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kdmcBerkeley Fall 2012 Multimedia Storytelling Series Announced

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:September 11, 2012

The kdmcBerkeley Fall 2012 Multimedia Storytelling Series is open for registration. All workshops are led by UC Berkeley lecturers and staff, with presentations from award-winning faculty and industry leaders to give you the skills to distinguish you as an expert in digital media. This fall they will be offering four courses.Video StorytellingOctober 11-13, 2012 | Register Today Learn from master storytellers techniques for capturing the attention of your audience to create engaging videos. This intensive three-day workshop is an immersion in digital video storytelling, providing hands-on video training in every phase of planning, production and digital delivery. This workshop delivers the same world-class training the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism provides its graduate students.Social Media for Audience EngagementOctober 22-23, 2012 | Register Today Beyond expanding the pool of possible connections to near limitless possibilities, social media is reshaping how we communication, learn, entertain ourselves, participate in politics and public life, search…

One Week Left to Apply for FotoWeek DC International Awards Competition

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:September 10, 2012

FotoWeekDC's International Awards Competition is looking for extraordinary work. This year's competition honors professional and emerging photographers from the DC area and around the world. FotoWeekDC is now accepting entries in the single image, series, multimedia categories, and two new categories for 2012: Photo Book Competition and Modern-Vintage Category, Photo Competition (Images captured with Brownie, Polaroid, Holga, Diana, Lomography, pinhole cameras and mobile devices). Winning Entries Receive: Cash prizes totaling $26,000 Exhibition during the FotoWeekDC Festival Great online exposure Also, the People's Choice Award is back by popular demand. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts, who will select the top three winners in each category. In the People's Choice Category, the 20 images with the highest number of votes across all categories will receive one subscription to FotoPage Annual Subscription and online exposure through a top 20 feature on FotoDC.org's People's Choice Gallery. Applications due by September…

AI-AP Motion Art Awards Deadline Approaching

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:September 7, 2012

American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP), the leading juried annuals in North America, introduces the inaugural International Motion Art Awards to celebrate photographers, illustrators and designers who make their work move in all media. As a natural (and long-awaited) spin-off to the American Photography and American Illustration award annuals, the IMAAs honor the artist's original and singular vision. Submission Details Eligibility Dates: All work created or broadcast within the 12-month period from September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012. Entry Fees: $25 - all self-initiated, unpublished, personal work in any category; $75 - all commissioned and commercially produced projects in any category; $10 - all work created by a full- or part-time undergrad and graduate students. Submission Deadline: September 21, 2012. Jury: An independent jury will view all work submitted in every category and select the winning collection. Submissions: Online submissions accepted now at www.ai-ap.com/cfe/motion/. About IMAA In recognizing the author's "eye" and "hand"…

PhotoShelter Hosts First Luminance Conference in New York

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:September 7, 2012

Next week PhotoShelter will be hosting Luminance 2012, a fresh new conference that will bring together leading voices from across industries to answer the question: What’s next for photography? This two-day conference will feature two dozen top speakers from a variety of organizations that help to create, consume and define photography in a myriad of ways. Each speaker will present a 20-minute TED-style talk on a topic relevant to their area of expertise. A brief Q&A will follow each session. Photographers, technologists, designers and those who care about the direction of photography are encouraged to attend. Conference Details Date: Sept. 12 - 13, with kickoff events on Sept. 11 Where: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York City Registration: www.photoshelter.com/luminance/register. Speakers PhotoShelter recently finalized there speaker roster with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, who will discuss his role capturing some of the most iconic images from the International Space Station, as well as…

MediaStorm’s Pam Huling Speaking at Syracuse University

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:September 6, 2012

Photo District News, the American Society of Media Photographers and the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications invite you to the Photo District News Emerging 30 Seminar and an ASMP panel discussion. Event Details What: Photo District News Emerging 30 Seminar & ASMP panel discussion When: Tuesday Sept. 11 from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. Where: Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III, Room 140 (215 University Place, Syracuse, NY) Cost: Free! Event Schedule 4:30–6:00pm ASMP/Newhouse-sponsored panel, "Photography: The State of the Industry" This panel discussion will revolve around how the industry has been affected by technology and the recent recession, what top professionals have learned, and how to prepare for success in this new world. Photo District News editor Holly Stuart Hughes will moderate the panel, which will include Gene Mopsik (executive director of ASMP) and Pam Huling (business development director at MediaStorm and former director of photo services at Discovery). 6:00–7:00pm Photo…