2015 ATPI Winter Conference Program

WINTERCONFERENCE

Association of Texas Photography InstructorsFeb. 20-22, 2015

THE ONLY WORKSHOP DEDICATED SOLELY TO SCHOLASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION SINCE 1988 • WORKSHOP 28

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2 • ATPI WINTER CONFERENCE | Feb. 20-22, 2015 | Arlington, Texas

Pre-registration:

Not all classes

require pre-

registration.

Consult your class

schedule and the

program.

Speakers should

check-in at

FA348A.

Your individual

schedule lists the

class period and

room assignment

for any classes

that required

pre-registration.

All of these

classes are full.

Please do not

go to a different

room if the same

class is offered

in multiple

locations.

Workshop OverviewFriday, Feb. 20, 2015 | University of Texas at Arlington

Submitted entry contest submission deadline .....................................Feb. 19SCHOOL PORTFOLIO, INDIVIDUAL PICTURE PACKAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL SELF-PORTRAIT, CROPPED ROUND 1

Registration opens (Architecture Lobby) ....................................................1 p.m.Opening session (Architecture Theater) ............................................. 2:30 p.m.

REQUIRED

On-site contests* ................................................................................................. 3:15 p.m.SCAVENGER HUNT – ARCHITECTURE THEATER; VIDEO – FA2105; DIGITAL IMAGE – FA327

Class sessions ........................................................................................................ 3:15 p.m.Class sessions ........................................................................................................ 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 | University of Texas at ArlingtonOpening session ................................................................................................... 8:30 a.m.

REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T ATTEND YESTERDAY – FA148

On-site contests* .........................................................................................................9 a.m.CROPPED – FA148; DIGITAL EDITING – FA368

Class sessions ...............................................................................................................9 a.m.Class sessions ............................................................................................................ 10 a.m.Class sessions ............................................................................................................. 11 a.m.Lunch (provided), ATPI business meeting ....................................noon-1 p.m.Hands-on classes* .................................................................................. 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.Hands-on classes* ............................................................................... 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 | University of Texas at ArlingtonKeynote and awards (Lone Star Theater) ........................................... 9:30 a.m.

* PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Class SchedulePLEASE DO NOT CHANGE CLASSES.

Zero hour .......................................................... 2:30 p.m. Friday1st ........................................................................... 3:15 p.m. Friday2nd ........................................................................ 4:15 p.m. Friday3rd ..........................................................................9 a.m. Saturday4th ....................................................................... 10 a.m. Saturday5th ........................................................................ 11 a.m. Saturday6th ............................................................................noon Saturday7th .................................................................... 1:15 p.m. Saturday8th .................................................................. 3:30 p.m. Saturday9th ......................................................................9:30 a.m. Sunday

ATPI WINTER CONFERENCE | Feb. 20-22, 2015 | Arlington, Texas | 3

1 p.m.REGISTRATION OPENS ........................................................................ART LOBBY

FACULTY DIGITAL ................................................................................... FA 348ATrey GrissomAll faculty members will be registered into this contest. There is no entry fee, but teachers must bring their own digital camera. Teachers will be given several categories to select from. Images must be downloaded from the digital cameras by noon Saturday in FA348. Award recipients will be posted online at atpi.org. Materials: digital camera, any special equipment

2:30 p.m. REQUIREDOPENING SESSION......................................................... ARCHITECTURE THEATERBradley Wilson and Deanne BrownBefore the workshop begins, instructors will review some basic rules for students and instructors guidelines for submission of all entries in the on-site digital contests and specific topics for the digital image and scavenger hunt contests.

3:15-4:05 p.m.DOCUMENTING THE VERNACULAR LANDSCAPE ......................................... FA 346Peter CalvinA presentation of documentary work dealing with the built environment in Texas and Mexico, the photographers who have influenced it, and how Calvin’s personal work informs his professional architectural work.

NIGHTSCAPE/ ASTRO-LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY ..................................FA 327ADarren HuskiAn introduction to night landscape photography. How to photograph the landscape and Milky Way in the dark of the night. Equipment, technique and tips to successfully photograph the stars and landscape.

THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN PROJECT AND BOOK ...................................... FA 148Tadd MyersMyers will present the story and images from a personal photographic project he started in 2008 photographing various companies and individuals that handcraft beautiful products in America. The book, a 288-page, hardcover, coffee-table book, was released in 2013.

Friday

CONTESTS:Students and teachers should carefully note the requirements and supplies listed for each of the contests.

No teachers or advisers will be allowed to advise or instruct students during competitions.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED


Friday MODERN NEWSPAPER PHOTOJOURNALISM............................................ FA 2102AGerry McCarthyMcCarthy will discuss the myriad ways a newspaper photographer can tell stories and reach new audiences. He will cover everything from social media, like Instagram and Twitter, to new technologies that make capturing and sharing photos faster and easier.

DIGITAL IMAGE CONTEST ...........................................................................FA 327Craig Coyle, Trey Grissom, Michael PeñaThe contest will provide students with a list of categories and two hours to photograph. Students will submit entries from a lab on campus. No manipulation of the images in software such as Adobe Photoshop will be allowed. Schools are limited to four contestants for this contest. Materials: digital camera, card reader or cables to connect the camera to a computer for downloading, any special equipment. Advanced registration required.

SCAVENGER HUNT CONTEST .........................................................ARCHITECTURESue Jett and Deanne BrownThis contest will challenge the students’ power of observation. The team of one to three students will be provided a list of items to photograph and two hours to photograph with a single camera. No more than three students on a single team. By 5 p.m. the team must turn in a point tally sheet and the camera storage card, which will be returned on Sunday morning. Materials: one digital camera. Advanced registration required.

N400 | FACULTY DIGITAL CONTEST ......................................................... FA 348ATrey GrissomAll faculty members will be registered into this contest. There is no entry fee, but teachers must bring their own digital camera. Teachers will be given several categories to select from. Images must be downloaded from the digital cameras by noon, Saturday, Feb. 21. Images will be judged from the computer. Materials: digital camera. Advanced registration required.

All contests

require pre-

registration as do

portfolio critiques.

Upload your fun

2015 conference

images to Twitter

or Instagram using

the ATPI hashtag

to be eligible to

receive a prize.

#ATPIWC15


Friday

FACULTY DIGITAL:

Information sheets

are available in

the hospitality

room. There is

no entry fee, but

teachers must

bring their own

digital camera.

Images must be

must be turned in

to ACC Room 3140

(hospitality) by

the deadline.

Visit atpi.org

to complete a

SURVEY of the

2015 conference.

4:15-5:05 p.m.DIGITAL BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY ...........................................FA 327ADarren HuskiAn introduction to digital black-and-white photography. Learn how to make black-and-white images in camera and during post processing in your computer.

ANIMATION PRODUCTION AT UTA .............................................................. FA 166Mark CliveA revelation and discussion of the process of animation at UT–Arlington. View current and past student work in a variety of formats.

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY................................................................. FA 148Mona ReederThree separate multimedia presentations of documentary picture stories - first piece contains stories from Texas, Arizona, California, and Hurricane Katrina, the second piece is a collection of international stories from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kurdistan, and the final piece is about The Bottom Line, an in-depth project which depicts the frayed social safety net caused by flawed public policies.

