Category Archives: Industry Trade Shows

Interview with Copyright Alliance

We interviewed Rachel Kim of Copyright Alliance non-profit to gain understanding of the services offered. We found them at the 2023 PPA Conference, Imaging USA held in Nashville.

Their Washington, D.C. based free service supports creatives across a wide spectrum. Lately on their newsletter via my email inbox, they have been tackling the AI sector that is sweeping industries with new challenges. Within their WEBINARS they are “The Unified Voice of the Copyright Community!”

I believe once you dive in to the website and newsletter topics, you will be immersed into learning things that surprise you and give you power to protect your work.

Photo Communiqué fully supports the mission!
Join the movement at Copyright Alliance
#Unite4Copyright

Apologies for the lighting, it was in the EXPO space and I felt it was important to make this interview, so in order to sync up to an available lavalier, I used my ‘vintage’ iPod 5 for the audible portion.

Here is the front and back of the card Rachel is holding.

A 15 second video is a sampling of the tabs detailing what
is offered for members joining in at Copyright Alliance. [ click arrow ]

“We are a non-profit organization advocating and educating about copyright law.”

_ Rachel Kim

Portrait Designer, community builder & teacher in the photographic arts. Publisher of Photo Communiqué. PhotoCoteries is Lori’s travel division bringing photographers around the world to create their next body of work.

Lori Patrick

Create NYC 2022

This is NOT your Daddy’s PhotoPlus Expo

This conference was put on hold until 2023 while they work out more details

THIS is what’s now, THIS is what’s next in image making.

It’s a trade-show conference you can wrap your head around and CREATE the vision your camera is looking for.

THIS is Create NYC, a 3 day creator festival at the Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn, NY. #CNYC22

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We have all experienced a shift in the industry in the past few years, much was inevitable. All the while, what we know as professional studio photographers, journalists, image makers is still highly viable. PhotoPlus intelligently is expanding into what’s next, what’s now… It’s an exciting approach that is all inclusive with fresh faces and views that will shape the future of where the camera takes us next. It is a storytelling approach and journey that was always apparent, but now we get to level up! I even have a little hashtag on social media when referring to some of my own projects of the past. #itsthestoryilove. Do you?

In today’s world of photography, videography and imagery take on meaning in much more spaces than client or commercial studio work, journalism, editorials and beyond. We have seen an influx of content creators, influencers and the like. Most of the social media platforms have added this genre style of content creation and are paying for creatives to feed their platforms. What does that tell you? This conference will stand up to the need for educating, helping, supporting and sharing resources to make it all tick for creators in the world of image culture.

So then, if you are ready to shake it off and open your mind, look at some of these excerpts from the new vision of PhotoPlus… Create NYC. I hope to see you at the festival!
Get your updates here.

“The decision to reimagine PhotoPlus into Create NYC was in response to demand from a rapidly growing emerging creator community”

Create NYC Show Director / Joseph Kowalsky

Article Contributor / Lori Patrick

WPPI Learning Headshots Class 2016

Lori Patrick is teaching the hands on class
Learning Headshots for WPPI in LasVegas

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What will you learn:

This is a class where you are the model and photographer.

Lori will lead a discussion about capturing for intention, posing, cropping and more. We will then jump into grabbing a partner and take turns shooting each other. Expect to work with more than one partner. The more you do, the better you will come to understanding both sides of the lens. Lori will work the room to coach and view back of camera images and give direction. This will be fast paced. Switch sides or partners within 10 minutes. Like a school dance, cut in.

Join our … The Headshot with Lori Patrick group on FaceBook.

Feel free to share your images with your partners to use in social media. These classes are fun and new friendships are formed. Support each other.

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What to bring:

Your DSLR and favorite portrait lens.  I will suggest a 50mm or 85mm. I would like to see you shooting at f8 as an average for crisp images and we will find natural light. There will be a few portable backdrops available.

Bring business cards to share with your shooting partners for sharing purposes. Those utilizing model releases, do so after the walk to save time. Please drop a business card with Lori as well.

Our class is early, 8:30 AM, so dress for the day, with a shirt or top that you would want your headshot taken in. Get your beauty / handsome sleep.

The objective is to learn directing, posing and expression for a client’s headshot intention in this class.

I look forward to our PhotoWalk. This is my favorite way to teach.

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A special shout out to some supporting vendors.

Westcott  the loan of an X backdrop for demonstration

ThinkTank Photo  a welcome gift 

Spider Holster  pro demo support

Finao Albums  a welcome gift

Hands On! See you there.

We meet in hallway 106 100 in the conference center.

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WPPI Learning Headshots Class 2015

Lori Patrick is teaching the hands on class

Learning Headshots for WPPI in LasVegas 

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What will you learn:

This is a class where you are the model and photographer. 

Lori will lead a discussion about capturing for intention, posing, cropping and more. We will then jump into grabbing a partner and take turns shooting each other. Expect to work with more than one partner. The more you do, the better you will come to understanding both sides of the lens.  Lori will work the room to coach and view back of camera images and give direction. This will be fast paced. Switch sides or partners within 10 minutes. Like a school dance, cut in.                            

You want to then go home and edit these images for critique in a special file in The Headshot with Lori Patrick group on FaceBook by Lori. Feel free to share your images with your partners to use in social media. These classes are fun and new friendships are formed. Support each other.

 

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What to bring:

Your DSLR and favorite portrait lens. Since bokeh isn’t the lesson in this class I will suggest a 50mm or 85mm.  I would like to see you shooting at f8 as an average for crisp images. I will have 2 Westcott IceLights for demo purposes and portability and we will find natural light. There will be a few portable backdrops available.

Bring business cards to share with your shooting partners for sharing purposes. Those utilizing model releases, do so after the walk to save time.

Our class is early, 8:30 AM, so dress for the day, with a shirt or top that you would want your headshot taken in. Get your beauty / handsome sleep. 

The objective is to learn directing, posing and expression for a client’s headshot intention in this class. 

I look forward to our PhotoWalk. This is my favorite way to teach.

A special shout out to some supporting vendors. 

Westcott for the loan of 2 IceLights for demonstration.

Fotodiox Pro for the loan of pop up backdrops for headshot shooting.

ThinkTank Photo for a welcome gift.

Shoot Proof for a welcome gift.

Hands On!  See you there.

Find STUDIO B on the map! See arrow.

That is our meeting point. We will go to the location from there. 

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Here are some behind the scenes from a similar venue in October 2014.                                         

 

In 1983 Lori Patrick began her studies and practice of photography with NYIP. Lori started producing headshots in 2006 for a newspaper covering arts and entertainment. She is a creator and community builder of some popular facebook teaching groups with over 25,000 in membership, including The Headshot with Lori Patrick. From this experience she has curated Photo Communiqué a working photographers education site. Lori believes that most anyone can use a good headshot these days as we are seeing the shift from print to fast paced online needs, everything from websites to LinkedIn and beyond. Due to this, we have an unlimited bread and butter client base that leads to great relationships which could turn into other specialty portrait needs by your studio. In her Hands On Headshot Classes, everyone experiences shooting and directing and then becomes the subject as well. Lori shares insight on how to find clients along with posing and getting the right expression for the intent of the session. 

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