Meet Gary Fong

Gary Fong is an American entrepreneur and former wedding photographer. After twenty years, Fong ended his photography career in 2002 to pursue business interests such as marketing photography products, luxury vacation rentals, yacht chartering, plastics manufacturing, a distribution and fulfillment center, and authoring a successful inspirational memoir.

Gary Fong, Inc. is a multi-million dollar business incorporated in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada). The CEO, Gary Fong, is a world-famous photographer who ended his 20 year long career in 2002 to pursue other interests. Fong is most well known for marketing and patenting the Lightsphere ™, a dome-shaped light diffuser, which was introduced in late 2004 and has sold more than 400,000 units worldwide.

Gary will be presenting the following seminar:

Wedding Photography Revolutionized

Friday, June 17 AND Saturday June 18 | 12 – 2pm
$25

Gary Fong will give you the secrets that made his studio the most financially successful business in wedding photography. He will explain how you can use his step-by-step pricing and merchandising method to help make your custom-designed albums irresistible.

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In addition to ProFusion 2011‘s incredible line-up of Seminars there are two exciting Panel Discussions that promise to be both entertaining & informative. Even better? They’re both FREE!

On Friday, June 17 (9:15 – 11:45AM) you can check out:

3D Panel Discussion: The 3rd Dimension is Alive & Well!

Brian Young, Product Manager for Video and Production Technology at Vistek, will lead a panel discussion of Industry professionals that will focus on affordable 3D tools, 3D content, and 3D production equipment.

Panelists will include:

• Rob Willox – Director of 3D Business Development, Sony America
• Sebastian Laffoux – 3D Rig Designer and Manager Camera and Digital Systems, Arri Canada
• Tim Dashwood – 3D Software Designer and 3D production specialist
  …and more to be announced as we get closer to the event!

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On Saturday, June 18 (2 – 4:30pm) you can check out:

Female Eye Film Festival‘s Panel Discussion with 5 Top Canadian Women DoP/Directors

The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) will moderate a thought provoking panel discussion with five top Canadian women DOP/Directors to discuss the unique challenges and rewards of fulfilling two roles as women working in the industry of film and television. Moderated by Leslie Ann Coles, Founder/ Exec. Director, The Female Eye.

Panelists will include:

• Monica Guddet – Cinematographer
• Sarah Moffat – Cinematographer/director
• Noemi Weis – Producer/Director (Filmblanc)
• Noami Wise – Cinematographer
• Jericca Cleland – Cinematographer

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Meet Still Motion

Still Motion is a band of filmmakers and photographers who, as a rule, always let curiosity get the better of them. They believe that the process of discovery is as important as what goes on the screen. Still Motion tells stories – big, small and anywhere in between. The team has racked up plenty of miles and hard drive space cooking up work for Apple, Canon, Callaway, NFL, and Tiffen. Not that unabashed name dropping tells you much about who they are and what we offer. For that, Still Motion prefers to let their work do the talking for them. It’s all been packaged for easy consumption on their website and blog. While there, you can wash it all down with the latest juice on our educational events too. Feel free to drop by any time. They’ll leave the porch light on.

StillMotion will be presenting the following seminars:

Wedding Cinema 101

June 17 | 10AM-5PM
$299

A wedding is a fast-paced live event. But it’s also a time when people are willing to share so much of themselves. Through movement, audio, music, and compelling imagery, it’s a privilege to be able to tell those stories.
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Storytelling: a Narrative through Stills

June 18 | 10AM-1PM
$75

By ensuring that every decision we make has a real purpose, we can grow as artists who tell truly meaningful and sincere stories.
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From Weddings to the NFL

June 18 | 2PM-5PM
$75

StillMotion will share their journey from their origins in weddings to telling meaningful stories at the Super Bowl.
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Meet Sarah Moffat

Sarah Moffat has been exploring cameras since childhood. Now, with over 15 years of professional experience, Sarah’s knowledge has spanned across the camera world to include motion picture film, and video, still photography film and digital, and underwater. She has worked in a vast number of situations from large movie sets, to personal documentary interviews, to covering live broadcast events, to photographing everyday life, landscapes and print. The list is endless. Winning various recognition for her work over the years while staking new titles by developing and defining new positions, Sarah has been marked as one of the industry’s finest.