INTRO TO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING: THE FORGERS, FREAKS AND FOOLS ....................................................... FA 2102AStacy Short, Matt Garnett and Annabel ThorpeHow students forge their way through different styles of documentaries to create award winning pieces, the freaks they deal with along the way, and the fools that really didn’t know what they were doing.


Saturday

8:30-9 a.m.REQUIRED FOR ANYONE NOT ATTENDING YESTERDAYOPENING SESSION..................................................................................... FA 148Bradley Wilson and Deanne BrownBefore the workshop begins, instructors will review some basic rules for students and instructors guidelines for submission of all entries in the on-site digital contests and specific topics for the digital image and scavenger hunt contests.

9-9:50 a.m.A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING! ...............................................FA 357Michael PeñaDo you need some inspiration? Dive into a brief history of nearly everything photographic! After all, to understand where we are going, we must know where we have been.

BE AN ACTION HERO .................................................................................FA 358Deanne Brown and Cindy Todd“With great power comes great responsibility.” You may not be Spider-Man, but that press pass does give you the power and the responsibility to capture images that transform your publications’ pages. Channel your inner Peter Parker as we reveal the secrets of taking compelling action photos while on assignment. Step out from behind that shadow and assume your true identity.

CREATING YOUR AP PORTFOLIO ............................................................... FA 346Brenda SlattonWant college art credit for your work but you aren’t taking AP Art? This class will go over the basics of AP Portfolio and get you ready turn in your portfolio this year.

CINEMAGRAPHS - MAKING MOVING PORTRAITS .........................................FA 327Melanie SherwoodLlook at the beautiful world of making still photography move. See demonstrations of techniques and ways you can use Photoshop to create Cinemagraphs and stop-motion animations. Leave the workshop with access to resources and how to add a new dimension to still photography.

FLIGHT OF THE DRONE .......................................................................... FA 2102ADrew LokerAn overview of recent developments with remote-controlled aircraft and the impact on the photography industry.

Except for the

contests and

portfolio reviews,

the Friday and

Saturday morning

sessions do

NOT require

pre-registration.

Attend any

session that

interests you.


Except for the

contests and

portfolio reviews,

the Friday and

Saturday morning

sessions do

NOT require

pre-registration.

Attend any

session that

interests you.

Visit atpi.org

to complete a

SURVEY of the

2015 conference.

CAN THE IPHONE REPLACE YOUR DSLR? ..................................................FA 327ASteve BakerIPhone apps in iOS8, including Instagram, provide students with new ways to take pictures and to interpret scenes. The new technology also brings in new legal implications worth noting.

CREATIVE COLOR IN LIGHTROOM .............................................................FA 368CBrenda MarafiotoAdjusting color in LightRoom is so much more than saturation and vibrance. Learn to use hue, saturation, luminence, and split toning to enhance your photographs and take them to the next artistic level.

DIGITAL EDITING CONTEST ......................................................... FA 368, FA 368ATrey GrissomStudents will be given a series of scanned images and a period of time in which to use Adobe Photoshop to create a contest entry emulating the style of Scott Mutter. The emphasis of this contest is to see how creative the students can be. Students will use a computer lab on campus for this contest. This contest runs until 11 a.m. Materials: none. Advanced registration required.

CROPPED CONTEST ................................................................................... FA 148Bradley WilsonFrom the images uploaded to contest.atpi.org of a portrait of an adult over 50 years old, half of the students will be selected to move into the next round of the contest. In each round, students will have a specific amount of time to capture one image. After a quick critique from the judges, half of the students will be cropped from the group. Materials: digital camera. Advanced registration required.

10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.GOING FROM GOOD TO GREAT: MASTER SERIES .........................................FA 357Michael PeñaWhat do some of history’s greatest photographers have to teach us about the creative process of making images? Get inspired and win more awards by learning from two masters of photography: Sam Abell and Henri Cartier Bresson.

THE VISUAL PUZZLE ................................................................................FA 327ASteve HammExtraordinary photos don’t just magically appear on the back of your camera because you are “cool.” Being aware of light, color, motion, angles and lens selection all contribute to your success in photography. Compiling these pieces of the visual puzzle will raise your photographic prowess as well as advance your ability to tell an interesting story with your images.

Saturday


WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY INSIGHTS ..........................................................FA 358Clint and Crystal SmithJust showing up with your camera to a wedding doesn’t make you a great wedding photographer. It takes planning, teamwork and a basic understanding of business.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY ....................................FA 327Irwin LightstoneMacro photography allows you to transform the commonplace into the exceptional. Indulge your sense of wonder by by learning to slow down and take a closer look.

SHOOTING FOR THE EDIT .......................................................................... FA 346David RobbCome learn how to improve the visual appeal of your broadcast journalism stories.

A LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS ........................................ FA 2102ADeanne BrownOne of the most successful contests ATPI has done has been the environmental self-portraits. Over the years, students and instructors have produced portraits with insight into their personalities and portraits that demonstrate their skill as a photographer. Discuss what makes a good environmental portrait and see this year’s winners.

BEGINNING PORTFOLIO REVIEWS ............................................................FA 376AFor those just getting started, this portfolio review and contest will offer an opportunity for beginning students to have their work critiqued by other instructors from around the state. Portfolios will be judged after critiquing and awards will be presented to the top portfolios in both the beginning and advanced groups. Materials: No more than five images on USB. Advanced registration required.

ADVANCED PORTFOLIO REVIEWS ............................................................FA 368CA personal critique for juniors or seniors, this is an excellent warm-up for the Hal Fulgham Memorial Scholarship contest. Portfolios will be judged after critiquing and awards will be presented to the top portfolios in both the beginning and advanced groups. Materials: Five to 10 images on USB. Advanced registration required.

11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.SO YOU WANT TO GO PRO? ........................................................................FA 358Christine Peirce ColemanHere is the list and the order to accomplish becoming a professional, a discussion of the business side that must accompany the creativity.

Rooms for the

morning sessions

have limited

space. If you arrive

and the room is

full, select another

session to attend.

Upload your fun

2015 conference

images to Twitter

or Instagram using

the ATPI hashtag

to be eligible to

receive a prize.

#ATPIWC15

Saturday


Saturday

Rooms for the

morning sessions

have limited

space. If you arrive

and the room is

full, select another

session to attend.

Except for the

contests and

portfolio reviews,

the Saturday

morning sessions

do NOT require

pre-registration.

Attend any

session that

interests you.

TURN YOUR ADVENTURE INTO A BOOK ..................................................... FA 346Wes Ferguson and Jacob BotterWes and Jacob wanted to know more about the river that flows through their hometown, so they borrowed a boat and set off to explore. The adventure became the subject of their first book. During their session, they will describe the publication process, starting with their adventure and ending with the book launch.

CACTUS, STARS AND TIMELAPSE ................................................................FA 327Roy Mata and Irwin LightstoneFrom hobby to niche market, photographing cactus in studio and in the wild. Come see some techniques on lighting, time-lapse, and selling your work.

ARCHITECTURAL HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHY ....................................................FA 357Roger HeinHein will show what he did for an international photography company for a year, shooting images such as those of hotels on Expedia, Trivago, Priceline and Hotwire.

