Major focus on digital photography at Macworld Expo 2006

 

IDG World Expo announced a major focus on digital photography at Macworld Conference & Expo 2006, taking place January 9-13, 2006 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Several new features have been added to this year's event that will provide attendees with more education, services and product insight about digital photography - always one of the most popular topics at Macworld.

Aperture

January's Macworld will mark the first in-depth public training on Apple's newly launched product, Aperture - the first all-in-one post-production tool for professional photographers. Taught by best-selling digital photography author, Derrick Story, this conference session is part of the Power Tools Conference and provides two full days of in-depth training on this powerful tool.

Digital Photography Exhibitors

The leading companies in the digital photography industry will be exhibiting or sponsoring at Macworld. A sample of those exhibiting companies include: Adobe, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Quark, FileMaker, Lowel-Light, HP, Epson, Filmloop, Light Crafts and B&H Photo-Video-Pro Audio.

Digital Photography Day

Sponsored by Olympus, FileMaker and Lowel-Light, this new Macworld educational feature provides attendees the opportunity to improve digital photography skills in one day under the instruction of top-notch industry photographers. Professional and novice classes will include classroom instruction; outdoor shooting; indoor lighting and shooting; downloading and critique; editing; and organizing and sharing images.

The Dr. Is In - Digital Photography Help

This new Exhibit Hall feature is a complimentary service where attendees can bring prints, camera (bring cables for download) or images on flash storage to the digital photography doctors in the Creative Corner of the Macworld Exhibit Hall and let members of the American Society of Media Photographers give pointers. The Doctors will be in all week. Open to all Exhibit Hall attendees.

Digital Photography Birds-of-a-Feather: ASMP/ SFDIG: "The Digital Camera of 2015"

The American Society of Media Photographers will host Mac industry luminary David Pogue of The New York Times, as he discusses the next decade of digital photography. You'll hear about the screens, batteries, storage devices, and software of the next decade's digital camera, including which current annoyances will go away and which will only get worse. Features virtual video visits from the top visionaries at Kodak, Nikon, and Canon. 1/11/06 at 6:00 p.m. Open to all Exhibit Hall attendees.

Photoshop Feature Presentation

Photoshop expert Russell Brown of Adobe will entertain and educate with an "altered" view of Photoshop, guaranteed to make you smile. Russell will take you on a wild and wacky ride through some of the key new features found in Photoshop CS. 1/13/06 at 10:00 a.m. Open to all attendees.

Photoshop Education

-- Users Conference: "Photoshop Digital Creation: Uncanny Realism," 75 minute session.

-- Users Conference: "Photoshop CS2: Secrets to Levels and Curves," 75 minute session.

-- Power Tools Conference: "Professional Photoshop," two full days of in-depth training.

-- Taste of the Conference: "Photoshop CS: Essential Tips & Tricks," gives essential, time-saving techniques on Photoshop. 1/11/06 at 5:00 p.m. Open to all Exhibit Hall attendees.

Digital Photography Education

Users Conference: Learn how to use a digital camera, take better pictures and share them with friends, family and other associates with sessions on Wednesday. Thursday sessions offer tips, tricks and vision to the advanced Digital Photographer. This track includes five unique 75-minute sessions.

Macworld Digital Photography Superguide

The first Macworld e-book is dedicaced to digital photography

 

IDG’s Macworld introduced a new method of delivery for its content with the announcement of The Macworld Digital Photography Superguide. This electronic-only book (e-book) will guide readers through every step of the photography process from buying the right camera to capturing the perfect shot to organizing, editing, and printing photos. The e-book is available online now at Macworld web site for $12.95. At more than 100 pages in length, Macworld’s first e-book takes advantage of the magazine’s leadership in helping Mac users understand one of the most popular topics in the computer market today.

“For more than a year our readers have been asking for more information about digital photography,” said Jason Snell, Macworld’s Editorial Director. “We’ve answered those requests with numerous feature stories, reviews, and even a dedicated Digital Photo column in the magazine every month. It only made sense to take everything we’ve learned about digital photography and make it available in one place.”

The Macworld Digital Photography Superguide was edited by Macworld Senior Editor Kelly Turner, who compiled the best of Macworld’s digital photography coverage over the past few years and turned to an all-star group of Macworld contributors to update, enhance, and expand the information into a timely, up-to-date compendium. Among the book’s contributors are noted authors Bruce Fraser, Jim Heid, Christopher Breen, Derrick Story, Dan Frakes, Rob Griffiths, Ben Willmore, and Joe Kissell.

Digital art works at Macworld Expo 2000 for the first time

 

Close to three dozen pieces of the best digital artwork from North America will be featured for the first time at Macworld's Digital Art Contest & Gallery, July 18-21, 2000 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Thirty-one award-winning designs, incorporating a variety of styles and disciplines, were selected from more than 600 images submitted by artists, professional graphic designers, hobbyists and students. Featuring artists' demonstrations, as well as examples of the latest software, products and techniques used to create digital art pieces, the Digital Art Contest and Gallery highlights the finest efforts in this rapidly growing art medium. Now in its third year, the Macworld Conference & Expo Digital Art Gallery also travels during the year as a formal exhibition to art galleries and universities throughout the U.S. to highlight this exciting new medium.

Divided into two judging categories, student and non-student, the thirty winning selections were chosen in three separate judging phases by a panel of leading experts from the digital art community, including:

 

·    Nancy Hitchcock, Sr. Assoc. Editor, Electronic Publishing,
·    Harold Helderman, Director, Center for Electronic Arts, SF,
·    Daniel Carter, Design Director, WIRED Magazine,
·    Karen Sperling, Editor and Publisher, Artistry Magazine,
·    Rick DeCoyte, Owner, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
·    Bert Monroy, Digital Artist, Teacher, Author,
·    John Derry, digital artist/co-creator of Painter
·    Pedro Meyer, photographer, artist
·    Diane Fenster, digital artist

 

"The quality of the artwork this year is better than ever," according to Daryl Wise, Coordinator of the Macworld Conference & Expo Digital Art Contest and Gallery. "The artwork is professionally presented, and attendees are going to be impressed to see what these talented artists can do with this medium."

The grand prize winner of the Digital Art Contest receives a trip to a future Macworld Conference & Expo, including airfare, hotel and a Super Pass, along with a variety of new hardware and software. Other prizes include: Iomega Jaz drives, Wacom Intuos Graphic Tablets, Printers by Tektronix, Aladdin Systems utility software, subscriptions to Artistry, WIRED and Digital Fine Artist Magazines, Royality-free Klips from Comstock, asset management software from Canto, books by Peachpit Press and an Iris print of their image by Electric Paintbrush.

The Digital Art Contest and Gallery is sponsored by Iomega, Corel, Wacom, National Association of Photoshop Professionals and Tektronix printers by Xerox.