Sarah will be presenting the following seminar:

Motion Camera Theory Basics: A Bridge to Speaking Cinematography

June 18 | 9:30am – 12pm
$25
Learn motion camera theory basics to use as a springboard of knowledge to get you into the conversation of cinematography. We will be discussing exposure, ASA, shutter speed, colour temperature, aspect ratio, and a few other key base knowledge points. Then translating this into the contemporary age of HD video
while our minds open into speaking cinematography with confidence.
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Check out Sarah’s brief video love letter to Lake Ontario!

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Meet Seth Resnick

Chosen as one of the 30 most influential photographers of the decade by Photo District News Magazine, Seth Resnick is one of North America’s most prolific corporate, editorial and stock photographers. Seth is greatly in demand for his beautiful graphic images in both natural and created light. Resnick has been published in the world’s most prestigious magazines. His credits include over 2500 publications worldwide and his clients constitute a virtual list of Corporate America.

Seth will be presenting the following seminars:

SEEING COLOUR: Creating Dynamic & Saleable Images

June 17 | 10AM – 1PM
$75

Rather than just taking pictures this seminar will help refine your creative vision and help you create more effective and compelling images bringing your creativity to a new level.
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The Business of Digital Photography

June 17 | 2PM – 5PM
$75
Among the topics tackled: pricing for digital, justifying the costs, providing digital receipts, copyright, the cost of being in business, negotiating tactics and more.
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Digital Workflow with Adobe Lightroom

June 18 | 9AM-12PM
$75

In this presentation, Seth Resnick will demonstrate his entire workflow in real time using Adobe Lightroom. He will begin with RAW files, adjust them for white balance and apply both local and global tonal corrections.
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Archiving for Digital Imaging

June 18 | 1PM-4PM
$75

Seth Resnick will cover media and standards for creating a true archive so that both current and future clients will be able to view the photographs you work so hard to create.
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Check out this excerpt from an interview Seth did for Luminous Landscape Video Journal 19

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Meet Tim Dashwood

Tim Dashwood can be best described as a “Jack of All Trades,” constantly swapping hats as Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Stereographer. He is the creator of the acclaimed Stereo3D Toolbox suite of stereoscopic post-production tools for Final Cut Studio and After Effects and also moderates the Stereoscopic 3D Forum on DV Info Net. Dashwood is the co-owner & CTO of Toronto-based Stereo3D Unlimited and president of Dashwood Cinema Solutions, the publisher of the Stereo3D Toolbox family of software.

Tim will be presenting the following seminar:

Stereoscopic Shooting & Post: a 3-D Primer with Tim Dashwood

Friday, June 17 | 2:30am – 5:30pm
$30

Stereo3D shooter and software designer Tim Dashwood introduces the rudiments of three-dimensional shooting and post-production. Footage will be shot in stereoscopic 3D during part 1 and posted in part 2. 3-D glasses will be supplied.
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Tim will also be a part of ProFusion’s exciting FREE 3-D Panel Discussion:

The 3rd Dimension is Alive & Well!

Friday, June 17 | 9:15am – 11:45pm
FREE

This panel discussion of industry professionals will focus on affordable 3D tools, 3D content, and 3D production equipment. Members of the panel will include: Brian Young, Product Manager for Video and Production Technology at Vistek; Rob Willox, Director of 3D Business Development Sony America; Sebastian Laffoux, 3D Rig Designer and Manager Camera and Digital Systems, Arri Canada; Tim Dashwood, 3D Software Designer and 3D production specialist; and more!
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Dashwood’s production company, Stereo3D Unlimited, recently shot and released the world’s first stereoscopic 3D music video “Shake The Apple” by Ariana Gillis. The four minute video was shot at Stereo3D Unlimited’s studio in Toronto using two Arri Alexa cameras, Zeiss Master Prime lenses, the Stereo3D Tango beamsplitter rig, and Dashwood Cinema Solutions’ Stereo3D Live™ calibration/analysis software. Post was completed in Final Cut Pro and After Effects with Dashwood Cinema Solutions’ Stereo3D Toolbox™.

Ariana Gillis “Shake the Apple” Arri Alexa 3D Test (anaglyph) from Tim Dashwood on Vimeo.

