10:00 am
March 7th
Starbucks
Jackson & Wabash
Chicago, IL.
The Chicago/Midwest ASMP Communications Committee is looking for a few good volunteers. We will be meeting to discuss ways to improve getting the word out to our membership as well as potential new members using…
Email
Direct Mail
Chapter Newsletter
Web site’s blog & online calendar
LinkedIn
Facebook
This meeting is open to all ASMP members
RSVP via email to vrbuzard@hotmail.com
Tuesday morning, March 3rd, at 10am. It’ll be at Caffe de Luca, 1721 N Damen
Ave, 60647
Tuesday April 7, 2009
7pm to 9pm
Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash
8th floor
Chicago, Il
Do you panic when you have to discuss money with a client? Do you talk too fast, ramble or sound indignant? Do you give in too fast to a lower price or broad licensing terms?
Join Blake Discher for his highly acclaimed “Strictly Business 2” lecture on how to win jobs. Blake will teach you the steps to become a top negotiator. This critical skill can change your business in the most profound way — more and better work! Blake will walk you through real world scenarios, show you how to listen and talk to prospects turning them into loyal clients.
Seminar topics:
Learn how to prepare for a negotiation.
Researching the client.
Increasing your clout.
Listening skills.
When is it time to walk away?
The follow-up is critical.
Door Prizes
A copy of Microsoft Expression Media (a $299 value)
A copy of The ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography book
Registration options
Costs
$35.00—ASMP Member
$60.00—Non-member
$50.00—Professional Association member*
$0.00—Special price for students and faculty of the academic institution donating meeting space for this seminar*
$20.00—Student*
Posted by Von R Buzard
Thursday March 19, 2009
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Buy Tickets
200 West Madison, Rm 106
Chicago, IL
Are your clients asking for more and paying less? Are your costs increasing? Are you struggling with how to determine your fees? And, what about talking to clients about price?
Door Prizes
A copy of Microsoft Expression Media (a $299 value)
A copy of Photo Price Guide from Hindsight (a $99 value)
A copy of METAmachine from Hindsight (a $49 value)
A copy of the ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography book
Costs
$35.00—ASMP Member
$60.00—Non-member
$50.00—Professional Association member*
$0.00—Special price for students and faculty of the academic institution donating meeting space for this seminar*
$20.00—Student*
Posted by Von R Buzard
Monday Mar 9 7PM
The Apple Store
679 North Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL
Gary Cialdella will discuss his new book
�The Calumet Region: An American Place�
jointly published by the University of Illinois Press and the Brauer Musuem.
Once a dominant region for steel production and oil refining the Calumet Region has been described as a bewilderingly complex place. The region, which includes south Chicago and northwest Indiana, is intertwined with numerous communities and industries bordering the natural setting of Lake Michigan. The Lake�s expanse is both the actual and symbolic antidote to this aging industrial landscape. The photographs address the drama and contrast of the region, the use and misuse of land, and the working class neighborhoods of these older communities.
Gary Cialdella earned his MFA from the University of Notre Dame and MA in history from Western Michigan University. He is a professional photographer and educator. Gary�s work is exhibited widely, including the Art Institute of Chicago, and is included in private and corporate collections, most notably LaSalle Bank.
http://www.garycialdella.com
Posted by Von R Buzard
Originall posted: Friday, May 30, 2008
Joanne Carney at the Apple Store
679 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
May 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM
We kicked off this year’s ASMP Speaker Series at the Apple Store with Joanne Carney and William Drake. Thank you to everyone who attended – we had a great turnout!
Joanne Carney is a commercial photographer with 30 years of experience in advertising and design. She describes photography as the vehicle with which we can “create reality the we way we see it ” More specifically, advertising portrays to viewers a “potential life experience.”
Joanne came to photography after experience as a director in theatre. Early in her career as a photographer, her work was mainly studio-oriented. In 1993, she met her husband, architectural photographer William Drake, and they have been traveling together ever since. Joanne likens taking pictures in a foreign place with being an ambassador. When she photographs portraits, she always makes sure that her models are conscious of the fact that the photo is being taken, and that they receive compensation. Something she learned from her travels is to always synchronize the time on her digital cameras – it makes it so much easier to organize her photographs later!
Architectural photographer William Drake shoots on a Kodachrome 64, even though there is only one lab in the US that processes this film. In Bill’s experience, film has richer color and gradations than digital. He describes India as having incredible light, which provides a “highly photographable atmosphere.” He and Joanne traveled all over the country, photographing temples, baths, sculptures and structures left over from British colonization. Many of their most interesting photographers were taken after they left their tour guide and ventured out on their own. Visiting villages not often visited by tourists, they created vibrant portraits of temples, markets and other public places. Some of their photographs show of the textures and vibrant colors of laundry, umbrellas and trees.
Joanne captured the weekly markets as well as the tea growing, rice and silkworm industries. She was amazed that houses were made out of any imaginable material. Many housing structures were erected at jobsites, designed to be shelters for workers who travel from place to place. “It was like the Three Little Pigs,” she said. “A house made of straw right next to one of wood and one of brick.”
