• Keith Trainor For Photomart Summer Show! – www. photomart .co.uk has managed to secure legendary event photographer, Keith Trainor, for their gigantic Summer Show in London on 18 June 2008. Courtesy of SONY UK, Keith now becomes one of the bill-toppers for this bumper day of photo workshops. The Summer Show also includes presentations from fashion and advertising photographer Jon Gray, travel photographer Ian Brierley, and two ex-forces photographers, Fujifilm printing expert Bertus Vos, and ExpressDigital workflow aficionado Bryan Osborne.
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Keith Trainor is one of the world's most sought-after lecturers on event photography. He is frequently asked to present workshops here in the UK, on the continent, and in the USA. He is the distinguished holder of the MPA/BPPAwards inaugural Event Photographer of the Year title. And he's a really nice bloke!
Keith will be presenting his popular workshop, Event Photography – Techniques for Profit, at the www.photomart.co.uk Summer Show in London this June 18, 2008. It's aimed at beginner and newbie eventers, and those thinking about getting into eventing. The most valuable things it teaches are the business side of successful event photography, the market for work, and how to sell yourself into it.
You'll learn how to find, contact and deal with event organizers – from head teachers to masonic grand masters. You'll learn what to charge, when or whether to pay, and how much. You'll learn the necessity of good workflow, the value of a team you can trust, and all the tips and tricks for wringing the most profit out of the limited selling-window available at each event. And you'll learn how to keep earning from your events, with after-sales of images from your web site.
At Event Photography – Techniques for Profit Keith will also demonstrate market-leading event photography hardware and software, like fast SONY event printers and highly productive ExpressDigital workflow software. He'll demonstrate a portable mini-studio of lights and backgrounds, and show how to meter it. He'll teach practical photographic techniques for creating images with enhanced perceived value. Techniques for posing couples and groups quickly in compelling arrangements, techniques for high-key shots with instant drop-out white backgrounds, and greenscreen techniques for superimposing subjects instantly into fantasy digital scenes.
He'll show you how to incorporate text and logos on your prints, and how to output seven of them a minute! He'll also teach you the value of selling your prints in folders, and of specializing in particular niches that you have special knowledge of, be they motocross events, masonic functions, or even swim suit contests!
This workshop's an absolute gem. It's invaluable. And it's great fun too! At Event Photography – Techniques for Profit you the audience are yourselves the revelers at an event. You are the subjects that get called up onto the background – individually, as couples, and in groups – to have your photos taken and to choose the ones you want. It's not only a realistic scenario, it's also a great opportunity to mix with other like-minded photographers, and a highly enjoyable social occasion.
Event Photography – Techniques for Profit will be presented twice at the London studios of www.photomart.co.uk as part of their SUMMER SHOW on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The first presentation will be at 10am, or alternatively you could attend the second at 2pm. Tickets, priced at just £50 + VAT, may be purchased through the www.photomart.co.uk website. Just type SUMMER08 in the www.photomart.co.uk Search Box. Your ticket will enable you to attend one other workshop at the SUMMER SHOW for free. Book Now!
• Trainor DOES 7 Prints a Minute at Cannes! –Keith Trainor gave an impressive demonstration of the capability of modern event photography at the SONY World Photography Awards gala VIP ceremony at Cannes on April 24. In just 90 minutes, he and his crew shot and printed 625 live 6"x8" event photos – an average of almost seven a minute![expand story >>>]
Keith used the new SONY Alpha a700 camera to take the photographs, they were displayed via ExpressDigital DARKROOM on SONY Bravia widescreen TVs, and printed on a bank of four SONY UP-DR150 fast event printers. You can see Keith's Event Portraits team in action at Cannes in the YouTube video below:
Keith used simple borders in ExpressDigital Darkroom to put a black keyline and border on the images, and to include the logos of the SWPA and SONY.
• Keith Trainor Confirmed For Cannes! –SONY have chosen a UK photographer to be the official tog at their SONY World Photography Awards in Cannes on April 24! Keith Trainor, one of the UK's best known event photographers, has been confirmed in the role. This event is going to be one of the most prestigious in photography. The award for the World Photograph of the Year, the l'Iris d'Or, will come with a $25,000 cash prize. [expand story >>>]
Keith has a great deal of experience of shooting black tie events, including the annual Master Photographers Association Awards here in the UK, where his photos raise thousands of pounds for charity. (He is ably assisted at these gatherings variously by his Event Portraits team, his photographer/partner Beverly, and the couple's daughter.) Keith is well known for giving lectures, seminars and workshops on Event Photography throughout Europe and the U.S.A.
Event Portraits bought most of their event equipment – including SONY 6"x8" printers which they will use at the Awards ceremony, and the flight cases these will travel in – from leading eventing specialists www.photomart.co.uk.
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• Keith Trainor For Photomart Summer Show! – www. photomart .co.uk has managed to secure legendary event photographer, Keith Trainor, for their gigantic Summer Show in London on 18 June 2008. Courtesy of SONY UK, Keith now becomes one of the bill-toppers for this bumper day of photo workshops. The Summer Show also includes presentations from fashion and advertising photographer Jon Gray, travel photographer Ian Brierley, and two ex-forces photographers, Fujifilm printing expert Bertus Vos, and ExpressDigital workflow aficionado Bryan Osborne. 
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