Ellen Anon

“Giving Voice To Your Vision.”
Sponsored by HUNT’S PHOTO AND VIDEO

Friday Evening

Friday, 7:00 pm, Golden Horseshoe Competition
CASCADE BALLROOM
Approximately 7:30 pm, to follow Golden Horseshoe Competition

There are all sorts of reasons why we all picked up a camera for the first time and then one day discovered we have trouble putting it down.  And although we may photograph very different subject matter using all sorts of techniques, at some point our photos express part of who we are.  Many, even most of us may not be able to quickly articulate our “vision” or even be aware that we have a vision (heck, I just like to take pictures, I don’t have a vision! …) In this talk I’ll share some thoughts about my vision and why you might discover that you do indeed have a vision, how to identify it, and some ways to express it.
Friday Special Breakout Session   3:00-4:30 pm    CASCADE BALLROOM

Ellen Anon- “Understanding Visual Intensity; The Key to Making Better Images in Camera and in the Digital Darkroom”

Most photographers are able to identify images they like and others that they don’t, but often they’re not sure why they prefer one image over another.

As such, they don’t know what changes they should make to their images, both while composing the images while shooting and later with software on the computer, to make them pop. Some may take a hit or miss approach while others try to rigidly apply traditional rules they’ve encountered along the way, with varying degrees of success.  In this lecture Ellen explains the basic principles of what she and her son call Visual Intensity, and how to easily use these principles to improve your images.

Bio:

Ellen is a freelance photographer and writer who specializes in expressive photography. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and while practicing as a psychologist, began working part time in photography co-leading workshops, writing articles, editing and authoring books and gradually evolved into a full time professional photographer in the mid 1990′s.

Ellen’s images, based on nature, are sometimes realistic and sometimes abstract but always designed to elicit emotional reactions from the viewer. Her goal with her photographs is to go beyond the ordinary in ways that hopefully stimulate others to pause and appreciate some of the beauty and wonder of our earth that balances some of the stress of everyday life. Ellen’s images are included in collections in several countries and her photos have been showcased in galleries, used in numerous publications (including Sierra Club’s “Mother Earth” and Inner Reflections calendars), as well as stock.

Ellen Anon is one of the co-authors of Photoshop CS5 for Nature Photographers; A Workshop in a Book, (Sybex, 2010) and Aperture 3; Portable Genius (Wiley, 2010) both written with her son, Josh Anon. She leads both photographic and Photoshop or Aperture oriented workshops. She is a featured speaker at various events and has also created video training materials.  Ellen is an active member of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and an instructor for their high school scholarship program. She is also a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). Ellen is on the Apple’s Aperture Advisory Panel and is part of NIK Software’s Team NIK and the SanDisk Extreme Team
www.ellenanon.com