SWPP & BPPA NEWSLETTER - February 19th 2007
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DIRTY DANCING WEDDING VIDEO SOARS TO TOP OF YOU TUBE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
LONDON – At their wedding, film producer James Derbyshire and photographer Julia Boggio recreated the dance from Dirty Dancing as their first dance.
Last week they uploaded it onto You Tube to show friends and family. Now, the video footage has soared to the top of You Tube and has gained the honour of being in the global top 50 most viewed and global top 100 most discussed submissions.
The footage came to the attention of the public in an article in the Metro last Friday. By nine o’clock Friday morning, Julia and James were contacted by ITV, Richard and Judy, and The Sun on-line.
The couple, fast approaching their second wedding anniversary, are finding the whole experience a little surreal. “I was sitting on the tube on Friday morning reading The Times,” says James, “when I looked over and saw the headline ‘The Wedding Prancer’ in the Metro. The girl was reluctant to trade papers with me at first, but when I pointed out the prancer was me, she was more than happy.”
On-line, the footage is currently ranked 81 in the most discussed section. Most of the comments have been positive, wishing the couple luck with married life and saying that their dance is better than “shuffling around…to Careless frickin Whisper.” Others have called it “utter self-indulgent crap.” James’ favourite comment calls him gay and warns his loved ones of the devastation he will cause when he finally admits it.
Friends of James and Julia are unsurprised by the media frenzy, as they are well known for their romantic gestures. “We’re talking about a couple that got engaged at Tiffanys in New York,” says their choreographer Stuart Burrows. “That story made the Wimbledon papers, I remember.”
That being said, this Valentine’s Day marks the first in two years that Julia and James are both in the same country. Two years ago, James was in Las Vegas for his stag do and, last year, Julia was travelling in Rwanda, shooting a photographic essay.
So what are they doing this year? “Hopefully seeing Dirty Dancing, the musical!” says Julia. Coincidentally, 2007 marks the 20th Anniversary of the film Dirty Dancing.
Images and video footage available to compliment story.
YOU TUBE LINK TO CURRENT NEWS COVERAGE – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTlHxHBzdQw
YOU TUBE LINK TO DIRTY DANCE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhlm9GTAQ0
Mentor Me At Focus on Imaging
Following the demand at the this years Convention we will be running one-to-one Mentor me sessions at Focus. It is essential that you book your time slot in advance to please telephone our office )01745 356935) to book
Either bring 10 x 8 prints or your images saved as jpegs 200 dpi on CD (20 max) and our team will give you valuable feedback on your work. Do keep to one subject matter as this helps the team build a better profile of your work.
Focus dates: 25th February - 28th February 2007. NEC Birmingham
Back to Back Seminars with Malcolm Mathieson and Martin Grahame-Dunn
Day 1 Malcolm Mathieson - Day 2 'Mentor Me' Marin Grahame-Dunn
Malcolm
Less than three years ago Malcolm changed direction and has built an entire business system from scratch The idea was to create a business where a photographer with the least possible outlay on equipment, no studio or premises and with the smallest of advertising and marketing budgets could make a great living and spend the majority of their time behind the camera not in the office Malcolm has vast experience in the photographic industry and this is you only chance to see him this year. Book now!.
Martin
The programme will cover the many Portrait style options in the UK marketplace. Later we will familiarise ourselves with basic lighting skills, learn how to pose individuals, couples and groups for optimum efficiency, take posing a little further and enter the world of animation and dynamics. Later in the day we will look at the area of 'Post Image Capture'. OK, so you have lots of delightful Portrait images, but do you really know how to present and sell them as well as you should? The final part of these courses are specifically designed to examine our presentation and sales techniques with critical attention drawn to final composition, output options, composite image design, appropriate media selection relative to subject matter and new product development. We will also examine the all-important areas of sales and marketing
SWPP & BPPA Members £50 Non Members £75 Per day
Discount for SWPP & BPPA members on DCP Roadshow
All members have to do is book on our the DCP site in the normal way when you get to the payment section enter the promo code and they receive a 25% SWPP Member discount.
Roadshow e-mailer as discussed, I have set up a discount promotional code: DCPSWPP07
End of the month draws closer for the print competition
As of the time of putting this newsletter together there have only been 711 entries for this month - so this indicates that many of our of you have not upload your images.
Do remember that there are now even more categories to enter, so check out: http://www.swpp.co.uk/comps.htm for the upload details.
More seminars arraigned for Ireland
Calibration
Colour settings, colour profiles, Adobe Gamma, White point, colour temperature, monitor resolution, monitor phosphors, electron ray gun
Photoshop masking
Layers, layers mask, layer set, adjustment layer, quickmasking, clone tool, pattern stamp tool, levels, curves, blending modes, customising workspace, history tool
Skin Tone Correction
Describe and explains the various factors involved in accurate skin colour reproduction
CS3 and Lightroom
See the latest tips and tricks from Photoshop's new software
25th March 2007 - Dublin
10 am - 4.30 pm
SWPP & BPPA Photographer of the Year 2005, Gordon will show you his inspiring approach to wedding photography
22nd April - Red Cow Dublin
10 am - 4.30 pm
Mike Williams to Lecture in Malta
Malta - Wedding and
Portraiture
Booking Form
Shoot out and digital workflow
10th & 11th March
Wedding Directory Listing
Following the excellent response that we have had through our wedding venue listing we are now able to take these pages to the next level.
By searching the pages you will see that we have well over 1000 venues listed. http://www.swpp.co.uk/wedding_venues/index.htm
We have asked members to tell us about venues and in return we will place a link form the venue page to the members page on our site. So if you find that you use a venue that it not accredited let us know and we will add your name to that link. In addition you can also let us know about venues that are not listed, this will also carry a link to your page.
IMPORTANT: Now, we are also able to put an image on the venue page. This may be a picture of the venue or a bride and groom, we will incorporate the appropriate 'alt text' thus making the page more appealing for both the consumer and the search engines. However if another member has already recommended that page we will not re-accredit the page.
Send in an image with the name of the venue in the title 200 pixels saved as a jpg. wide and we will do the rest.
Exclusive SWPP & BPPA Offer for members
Fuji S5 Pro Body
3 Year Mack Warranty on Camera
Sigma 18-55mm F2.8/ EX DC Macro Nikon Fit Lens
3 Year Mack Warranty on Lens
Medium Calumet Tripod CK6200
Small Calumet Ball Head CK6021
Qty 4 – 1GB Prospec (x150 speed) Compact Flash Cards
SWPP member price for this Package is £1721 inc vat. (saving over £190)
To take advantage of this limited launch offer, members need to get in touch with Calumet Manchester on 0161 274 4455 quoting “SWPP S5 Pro Offer”
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