Community Events & Special Events

Community Events 600 series, 400 series, and Special Events such as the Opening Reception, Farewell Bash and Awards Dinner are described separately here.

Note: Schedule is subject to change due to the busy schedule of our presenters. Changes will be posted at all sites during the week.

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Community Events

600 Series events are free to INFOCUS Members and Gold Passport holders, $10 otherwise.
Community Events do not require advance registration and can be paid for at the door.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

9:30 - 10:30 am Wednesday

Community Event 601
“ReCapture Your Vision” - Image Enhancement Techniques with Janice Wendt
Ever wonder why your captured images do not live up to your expectations.  The exposure was right, the lighting was right, and most important, the framing was right.  But the image did not live up to what you envision.  Learn re-touching techniques that bring back the “alive” feeling, the mood, and all that inspired you when you committed to capture the image.
Techniques that will be taught in this lecture will remove the need for tedious selections and endless numbers of steps.  Janice will teach how to get the most out of your workflow, optimizing raw images, noise reduction techniques, global adjustments vs. targeted adjustments, selective enhancements, bringing out detail, applying traditional techniques, black and white images from color capture and creating a style with your retouching.

11:00 am - 12:00 noon Wednesday

Community Event 602
The decisive Moment: Introducing the LEICA M9 and rangefinder photography with Justin Stailey
Learn how the Leica M rangefinder system sets the LEICA M9 apart from the market-dominating SLR and compact digital cameras and makes it particularly suitable for vibrant reportage photography, ‘available light’ exposures and discreet portraiture. Justin will explain how Leica M photographers become part of the action and still perceive what is going on outside the viewfinder frame. The decisive moment can be anticipated, and can therefore be captured at precisely the right instant. This results in particularly authentic images that are in no way impaired by the presence of the photographer. Understand how the full frame Leica M9 can help you to become a better photographer and differentiate yourself from conventional SLR photography.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Wednesday

Community Event 603

FOTOFusion Master Lecture Series: Snaps with Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt, one of the living legends in photography, takes you on the journey of his life through the photographs he has made. Do not miss this master’s photographs which have captured the pathos and passion of our lives. A truly eloquent visionary with the ability to define the moment, His photographs are our visual history.

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Wednesday

Community Event 604
Saddam to James Bond: From History’s Front Lines to Hollywood’s Back Lots with Karen Ballard
Award-winning photographer Ballard photographed Saddam Hussein during his arraignment, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s Iraq visits, as well as landing in Baghdad with General Tommy Franks. In Afghanistan she was embedded with the 101st Airborne in the desert for weeks and spent time shooting at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, and sailed in the Persian Gulf aboard USS John F. Kennedy during combat operations. Among her movie credits are Steven Spielberg’s “Munich”,the latest installment of Sly Stallone’s “Rambo and the James Bond film, “Quantum of Solace.”

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Wednesday

Community Event 605
The Art of Seeing with John Isaac
John will present a portfolio of images ranging from Nature to Photojournalism and concentrate mainly on the elements of composition and how they can work together to improve your photos.  He will edit the factors that work and will focus on making an individual and unique photograph and show you how to develop a photo essay.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Wednesday

Community Event 606
Explore the Potential of Your Epson Printer with Shelly Katz
Under the expert guidance of famed digital photographer Shelly Katz you will explore the remarkable potential of your Epson Stylus desktop printer. You will learn how you can originate output, ranging from fine-art prints to exciting promotional materials. Don’t miss this special presentation.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

9:30 am - 10:30 am Thursday

Community Event 607
Creative Digital Effects with Hilary Araujo
Hilary Araujo, Vice President of Marketing and Director of Software Development for The Tiffen Company will demonstrate its award-winning Tiffen Dfx Creative Digital Effects Software with more than 2000 standard, exclusive and special effect filters that simulate Tiffen’s award-winning optical equivalents.  You will learn the creative possibilities of Dfx Software including file management, layer opacity, batch processing, masking, multiple layering and blur controls, enhanced color management, local language menus, and more! 
Professionals and enthusiasts will welcome the quick and easy method of customizing these effects, then saving to a filter library for later use and will appreciate the exclusive new Dfx feature of multiple masking and multiple layering capabilities without having to exit the plug-in each time. This speeds workflow and extends the already incredible capabilities inherent with Dfx Digital Filter software.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Thursday

FOTOshoot 401
A class of its own: Shooting the new LEICA S2 with Justin Stailey
Passport Holders: FREE • Others: $25. (Studio Lecture and Demo)
Find out for yourself what the buzz is all about. Justin Stailey will present the groundbreaking Leica S system in a studio setting that will allow you to see the outstanding image quality with your own eyes. Developed from the ground up by Leica Camera this new system combines the image quality of Medium Format with the compact size and handling of 35mm dSLRs, creating a new class of camera. Please join us when we put the camera to the test.

Limit 18 participants.