GETTING INTO FILM FESTIVALS ................................................................FA 327ABarton WeissLearn the film festival process from the inside out as Weiss, founder and director of Dallas Video Fest gives tips on how to select a festival to apply to, how to best get in and what to do once you get in to be successful.

SMALL TOWN KID, BIG CITY DREAMS ..................................................... FA 2102AMitchell FranzWitness the development of Franz’ work from still photography to video production while hearing the experiences he has encountered along the way. Visual work will span from high school and college to imagery created for professional clients.

BEGINNING PORTFOLIO REVIEWS ..............................................................FA 376For those just getting started, this portfolio review and contest will offer an opportunity for beginning students to have their work critiqued by other instructors from around the state. Portfolios will be judged after critiquing and awards will be presented to the top portfolios in both the beginning and advanced groups. Materials: No more than five images on USB. Advanced registration required.

ADVANCED PORTFOLIO REVIEWS ............................................... FA 368, FA 368CA personal critique for juniors or seniors, this is an excellent warm-up for the Hal Fulgham Memorial Scholarship contest. Portfolios will be judged after critiquing and awards will be presented to the top portfolios in both the beginning and advanced groups. Materials: Five to 10 images on USB. Advanced registration required.


Saturday

noonL200: LUNCH (PROVIDED) ........................................................................LOBBYAll students and teachers should pick up their lunch in the lobby. Please help us out by disposing of all trash in the trash cans provided.

ATPI BUSINESS MEETING .......................................................................... FA 346Instructors only. Come sit in on our business meeting and find out about some of the future activities for the organization. Pick up your lunch in the lobby, and then come join us in 346.

1:15-3:15 p.m. (7th period)H101: COMIC BOOK ART WITH PHOTOSHOP ............................................... FA 404Andrew OrtizUse Adobe Photoshop to create amazing works of art. Deconstruct scanned comic books in Photoshop and create new narrative pieces in the style of artist Rubin Nieto. Materials: 3-4 comic books, USB drive

H102: ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP TECHNIQUES ...............................................FA 411Leah WatersThis class assumes at least one year of experience with Photoshop and will look at additional techniques for editing images. Materials: USB drive with 10-15 images

H103: PAINTING WITH LIGHT ..................................................................... FA 143Drew LokerLight. The raw material of photography. Come learn to use it as an artist uses oil paints to create their masterpieces. Materials: digital camera, black/dark clothing

H104: GETTING YOUR WORK ONLINE .........................................................FA 368Mitchell FranzA look at options for selling your work on the web, including SmugMug, Flickr and TwitPix, that can earn money and create a presence for your business, even as a student. Materials: none

H105: ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT ............................................................FA 327Brian Coats, Greg Kopriva, Ian McVeaTake your subject out of a sterile environment and put him or her into an environment that tells us something about the subject. Go on location to see how to get the most out of a portrait situation. Materials: camera

All of the Saturday

afternoon, hands-

on classes require

pre-registration.

Due to limited

space, equipment

and supplies,

do NOT switch

classes.


Saturday H106: DESIGN AND COMPOSITION ........................................................... FA 2102Michael PeñaAfter a brief discussion of photographic design and aesthetics, you’ll participate in a walking tour on the UTA campus to examine ways of seeing photographically. Materials: camera

H107: STUDIO PORTRAITURE .................................................................. FA 290ARoger HeinLighting styles and lighting quality, posing tips and working with subjects in a formal studio setting will all be covered. Materials: camera

H108: PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY .................................................................FA 350Ralph HowellLearn how to make and use pinhole cameras. Materials: none

H109: SHOOTING WORKSHOP ................................................................... FA 348Jacob Botter, Chad SmithPerfect for the first-year photo student. Learn how to be a master of your camera. Composition, light metering in tricky situations, bulb and flash will all be covered. Bring your questions and your cameras! Materials: camera and external flash

H110: WORKING WITH SHUTTER SPEEDS ................................................... FA 346John Knaur, “Stickboy” Powell, John IsaacBlurring motion. Stopping motion. Panning. From Eadweard Muybridge’s photos of a horse running to today’s bursting balloons here is your chance to experiment with some of these techniques. Materials: camera and tripod

H111: SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY ........................................................ FA 368ALaura NegriLearn how to use some of the cool apps for smartphones to capture unique images. Materials: a smartphone with any of the following apps: Hipstamatic, Instagram, 645 Pro, ProHDR, SnapSeed

H112: ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY ...................................................... FA 291James ZeilanGo out into the field and learn some of the skills required for photographing architectural interiors and exteriors. Materials: camera

All of these

sessions require

pre-registration.

Due to limited

space, equipment

and supplies,

do NOT switch

classes.

Upload your fun

2015 conference

images to Twitter

or Instagram using

the ATPI hashtag

to be eligible to

receive a prize.

#ATPIWC15


Saturday H113: LIGHTING ON LOCATIONMike McLean and Bryan Stewart....................................................................................................FA 327AClif Palmberg ........................................................................................................................................FA 2105Get the perfect lighting whether dealing with the bright sun of a daytime football game to the night lights of the city. Learn how to control the lighting by balancing available light with fill flash as well as slow/rear curtain sync flash or how to avoid the use of flash at all with techniques for supplementing existing light. Materials: digital SLR and external electronic flash

H114: LEARNING TO USE YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA ........................................FA 363Craig CoyleDid you get a new digital camera recently? Bring it to this hands-on workshop to learn how to do more than shoot with the auto/program mode. Materials: digital camera

H115: SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY ................................................................ FA 2102ADarrell Byers, Steve HammLearn ways to cover sports in the gym, the natatorium and the playing field. Materials: camera, extra lenses

H116: FINE ART PRINTING ........................................................................FA 376AKenda NorthWork with different paper types to learn the basics of inkjet printing. Materials: USB drive with at least 10 4Mb images

H117: CYANOTYPE LARGE SCALE IMAGERY ................................................. FA 349Joshua DrykA classic alternative photographic method that dates to the 1840’s, this fun and inexpensive process produces a blue image on paper or fabric. Students will learn how to create a negative, coat, dry, and expose large pieces of fabric to create body portraits. Materials: a 4 megapixel image (approximately 2500 x 1500 pixels), this image must be turned in at registration on Friday on a USB drive labeled with the student’s name and school

H118: TABLE TOP AND PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY .......................................FA 350Leighton McWilliamsLighting and set-up of table top and small product photography with studio flash combining both products and food on different sets.The students will be able to work with different products with different lighting requirements and learn to use studio flash equipment. Materials: digital camera and tripod

All of these

sessions require

pre-registration.

Due to limited

space, equipment

and supplies,

do NOT switch

classes.

Upload your fun

2015 conference

images to Twitter

or Instagram using

the ATPI hashtag

to be eligible to

receive a prize.

