{"id":4488,"date":"2014-01-12T21:14:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:14:59","slug":"1040-learning-how-to-photograph-events-for-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/1040-learning-how-to-photograph-events-for-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"#1040 Learning how to Photograph Events for the Workplace"},"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\/2014\/01\/12\/1040-learning-how-to-photograph-events-for-the-workplace\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/20120515CACDSOttawaAftA-3437.jpg\" alt=\"event photography\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographing key-note speeches<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Years ago<\/em> a government communications staff member lamented about the quality of photos she had to deal with in her work. She admitted photos often came from staff with intentions better than their photo skills &#8211; the reality being there was not always a budget to hire a working photographer.<\/p>\n<p>She suggested we offer a <strong><em>photo course for communications staff<\/em><\/strong> that would help people get better pictures of their work events&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; And <a title=\"Photography for Communications Professionals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops-courses\/photography-for-communications-professionals\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fphotography-for-communications-professionals%2F','photo+for+Communications+Professionals')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fphotography-for-communications-professionals%2F','Photography+for+Communications+Professionals')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Photography for Communications Professionals<\/em><\/a> was developed. We have run this course for many, many organizations including Carleton University, Ottawa Airport, Library and Archives Canada, Passport Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The one day photo class includes material from:<br \/>\n\u2022 <a title=\"digital fundamentals photography class\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops-courses\/creative-fundamentals\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fcreative-fundamentals%2F','digital+fundamentals+photography+class')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Fundamentals<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a title=\"portrait photography class\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops-courses\/natural-light-portraits\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fnatural-light-portraits%2F','portrait+photography+class')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Light Portraits<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 years of shooting events<br \/>\nand packages it in a format geared to communications staff from government and large organizations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/20120508CBSA-Nexus-1366.jpg\" alt=\"Event photography course Ottawa\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographing podium speeches<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Format<\/strong><br \/>\n1. There is a<strong><em> classroom section<\/em><\/strong> covering equipment, theory and challenges like consent forms.<br \/>\n2. A hands-on,\u00a0<em><strong>practical session<\/strong><\/em> gives participants a safe environment to develop skills photographing:<br \/>\n\u2022 staff portraits<br \/>\n\u2022 podium speeches<br \/>\n\u2022 tricky lighting scenarios typical of events<br \/>\n\u2022 with and without the use of flash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Photography for Communications Professionals is the perfect length, perfect structure, and perfect information for government photographers. One of the best teachers I\u2019ve ever experienced.<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\nA.P.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<br \/>\n<\/strong>This course is offered as a class and as a <a title=\"Custom Photo Courses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops-courses\/custom-photo-courses\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fcustom-photo-courses%2F','Custom+Photo+Courses')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom course<\/a> for individuals or groups.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Group Course:<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, March 19; 8:30-4:30<br \/>\nLocation:<br \/>\n\u2022 Morning: Classroom to be determined<br \/>\n\u2022 Afternoon: On Location shooting in central Ottawa\/Hull<br \/>\n$600\/person + any location costs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Custom Course<\/strong><br \/>\nAvailable anytime schedules permit.<br \/>\nOne person; full day: $775\u00a0<em>+ any location costs<\/em><br \/>\nGroups &#8211; please contact us for pricing<br \/>\nLocation: Anything is possible. We can meet at your location or we can arrange locations.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"photo for Communications Professionals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops-courses\/photography-for-communications-professionals\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fphotography-for-communications-professionals%2F','photo+for+Communications+Professionals')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops-courses%2Fphotography-for-communications-professionals%2F','Photography+for+Communications+Professionals')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Join us! Register online at the bottom of this link.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/newsletter\/Background.jpg\" alt=\"Event photography\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographing in tricky lighting conditions<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Years ago a government communications staff member lamented about the quality of photos she had to deal with in her work. She admitted photos often came from staff with intentions better than their photo skills &#8211; the reality being <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/1040-learning-how-to-photograph-events-for-the-workplace\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2014%2F01%2F12%2F1040-learning-how-to-photograph-events-for-the-workplace%2F','Continue+reading+%26rarr%3B')\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[68,276,1,266],"tags":[81,90,13,97,62,85,296,11,54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4488"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}