If you’re in Toronto, Mississauga or Calgary this Saturday (Dec. 12) and you’ve finished all your Holiday Shopping – why not check out one of these informative seminars?

• Introduction to Point and Shoot Cameras (10am – Mississauga)
  A fun and practical class where new point-and-shoot digital camera owners will learn easy tips about how to take better photos.

• Lenses: Your Camera’s Eye (10am – Toronto)
  A thorough understanding of how camera lenses affect your image is essential for creative control in photography.

• Photography Basics (10am – Calgary)
  In the confusing world of digital photography, one of the few constants is this: Automatic functions do not get the most from your camera.

• Better Family Photos (2pm – Mississauga)
  A fun, practical class where digital camera owners learn easy tips about how to take better photos of children and pets.

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Vistek Toronto has a couple of exciting seminars taking place in the next few weeks that shouldn’t be missed.

Next Saturday’s (Sept. 26) Getting the Most from your Epson Photo Printer is for entry level to intermediate photographers interested in producing truly professional photo prints. This 3-hour seminar will teach you the proper techniques for getting effective, consistently perfect prints from Epson Pro Photo Printers.

You’ll learn:
• Step-by-step printing tutorial, including tips for monitor calibration
• How to optimize your digital images for printing
• Using the Epson printer driver for maximum results
• Discussion of different media types

Sign up now while there is still space available.
The Saturday after that (Oct. 3) offers an intermediate approach to creating and converting digital photographs into properly exposed Black and White Photographs. The 6-hour Digital Black and White seminar will teach:

• Exposure for Black and White
• Digital Conversion Photoshop
• Tools and accessories to achieve different effects

The first part of the session will involve  hands-on photography walking through the neighbourhood, so bring your camera! And a laptop with a recent version of Photoshop is required (download the free trial version of the most recent version , if you’re not sure how current your software is.)

Oh yeah – lunch is included in your registration fee!

Sign up today!

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… and we’re not kidding! Vistek has announced its latest lineup of seminars & workshops and there’s something on the go for EVERYONE. And we don’t just mean for those folks who live in Toronto (although there are 32 in that particular lineup).

It seems Mississauga is the new hot spot for improving your photography chops, with 33 scheduled seminars. And for those of you closer to the West Coast of our great nation, there are currently 10 seminars scheduled for Calgary and 8 in Edmonton.

Back by popular demand, this season, is Gary Ray Rush’s exciting Creative Series. Initially a 4-part series held this past Spring, its overwhelming popularity has not only demanded a return but it’s garnered a greatly expanded version.

The multi-part instructional series will run from September to November and is designed to inform and instruct on the basics of photography with the goal of showing attendees how to attain consistent, predictable results. And, like last time, you can take advantage of bundled discounts!

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Who says you never get anything for free?

We just heard about a FREE web seminar that photographer Harold Davis & O’Reilly Media are holding December 2 at 11am & 2pm.

Here’s the deal:

Secrets of Digital Night Photography

Presented by Harold Davis

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:00 am Pacific Standard Time (GMT -08:00, San Francisco)

& Tuesday, December 2, 2008 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York)

With an aim at revealing some of the secrets behind the art of digital night photography, Davis will be demonstrating exposure and post-processing techniques. He’s even planning to finish the 60-minute seminar with a question-and-answer session with
attendees.

Check out Harold Davis’ blog – Digital Night.

And sign up at O’Reilly Media now to reserve your spot!

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