{"id":1532,"date":"2011-03-17T22:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T03:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:17:39","slug":"595-photography-for-communications-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/17\/595-photography-for-communications-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"#595 Photography for Communications Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/17\/595-photography-for-communications-professionals\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>There were some furrowed brows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then lightbulbs started popping.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And they finished the photography class with smiles (and better photos.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week we took a group of Ottawa based government communications staff through a photo class &#8211; <a title=\"Photo Course - government \" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/photography_for_communicators_workshop.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fphotography_for_communicators_workshop.htm','Photo+Course+-+government')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fphotography_for_communicators_workshop.htm','Photo+Course+-+government')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Photography for Communications Professionals<\/em><\/a> &#8211; to help them produce better work photos.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the participants were expected to provide good photos of events, meetings, press conferences as part of their jobs.<\/p>\n<p><em>That can be scary!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We started the day in <a title=\"Ottawa photo studio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.OttawaStudioWorks.com\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.OttawaStudioWorks.com%2F','Ottawa+photo+studio')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our studio<\/a> and finished with some practical shooting in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I very much enjoyed the Photography for Comms Professionals course. You were very conscious of the challenges faced by comms professionals and presented some great tips for getting around sticky situations&#8230;<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve covered <a title=\"Ottawa event photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/537-assignment-spotlight\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F10%2F24%2F537-assignment-spotlight%2F','Ottawa+event+photography')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events in Ottawa<\/a> for years &#8211; communications staff benefit!<\/p>\n<p>Our <a title=\"Photo Course - government\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/photography_for_communicators_workshop.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fphotography_for_communicators_workshop.htm','Photo+Course+-+government')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fphotography_for_communicators_workshop.htm','Photo+Course+-+government')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next session<\/a> is in November, 2011.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa event photogaphy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/Alfredsson.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa event photogaphy\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event Photography - Daniel Alfredsson celebrates Royal Ottawa Hospital&#39;s 100th anniversary<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet There were some furrowed brows. 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