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Welcome
 to our ninth Images Newsletter!
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Wow! Since the last issue in October we have completely reorganzized our stock photography collection. See the major article on Stock Photography in this newsletter for details. To view our new published collection click here. We have major travel plans to South America, Greece and Turkey in 2007. Watch for new travel and cruising life images...  the Editor    

May 16-June 5/07 Photo Tour to the Greek Islands and Turkey   
  
    Mykonos                   Ephesus

Focus on the Greek Islands and Turkey  a photo oriented & escorted tour with Great Expeditions  for point and shoot and SLR  amateur and travel photographers. Click here for more details.  Meet the tour leaders, David & Anna Smith, for a slide and multi-media presentation on the Greek Islands and Turkey Tour departing on May 16th for 21 days.
Wednesday, Feb. 7th - 7:30 p.m. - Great Expeditions' office
Monday, Feb. 19th - 10:00 a.m. - Oakridge Senior Centre
Tuesday Feb. 20th - 3:15 p.m. - Kerrisdale Senior Centre
RSVP 604-257-2040.

Need a Guest Speaker?  Our talks on digital and travel photography include multimedia presentations that inform, entertain and inspire all audiences. Private, travel industry, camera club and association enquiries welcome.  Contact us 

 PRIVATE TUTORING AND ASSISTANCE WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

We are available for private and small group training or custom tutoring sessions at your location, at our Gastown, downtown Vancouver studio or at our digital darkroom studio in West Vancouver, BC.  Need help in learning and using your digital camera?  Organizing image workflow? Setting up studio lighting systems?  Moving from amateur to pro Photographer?  Stock Photography?  Photoshop techniques? Producing multimedia slide shows?  Photo planning for a trip?  Help is at hand!!  Contact

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This newsletter is produced solely by and all its images are copyrighted or licensed by David Smith and Image by Interface unless otherwise indicated. Images and content from and referring to other web sites are copyrighted by their owners. All rights reserved. Copyright notice.

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Quotes & Stuff

David's Quote of the Day...

"Read your manual and delete your bad pictures makes for a better photographer - guaranteed!" ... David Smith www.imagebyinterface.com 

Order our new Tutorial CD "Digital &  Travel Photography - Explained" - presentation content from over 24 hours of instruction for beginner & intermediate photographers plus software!  For info

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 Stock Photography

Photo Buyers? Please contact us to acquire or license images

Browse or purchase our stock images at the following stock photo agencies:                      

  TSSphoto.com

 

Travel travel-images.com - the world for your eyes - image library Images

 

Stock photography by David+Smith at Alamy

 

 

 

More of Our Image Galleries

Petra in a glamorous wedding dress from our Wedding Gallery  

 

Dr. Hansford in his Kamloops ValleyView Dental offices (Smile Kamloops )  from our Portrait Gallery

 

The Bayhsore Inn from our Commercial Gallery

 

 

Ellen in a fasjion hairshoot from our Portrait Gallery

 

Pianist Robert Silverman and friends from our Editorial Gallery

 

 

 

December 27, 2006 

IN THIS ISSUE:

SEASONS GREETINGS
 
 
             
        Seasons Greetings from                         Actually, we would rather be here!!
            Image by Interface
                                                                                        ...Happy New Year from David & Anna Smith
 

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PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS              

David Smith continues his popular series of digital photography classes at the Surrey Art Gallery (full day Sunday classes) and West Vancouver's Ferry Building Gallery ( 2 x evening classes per classs) in early 2007. Please note that all scheduled classes in January 2007 have been postponed to February 2007.