#ATPIWC15


H120: LIGHTROOM: BEST PRACTICES FOR THE NEW USER .........................FA 368CStan GodwinLearn the basics of Adobe Lightroom - creating catalogs, importing images and creating Collections and Smart Collections. Materials: USB drive with collection of images

H122: WORKING WITH MODELS ................................................................. FA 148Oliver Martinez, Roy MataLearn techniques for posing a model and working with light to capture the best portrait or advertising photograph. Materials: digital camera

H125: CINEMATOGRAPHY CAMERA TECHNIQUES ........................................FA 357Dusty ParrishThree basic things used in cinematography – composition, lighting and camera movement. Students will not only learn these three concepts, but each school will build a do-it-yourself slider unit to take home. Materials: video camera or DSLR with video capability

H127: VIDEO INTERVIEWING 101 .................................................................FA 358David RobbStudents learn the fundamentals of preparing for and conducting a video interview that includes more than just asking good follow-up questions but also includes framing and lighting. Materials: Video camera and tripodbus departs for studio at 3:25 p.m.

3:30-5:30 p.m. (8th period)H101: COMIC BOOK ART WITH PHOTOSHOP ............................................... FA 404Andrew OrtizUse Adobe Photoshop to create amazing works of art. Deconstruct scanned comic books in Photoshop and create new narrative pieces in the style of artist Rubin Nieto. Materials: 3-4 comic books, USB drive

H102: ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP TECHNIQUESJohn Smallwood ................................................................................................................................... FA 368Leah Waters ............................................................................................................................................. FA 411This class assumes at least one year of experience with Adobe Photoshop and will look at additional techniques for editing images. Materials: USB drive with 10-15 images

H103: PAINTING WITH LIGHT ..................................................................... FA 143Drew LokerLight. The raw material of photography. Come learn to use it as an artist uses oil paints to create their masterpieces. Materials: digital camera, black/dark clothing

Saturday

All of these

sessions require

pre-registration.

Due to limited

space, equipment

and supplies,

do NOT switch

classes.

Visit atpi.org

to complete a

SURVEY of the

2015 conference.


H105: ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT ............................................................FA 327Jacob Botter, Craig Coyle, Ian McVeaTake your subjects out of a sterile environment and put them into an environment that tells the viewer something about the subject. Go on location to see how to get the most out of a portrait situation. Materials: camera

H106: DESIGN AND COMPOSITION ........................................................... FA 2102Michael PeñaAfter a brief discussion of photographic design and aesthetics, you’ll participate in a walking tour on campus to examine ways of seeing photographically. Materials: camera

H107: STUDIO PORTRAITURERoger Hein ...........................................................................................................................................FA 290AKrista Luter ............................................................................................................................................. FA 350Chad Smith ............................................................................................................................................. FA 348Lighting styles and lighting quality, posing tips and working with subjects in a formal studio setting will all be covered. Materials: camera

H110: WORKING WITH SHUTTER SPEEDS ................................................... FA 346John Knaur, “Stickboy” Powell, John IsaacBlurring motion. Stopping motion. Panning. From Eadweard Muybridge’s photos of a horse running to today’s bursting balloons, here is your chance to experiment with some of these techniques. Materials: camera and tripod

H111: SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY ........................................................ FA 368ALaura NegriLearn how to use some of the cool apps for smartphones to capture unique images. Materials: a smartphone with any of the following apps: Hipstamatic, Instagram, 645 Pro, ProHDR, SnapSeed

H112: ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY ...................................................... FA 291James ZeilanGo out into the field and learn some of the skills required for photographing architectural interiors and exteriors. Materials: camera

H113: LIGHTING ON LOCATIONMike McLean and Bryan Stewart....................................................................................................FA 327AClif Palmberg ........................................................................................................................................FA 2105Get the perfect lighting whether dealing with the bright sun of a daytime football game to the night lights of the city. Learn how to control the lighting by balancing available light with fill flash as well as slow/rear curtain sync flash or how to avoid the use of flash at all with techniques for supplementing existing light. Materials: digital SLR and external electronic flash

Saturday

Visit atpi.org to

visualize images

from the top

programs in Texas

as well as some

of the winners

of the on-site

competitions.


Saturday H115: SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY ................................................................ FA 2102ADarrell Byers, Steve HammLearn ways to cover sports in the gym, the natatorium and the playing field. Materials: camera, extra lenses

H119: LIGHTING STILL PHOTOGRAPHY VS LIGHTING VIDEO.......................... FA 132Gyorgy BeckAn overview of film-style lighting working with digital still cameras and HD video. Work with scenes in a production studio to learn how to tell a visual story. Materials: DSLR with video capability

H121: LIGHTROOM POWER SKILLS ............................................................FA 368CStan GodwinHave you worked with Lightroom but are ready to discover some of its secrets? This class is designed for someone who already knows the program but is ready to take advantage of some of the more powerful features of the Library, Develop and Print modules. Materials: USB drive with at least 10 RAW images.

H125: CINEMATOGRAPHY CAMERA TECHNIQUES ........................................FA 357Dusty ParrishThree basic things used in cinematography – composition, lighting and camera movement. Students will not only learn these three concepts, but each school will build a do-it-yourself slider unit to take home. Materials: video camera or DSLR with video capability

H126: BLACK-AND-WHITE CONTACT PRINTING ...........................................FA 350Bryan FlorentinTake a digital image and convert it into a black-and-white negative that can be printed in a darkroom. Learn how to use polycontrast filters to adjust your results. Materials: a 4 megapixel image (approximately 2500 x 1500 pixels), this image must be turned in at registration on Friday on a jump drive labeled with the student’s name and school

H128: ADVANCED VIDEO STORYTELLING ....................................................FA 358Clint SmithVideo, whether for news or entertainment, is all about storytelling. Learn techniques on how to be a better story teller in your videos. Materials: Video camera and tripod

Visit atpi.org

to complete a

SURVEY of the

2015 conference.

Upload your fun

2015 conference

images to Twitter

or Instagram using

the ATPI hashtag

to be eligible to

receive a prize.

#ATPIWC15


Keynote

JOHN ISAACUNITED NATIONS AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER

Sunday, Feb. 22, 9:30 a.m. | Lone Star Theater

John Isaac is an Indian-born photographer and author who has lived in New York City for the better part of his career and life. As a United Nations photographer from 1978 to 1998, Isaac covered

everything from the Cambodian killing fields of Pol Pot and the famine in Ethopia to wars in Kuwait, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Isaac has also been heavily involved with UNICEF (which promotes the survival, protection and development of all children worldwide through fundraising, advocacy, and education), and has worked with the likes of Michael Jackson, Luciano Pavarotti, Harry Beleafonte and Audrey Hepburn. (Ms. Hepburn chose Isaac’s portrait of her as her all time favorite photo of herself.)

More recently, he has been working mainly in wildlife and travel photography. Isaac now shoots images of the wondrous and colorful varieties of people, places and wildlife.

• Received a bachelor’s in zoology from The New College, Madras University.

• Began his career at the United Nations as a messenger, moving on to become a darkroom technician, and eventually a photojournalist.

• In 2008, he co-authored a book, The Vale of Kashmir, about the people and landscape of Kashmir.

Throughout his career Isaac has received numerous awards, including:

• 1978: First prize in the Photokina International Photo Contest in Cologne, Germany

• 1985: Picture of the Year from the Missouri School of Journalism

• 1991: Best Outdoor Photograph of the Year from Graphis magazine

• 1993: Named Professional Photographer of the Year by the Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association


Digital files

ALL digital images

(including those

in the faculty

contest) must

include metadata

as indicated

or they will be

disqualified.

Save files using

the naming

scheme indicated

as RGB, JPEG files.

