Free Photo Webinars - Composition Challenge discussion and feedback

Almost four weeks ago, many of us took a challenge to work on composition principles together. 

The 21-Week Composition Challenge is a fun approach to improving one of the fundamentals of photography, composition. Each week, I provide free tutorials on a composition technique and a challenge for you to practice. We have had very enthusiastic participation, which is really fun to see. 

On Tuesday, we will be four weeks into the challenge, and this webinar will be used to discuss principles covered during the first three weeks. In addition, I will be providing more detailed feedback on several submissions. This is also an opportunity for you to ask questions or begin a discussion about any of the completed weekly challenges.

Learn more about the 21-Week Composition Challenge

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Recording: HDR Photography with Angela Pan

In our April webinar, we learned about HDR photography through the work of Angela Pan. We had a great evening as Angela shared some of her favorites and some of the tips she’s used to help create her images.

You can find Angela at www.abpan.com. She also shared that she has authored a book, HDR Workflow: The Essential Guide for Beginners. Check it out here.

Ready to try it for yourself? Here are six HDR tips to remember:

• Choose the right subject. Look for a greater range of highlights to shadows. Make sure everything is relatively stable in the image, since you’ll need to merge the photos. Good choices include landscapes and architecture. 


• Use a tripod. To get all three images closely aligned, you will need to keep the camera in the same place. A tripod will help you do that.


• Use your camera’s auto bracketing feature -- That is where your camera takes three shots in rapid succession that vary in exposure compensation.


• Adjust the shutter speed, not the aperture.  If you take three pics at three different aperture settings, the depth of field changes each time. You will get three very different photos, which will make them hard to blend.


• Shoot in Raw format. Raw images capture more information in the range of colors. You might even be able to create the three files based on one raw file.


• Choose the right software. The three leading software apps have very different approaches. Here is a review that could help you understand the differences. The right software depends on your subject, the time you have to invest, and a host of other factors.

Free Photo Webinars - Focus on HDR photography

This month we focus on HDR photography with Angela Pan.

High Dynamic Range photography is a technique that combines three images into one to capture a wider range of highlights to shadows, and Angela has been using this style of photography to showcase the Washington, DC region.

She has been recognized as having one of the Best Travel Blogs of 2011 by Washington Flyer Magazine, Best Shot of Fall Foliage by the Travel Channel, and Best Shot of Fall: Honorable Mention from World Journal.

See her work at www.abpan.com.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

7 pm eastern 

Recording - Copyright law for the photographer

In our March 2012 webinar, we discuss copyright law for the photographer with Phil Marcus. This is a virtual seminar on copyright, trademark and patent issues. We discuss the nuances of issues such as: 

• Work for hire
• Creating a copyright
• Enforcing your copyright
• What kinds of products can your copyright
• Copyright considerations on social networking sites
• And a host of issues every photographer should know

About Phil Marcus

Although Phil Marcus is a serious amateur photographer, his profession is law, and specifically protecting creatives through copyright law.  He is a graduate of MIT (S.B. and S.M. in Electrical Engineering).  He also has a J.D. from the University of Maryland Law School.  Mr. Marcus was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1973 and the Supreme Court bar in 1977. 

He has specialized the past half dozen years in various aspects of intellectual property law.  These include copyrights, trademarks, patent licensing and trade secrets.  He has handled matters of both registration and infringement (from viewpoints of both owners of IP and alleged infringers).

Contact Phil Marcus

 Your IP Attorney
The Copyright and Trademark
Law Center

www.youripattorney.com

pm@youripattorney.com

410-292-6989

Free Photo Webinar - focus on copyright law for the photographer

What would you do if you noticed that someone was using your photographs without your permission? What’s the correct way to protect your images, so you can increase the chances of collecting should someone deliberately steal your pictures? When can you legally photograph strangers in public? The answers to these questions might be more nuanced than you think.

In our March 2012 Free Photo Webinars, we focus on copyright law and the photographers’ rights with Phil Marcus. 

Phil MarcusAlthough Phil Marcus is a serious amateur photographer, his profession is law, and specifically protecting creatives through copyright law.  He is a graduate of MIT (S.B. and S.M. in Electrical Engineering).  He also has a J.D. from the University of Maryland Law School.  Mr. Marcus was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1973 and the Supreme Court bar in 1977. 

He has specialized the past half dozen years in various aspects of intellectual property law.  These include copyrights, trademarks, patent licensing and trade secrets.  He has handled matters of both registration and infringement (from viewpoints of both owners of IP and alleged infringers).  

Phil has been teaching adults since he was in grad school in the 1960s, including four years as a full time college instructor.  He has given seminars for almost ten years to professional groups, various chambers of commerce and MIT alumni groups.

You can read more about Phil at www.youripattorney.com.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

7 PM Eastern