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That’s right! The upcoming Business of Photography Bootcamp is offering a special Vistek customer discount of $100 to anyone who registers with the following promo code: vistek8723.

Taking place June 5 & 6 at MacDonald Hall (SAIT) in Calgary, this year’s speaker is Ann Monteith, former chairman of the board of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America), Internationals School of Professional Photography and past president of the PPA.

If photography is a passion of yours and you want to expand your photographic knowledge, hone your camera skills and grow your business – you owe it to yourself to attend The Business of Photography Boot camp. It is a two day event in with headlining speaker, a chance to network with other working professionals and have lots of fun. There is no other way to guarantee your success than by expanding your knowledge base. You, your clients and your families deserve for you to work smarter and not harder.

At Bootcamp 2011, you will learn strategies and methods that successful photographers are using right now to survive and even thrive in the midst of one of the worst economies we’ve ever experienced. It’s all about knowledge, which makes it easier to believe; and belief leads to action, which is the way to success.

This event is limited to only 100 local photographers, you don’t want everyone in your area with all of this insider information. Last years event sold out in one month and this one is  50% sold. You have to register now to get in on the fast track to success.

Two days:         $399
One day:           $259

(plus $100 discount with this code: vistek8723)

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Meet Jason Groupp

Sophisticated but instantly accessible, Jason Groupp’s wedding photography celebrates the individuality of every couple he works with. Having honed his style on the streets of Manhattan, Jason instinctively creates a sense of place in every clients photograph. Whether it’s a free-spirited portrait of a newly engaged couple astride a motorcycle or a rare quiet moment shared by a bride and groom against the splashy backdrop of a Las Vegas cityscape, Jason captures the relationship between a couple and their surroundings. You notice the setting, but you remember the couple.

Jason will be presenting the following workshops:

Shoestring TTL

Friday, June 17 | 9:30am – 12:30pm
$49

This won’t be a class about fancy hard-to-understand ETTL techniques, I’ll show you my easy to use shoestring TTL techniques and how you can create your own no excuses bag.
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Fun with FUsioN

Friday, June 17 | 1:30 – 4:30pm
$75

Stills + Video at the same time? How do we do it? We have systematically created a process where we can capture both great still shots and beautiful video footage. Managing both is not an easy task but, trust me, it CAN be done!
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Meet Peter Krogh

Peter Krogh is the author of “The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management for Photographers” (O’Reilly, 2009) and the co-creator of the dpBestflow.org website. A professional photographer for more than 25 years, Krogh spends much of his time spreading worldwide the gospel of good collection management and effective workflow. Since 2006, Peter has worked with every part of the Adobe Lightroom team, helping to outline productive workflow with maximum safety of the images.

Peter will be presenting the following workshops:

DAM for the Digital Photographer

Friday, June 17 | 9:30am – 12:30pm
$49
This fast-paced lecture presents an overview of the most important DAM concepts, and how you can make use of them in your daily workflow.
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Digital Workflow with Adobe Lightroom

Friday, June 17 | 1:30 – 4:30pm
$49
Lightroom was designed by photographers, for photographers. Learn how you can use Lightroom to create an efficient digital photography workflow.
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Meet Matt Barnes

Toronto-based photographer Matt Barnes was born in England, grew up on the East Coast of Canada, and moved to Ontario in 1996. He spent his teenage years in Port Dover, that tiny little beach town that is home to the Hell’s Angels. It’s rubbed off on him. He’s got a reputation for being a rule-breaker. He takes things in stride and his quiet confidence seems to drive his career. All of this comes across in his photography. How Barnes views the world is reflected in his shots. He’s a rule-breaker who managed to be teacher’s pet while at Sheridan despite dropping out. Barnes has been shooting professionaly for the past 5 years and does a wide range of work with clients that include top ad agencies, international publications and famous faces.

Matt will be presenting the following workshop:

The Big Creative

Saturday, June 18 | 3 – 5pm
$25

This seminar gives an all-encompassing look at pre-production & concept building for creatives, including a behind-the-scenes look at production, selection of gear and shooting style.
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AND check out this fab clip of Matt on Fashion Television
Art of the Photograph: Matt Barnes
From commercial to music to fashion photography, Toronto photographer Matt Barnes is fast becoming recognized for his unique and slightly off-kilter approach. We visit Matt on the set of three very different shoots for clients.

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