Press Photography - One Day Seminars
Contact: Rod Kirkpatrick
F Stop Press
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Telephone: 01335 324700
Seeing my images in the national press gives me a real buzz. You can experience this too !
Who am I?
My name is Rod Kirkpatrick and I have been a press photographer for the last ten years. I am currently working as a freelance, supplying images to the national press, PR companies and corporate clients. I started and managed my own news photo agency for five years, and continue to maintain close working relationships with national newspaper picture desks.
Who are you?
You already own and know how to use a digital SLR camera.
You may have been a keen amateur photographer for years and want to step things up and get your work published nationally.
You may have just finished a related degree course and now want to specialize in press photography.
You have already been trying to sell your work to national publications and have had a limited success rate.
What is this seminar about?
This seminar is focused on giving you a working understanding of press photography, dispelling many myths, sharing some important techniques and must dos to help improve your images.
We will cover:
Supplying a market, What the papers want, News Values, Stereotypes, People in News, Pictures, The ‘so what?’ test, Fast workflow, Image Construction, Setting Up Pictures, Use of lenses, Picture shapes, Cropping, Thumbnail Rule, Post production, Making Images Press-Ready, Captioning, Timing, Image sizing, Equipment, Software, Distribution/selling your work, Press Cards
What this seminar is NOT about?
Teaching you to use a camera!
What will you gain from the seminar?
Simple. The essentials of press photography, aimed at helping you to get your work published.
Cost: £200/day
2011: Venues Manchester Birmingham Reading