Introductory/Beginner level, Intermediate level, Image Editing and Sharing and a new class entitled Hands-On Digital Photography with an equipment demo emphasis have been scheduled.  Some classes sell out quickly or have limited enrollment so be sure to register early. Details and registration details for classes and lectures  from February 1 to March 31 are below. To see our current schedule of digital photography classes and course details, major lectures and how to register (check back often for updates) click here

January 1 to  March 31, 2007

DATES IN 2007 

SUBJECT

 LOCATION/ INFO/ COST TO REGISTER
Feb. 4, 2007

 1  Sunday daytime  class

INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY/IMAGE EDITING - Level 2

 Surrey Art Gallery Surrey BC.   Full Day 9:30am-4pm  $52 Surrey Art Gallery 

604-501-5100

Course No. 494191

Revised date:

Feb. 6/8, 2007

2  Tues & Thur. evening  classes

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS

 Ferry Building, West Vancouver, BC

 2 eve. course $55 7-9:30pm

West Van City Hall 

604-925-7270 

Course No.341069

Revised date:

 Feb 11, 2007

 1  Sunday daytime  class

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS - Level 1

 Surrey Art Gallery Surrey BC.   Full Day 9:30am-4pm  $52 Surrey Art Gallery 

604-501-5100

Course No. 494189

Feb 15/22, 2007

 2  Thur. evening  classes

INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

 Ferry Building, West Vancouver, BC 

 2 eve. course $55 7-9:30pm

 West Van City Hall 

604-925-7270 

Course No 341071

Feb. 18, 2007

 1  Sunday daytime  class

 HANDS ON DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

 Surrey Art Gallery Surrey BC.   Full Day 9:30am-4pm  $52 Surrey Art Gallery 

604-501-5100

Course No. 494198

Mar 1/8, 2007

 2 Thur. evening classes

EDITING & SHOWING YOUR DIGITAL  IMAGES

 Ferry Building, West Vancouver, BC

 2 eve. course $55 7-9:30pm

 West Van City Hall 

604-925-7270 

Course No. 341073

March 11, 2007

1 Sunday daytime  class

 

  EDITING & SHOWING YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES 

 Surrey Art Gallery Surrey BC.   Full Day 9:30am-4pm  $52 Surrey Art Gallery 

604-501-5100

Course No. 494199

Mar 22/29, 2007

 2 Thur. evening classes

 HANDS ON DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

 Ferry Building, West Vancouver, BC

 2 eve. course $55 7-9:30pm

 West Van City Hall 

604-925-7270 

Course No 341074

To see our schedule of digital photography classes, lectures and courses after March 31, 2007 click here

PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION PRODUCTS

We have updated, again,  our popular Tutorial CD "Digital &  Travel Photography - Explained" to include additional content from our new classes (for a total of 25 hours of instruction) and much more evaluation and free software to help you learn and digital and travel photography. This new version CD, to be released on January 1, 2007, for Mac and PC's is now available. $Cdn 30.00.  For more information and to order click here

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Connecting Photographers

LOCAL PHOTO EVENTS (Vancouver, BC region)

Cycling Through South America: 10 000 km to Discover! A multi-media presentation

In October 2004, Josée Clermont set off to ride her bike alone through South America from Ushuaia, the most southerly city in the world, to Quito, Ecuador, a distance spanning halfway around the globe in an attempt to raise funds for The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Clermont cycled through some of earth’s most extreme environments in the Andes Mountains and in desert terrain. She also endured 104 km/h winds, political unrest, bandits, and sickness. For more information on the trip visit: www.trailswestonline.net/josee

Josée Clermont’s passion for cycle touring begun 9 years ago with a trip up the Dempster Highway, crossing the Arctic Circle to Inuvik. Since then, she was hooked! She pedaled across the desert in Australia, cycled in the Alps, through Laos and Vietnam, from Alaska to the Mexican border and most recently from Ushuaia, Argentina to Quito, Ecuador.

“Come and meet Josée Clermont whose energy, spirit, and physical stamina will surely become a source of inspiration and strength for you and your friends and family.” Christiane Boulet, librarian

Date: Tuesday January 23, 3007  7-9pm Place: Ferry Building Gallery. 1414 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver. Cost: $13.50 adults, $10.80 seniors/students Drop in or #339821.  Limited Seating REGISTER NOW by calling: 604-925-7270

Bolivia, The Jewel of South America, A multi-media presentation

Bolivia is the jewel of South America. It is the western hemisphere’s highest, most isolated, and most rugged nation. Did you know that Bolivia has the world's highest navigable lake as well as the largest salt lake? In addition to these geographical marvels, Bolivia has the biggest indigenous population of South America still preserving its native traditions.