Contest

abbreviations

(CON)

Digital Image: DIGFaculty: FAC

Digital Editing: EDITSchool Portfolio: PORT

Picture Package: PKG

FILENAMECON_CAT_IDNUMBER.jpg where CON is an abbreviation of the contest as indicated at left and on the contest instruction sheet, CAT is an abbreviation of the category as indicated on the contest instruction sheet and IDNUMBER is the student’s identification number as printed on his or her name badge.

FILE FORMATAll files should be saved as RGB, JPEG files at 300ppi unless otherwise instructed.

METADATA Using Adobe Bridge (Metadata / IPTC Core / Description) or Adobe Photoshop (File / File Info / Description) put the following information in the field.

Make note of the punctuation and order of material. Do NOT try to put content on separate lines. Just let it wrap.

Contest name, student name (first then last), school (city, state); instructor name (first then last), instructor

EXAMPLEDigital Editing 2015, John Doe, Leaguetown High School (Leaguetown, Texas); Jane Smith, instructor


BiographiesSTEVE BAKER is the photojournalism instructor and newspaper adviser at DeSoto High School. His professional career has spanned more than 40 years as a newspaper, magazine, and corporate photographer in addition to owning a 2,000 square foot studio. He has won awards in wedding photography as well as portraiture and commercial work in which he traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada. | [email protected]

GYORGY BECK teaches film at UT–Arlington. He is known internationally as an artist, director, cinematographer and pho-tographer. Beck graduated from the Theatre and Film Academy of Budapest, and received a scholarship from the Soros Foundation which enabled him to study at Miami University of Ohio from 1992-1993. An accredited member of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers, he has received numerous awards for his camera work in film and television, including Best Camera Work at the 2005 Kamera Hungaria Festival and an Award of Merit from the Hungarian Academy of the Arts. His work has been exhibited extensively in Hungary, as well as in New York, Ljubljana and Berlin, and he often blends several disciplines into one show.

Artist and craftsman, JACOB BOTTER is co-author of Running the River: Secrets of the Sabine, a nonfiction book that chronicles a 500-mile journey from the headwaters of the Sabine River to its end at the Gulf of Mexico. Botter lives in South Florida where he is concluding work on The Blanco Project and growing Georgia collards.

DEANNE BROWN has advised The Featherduster newsmagazine and taught photojournalism at Westlake High School in Austin for 28 years. Three of her students have been named Texas High School Journalist of the Year and National High School Journalist of the Year. The newsmagazine has received the NSPA Pacemaker, CSPA Gold Crown, and ILPC Gold Star awards. Brown received the Edith Fox King in 2002, a TAJE Trailblazer Award in 2005 and was named the Max R. Haddick Teacher of the Year by ILPC last April. She is president of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors. | [email protected]

DAN BRYANT started his photography career back in 1985, after graduating from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M–Commerce) with a degree in photography. He spent the first couple of years working with corporate location photographer, Greg Booth. After a two-year internship and traveling the globe, he set out on his own. After a trip to New York to make the rounds at the photo editors’ desks, he was off shooting for Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and others. In 1987 he landed a freelance contributor position with American Airlines, and he was again traveling the world shooting stories for American. His work today consists of a mixture of corporate and editorial clients. If he doesn’t have a camera in his hands you will probably find him out hiking or enjoying the outdoors. | [email protected]

DARRELL BYERS is a native of Arlington, with a bachelor’s in journalism from UT–Arlington. He has spent 30 years document-ing moments large and small. From small towns to big cities, backroads to well-worn highways, Byers has looked for the stories that tie us each to one another. He has also been fortunate to cover a number of North Texas sporting milestones including Nolan Ryan’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Dallas’ Stars Stanley Cup run in 2000, two remarkable World Series runs by the Texas Rangers and more football (college and pro) than he can recall. In the process, his images have been featured in many major publications, including Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and USA Today. | [email protected]

PETER CALVIN is a Dallas-based architectural photographer and filmmaker, holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University and an Master of Fine Arts from Texas A&M–Commerce. He has lived and worked in Mexico, built furniture, written for magazines and newspapers and played in a jazz trio. He photographs people, places and events for architectural, editorial, and corporate clients, in still and motion.

MARK CLIVE has been a leader in the fields of motion graphics, animation, and visual effects in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since 1993. His commercial clients have included many Fortune 500 Companies. He has created numerous award-winning title sequences and effects for documentary films, from the Emmy Award-winning “After Goodbye, an Aids Story,” for PBS in 1993, to his current project, “Disaster at the Wilberg Mine.” As special effects editor for the acclaimed “Barney and Friends” PBS televi-sion show, Clive thrilled children for several years, providing the Barney magic they know so well. | [email protected]

BRIAN COATS has spent most of his life capturing images of events and people on a personal and professional level. In his early 20s, he moved from Nebraska to Texas where he began his photography career. He also lived and worked in New York for several years before returning to Texas. His work has appeared in Fortune, Ladies Home Journal, Neiman Marcus, Parade magazine, TV Guide, USA Weekend and more.

CHRISTINE COLEMAN is a teacher and a part-time, on-location photographer who prefers natural light and reflectors because she can only remember to charge one battery at a time. In her “freetime” she enjoys the luxury of Netflix, naps and chocolate.

JOSH DRYK is a first-year MFA student at UT–Arlington with a focus in photography. He specializes in alternative and experi-mental photographic techniques. Prior to starting his graduate studies he completed an associate of arts degree in photography at Collin College in Plano followed by his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography at Texas Woman’s University in Denton.


BiographiesWriter WES FERGUSON and photographer Jacob Croft Botter are the authors of Running the River: Secrets of the Sabine, a nonfiction book about their travels on the Sabine River. Wes and Jacob are working on a book about the Blanco River in the Texas Hill Country. | [email protected]

BRYAN FLORENTIN said he approaches photography and installa-tion in various ways. In recent years, his work had been exhibited in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Cincinnati, Houston and Dallas. He is a senior lecturer in art at UT–Arlington and is chair of the South-Central Region of Society for Photographic Education. Florentin has an Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of North Texas and a bachelor’s in art and performance from the University of Texas at Dallas.

A soon-to-be-graduate of Syracuse University — once he finally finishes that last class, MITCHELL FRANZ manages media and communications for a state-wide healthcare management com-pany based in Victoria. However, he is still available for freelance photo and video assignments. He photographs a wide range of people, places and things from Ross Perot to Istanbul, Turkey to medical implants in Memphis. Franz photographs and assists with Jensen Larson Photography of Florida on larger wedding and com-mercial projects. A former award-winning scholastic journalistic, Franz actively participated in scholastic journalism during high school. In addition, he teaches at the Gloria Shields All-American Publications Workshop, ATPI and ILPC. | [email protected]

MATT GARNETT, a senior at Argyle High School, is the editor of the publication The Talon News. He also works as a freelance journalist for Dallas Morning News, Denton Record Chronicle, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, MaxPreps, Fox Sports Southwest and other media outlets. Garnett is an avid member of the #txhsfbMediaMafia via his Twitter handle, @matt_garnett. | [email protected]

