This message came through on another list I'm on, a bit OT but may be of
interest to somebody here.
> Richard P. Gabriel <rpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Photographing a conference is a serious matter. Major commercial
> conferences like TED and the O'Reilly conferences hire professionals
> to capture their meetings both for advertising and historical
> purposes. OOPSLA typically has a historically important set of people
> speaking and attending, and every OOPSLA holds the possibility of
> premiering a major new idea in computing. The problem with most
> professional photographers, though, is that they don't know who to
> photograph aside from speakers and panelists-but we do. In this
> workshop you will learn and hone intermediate and advanced technical
> and aesthetic techniques for good conference photography, and you
> will practice these techniques during OOPSLA. Work will be critiqued
> using a writers' workshop process to enable you to continue learning
> and improving after the workshop. Participants will be expected to
> attend a full-day of lectures and interactive learning activities as
> well as photograph Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with short, early
> morning writers' workshops on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
>
> The workshop begins Sunday, October 25 and ends Thursday, October 29,
> 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
>
> This workshop will examine both realistic conference photography and
> fine-art photography. We hope and expect to attract workshop members
> who can teach as well as be students - that is, we are looking for
> the already accomplished as well as the less experienced.
>
> The workshop web page is here:
>
> http://dreamsongs.com/Feyerabend/Extravagaria2009.html
>
> Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.
>
> -rpg-
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...Wayne
Wayne Harridge
http://lrh.structuregraphs.com
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