Imaging USA offers the perfect kindling for your creative fire: pre-convention classes. From January 13-15, 2011, you have the chance for more in-depth education on a variety of subjects, from specialties like pet or senior photography to using Corel Painter software and understanding the business side of photography. And the classes are now available for viewing and registration!
Come and celebrate another great Imaging USA at the Imaging...Ole! Party tonight at 8 in the Presidential Ballroom, Level 2.
It’s the perfect way to end your Imaging USA experience. Drink in San Antonio’s southwestern flair (Imaging USA’s next stop), as you unwind. Dance, eat, and laugh as you celebrate one last time with your fellow photographers (and start planning your next adventure at Imaging USA 2011).
The PPA Awards & Degree Ceremony will be held tonight at 7 in Delta Ballroom A, Level 2.
It’s a night to honor professional photography and the individuals who set themselves apart in the industry. Held every year, this ceremony celebrates PPA members who’ve earned degrees and awards through their service, competition excellence, and instruction.
You’ll also hear special addresses from PPA President Ron Nichols and Lifetime Achievement Award Winner William S. McIntosh.
Meet Victor Bruce - Imaging USA’s Official Event Photographer
After the convention, we’ll have a bunch of great images of the event courtesy of Victor Bruce, Imaging USA’s official event photographer.
Bruce has over 23 years of experience in photography. His clients include local, national and international corporations, ad agencies and other design firms.
Victor has earned several degrees from Orange Coast College in Southern California, one of the most renowned photography programs in North America. He has been in business in the Nashville area for over 14 years.
For more information about Victor Bruce, click here.
Throughout Imaging USA, GraphiStudio has had expert speakers at the GraphiStudio Theater at the Imaging EXPO (booth 74).
Garrett Nudd, Jim Garner, Joe Buissink and Yervant have stopped by and discussed workflow, shooting techniques, marketing tips and how they use GraphiStudio books.
Come see Jim Garner speak today at 10:30am followed by Joe Buissink at noon.
Zenfolio Debuts Next Generation of Photography Presentation and Sales Solution
Zenfolio Inc. (booth 314), the premier provider of online photography presentation and sales solutions, has debuted the next generation of its offering and solidified its place as the singular destination for photographers seeking the most complete service to affordably and professionally manage all aspects of their photography business. With the new release, Zenfolio users can create portfolio sites, take full control over the visual design using the Zenfolio Theme Designer, and increase online exposure with enhanced search engine optimization (SEO) positioning of all user web pages. At no additional cost, these improvements are available to all Zenfolio photographers including Basic, Unlimited and Premium users.
Built in direct response to customer feedback, the new features let photographers create a portfolio Home page that includes a customizable slideshow and logo branding; producing a stylish and polished entry into their site. Additional improvements include a site menu structure that carries throughout all pages to ensure a consistent and uniformly branded browsing experience. Site menus can include links to any gallery, collection or group, as well as built-in About, Contact, and Search pages. Site menu items can also link to external sites such as blogs, as well as to uploaded PDF documents with customer testimonials and price lists. An elegant portfolio entry combined with uniformly branded site navigation gives photographers unprecedented flexibility in professionally hosting their entire online presence under one roof.
In addition to the elegant portfolio layouts, the new release introduces the Zenfolio Theme Designer, a groundbreaking new tool used to design and customize pages with a highly intuitive and polished interface. The Theme Designer enables photographers to have full control of the graphical elements on their pages along with a professional color model-base which suggests colors that are esthetically designed to work together for a more attractive presentation. With the Zenfolio Theme Designer, the complicated task of editing CSS code has been replaced with a brilliantly simple point and click tool. Buttons, menu styles, thumbnails and image treatments are all available for customization to a discerning visual designer. As an added bonus, the new Themes can be exported and imported, making it easy for photographers to share designs within the Zenfolio community.
Also included in the new release are SEO enhancements to all Zenfolio pages. Photographers gain control of their search positioning with access to webmaster tools from the top search engines, including Google, bing, and Yahoo! Additionally, site maps are being added throughout users' sites to further help search crawlers discover and index publicly viewable content. These enhancements further ensure that photos are visible in search engines for potential buyers and viewers.
Visit www.zenfolio.com now to take a tour, learn more about its new offerings, and sign up for a free trial today.
Join White House Custom Colour tonight at 9:30 in Presidential Ballroom D, Level 2 as we welcome photojournalists who have chronicled days in the lives of American presidents. Present at everyday and life-changing events, they must be ready to record the quintessential moments behind the scenes. And that’s really what all photographers do, whether you work with brides, families, sports…or celebrities like presidents.
Get in the inside scoop on recording history from these different perspectives:
J. Scott Applewhite – Barrack Obama administration’s Associated Press photos Paul Morse – George W. Bush administration’s official photos Robert McNeely – Bill Clinton administration’s official photos.
Country music star Ricky Skaggs will be making a special guest appearance at the Nikon booth (552) today at 3:45pm. The 14-time Grammy-winning musician is also a photographer! Hear Skaggs speak about his unique brand of music and photography. Watch the video interview with Nikon below for a preview of the event.
For every program evaluation you complete, you will be entered in a daily prize drawing. You could win a Flip Video Camcorder during pre-con or a Acer Mini Netbook during the conference. CLICK HERE.
Imaging USA offers the perfect kindling for your creative fire: pre-convention classes. From January 13-15, 2011, you have the chance for more in-depth education on a variety of subjects, from specialties like pet or senior photography to using Corel Painter software and understanding the business side of photography. And the classes are now available for viewing and registration!