STAN GODWIN taught in and coordinated the photography program at Texas A&M–Commerce for 30 years. He was the lead for one of the first five digital photography programs at American universities. At retirement Godwin was the interim-head of the art department. He was awarded the ATPI Star of Texas in 2005. Godwin has taught more than 200 workshops on Cape Cod and in Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida and continues to shoot professionally and personally. He is a nationally recognized educator of Adobe Lightroom, HDR, raw, Lenbaby lenses and color management and profiling. His photographic work has been published in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and books over the last four decades. Godwin received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a master’s from Texas A&M–Commerce. | www.stangodwin.com, [email protected]

STEVE HAMM is in his 13th year of teaching photography students at Arlington High School, where he said he has one of the best jobs in the world. “It’s exciting encouraging my students to think outside of the box and not be afraid to take a risk with a camera. It’s awesome witnessing beginning students as they are praised by their peers over capturing an awesome image after all of the photographic planets line up.” | [email protected]

ROGER HEIN earned his applied bachelor’s degree in photography and never looked back. Hein has used photography in some way, shape or form to support himself as a professional photographer. Hein continues to shoot as a freelancer in and around the Dallas / Forth Worth area. He shoots architecture, executive portraits, products and has used his video skills to produce trailers and a local commercial. | [email protected]

RALPH HOWELL is a fine arts photographer and teacher who has constructed more than 110 different pinhole cameras from found objects that take unusual images without lenses or viewfinders. His artwork has been featured in the PBS series, “EGG the Arts Show” and a CBS episode of “Texas Country Reporter.” He has conducted numerous workshops in pinhole photography, 3D photography, alternative processes, and digital photography throughout the United States and Europe. He received his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Texas in San Antonio, has an extensive exhibition record, and has been a recipient of several grants in art and education. | [email protected]

DARREN HUSKI is a photographer and writer from Fort Worth. He photographs the far reaches of the Lone Star State, across the Great Plains and throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Huski chases light across the big open landscapes of the American West looking for the empty places, lonely mountains and big sky. | [email protected]

SUE JETT has taught journalism and advised publications for 27 years. She received degrees in journalism and English from Southeast Missouri State University. For the last 17 years she has taught at Churchill High School in San Antonio. Jett is a member of the Journalism Education Association and serves on the boards of ATPI and TAJE. | [email protected]

JOHN KNAUR’s photographic career began in 1970 while in college working as a lab tech and later a photojournalist for the local paper. In 1976 he moved to Arlington and began freelanc-ing in the area. Olympus Cameras hired him as a field technical representative and photographer in 1978. From 1978 until 2011 his work with Olympus included corporate and product photography, audiovisual production, and, with the advent of digital cameras, marketing. His activities allowed him to photograph events such as the Republican and Democratic conventions, the Pan Am Games, Detroit Grand Prix, Indy 500, World Cycling Championships and many other venues. Knaur has also been an instructor at the ATPI Summer Workshops, a guest speaker since the 1980s and is a Star of Texas recipient. | [email protected]


BiographiesGREG KOPRIVA is a Fort Worth-based commercial photographer, received his bachelor’s in photography from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M–Commerce). He has extensive experience with a broad range of clients across North America and has taught photography, both analog and digital, to all ages and skill levels. He is employed with Heritage Auction Galleries and maintains a freelance commercial photography business. [email protected]

IRWIN LIGHTSTONE is president of the North Texas Cactus and Succulent Society and past president of the Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies. He led numerous photographic seminars throughout the state including Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Plano, Kerrville, McKinney, and Dallas and was a featured speaker at the Gulf States Photographic Conference. Additionally, he led programs sponsored by the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Arboretum and the International Photography Hall of Fame and the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. His photography has won numerous awards and is often featured in the Cactus and Succulent Journal.

DREW LOKER has been an avid photographer for more than 25 years, with many of those years as a wedding photographer and photojournalist/photo editor in addition to high school photog-raphy teacher. Loker said his favorite photography is landscape and long exposure images, but he also enjoys people photography and even the weddings because of the opportunity to define the moment with powerful images. During the past several years, Loker has worked in the classroom to help students understand the importance of defining their “dash” with great imagery, to not just GO shoot pictures, but to DO life-defining activities — and shoot their life. www.drewloker.com | [email protected]

KRISTA LUTER is a fine arts photographer and the commercial photography teacher at Allen High School. As a professional photographer, Luter has mostly specialized in children and family portraiture. Her landscapes have been in galleries in Florida. “I have the perfect job. I get to work with kids and work on my own photography. Who could ask for more than that?” | [email protected]

G.J. McCARTHY is a staff photographer at the Dallas Morning News, where he’s worked since 2007. He has been a part of the team coverage of such stories as the West, Texas chemical plant explosion, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Hurricane Ike’s 2008 devastation of the Texas Gulf Coast. His contributions to the paper’s sports coverage range from high school to professional action, and he has covered the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup series and NBA championships. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Journalism in 2002. | [email protected]

MIKE McLEAN is a Texas-based freelance photojournalist and teaches photojournalism workshops throughout the nation. In 2004 he was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame. As a staff photographer for the Dallas Times Herald he served on a reporting team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the crash of Delta flight 191 at the DFW airport. He is a co-author of Get The Picture published by Jostens and developed a digital photojournalism curriculum for a university based in Colorado. He is the director of the photojournalism course sequence for A BackPack Journalist, an educational services and event support company, providing curriculum, workshops and events for military. Working as a freelance photojournalist for 20 years, his images have appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Outside and Climbing magazines. With clients such as American Red Cross, Motorola, Discovery Channel and Sony Music, McLean sees his role as a visual storyteller: “Your story, my eyes” he says. | McLeanPhoto.com

British-born photojournalist IAN McVEA was raised in Southeast Asia and East Africa. He is a graduate of the UT–Arlington College of Business with a degree in management and was on staff at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for 25 years, until 2014, serving as staff photographer, photo editor and director of photography. He now teaches photography and video at Martin High School in Arlington and also teaches digital photography certification classes at UT—Arlington. He still freelances for area newspapers, magazines and the Associated Press. He’s happiest shooting film. | [email protected]

LEIGHTON McWILLIAMS is associate chair and an associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the UT–Arlington. He has 40 years experience in photojournalism, commercial photography, film/ video production, and fine art photography. His work is shown throughout the country and internationally. | [email protected]

BRENDA MARAFIOTO is the photography teacher at Robert G. Cole High School and a lifestyle and event photographer in San Antonio. Marafioto has been teaching photography for eight years and has developed new photography programs at the KSAT magnet program and at Cole High School. Her students have won numerous photography awards through ATPI and VASE and have developed gallery partnerships with multiple businesses and organizations in San Antonio. | [email protected]

OLIVER MARTINEZ is a freelance photographer working in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and proud graduate from the Texas A&M–Commerce photography program. | olivermartinezphoto.com, [email protected]

ROY MATA is a graduate of Westlake High School and the Brooks Institute of Photography. He is a freelance photographer in Austin. | [email protected]


BiographiesTADD MYERS is an award-winning photographer who specializes in advertising, corporate, and editorial projects around the world. Myers’ extensive client list includes advertising agencies such as The Richards Group, Arnold World Wide, TM Advertising, Young & Rubicam, and companies such as MD Anderson, Dr Pepper, American Airlines and Sears Craftsman among many others. Tadd discovered photography through his father’s printing company in Houston, where at an early age he began operating a printing press and working in the darkroom. His passion for photography led him to Texas A&M–Commerce, where he earned a bachelor’s in photography with a minor in computer science. This combina-tion of artistry and inquisitiveness, he said, drives him to look beyond what is in front of his camera lens, and makes the images he creates so alive with emotion and the feeling there’s a story you want to hear behind each moment captured. | American-CraftsmanProject.com, TaddMyers.com, [email protected]