Josée Clermont, has traveled many parts of the world by bicycle over the last ten years. Her most recent expedition consisted of a ten-month solo cycling trip across South America, during which she discovered an intense passion for climbing and trekking in Bolivia. Josee returned to Bolivia in the summer of 2006 for climbing. Josée wants to share her passion for this amazing country. Come and discover this still unspoiled exotic land.

Date: January 25, 2007, Sentinel High School, 1250 Chartwell Drive, West Vancouver 7:30 PM, doors will open at 7:00 PM. $10.00 per person, 10% of ticket sales will benefit the education fund of  the children of theIllampu

10th Annual Art Symposium & Marketplace

When: Feb 03, 2007 to Feb 03, 2007
Time: Workshops from 9 am to 4 pm Marketplace & Trade Fair from 1 pm to 4 pm
Where: John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 west 1st Street

David Smith will present a 3 hour workshop entitled Digital Photography for Artists on Saturday February 3, 2007 during  a full day event 9 am to 4 pm, John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First Street, North Van. The Arts & Culture Commission of North Vancouver is pleased to present its 10th annual   Art Symposium and Marketplace Event. For more info click here.

 

 

 

 

 

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STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Many enthusiast and professional photographers yearn for selling and publishing their images around the world. Almost all stock photo agencies now accept or require digital file submissions. The acquisition of a small Edmonton based micropayment stock agency iStockPhoto by the leading stock agency Getty Images for $50 Million earlier this year has raised the profile of the microstock channel option for digital photographers.  Photographers with 6 megapixel or more cameras are realzing that they meet the minimum technical specifications of some agencies and rush willynilly into the digital stock photo fray. Wow!   What fun!  Let's do it!       

Our image, left,  of the Seattle Space Needle at night was just sold for a US customer's trade show display by the UK based Alamy Images where 7,000 + photogs have images

The ease and excitement of uploading your digital files for instant financial gain needs to be moderated by simple facts. Are your images saleable and can you rise above the noise of many digital photographers selling many images through many agencies?  If you can establish a Getty or Corbis Images channel (they are THE dominant players) consider yourself a leading photog and lucky but expect to wait for the rewards which can be huge. Some photo agencies display their top sellers so you can see whats hot today.  IMHO the microstock agencies prey on the naivity of amateur photographers who get turned on by an image sale but forget that their commisson on $1 images is about $.20 and their revenue for their entire collection over a year might cover the cost of a memory card or two and if you are lucky - a small lens. Micro revenue for the photographer - a deal for the photo buyer and microstock agency.

Your editor has chosen a direct and multiple agency syndication strategy with mostly a cruising life, travel and lifetsyle/edgy theme with no exclusive arrangements (and no microstock channels) and it is working.  Typical image sales through these channels range from $US 200 to $US1,000 + with photographer commissions of 50% or more. We also use a channel called Photographers Direct which nets 80% to the photographer. The agencies that represent some of our collection are listed at the left of this newsletter. Our direct selling channel utilizes an archive management solution known as Digital Railroad. Click here for more information.  We are available to review photographers collections and provide recommendations and  a stock photo strategy.

Please visit our new archive collections with immediate download, light boxes & search capabilities c lick here  

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Samples from our Cruising Life Collection:

Mexican buffet on the pool deck aboard the Holland America cruise ship ms Veend...
(c)unknown
Cruise ship midnight dessert buffet on board the Holland America cruise ship ms...
Cruise ship midenight dessert buffet on board the Holland America cruise ship m...
Princess Cruises Coral Princess at the port of Acapulco
young woman cruise ship passenger on deck at the port of Acapulco, Mexico
Cruise ship passengers on outside deck of Holland America Cruise Line ship ms A...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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