Looking for input into next years conference. I have two speakers lined up (but ain't telling you who yet ) and am toying around with other ideas but I want to throw it open to comment.
I don't want speakers names but I want to know what you want as presentation topics.
Cheers
T
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 12, 2008 at 4:33 AM
Don't know if the commercial side of things would be of interest to anyone else as much as me Tom, but 'cutting it' in the stock library side of things would be of considerable interest to me at least
Posted by Adrian North on March 12, 2008 at 6:33 AM
Tom,
Like Andy I'd like something about the commercial side and how to break into it (even if only in a small way). Also some info about how to get close to animals (especially when looking like a beached whale )
Having watched a few demos at Focus on Imaging on the Adobe stand, there is always more than one way to do a job in PS,so showing a couple of ways to do certain things,e.g. cloning,sharpening,etc things that guys on here use a lot. I work with PS all day as part of my job, but I always learn some thing new from most demos,every one will do some thing different...
Stewart......
Posted by Mike Smith on March 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
What I really struggled with staring out with digital gear (and to a certain extent continue to struggle with) is colour management in its wider form;
what it is,
how to set up a digital darkroom
how to profile, monitors, printers, and even cameras,
how to set up PS (or equivelent) to give consistant colour results between screen and printer.
I have bought loads of books on the subject, but they may as well have been written in Greek they are very rarely user friendly and usually too detailed in their approach - by chapter 6 I have usually given up finding anything that I can relate to on a practical level..........
I'm able to do stuff like USM, levels, curves, cloning etc in CS2, but not got a clue about layers, selective tonal changing, putting borders and drop shadows on etc, so a fair bit I'm stumped with
I'm also intrigued as to why so many want PS talks at a Nature Photographers convention. Surely nature photography has the least scope for digital manipulation of any type of photography.
Looking at some of the questions etc that have been posted on here over the last year or so I would have thought that talks from an English Nature (is this the right name for the body down south?) rep on the legal do's and don'ts of certain types of nature photography could be of interest. What ppl's rights are on certain areas and what their responsibilities are too.
Maybe a land manager on what is being done on certain places to accommodate both wildlife and human interests? Surely there's more to wildlife management and photography than being made to share a hide with twitchers
I also agree with the PS and the fieldcraft suggestions.
Ian Hay
Posted by eric weight on March 13, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Fieldcraft for me. It's all very well knowing how to manipulate your images, but nothing is more important than getting them in the first place. Like Rob, I have no idea what has gone before so my apologies if that suggestion is covering old ground.
I can see why people want to know about PS processing, but there's a load of people on here using loads of different methods and there's been countless processes posted on here.
I do however think that getting the image is vitally importat but also most frustrating not getting the best from them, so it would be useful to a lot of people no doubt..don't think there's aneed to cover this at an annual conference though...just my opinion
Discussion
14 repliesI don't want speakers names but I want to know what you want as presentation topics.
Cheers
T
Like Andy I'd like something about the commercial side and how to break into it (even if only in a small way). Also some info about how to get close to animals (especially when looking like a beached whale
Adrian
Stewart.....
Regards
I agree with commercial and photoshop idea's. Sadly I have not been able to make the last two conference's so not sure what has already been covered.
Regards
Rob
What sort of Photoshop stuff do you want to see?
Stewart......
what it is,
how to set up a digital darkroom
how to profile, monitors, printers, and even cameras,
how to set up PS (or equivelent) to give consistant colour results between screen and printer.
I have bought loads of books on the subject, but they may as well have been written in Greek they are very rarely user friendly and usually too detailed in their approach - by chapter 6 I have usually given up finding anything that I can relate to on a practical level..........
Mike
I'm able to do stuff like USM, levels, curves, cloning etc in CS2, but not got a clue about layers, selective tonal changing, putting borders and drop shadows on etc, so a fair bit I'm stumped with
Regards
Rob
Looking at some of the questions etc that have been posted on here over the last year or so I would have thought that talks from an English Nature (is this the right name for the body down south?) rep on the legal do's and don'ts of certain types of nature photography could be of interest. What ppl's rights are on certain areas and what their responsibilities are too.
Maybe a land manager on what is being done on certain places to accommodate both wildlife and human interests? Surely there's more to wildlife management and photography than being made to share a hide with twitchers
I also agree with the PS and the fieldcraft suggestions.
Ian Hay
I do however think that getting the image is vitally importat but also most frustrating not getting the best from them, so it would be useful to a lot of people no doubt..don't think there's aneed to cover this at an annual conference though...just my opinion
Fieldcraft for me