11:00 am - 12:00 noon Thursday

Community Event 608
Moving Up: Buying Your First Digital SLR with Julie King
Learn about all the benefits you gain when stepping up to your first Digital SLR. Julie will  disclose many tips and insightful information on choosing the right Digital SLR, and also discuss the pros and cons of dslr vs. point-and shoot.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Thursday

Community Event 609
FOTOfusion Master Lecture Series:
The World of fashion and Beauty with Douglas Dubler
Douglas Dubler has a career which spans more than 4 decades and has produced over 750
covers for magazines and over 1500 cosmetic ads. Spend an hour with him and learn some of his secrets to success. From working with the first “supermodels” to how he has carefully marketed his “image”, Douglas will discuss many interesting and captivating aspects of the genre of photography known as “Fashion & Beauty”.

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Thursday

FOTOshoot 402
An introduction to hot lights for still shooters by Lowel Light
Passport Holders and Members: FREE • General Admission: $10.
Strobes are great but have you ever considered adding continuous source fixtures to your creative arsenal? They're easy to control, you see exactly what the camera sees and now that still cameras cross over to shoot video, you can too.  A lighting expert from Lowel Light, considered the industry standard in location lighting, will show you how to select the appropriate light(s) for the task, how to soften for shooting people, color match to different sources, three point lighting de-mystified and many other topics.  (Studio Lecture and Demo)

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Thursday

Community Event 610
The Pulitzer Prize: The Inside Story with Renee Byer, Ruth Fremson, Lucian Perkins; Moderator: Pete Cross
The Pulitzer Prize is the ultimate award in American photojournalism. Only at FotoFusion can you see and hear this distinguished group of prize-winners, telling their personal behind the scene stories of their iconic images. A unique opportunity to re-live how the Pulitzer photos were taken what it meant to the photographer and subject and how it changed their lives.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Thursday

Community Event 611
Celebrities- The Fame Game with Karen Ballard, Harrison Funk, Bruce Talamon; Moderator: Scott McKiernan
The world of celebrities seen from multiple angles; the head of an agency, a master portraitists, and two unit photographers reveal the reality behind the celebrity fervor. Relive their frenzied moments after Michael Jackson’s death. Talk about the fervor and fallout of Tiger Woods and what it takes to be a celebrity photographer from papparazzi to unit photographer to studio portraitist.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Thursday

FOTOshoot 403
In Bresson’s footsteps: Available light photography with the new LEICA M9 with Justin Stailey
Passport Holders Only: FREE • General Admission: $25.  Limit 12 participants.
Take the new LEICA M9 for a spin on an evening full of music and lights. Experience why the world’s first digital rangefinder camera with a full-format 24 × 36 mm sensor continues the legendary heritage of the Leica M system, known for its outstanding available light capabilities. Justin Stailey will explain why the M-System is the tool to shoot in low light. Find out why great photographers like Elliott Erwitt and Henry Cartier-Bresson made the M camera their camera of choice.

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Thursday

Community Event 612
FOTOfusion Master Lecture Series:
"Moments of the Human Condition-1972-2010" with Peter Turnley
A powerful visual tour of images of the family of man amidst the past three decades of world history, geo-politics, and humanity. Prominent, award-winning, contemporary photojournalist, Peter Turnley, will deliver a riveting experience as he weaves in and out of imagery of visual esthetic power from 90 countries with "decisive moments" of common daily life, major world figures and historic moments that have shaped our lives.

Friday, January 22, 2010

9:30 am - 10:30 am Friday

Community Event 613
Photography—A Way of Seeing with Richard Zakia
"The question is not what you look at but what you see."--Thoreau
Photography is not just a way of looking - more importantly it is a way of seeing. Seeing can be thought of as a skill, a skill that can be improved by practice. Photography is a way to improve that skill. Professor emeritus Zakia will introduce you to some concepts that he has found useful and can also be helpful in discussing and critiquing photographs. Come and improve the way you see!

11:00 am - 12:00 noon Friday

Community Event 614
Ease of Editing Using Capture NX2 wth Janice Wendt
This lecture explores Nikon Capture NX 2, one of the most useful image editing platforms available today. Photographers can streamline the way they work with digital files with selectively editing of light and color.  Learn to utilize the nondestructive editing of Capture NX 2. Learn to adjust and enhance imagery while eliminating the large files often created by the multiple steps required in traditional editing software. Analyze images for optimizing and retouching, set up raw adjustments to maximize image quality and details using the intuitive editing options and tools offered by Capture NX 2.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Friday

Community Event 615
FOTOFusion Master Lecture Series:
A 50-Year Love Affair with Photography with Douglas Kirkland
Douglas Kirkland has been photographing for over five decades and his passion in the discovery of beauty never wavers. His portraits capture the very essence of his subject with disarming honesty and sensuality. Through the years his work has covered a wide variety of subjects from portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Connery, Robert de Niro, Dr. Stephen Hawking and Angelina Jolie to fashion photography to movie set such as “Out of Africa” and “The Titanic.”