LAURA NEGRI teaches photojournalism, journalism, audio video production, digital media, newspaper and yearbook at a non-traditional high school on the southwest side of Houston. She learned photography at a small-town East Texas newspaper, shooting everything from car accidents to prize-winning calves. | [email protected]

KENDA NORTH is professor and head of photography at UT–Arlington, where she has been on the faculty since l989. She has had more than 50 one-person exhibitions and more than 100 group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. Her work is in major collections throughout the U.S. and Europe and is represented by Craighead-Green Gallery in Dallas. | www.kendanorth.com, [email protected]

ANDREW ORTIZ was born in Los Angeles and has been a resident of Arlington since 1997 when he began his teaching career with the UT–Arlington art and art history department. In 2004 he earned tenure and was promoted to associate professor. He teaches photography and digital imaging to undergraduate and graduate students at the university. | [email protected]

CLIF PALMBERG works for Balfour yearbooks in the Dallas area. Palmberg has a background in photojournalism and is a graduate of Kansas State University. He has worked for and been published in newspapers and magazines from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. | [email protected]

DUSTY PARRISH. Wow. He teaches audio-visual courses at Allen High School. He was an Adobe education leader for nearly 10 years. He said he loves teaching, making films, audio and art. He loves collaboration and has founded and encouraged many contests such as the Global Video Battle and the ATPI video contests. Such mustache. Such amaze. Many cool. | [email protected]

MICHAEL PEÑA teaches at Deer Park High School, his alma mater. He is the proud father of two little girls and is serving his first term as ATPI vice president. | [email protected]

BRYAN “STICKBOY” POWELL started his career in photography when he was just a kid. Back in the ’80s, he would model in his short tight blue PE shorts thinking he would be the next big fashion model. After several years of being laughed at, he decided that being on the other side of the lens might be a better place for him. “How wrong I was; but I have wasted all of this time and money on being a photographer, so I thought I might stick it out.” | [email protected]

As a documentary photographer, MONA REEDER has traveled the world covering social issues, war zones, global disasters, and politics. Her work was awarded the prestigious Visa d’or Daily Press Award in Perpignan, France, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and she was a 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist. For more than two decades her photographs have been recognized in state, national and international competitions such as World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, and Best of Photojournalism. She is a frequent speaker at photography conferences and also as an instructor in photography workshops. After working for several years at newspapers in California, Arizona, and Texas, she is pursu-ing a Master of Fine Arts in photography at UT–Arlington. | [email protected]

DAVID ROBB has advised the newspaper and broadcast at Pflugerville High School since 2010. His newspaper staffs have won the NSPA Pacemaker, CSPA Crown and ILPC Bronze Star. Individually, his students have been awarded the ILPC Tops in Texas, CSPA Gold Circle and NSPA Multimedia Story of the Year. Their work has also been featured on PBS NewsHour. | [email protected]

MELANIE SHERWOOD, a reluctant still photographer, spent 13 years as an art director in television making still images move in space and time before moving into education. She’s taught graphic design, illustration and commercial photography and now animation. | [email protected]

STACY SHORT is the adviser of the The Talon News, which encompasses a website, social media, broadcast videos, writing, and photography. Short graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a master’s in English, but has been passionate about journal-ism her whole life, growing up on the sidelines with her uncle who was the editor of her hometown newspaper in Weatherford. | [email protected]

In her 25th year of teaching, BRENDA SLATTON advises the online newspaper and the yearbook at Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio. The school has won the Rising Star award the past two years, mostly due to students’ AP Portfolio preparation. | [email protected]


JOHN SMALLWOOD has been a photography teacher for 25 years in Killeen Independent School District and is the commercial photography instructor at the KISD Career Center. His father and grandmothers loved taking photos, which is where he thinks his desire to teach photography comes from. He started teaching using pinhole cameras and the darkroom, and now loves digital editing images using Adobe Photoshop. | [email protected]

CHAD D. SMITH is an accomplished photographer with more than 25 years of teaching experience in photography on many levels. He is a professor of photography in the Department of Art at Texas A&M–Commerce. Before teaching, Smith was a commercial photographer and videographer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Smith has numerous awards, and his photographs have been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally and are part of the permanent collection at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida. He was also the direc-tor of photography for the internationally acclaimed cult classic feature length film “Blood Suckers from Outer Space.” | [email protected]

CLINT SMITH is the photography and online media adviser at Texas High School in Texarkana. He and his wife, Crystal, also work as a team photographing weddings. | [email protected]

CRYSTAL SMITH is the owner of Little Bird Studio in Texarkana. Her specialty is infant portraiture. However, she and her husband, Clint, work as a team photographing weddings as well.

BRYAN STEWART has been a professional freelance photographer for 19 years. He has been published in several magazines over his career to include Rolling Stone and Nashville Lifestyles. Stewart has shot for documentaries on pro bull riding, NASCAR racing and rock and ice climbing. Stewart makes his living by shooting editorial and lifestyle photography for newspapers, magazines and ad agencies, as well as shooting weddings and events. He has taught photojournalism all over the country for the last 17 years and has taught photography at the local college in Tyler for the last three years. | [email protected]

ANNABEL THORPE is the managing editor for The Talon News. She is a second-year staffer and recently directed the UIL film state finalist “Rubber Band Reminders.” Thorpe will serve as editor of the paper next year.

CINDY TODD advises the El Paisano yearbook and teaches pho-tojournalism at Westlake High School in Austin. In her 24 years of advising, her students’ publications have earned top awards from ILPC, CSPA, NSPA and TAJE. Awards Todd has received include the 2012 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, Max Haddick Teacher of the Year Award, TAJE Trailblazer, CSPA Gold Key, NSPA Pioneer and JEA Medal of Merit. Todd is a past president of TAJE and teaches workshops around the country. | [email protected]

TANYA VITELA is a senior photography student at UT–Arlington. Her work consists of identity through portraiture with a keen sense of lighting. Her experiences have included working in the studio, printing lab, black and white darkroom, as well as black and white film processing. Throughout her three years at UT–Arlington, her professors and peers have helped her understand the funda-mentals of photography as well as other key aspects of artistry.

LEAH WATERS, CJE, advises media publications and teaches pho-tography at Creekview High School in Carrollton. Waters teaches art through photography in her 2D Studio Art class, as well as the visual side of journalism in her foundation classes. Waters has also traveled to parts of Africa and Europe, photographing people in rural villages, as well as the business of urban communities. | [email protected]

BART WEISS, an associate professor of UT–Arlington, is an award-winning independent film and video producer, director, editor and educator, who has lived in Dallas since 1981. He is mostly known as the director and founder of the Dallas VideoFest. He produces the TV show “Frame of Mind” on KERA TV in Dallas, and is the artistic director of 3 Stars Cinema. He has been a video columnist for the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald, and United Features Syndicate. Weiss received an Master of Fine Art in Film Directing from Columbia University in 1978 and a bachelor’s in radio, TV and film from Temple University in 1975.

