My Instructorial Debut...

For the first time in my career, in my life actually, I got excited about, wrote and presented a seminar at Vancouver Photo Workshops, a seminar covering various points on how to run a successful commercial photography business.

Everyone is aware of the general apprehension to public speaking that pretty much every human on the planet suffers from, myself included. For some reason I never felt nervous immediately prior to or during the presentation. I did have the 'Who am I to be presenting this material?' thoughts prior to writing the material for the big show. I kept telling myself that 'Someone has to get this info out there!' though and persevered.

We experienced a projector malfunction toward the end of the last class and I wasn't able to post my list of thank-you's to the people who donated time and information to the seminar. Here is the list:

Thanks to the following people & associations for the
information shared this weekend:

David Ellingsen, Photographer
www.davidellingsen.com

Jennifer A. Marles, Intellectual Property/Copyright Lawyer
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
Intellectual Property Lawyers

Barry M. Robinson, Photographer
www.barrymrobinson.com

Leslie Burns Dell'Acqua, Photographer's Consultant
www.burnsautoparts.com

Selina Maitreya, Photographer's Consultant
www.1portauthority.com

Elyse Weissberg, Photographer's Representative

Canadian Association of Photographers & Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC)
www.capic.org

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
www.asmp.org

I hope that I was able to open a few eyes and minds as to the value of the medium I work in and love. It's the duty of every photographer to pass along information to the up-and-coming shooters out there. They're going to get their info from somewhere, let's make sure they're getting the proper information from reputable sources.

Frozen Wasteland

Image outtake from a recent project I shot. It was a bit of a test from a post production point of view. The lake image was made some time last December and the man in the ice image was shot in-studio just the other day. The man in the ice is a professional actor. I have to say, working with a great actor makes my job SO much easier. The expressions he came up with were so diverse! It was difficult choosing the best expression. Just the sort of shoot to remind me that I love this gig! Oh, one more thing, the actor is my brother, Ted. Big thanks to him for his time and talent.

image copyright Dan Kozma/Koz Photography 2010