PEI DIGITAL CONFERENCE at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. Pre-conference, January 23, 2003; Conference, January 24 -- 26, 2003. Registration deadline is January 20, 2003. Cost: $299 for PPA, APA, and ASMP members; $399 for nonmembers. For registration and pricing go to http://www.ppa.com or phone 1 800 786-6277.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART will be running December 6, 2002 - March 16, 2003. This is the first major photography exhibition featuring images from the extensive holdings of the museum's Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. The presentation also includes photographs on loan from private and public collections in Europe and the United States. For more information contact The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art at 1 202 357-4600 or visit the museum's website at http://www.si.edu/nmafa .
WILDLIFE, The World's Top Photographers, And the stories behind their greatest images, by Terry Hope. From arctic glaciers to the African Serengeti, WILDLIFE offers a glimpse at many of the world's rarest animals through the lenses of trained professionals. In-depth interviews with forty of the world's best wildlife photographers provide insights into their philosophies and working methods, and reveal the techniques and sheer back-breaking hard work which goes into each picture. (ISBN:2-88046-689-X; $35.00) Contact: Roto Vision, Sheridan House, 112-116A Western Rd, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1DD, England. Phone: +44 (0)1273-727268.
WEB PHOTOSHOP EXPERT: Use PhotoShop to Create Fantastic Web Graphics, by Peter Cope. Become savvy about PhotoShop's special features, commands, and gimmicks, and optimize your computer for this system. Includes information on the requirements for converting pictures to web images and manipulating them; ideas on their possible uses; and details on downloading and compression. Helps the reader learn how to meaningfully combine pictures and text, using rollovers and image slices, and adding animation. ($24.95; ISBN: 1-58663-681-2; 192 color pages) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 805-5489. Web: http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1586636812 .
BETTER SCANS. More than 95 percent of photobuyers accept digital previews, and 80 percent accept digital submissions - but only if the scans are good enough. A good way to get up to speed on scanning is to read Some Scanning Tips, by Wayne Fulton. If nothing else, read Chapter 20, "A Simple Way to Get Better Scan." You can read much of the book for free on Fulton's Web site at http://www.scantips.com , or order the 240 page bound version from him for $23.95 plus shipping.
Note: The figures in the first sentence come from PSI's 2002 Photobuyer Survey Report. -DA
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