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Friday

Community Event 616
Getting the Most from your Digital Camera with Lewis Kemper
In this constant flux of technology get some tips on how best to set up your digital camera: make use of the exposure triangle, create custom white balances, decide which format is correct for you, understand why your camera has a lens crop factor and how to use that to your advantage.  Lewis Kemper will help you understand all the new lingo and learn how to get the most from your new camera!

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Friday

Community Event 617
A Woman’s Point of View with Ruth Fremson
A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Ruth will show and tell what it is to be a woman, a photographer, and a journalist, in today’s Mans World. She will concentrate on her work in the Third World: India, The Himalayas, and the Middle East, and will convey her passion and compassion to the audience.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

7:30 am - 9:30 am Saturday

FOTOshoot 404
Pure Street Photography; The Rewards of Rangefinder Photography with Justin Stailey, Leica
Passport Holders Only: FREE • General Admission: $25.  Limit 12 participants.
Ever wondered why so many photojournalist and documentary photographers prefer rangefinder cameras? They don’t miss the decisive moment! Please join us for this opportunity to discover the advantages of rangefinder photography for yourself! From seeing beyond what the lens “sees,” to making whisper-quiet exposures, this workshop puts you in command of what many photographers call the most rewarding and creative camera system available. Leica M-System rangefinder cameras will be provided for this FOTOshoot. Instructor’s WARNING: Rangefinder photography is extremely addictive! Participate at your own risk!

9:30 am - 10:30 am Saturday

Community Event 618
Exclusive! The Best of Sports Illustrated with Jimmy Colton
In a special presentation, exclusively for FotoFusion, Sports Illustrated’s renowned, award winning picture editor will narrate the stories behind these fabulous photos. See the year’s outstanding, amazing sports images including images from the 2009 Superbowl and the Olympics.

11:00 am - 12:00 noon Saturday

Community Event 619
Water for a Thirsty World with Sarah Leen, National Geographic
Sarah Leen of National Geographic will preview the upcoming April 2010 special full issue of National Geographic Magazine on the world's emerging freshwater crisis, and will help put this issue and the stories in it in perspective as the world's rising population makes the most of its shrinking water supplies. Leen’s presentation includes brand new work from some of the world's most prominent photojournalists, and will be intriguing to the eye and engaging to the mind.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Saturday

Community Event 620
FOTOFusion Master Lecture Series:
“44 Days in Iran…” with David Burnett
A distinguished photojournalist and documentary photographer, and co-founder of Contact Press Images, David will take you back to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and give you an up close and personal view of events that continue to shape current events, as he shows award-winning images and discusses his new book “44 Days in Iran and the Remaking of the World.”

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Saturday

Community Event 620
Photography for the Fun of It (The Playful Eye) with Dr. Richard Zakia
Photography can be fun and photographs can be playful and funny. Distinguished RIT professor (emeritus) Zakia will illustrate his presentation with photographs of people and animals in humorous situations that will bring a laugh or two. Few photographers have specialized in humor as Elliott Erwitt has, and some of his photographs will be included.

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Saturday

Event 501
What’s It Worth? Photography Appraisals by Daile Kaplan
Passport Holders: FREE • Others: $25
Join Daile Kaplan, vice-president/director of photography at Swann Galleries, Inc., and photography expert on the television program, Antiques Roadshow, for a step-right-up photography appraisal. Travel, sports, celebrities, dogs, cats, flowers, family pictures, and photojournalism. You name it! Bring individual photographs, albums, photo jewelry, photography books, and framed pictures for evaluation. Nothing is too big or too small for consideration!

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Saturday

Community Event 621
The W.Eugene Smith Award: Lu Guang's work on pollution in China and the legacy of Minimata.

 

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Special Events

Tuesday Jan 19, 2010: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Opening Reception

Jump start FOTOfusion^® 2010 and meet everyone at this reception honoring FOTOfusion^® presenters, sponsors and participants.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
VIP & FOTOfusion Passport holders: Free
General Admission: $45
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
VIP, FOTOfusion Passport holders and members: Free
General Admission: $45

Wednesday Jan 20, 2010: 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

FOTOfusion^® Awards Dinner

Passport Holders: $50
General Admission: $100

Join us for cocktails and an elegant buffet dinner where we honor this year’s awards recipients. Elliott Erwitt will receive the FOTOfusion^®FOTOmentor award. He will present the Rising Star Award to an up-and-coming artist.

Friday Jan 22, 2010: 6:30 pm – ?

Auction Reception and Auction
The photography auction reception runs from 6:30pm until 7:30pm. The cost of the reception is $25 to passport and non-passport holders. The $25 fee is refundable from your purchase of $100 or more. The auction starts at 7:30pm and will continue until all items have been auctioned. Proceeds from the auction go toward the Centre's Outreach Program for children.

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Saturday Jan 23, 2010: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Farewell Bash

Passport Holders: Free • General Admission: $45
Say goodbye until next year to all your friends and make plans for FOTOfusion^® 2011.