Fotocommunity First-ever WorldConvention At photokina Sets The Stage For A Fantastic Finale
Europe’s Largest Online Photographic Meeting Place Announces All-day Program of Four World-Class Workshops By and For Photographers
COLOGNE, GERMANY – September 22, 2008 – fotocommunity, the world’s largest online meeting place (www.fotocommunity.com) for photographic enthusiasts and pros to share ideas and inspirations, holds its first-ever WorldConvention Day workshops and party at photokina. (www.fotocommunity.com/info/Photokina2008_WoCo)
Held in the Congress Centre North on the Koelnmesse exhibition grounds on Saturday, September 27th, 2008, WorldConvention Day targets those who want to learn from the best. The four world-class workshops that comprise the day will be offered by internationally renowned photographers Doc Baumann, Robin Preston, Michael Claushallmann and David Mecey. A fotocommunity party follows the day-long program, at which several thousand guests are expected. For full press release visit (www.cjcstrategists.com/pr/pk08/worldconvention.pdf)
Each workshop during WorldConvention Day is approximately two and a half hours long, led by a well-regarded expert who demonstrates his know-how and shares valuable photography tips. The day will kick off with:
- Former Playboy Magazine staff photographer, David Mecey´s FotoFantasyCamp Mini-Seminar based on his series of FotoFantasy sessions. This workshop is being sponsored by California Sunbounce.
- Robin Preston’s Wacom sponsored workshop, Creative Photography and Photoshop Beyond the Basics centers around problem solving in today’s deadline filled work environment.
- fotocommunity sponsored Doctor Hans. D. Bauman (Doc Baumann) will outline what it truly takes to effectively merge multiple photos using Photoshop in his workshop Basics of Consistent Assemblies.
- Michael Clashallmann will round out the day with his workshop Apple Aperture 2.1 – The Professional´s Tool. This introductory workshop demonstrates the various functions of Aperture, including live shooting, sorting, layouts and the creation of Internet galleries. The technology for this workshop is being provided by Apple.
Saturday evening, fotocommunity hosts a huge WorldConvention party to conclude what is sure to be a successful photokina event. Complementary buffet and beverages, fotocommunity award ceremony, and dancing all night long to a great cover band are sure to make this event one to remember. For more information visit: www.fotocommunity.com/info/Photokina2008_WoCo.
Fotocommunity is offering reduced-price every-day tickets for the photokina entrance (9 € instead of 28€) and tickets for the fotocommunity WorldConvention Day; available at http://www.fotocommunity.com/photokina.
About fotocommunity
One fotocommunity, five language versions, 750,000 members from all over the planet. What unites it all: the love of photography. Since the fotocommunity was founded in 2001, more than 12 million photos have been uploaded and over 70 million comments posted. Fotocommunity registers approximately 200 million page impressions per month. For more information visit: www.fotocommunity.com
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