BRADLEY WILSON, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and director of student media at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. Publications he advised have received the highest awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and Columbia Scholastic Press Association. He is the editor of the publications for the national Journalism Education Association. He has received the Robin F. Garland Educator Award from the National Press Photographers Association in 2013, the Carl Towley Award from JEA, the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Star of Texas from ATPI. | [email protected]

JAMES ZEILAN, owner of Zeilan Photographic Design, shoots commercial/corporate and architectural projects. Zeilan teaches beginning and advanced photography and Adobe Photoshop along with other digital imaging programs part-time at the Dallas County Community College District. He also provides private lighting seminars | http://www.zeilanphotographic.com, [email protected]

Biographies


Acronyms• CSPA — Columbia Scholastic Press

Association, http://cspa.columbia.edu/

• JEA — Journalism Education Association, http://jea.org/

• ILPC — Interscholastic League Press Conference, http://www.uiltexas.org/journalism/ilpc

• NSPA — National Scholastic Press Association, http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/

• TAJE — Texas Association of Journalism Educators, http://www.taje.org/

• UIL — University Interscholastic League, http://www.uiltexas.org/

• VASE — Visual Arts Scholastic Event of the Texas Art Education Association, http://www.taea.org/vase/

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What was your favorite session? Why?

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2015Summer

PhotographyWorkshop

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31st annual

begins Tuesday, June 23, noon ends Friday, June 26, 2 p.m.

$250

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Several ATPI contests have deadlines this spring. Students and teachers should be planning to enter these contests now. Entry forms for all contests can be found at http://www.atpi.org/contests/.

Other ATPI Opportunities

�IMAGEMAKERATPI

IMAGEMAKER TEAMDue May 2, 2015

http://atpi.org/imagemaker/

Texas Imagemaker selections are based on awards students have received in state and national photography contests. There is no fee for entering.

For 2014-2015, the ATPI Board has changed the procedures for applying for the Imagemaker Team. As long as a) more than one school participates in a contest; and b) both the entry rules and the list of winners are available online on a public website, the contest can be included on the application. ATPI will require entrants to include the URLs on the entry forms with the student’s name easily identified on the list of winners.

The points will be awarded as indicated on the website — http://www.atpi.org/imagemaker/.

HAL FULGHAM SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP PORTFOLIO

Due April 25, 2015http://atpi.org/fulgham/

$1000 for first place, $500 for second placeand $250 for third place

Portfolios will compete in either a fine art or a photojournalism category, which must be indicated on the entry form. $5 entry fee per portfolio.

Portfolio Requirements:• Sponsoring instructor must be a Texas ATPI member• The portfolio should show consistency and reflect the student’s

personal vision or style. Students may only receive one scholarship award. The student does not have to major in photography in college to receive the Hal Fulgham scholarship.

TOP PROGRAM PORTFOLIO CONTESTDue April 25, 2015

http://atpi.org/topprogram/

The Top Program will be awarded to the school with the highest number of winning portfolios, with four points awarded for a first place portfolio in each category, three points for second place, two points for third place and one point for honorable mention. Sponsoring teacher must be a Texas member of ATPI.

Schools enter portfolios in up to four of the following categories:• Documentary/Photojournalism • Architecture• Landscape/Nature • Sports• Portrait • Still Life• Thematic

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RISING STAR PORTFOLIO CONTESTDue April 25, 2015

http://atpi.org/risingstar/Co-sponsor: PhotoVideo.edu (The MAC Group)

Designed for schools that don’t feel ready for the Top Program portfolio contest, this contest provides an opportunity for schools to compete in a school portfolio contest just for them. $10 entry fee per portfolio; $20 maximum. Winning school will receive a lighting kit and a workshop with Tony Corbell to learn how to use it at the school’s site.

Schools enter portfolios in three of the following categories:• Documentary/Photojournalism • Architecture• Landscape/Nature • Sports• Portrait

for future educators

Sharon JacobusMemorial Scholarship

SHARON JACOBUS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPDue April 25, 2015

http://atpi.org/jacobus/$500 for first place

For future educators, this scholarship is available to a Texas graduating senior. Applicants submit written and photographic materials and are expected to show registration into a program of teacher preparation to receive the cash scholarship. Co-sponsored by Arlington Camera.


DEANNE BROWNPresident

Westlake High [email protected]

MICHAEL PEÑAVice President

Deer Park High [email protected]

SUE JETTSecretary

Churchill High [email protected]

CRAIG COYLEPast President

Martin High [email protected]

LEAH WATERSContest Committee ChairCreekview High School

[email protected]

ANDREA NEGRINewsletter EditorAlief Hastings HS

[email protected]

BRADLEY WILSONSenior Consultant

Midwestern State [email protected]

MARK MURRAYExecutive Director

Arlington [email protected]

CreditsCO-SPONSORED BY

The University of Texas at ArlingtonArt & Art History Department

Robert Hower, professor and chairpersonKenda North

DOOR PRIZESAdobeBalfourJostens

THANKS TOFaculty, staff and students of the University of Texas

at Arlington Art & Art History DepartmentOur special guest Brenda Hipsher

from PhotoVideo.edu.Drew Hendrix, Red River Paper

And thanks to John Dryk, Mitchell Franz and Trey Grissom for their overall assistance.

ATPI OfficersBrown | Peña | Jett | Coyle | Waters | Wilson | Murray

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PHOTOVIDEOEDU is a special program for college and university students and educators in all schools. High school students who register online at PhotoVideoEDU.com will be extended the opportunity to take advantage of special discounts usually reserved for college students. Just visit PhotoVideoEDU at the event on Saturday to secure your eligibility through July 31, 2015. This special offer is made to attendees of

ATPI Winter Conference as a way to support aspiring photographers who are still in high school.


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C-3D-2D-2D-1E-1F-2F-4E-5E-6F-6F-5G-5G-6

F1F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12UCHF13F15F16F17F48

B-4C-2C-2D-2E-2D-3D-4E-5F-2E-2E-2F-4E-1G-5G-5G-5

BookstoreCampus CtrDavis HallEngineeringAnnexGarageNeddermanDrive4648(Daycare Parking)

F-2D-3D-4E-2

E-4

E-4G-5G-5

SMART Smart Hospital D-4

ARC

SMART

ARC Amphibian & Reptile Research Ctr B-5

ERB Engineering Research Building E-2

SC:C-1

WDB

WDB Wade Building G-1

UH:E-4

THE GREEN AT

COLLEGE PARK

PARK CENTRAL(Under

Construction)

COLLEGEPARK

CENTER(Under

Construction)

PARK NORTH

PARK SOUTH(Under

Construction)

CN

CS

38

UCH

F5

F6

26

56

51

34

F17F16

46

F48

Rev: 08/11

FAFine Arts Building

The University of Texasat Arlington

PARKING is available on campus on the weekends in any spot not marked “At All Times” or “Handicapped Only.”

BUSSES must park at the parking lot on the south side of Maverick Stadium on Mitchell, west of Davis Drive.

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MACMaverick

Activities Center

2015 ATPI Winter Conference Program

Documents

Transcript of 2015 ATPI Winter Conference Program