Valerie Jardin - France/USA

Street Photography: First Steps & Beyond

Bio
Valérie Jardin is a French photographer, currently residing in the United States. She is self-taught and worked for several years as a commercial photographer. Today, Valérie is known internationally through her workshops. When she is not teaching others the art of visual storytelling, Valérie is a prolific author, a speaker, and a podcast producer of the bi-weekly show Hit The Streets with Valérie Jardin. She is also an official X-Photographer for Fujifilm USA. She lives and breathes in pixels.

Street Photography : First steps and beyond
In this presentation Valérie will give an overview of the different ways to approach street photography. She will go over the ethical aspect of this popular genre of photography, the do’s & don’ts and how to get over the fear of photographing strangers in the streets. Through examples from her body of work, Valerie will show you different techniques to tell a story in a frame and ways to make stronger street photographs. You will leave this presentation with a renewed vision.

Contact Details
www.valeriejardin.com

Instagram
www.instagram.com/valeriejardin/

Charli Savage - Australia

Strangeworld

Bio
Charli Savage is an emerging Australian based, self-taught photographer known for her story-telling imagery.  She purchased her first camera in mid-2018 and after a few months started looking for ways to tell stories through her imagery, and discovered the world of conceptual photography.
Her work is surreal, outstanding and fresh. Charli taught herself how to use photoshop, applying textures to her images to create a weathered and painterly feel. She uses a mixture of herself and models as her subjects, building her own props and spending countless hours roaming through op shops to find the perfect outfit.
She has created a vast portfolio of timeless photographic art, usually based in strange, altered realities.

Strangeworld
Charli will share her journey, tools, provide tips and fascinating insights into her work as a creative photographer.   

Contact Details
www.strangeworldphotography.com.au

Social Media
@strangeworld.photography / @strangeworldportraits

Libby Jeffery - Australia

Create a Successful Photo Book

Bio
Libby co-founded Australia’s first print-on-demand photo book company, Momento, in 2004. Since then she has helped establish the Australia & New Zealand Photobook Awards and the APS Photobook Competition, as well as the first photo book festivals in the region - Photobook Melbourne and Photobook New Zealand. She regularly curates content and hosts events to enable photographers to design and self-publish successful books, and passionately promotes antipodean photo books to the local and international community.

Create a Successful Photo Book
Libby will enlighten us on how to create a successful photo book from concept through to design, print and self publishing. She'll offer up expert design tips, inspiring examples, and demonstrate how to layout a successful photo book using Momento's software.

Contact Details
www.momentopro.com.au

Greg Sullavan

AIPP M.Photog.

The Secrets of Outrageous Landscape Photography

Bio
Acclaimed photographic educator and award winning photographer, Greg Sullavan brings more than 25 years industry experience to create his stunning imagery. With the dynamic combination of technical expertise and creativity, Greg has inspired thousands to pursue their passion for artistic expression in his previous role as an ambassador for Canon Australia, with many becoming professionals in their own right.

A graduate of the Queensland College of Art, with a Bachelor of Visual Arts in photography, Greg is now the director of Sunburst Studio with his wife Marija, specialising in both photographic services, workshops and experiences.

The Secrets of Outrageous Landscape Photography
Amazing photography is accessible to everyone as the quality of cameras gets better at more affordable prices. How do you stand out from the crowd to get your photographs noticed? In his presentation Greg will share some of his tips to move beyond the boundaries of traditional photography and learn the art of outrageous landscape photography!

Contact Details
www.sunburststudio.com.au

Social Media
@SunburstStudioBrisbane 

Johan Botha - South Africa

MPSSA Hon FPSSA  FAPS  EFIAP  ARPS  EPSSA SPSA

Wildlife Photography my Way: Musts, Myths and Tips

Bio
Dr Johan Botha has been an active Wildlife photographer for 28 years in Africa, specifically South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania and he has also photographed extensively in Alaska, Antarctica, South America, Australia, Europe and the United States.

Category winner in both the UK Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition as well as a category winner in the Natures Best Magazine Competition in the USA. He was also honoured as South African Wildlife Photographer of the year.

Johan’s work has been widely published in various magazines, calendars etc .. and exhibited in South Africa, the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. He holds photographic honours from the national photographic societies in the countries of South Africa, UK, USA, Australia and Europe (FIAP). He has published two books on wildlife photography.

Wildlife Photography my Way: Musts, Myths and Tips
Successful wildlife photography means different things to different photographers. For some it is to get an image of a unique animal or bird. For others it is simply to get an image to post on Facebook or to use in a salon or to sell. For me it is to get an extraordinary wildlife image. Extraordinary is defined as the one or only of a kind or type or rare situation. Such images require very hard individual work and patience in the bush as well as knowledge of the wildlife behaviour, environmental conditions and equipment.  You must be able to apply this knowledge without really thinking (quickly). Only then will you be able to predict what is going to happen and to capture an extraordinary wildlife image. I will be discussing in my talk some musts, and myths in this regard and I give some tips to capture extraordinary wildlife images by sharing some examples.

Contact Details
www.johanjbotha.com

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