Audiovisual Presentation Workshop aka Slideshow Workshop – February 5, 2022
This workshop will focus on how to enhance your AudioVisual (AV) presentation, (the term used by the OCCC). This workshop will look at the guidelines that the OCCC uses to judge AV presentations: quality, production, purpose, and audience appeal. It will also look at how to do a presentation in the ZOOM world with PowerPoint and minimal use of video.
There will be AV examples for demonstrations, critiquing, and discussion.
A sample of some areas that will be covered are:
- The OCCC guidelines and judging criteria
- Best practices in creating a presentation
- Tips and tricks on how to enhance your storytelling theory and techniques
- The correct usage of Ken Burns and other transition features
- The dilemma of which comes first: the music or the images
- How to add meaningful music
- How to do this in an animated and static presentation format such as PowerPoint, with or without music
- Questions and Answers
Time: 9:00 am until Noon
Date: February 5, 2022 (Saturday)
About your instructor: Ursula Tweddle is an award-winning amateur photographer, who has a love for all types of photography, the digital darkroom, and most especially the creative genre. Ursula is a past Competition Chair for the Mississauga Camera Club. More recently, along with giving travel presentations, she has embraced the storytelling opportunities of the AV world, taught an AV workshop, as well as run a year-long Mac Special Interest Group/Workshop on helping users enhance their post-processing abilities by understanding their computers. Becoming an OCCC competition judge has also helped her hone her design and composition skills.
Avoiding the Recycling Bin – March 5, 2022
In this workshop, we will highlight the amazing ways to optimize digital images. (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.)
- Editing is improving
- Time is on your side
- Save your rejects
Time: 9:00 am until Noon
Date: March 5, 2022
About your instructor: Peter Van Rhijn has taught the Art of Photography since 1974.
Peter’s interest in photography was fueled early on by his interest in the production of AV presentations. His 3-projector, medium-format shows were seen in many places in North America.
His show ‘Strength in Beauty” was presented to round out the very first meeting of the North American Nature Photography Association in Fort Meyers FL.
Peter is an associate of the New England Council of Camera Clubs (ANEC). Peter was sponsored by Fujifilm USA and was a member of their Talent team.
Peter’s work was/is marketed by Superstock, All Canada Photos, Design Pics, and his own domain: www.naturephotos.com. For more details see www.naturephotos.com/about
Guests are welcome to attend our Workshops at the cost of $20. Register here.
Once payment has been received, a ZOOM link will be provided within 24 hours. Please ensure your email address is correct. If you do not receive the link within a day, please check your spam folder and if you still don’t have it, please contact us.
If you have any questions or issues, please reach out to: WorkShopGuest@mississaugacameraclub.ca.
Holly Lumley
Workshop Coordinator
Mississauga Camera Club
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