reserve in advance to attend this event. Please RSVP by June 26th to Michael Masterson at michaeldmasterson@gmail.com.

The next series of free classes in underway at the Icon. These Digital Image Workflow classes focus on the same topic for one month so classes will repeat at least 4 times, always on Wednesday evening. If you have to miss a class one week it will repeat the next week - each month will feature a new topic. This month we look at a new digital zone system, camera calibration, presets and processing defaults.

Place:

Day: Every Wednesday

Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM

Cost: FREE

I’ve noticed that not everyone who signs up shows up… it is a FREE class so… if a class appears to be sold out, you are welcome to come by and see if there are any available seats. If you have reserved a seat and you don’t arrive by 7:00 your seat my be given out.

REGISTER HERE for June classes: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/343992892

Seating is limited to 15 people so please register online in advance to secure a seat. I’ve turned over the registration to the Icon - please register for the desired date from the drop down menu. You don’t have to attend all the classes as they repeat until we get to July when the next topic starts.

Please register in advance to reserve a seat for the free Wednesday evening classes.

Class topic: Calibrating for Digital Capture

This class will cover testing and calibration proceedures for your digital camera including:

• Shooting a test to determine your camera’s true ISO rating
• Color calibration using the DNG Profile Editor app
• Setting up presets and processing defaults for ACR/Lightroom
• Automating camera downloading, renaming and converting

Next classes start June 3rd

On Wednesday, May 27th, the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (aka LAFCPUG) will feature Patrick Woodward from Digital Film Tree taking about video workflow with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera. Their meetings are at the Gallery Theatre in Barnsdall Park, Hollywood. Doors open at 6 and the show starts@ 6:45. More info on the LAFCPUG web site: www.lafcpug.org.

Lee Varis has announced Lightroom Workflow classes at the Icon, on Wednesdays, May 6, 13, and 20. If you’re just getting started with Adobe Lightroom, this class will cover what you need to know to get started and improve your productivity.

Class Topic: Setting Up a Digital Image Workflow

class will cover configuring a Lightroom based imaging workflow including:

· Basic organization of folders, file names and hard drives
· Setting up a Lightroom Catalog
· Backup strategies
· Automation techniques
· Working with the Lightroom Library

The basic idea is to set up your working methods in the most efficient way for consistent results and to establish an image archive that is flexible and expandable without working yourself into a corner. Each of the classes will cover the same material with enough time for a question and answer session at the end to address specific needs of individual photographers.

Please register in advance to reserve a seat for the free Wednesday evening classes.
REGISTER HERE : http://www.eventbrite.com/event/326005090/emailinvite/?

We’ve had a number of free digital imaging classes at the Icon photo lab. These Digital Image Workflow classes focus on the same topic for one month so classes will repeat at least 4 times, always on Wednesday evening. If you have to miss a class one week it will repeat the next week - each month will feature a new topic.

Place:
Icon Customer Service Lounge
the Icon Photo Lab
5450 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-933-1666
Day: Every Wednesday

Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Cost: FREE
No Class May 27th! I’ve noticed that not everyone who signs up shows up… it is a FREE class so… if a class appears to be sold out, you are welcome to come by and see if there are any available seats. If you have reserved a seat and you don’t arrive by 7:00 your seat my be given out.

Seating is limited to 15 people so please register online in advance to secure a seat. I’ve turned over the registration to the Icon but they have not set up a method to sign up for a specific class - don’t worry, just register and we’ll figure things out at each class. You don’t have to attend all the classes as they repeat until we get to June when the next topic starts.

The Annenberg Space for Photography is pleased to present the first slide show event on the evening of April 9, 2009.
The program will present a selection of work from 30 Los Angeles Photographers.

Date: April 9, 2009
Time: 7-9pm
Location: 2000 Ave of the Stars #10
Los Angeles, Ca. 90067

This is a Free Event

Parking:  $1.00 with validation in visitors parking lot

Please RSVP promptly as this event will sell out: http://annenbergspaceforphotography.org/events/slideshow_night.asp

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