Hanson Fong of San Francisco, California, is recognized as one of the premier wedding photographers in the industry today. Hanson is a Master of Photography and a Photographic Craftsman; his work has been displayed in the Hall of Fame, Epcot Center, and the ASP Traveling Loan. He is also a member of the prestigious and world-renown Society of XXV. Hanson has lectured at every major school of photography across America and has spoken at various national and international conventions. His work and talent are recognized throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Fong also teaches and talks at events across the country. With over 30 years in the Art of Photography, Hanson shares his techniques that apply to both fine art and photojournalistic photography. Among many demonstrations, he shows the 10 classic pose techniques he pioneered, allowing the students to handle every bride and groom anytime, anywhere.

Ken Hubbard is the Field Services Manager for Tamron. He is responsible for the company’s events, including Tamron’s popular consumer workshop series. A talented photographer himself, Ken has had nationwide gallery showings of his portrait and landscape photography
and teaches enthusiasts how to take better photos at numerous events.

Ken’s extensive background in the field of photography is unique and diverse. He has travelled extensively throughout the United States and the result is a consistent output of breathtaking photographs that continually challenge the boundaries of the genre.

Ever wonder how the top studios can push through so many sittings in a year? It’s because they don’t guess when it comes to their photography. In his seminars, award winning photographer and Westcott Rep John D. Williamson will teach you how to light your subjects effectively and efficiently, saving you both ...time and money. You will learn how to set your exposure quickly and accurately each and every time, taking the guesswork out of your work flow.

Rolando Gomez Sponsored by Canon Rolando Gomez is a photojournalist and editorial photographer—whose partial credits include AOL/CompuServe, Leica World, St. Martin’s Press, PARADE, People, New York Times, and Playboy—and a contributing editor for Studio. He has taught over 130 consecutively sold-out glamour photography workshops in the past five years. Rolando Gomez is a former combat photojournalist who in 1994 was selected by the Department of Defense as one of the top-five military photographers in the world.

During his 8-plus years as an active-duty soldier with the U.S. Army, he served as the personal photographer for General George A. Joulwan including four years working with Joulwan in Europe and Latin America. A Desert Storm veteran, Gomez left the Army as a Staff Sgt. (non-commissioned officer) in 1995 to become the Chief of Multimedia for the Air Force News Agency, as a U.S. Air Force civilian where he oversaw the "photo desk" and streaming media for the Internet television and radio programs on the multi-million-dollar-a-year website of the United States Air Force, www.af.mil. He also introduced color management for AIRMAN magazine during his tenure.

In 1999, Gomez turned to the lucrative field of glamour photography to supplement his income and founded the popular website GarageGlamour.com–visited by over thousands of unique users each month. His success in photography made him a popular instructor in glamour, fashion, beauty, commercial and editorial photography. He’s conducted photography workshops, lectures and seminars in the United States, Mexico, Canada and Europe.

Kirk Tuck has been working as a professional photographer for 21 years. He's worked for dozens of Fortune One Hundred companies as well as some magazines as diverse as Elle Magazine, Spin Magazine and Texas Monthly Magazine. He's provided photography for two bestselling cookbooks and he's the author of two very well received books on photography. The first book, which deals with lighting on locations is entitled, Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography. The second book, which deals with studio lighting is entitled, Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Studio Photography. His third book, The Commercial Photographer's Handbook, is due out on the first of September. All three books are published by Amherst Media.

Before settling on photography Tuck was the creative director for a regional advertising agency for seven years, winning numerous Addy Awards and Austin Graphic Arts Society Awards for print advertising as well as radio and television commercials. Prior to his career in advertising he was first a teaching assistant, and then a specialist lecturer at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin.

Over the course of his photographic career Tuck has worked in Russia, nearly every capitol city in Europe, and across the United States and the Caribbean. He lives in Austin with his wife and son. Visit www.kirktuck.com and visualsciencelab.blogspot.com

> Choosing, Using and Understanding Lenses:
There is a whole world of lenses available for the modern digital single lens reflex camera. How do I choose a lens? Which is better a prime single focal length or a zoom. What is "magnification factor?" How does a lens make "depth of field?" How do you use depth of field to make more compelling photographs? If you have ever wondered about getting another lens for your camera don't miss this presentation!

> Using Camera RAW 5 in Lightroom 2 and Bridge CS4
Learn about the two capture formats today’s digital cameras use. Discover and understand bit depth, gamma, what all those numbers really mean and the true differences between RAW and JPEG file formats. This session explains the way RAW works, why it makes more colorful photographs and how to start using this exciting format. Camera RAW has evolved into a creative pixel creation machine. The question is what is to do in RAW and when to hand pixels off to Photoshop? Learn just what shooting RAW means to the quality of your photographs. Push your images to the next level with Adobe’s powerful RAW processing engine that’s at the heart of Lightroom and Bridge. This session show to get the best quality not to mention creative excitement out of your photographs before even opening them in Photoshop.

> Science Fiction and Fantasy Portraits—It's all Smoke, Mirrors and Photoshop
How are regular portraits evolved into the fantastic? Answer this question in Kevin’s newest session that shows how to use portrait lenses along with simple special effects to create unusual, illustrative, and surreal portraits.

> Lighting, Exposure... Photography!
Light is to photography what air is to life. Without light there are no photographs. Photography means writing light. The ability to understand, control and record light distinguishes the photographer from the digital camera user. Bending light to form a vision is what photography is truly all about. Understanding how light works in relation to recording it with a camera makes the photograph. Controlling the variables of harsh or soft light, high or low contrast against the subjectivity of the "correct" exposure are all considerations facing photographers today. Discover how light thinks, how to measure it and how to reduce the number of variables in recording it in this power packed presentation!

Randy Kerr has been a professional photographer since 1979 and has made images in 27 countries. His portfolio ranges from state, national and global public servants. In 2007 Randy filmed the documentary Light of Congo and invented the worlds first game in the craft of photography called The Congo Game of Light. This product was made in partnership with the village of Luebo Congo where Randy serves as a mission media artist.

Regardless of how many years you have been taking photographs, your journey of seeking light quality never ends. This course will cover many fundamental realities that a professional photographer deals with every time when seeking quality light. This study course will get you in sync with Earth, Light and Lens.

Portraits taken with the Westway Method include: Lady Bird Johnson, Laura Bush, Willie Nelson, Clint Black, Bob Bullock, Texas State Museum, The History Channel, Time Warner, Dell Computers, Samsung and several Texas Governors.

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