Will Crockett Bogen Cafe great success!

In his two hour presentation, Will Crockett brought the audiences' enthusiasm for photography and good lighting to an all time high. Armed with incredible knowledge and wit, Crockett gave an engaging look at all things lighting. He demonstrated his money making lighting techniques with the top-of-the-line Bogen Imaging equipment. And to the complete astonishment of the Professional Photography program, the $30,000 worth of equipment used in these demonstrations was donated to the program. More than 80 students and interested parties attended the Oct. 14 evening lecture and 50 students participated in the Thursday morning hands-on session. Crockett and Bogen Imaging representatives Christopher Abbiss from the New Jersey BI headquarters and Teague Parker, the NW BI distributor, Rob of ProPhoto Supply in Portland and instructors from the Pro Photo program, assisted students in learning to use the equipment and techniques for better images. Some of the equipment included Elinchrom lighting heads, Octobank softboxs, beauty dishes, Ranger Powerpacks and the Skyport electronic transmitter system as well as Lastolite, Gossen and Bogen products. I'll soon post some of the images students created during the hands-on workshop. The Professional Photography can scarcely find the words of thanks for this kind of generosity from the Bogen Imaging Co.

Will Crockett Headlines Lighting Clinic

The Professional Photography program was selected this year as the site for a special Bogen Imaging Photographic Lighting Program featuring nationally-known photographer Will Crockett. Crockett will lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 6-9 in Rm. 1364 and offer a hands-on workshop the following morning from 9-1. Sign-up for the hands-on workshop will happen Wednesday evening after the lecture. There is limited space.

Bogen Imaging will be awarding the Pro Photo program the lighting equipment used in the presentation which is valued at $17,000.

About Will Crockett:

In addition to being considered one of the architects of contemporary
digital portrait workflow, Will Crockett is the driving force that fuels one
of the photo industry’s most innovative resources - shootsmarter.com. After more than 28 years as a world class commercial photographer reeling in assignments from high line clients like Pfizer, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Cadbury, United Airlines and TIME magazine, Will is now focused on creating high quality photo educational conduits that include the 22 city
“Professional Workflow 2” seminar tour beginning in January of 2005, the top non-forum pro photo website shootsmarter.com, the award winning shootsmarter
DVD video series, and the groundbreaking ShootSmarter University hands-on education facility. You can also catch some of Will’s insight and
photo-centric energy in the numerous magazine articles he has written, as
well as the many photo convention appearances and seminars he presents
globally. http://www.shootsmarter.com/
http://www.shootsmarteruniversity.com/
http://www.crockettco.com/
http://www.professionalworkflow.com/
http://www.weekendphotoschool.com/

Camera Club Convention at MHCC

The Camera Clubs Convention will be Oct.9-11 at MHCC. It is free for Professional Photography students. This will be the second year that MHCC has hosted this event. We're looking for students to serve as volunteers to direct participants. The group has also been kind enough to present us with an award of $1,000. Lewis Kemper will be the keynote speaker on Friday evening.
He has been photographing the natural beauty of North America and its parklands for over 30
years.

For information: http://www.columbiacameraclubs.org/Convention/2009Convention.html

Photo Equipment and Student Discounts

Over the course of the next two years you'll be purchasing equipment. The two stores in Portland used by professionals include ProPhotoSupply (http://www.tamron.com/lenses/students.asp) and the other is Citizen's Photo (www.citizensphoto.com/ ). They have knowledgeable staffs and can work with you on specific student discount programs.

Unfortunately, most 35mm cameras don't fall under the discount programs but all the other stuff does. One of the only lens companies that has discounts in Tamron, a well-respected lens maker. You can go to: http://www.tamron.com/lenses/students.asp.

Here are the addresses of some of the programs that may be helpful to you. In most cases, you'll need to download a form for me or one of the instructors to sign, you give student id numbers, and other information. You take the form to ProPhotoSupply or Citizens and they order the equipment.

Pictureline offers student discounts for Photoflex lighting equipment and more.

http://www.pictureline.com/specials/specials.php?student=1

AlienBees is associated with White Lightning.

Many students buy this equipment esp. portable power and ringflash units. You can get a 10% discount. http://www.alienbees.com/specials.html

Mac-on-Campus is a real friend to students and offers many discounted products. We esp use the pocket wizard systems and Sekonic flash meters.

http://www.mac-on-campus.com/campus_store_new/

The MHCC College Bookstore sells the latest version of Adobe CS4 Creative Suite and considerable discounts. The Pro Photo Program makes greatest use of Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, and inDesign CS4.

New Student Orientation

Welcome our New Class of 2011
Welcome New Students of the Professional Photo Program
On Tuesday, Sept 15 the college sponsors an Orientation Day. You can learn more from http://www.mhcc.edu/pages/1316.asp. This is particularly good for brand new students. You are encouraged to participate in any or all of the activities. There will be a free lunch from 1-2pm. At 2 p.m., I would like to meet with you in our primary classroom of 1386. Once you're on campus, the 1300 wing of the classrooms is to the left of the Bookstore as you face it. The bookstore is directly below the entrance flag poles. During our orientation, which should go for 1-2 hours, I would like to show you our facility, go over general expectations, answer questions, discuss the schedule and discuss photo supplies and photo equipment resources. Most of you will have straight forward schedules since you are just starting with us. But there are others who may need a bit more consultation.So I'll work with you personally.
I look forward to seeing you.

Welcome to Talking Photography

Hello students, college community and interested parties,
In the interest of building a more interactive community of photography students and enthusiasts, I am adding our new photo blog, Talking Photography. It is my hope that we can begin looking at photographs that you are producing and talk about their meaning, aesthetic and technical aspects. I am looking forward to submissions/posts of your current images including the technical shooting information. Then it will be up to the followers to respond. Obviously, only constructive comments will be accepted as this should be considered a learning experience for us all. As Georgia O'Keefe said, "To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." And it all starts by bringing an visual idea to fruition and putting it out there.
DS