YiRan Liu
Originally Posted: Monday, April 07, 2008
Long time ASMP member, photographer and editor Al DeBat past away March 30. The obituary below was written by his jounalist brother Don (the obituary continues on one of my sites)
Al DeBat, photo journalist and world traveler, dies at 76
Alfred Louis DeBat was an international photography expert, photo journalist, bon-vivant and world traveler who circled the globe several times in career and leisure-time adventures that saw him tour more than 175 countries on all five continents.
Mr. DeBat has long been recognized as a leading authority on digital imaging and traditional photography. He served as Editor-in-Chief of several prominent national publications, including Digital Imaging Digest, Professional Photographer, Photomethods, and Creative Camera.
Working as globetrotting professional magazine photographer for several years, Mr. DeBat also wrote travel articles for Crossroads Magazine and other publications. He was a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Sought-after as a digital expert, Mr. DeBat most recently served as Technical Editor for major book publishers and has edited several digital imaging and photography volumes.
He was also the editor of the local American Society of Media Photographers, Chicago/Midwest, publication, The Loupe, which won first prize several years for best chapter publication. He was senior editor of the Photo Marketing Association International’s photo information website: http://www.Prints-Are-Memories.com.
“Whether it was sailing off to the Far East on a tramp steamer, trekking through the jungles of Cambodia to photograph fabled temples at Ankor Wat, or scaling the peaks of Nepal, young Al DeBat – like his hero Ernest Hemingway – was always with passport and on the move,” said Don DeBat, his brother.
Mr. DeBat, 76, who died on Sunday, March 30, 2008, in hospice at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, IL, proudly displayed a world map in his home that pinpointed his travels – from Africa, China, Afghanistan, and Tahiti to Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Tibet. (continued)
I knew Al when he edited the chapter publication The Loupe in the mid and late nineties. He was a dedicated editor and a good friend. I learned many things from him.
Frank McMahon
Originally Posted: Sunday, March 09, 2008
On Thursday April 3, 5 – 8pm. at Calumet Photographic, 1111 N. Cherry Avenue, Chicago there will be a presentation by the Rizhao Photographer group. The text below is from the announcement of the event on the Calumet Photographic Web site
Spreading Sunshine in China:
An Unforgettable Journey for Chicago Photographers
It may seem like a pilot for a reality TV show: 10 seasoned ASMP photographers (nine from Chicago) are invited by the Shandong Provincial government to document the eastern coast port city of Rizhao in China for seven days. During this whirlwind one-week experience, the photographers immersed themselves in the mysterious culture, the rich history and the industrious people of Rizhao which means “Sunshine.” Each evening, these seasoned pros shared their work with each other for open and honest critiques. Fueled by these new discoveries and insights, the self nicknamed “Sunshiners” hit the streets creating high-quality, beautiful images that grew more incredible as each day passed. What started as an once-in-a-lifetime trip to photograph, evolved into an unforgettable journey to grow as photographers with the resounding support of a community.
During this open forum, the group will share its images from the journey along with stories and insights. There will be time for questions and answers about the trip and about the ASMP. Delicious Chinese edibles will be prepared by Calumet”s neighbor Kendall College.
The Sunshiners include: Elie Berkman, Dirk Fletcher, Frank McMahon, Eric Futran, Lee Balgemann, David Seide, Marc Hauser, Sylvia Plachy, Ron Gould and Karen Hirsch.
Please call us at 1.800.CALUMET (225.8638) to register for this seminar and refer to item number ZSSMCH1365
For more information on the Rizhao, China Photographer Group
Karen King
Calumet Photographic
Originally Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Early ASMP member Archie Lieberman passed away last week.
Archie Lieberman, 81, passed away on March 13. He was born and raised in Chicago and attended the Chicago Institute of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. During World War ll he served as Marine combat photographer in the Pacific.
He was a photojournalist for magazines, advertising agencies, corporations, including extensive work for Look Magazine between 1952 and 1972.
He was the author of, or photographer for, over 20 books and his work was exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the country and abroad. He won many awards, including five from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Friends of Literature, Society of Professional Journalist and an honorary Doctorate from the University of Dubuque, where he taught “Powerful Ideas in Photography”. He also taught photography classes at Columbia College, Chicago, and Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
Though he traveled widely, he was happiest at his farm in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, his home for the last 25 years. He documented farm life there with his books “Farm Boy” and “Neighbors”.
His work has been memorialized at archielieberman.com .
Archie said he knew me since I was in diapers. I remember him from a bit later. I said to his son Bob in an email “Taking pictures I always wondered what Archie would think of this. He got me my first intern job in photography.” Bob replied that Archie would say we make pictures not take them. Archie’s perspective was that of an earthy photographic reality. I suppose it is no accident that my home is near where the Farm Boy and Archie lived.
Frank McMahon
Originally Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Pictures from a Chicago Landmark, Maxwell Street. Here is a Web essay on old Chicago landmark in a new place, Maxwell Street on Canal, http://frankmcmahon.com/maxwellstreet/maxwellstreet.htm. Some information about the new Maxwell Street – http://www.openair.org/maxwell/newmax.html (This is being sent via email to CHIMW Blog and then automatically posted — the message below is better formatted using the desk top client)
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Pictures from a Chicago Landmark, Maxwell Street
Here is a Web essay on old Chicago landmark in a new place, Maxwell Street on Canal.
About the new Maxwell Street – http://www.openair.org/maxwell/newmax.html
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