Following is a description of only  a few seminars attendees can experience at PhotoPlus Expo this year:

Thursday, October 24

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.
James Estrin, Ben Lowy, Diana Markosian
Making  A Living as a Young Photographer
James Estrin, co-editor of the New York Times Lens Blog will  moderate a panel of young photographers who will discuss the different  approaches they’ve taken in trying to forge a career as an editorial and  documentary photographer today.

4:00 -- 6:00 p.m.
Cliff Mautner
Creating  Texture, Dimension and Mood with Light
It's all about light. Natural light, artificial light,  directional light, harsh light, flat light, dim light, no light, too much  light.  Knowing how to use various types  of light is the key to creating texture, dimension and mood with your images.  Join Cliff Mautner as he empowers attendees with a crash course on creating  dramatic images in various lighting conditions and share a range of techniques  that you'll be able to take with you and implement right away.

4:00 -- 6:00 p.m.
Corey Rich
Evolving  Your Craft: The Path From Still to Motion
Corey Rich provides a step-by-step explanation of how to  transition your career from still photography to motion, and discusses the  skill sets you can use from still photography to build a creative approach to  motion storytelling, along with the equipment and technical skills needed to  enter the filmmaking world. The goal of this presentation is to help attendees  build a profitable business based on the foundation of still photography with  enormous growth opportunities in the filmmaking world.

Friday, October 25

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.
Lynn Goldsmith
Rock  and Roll Stories
Lynn Goldsmith shares how her career took shape and what it  takes to build a successful career in portraiture, especially celebrity  portraits. In stories to accompany her images, Goldsmith takes you into the  photo studio, the tour bus, the concert hall and the streets. Her photographs,  her reminiscences and observations are filled with tips about how to get the  subject to do more than what’s expected. Come armed with questions—at the end  of the session there will be time for a question and answer session with the  audience.

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.
Ed Kashi, Glen Ruga, Amy Yenkin, Michelle Bogre, Ron Haviv
Photography  and the Struggle for a Better World
Sponsored by socialdocumentary.com
Matthew Brady, Roger Fenton, Robert Capa, W. Eugene Smith  and more recently Jonathan Togorvnik, Sebastiao Salgado, Donna Ferrato and  Lynsey Addario are just some of the luminaries of photojournalism and  documentary photography who have changed our perception of the world, and  therefore the world itself.  While the  Internet has made it easier and less costly to disseminate work to a global  audience, it has also decimated the commercial market for these images. The  presenters on this panel discussion will each talk about how socially conscious  photographers are embracing the challenges of new technologies and a new  economy to continue to inform the public about injustice and, in many cases,  using this awareness to change the world.

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.
Tyler Stableford
Mastering  Video: Storytelling Essentials for Cinematography
Sponsored by Canon

At its heart, great cinematography is all about creating  emotion. In this fast-paced seminar, Tyler Stableford reveals the essential  elements of shooting compelling short films, commercials and social media  videos. Light, framing, camera motions, storyline and interview techniques are  critical components for building a story. Using detailed examples from his  award-winning films and commercials, Tyler  shows how to use these techniques to truly connect with your audience. This  seminar is designed for shooters of all levels including those making the  transition from stills to video.

4:00 -- 6:00 p.m.
Chris Boot
Aperture  Foundation: Fine-Art & Publishing, What's in it for Photographers?
Sponsored by Aperture Foundation

Chris Boot, executive director of the Aperture Foundation,  gives an illustrated talk about changes in photography publishing and addresses  the changing role of the photo book and magazine publisher in the digital age.  He will explain how Aperture is responding to the changing publishing  environment, how photographers can present work to Aperture’s editors and how  the foundation is creating new opportunities for photographers to join its  community.

4:00 -- 6:00 p.m.
Lou Jones
Speedlights  & Speedlites
Lighting for photography has finally entered the modern era.  Along with digital cameras and postproduction software, Speedlights have  finally made professional looking lighting easy, practical and affordable. Lou  Jones, author of Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at  Lightspeed (second edition, summer 2013), offers attendees a step-by-step demonstration  built upon mastering a single Speedlight, and then showing each stage from the  simple to the elaborate. The skills necessary for every style of photography,  such as bouncing, modifying, filtering and controlling each light, will be  discussed.

Saturday, October 26

8:45 -- 11:45 a.m.
Zach Arias
Social  MEEEEEEEdia
Sponsored by Fujifilm

Zack Arias joined twitter in 2009 because his wife was on  twitter and some guy named Carlos was talking to her there and he wanted to see  who this Carlos guy was. Since then, Zack has built a community of nearly  60,000 followers on that social media platform alone. Zack's blog averages more  than 150,000 unique views per month and he averages more than 100 comments per  blog post.  Zack will give examples of  building signal instead of noise; how to deal with personal vs. professional  updates, how to find and interact with clients, and how to manage a healthy  relationship with the numerous social media outlets available to us.

8:45 -- 11:45a.m.
Alex Buono
The  Art of Visual Storytelling
Sponsored by Canon

The Art of Visual Storytelling delivers an intense  educational overview of the artistic elements and core principles of  cinematography. Taught by Oscar nominee Alex Buono, DP of the Saturday Night  Live Film Unit, this session features training that will dramatically increase  the impact of your films. Designed for both DSLR and Cine-style camera users,  you will learn advanced techniques of visual storytelling, as Buono introduces  concepts such as space, line, shape, tone, color, movement, and rhythm. Buono  will show you how he uses these visual components in his own work, as well as  discussing how the great filmmaking masters have used these elements.

1:30 -- 3:30 p.m.
Brian Storm
Multimedia  Storytelling at MediaStorm
The digital age is giving documentary photographers and  photojournalists extraordinary new ways to tell stories. With this new ability,  you can also exercise a greater level of authorship with your work. Learn how  to disseminate your work to create an impact on the subject, issue and  hopefully society. Brian Storm, founder and executive producer of MediaStorm,  will show how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their  storytelling capabilities to include audio reporting and an eye towards  publication in multiple media.

General Seminar and Keynote  Information
Conference passes may be purchased in a variety of options:  A la Carte Conference seminars ($85-$99 each online thru Oct. 22/$149 each  onsite); One Day  Conference Pass  ($199 online thru Oct. 22/$249 onsite); Full Conference   Pass October 24-26 ($499  online thru Oct. 22/$549 onsite). Any 2013 conference pass, WPPI University  Pass or VIP Expo Pass includes free admission to all three  keynote presentations, the PhotoPlus Expo show floor, Test Drive: New Product Preview +  Networking Event, and the PhotoPlus 30th Anniversary BASH. Special  discounts are available for students with a valid student ID or proof of  enrollment. Restrictions may apply.

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