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The Societies Newsletter
13 November 09

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The Societies CEO slams government plans to change copyright law

Phil Jones described the proposals as a potential nightmare scenario for photographers across the land. Under the scheme, which follows a report from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) individuals could be allowed free use of photographers images for non-commercial purposes.

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AKVIS Noise Buster 7.0 Better Noise Suppression for Digital and Scanned Images

AKVIS Noise Buster reduces both luminance and color noise in digital images without blurring the edges of objects. Photos remain sharp and crisp, while the unwanted artifacts disappear.

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New DxO Optics Pro 6 sets new bar for high ISO RAW conversion and further extends optical fault correction

New features include an improved user interface to increase accessibility and productivity.

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One Vision Imaging launch dynamic new website

One Vision Imaging, the UKs leading professional photographic laboratory has just launched its dynamic new website.

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Green Clean Free Magnifier Promotion For Sensor Cleaning Kits

Austrian manufacturer GREEN CLEAN are supplying a set of Clip & Flip Magnifying Glasses Free of charge with all Sensor Cleaning Kits until 31st of December 2009

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Aaduki Multimedia Insurance extends its freeze on rates until January 2010

Aaduki Multimedia Insurance has announced it’s freeze on rates for photographers, journalists and video makers / film makers due to expire on the 31st October has been extended until the 31st December 2009

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Join the Largest Association for the Serious Photographer for only £10 (UK) €10 (Europe) a month

We have introduced a new payment plan where you can pay £/€10 a Hassle Free.

You too could take advantage of our exclusive insurance deals, active forum, listing on our highly ranked site, and much more.

Please click the relevant Society for more details on joining

The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers
The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers
The Society of International Commercial and Industrial Photographers
The Society of International Fashion and Glamour Photographers
The Society of International School and Event Photographers
The Society of International Travel & Tourism Photographers
The Society of International Sport & Leisure Photographers
The Society of International Media & Press Photographers

Is it really worth being a member?

"...i can honestly say though that i have found the Society to be both professional and very welcoming and as a relative newcomber have found a wealth of information on here..." - Martin

"...It's been worth the money for me (already paid back several times in a few months)..." - Sean

"...One of my weddings this year is a £1500.00 package. The B&G found me via the SWPP site.
£99 a year resulting in a £1500.00 booking - do the math...
" - Mark

Join us today and start receiving the benefits of membership that will dramatically help your business. 

October Monthly Competition and Judges Choice Award

October’s competition has now been judged and the results are on line. Click here to see the winners

The Judges choice award for October has been announced.
The winner will receive a Fujifilm Finepix Z30
Click here to see the Winner

http://swpp.co.uk/comps.htm for more information.

The Best of Professional Digital Photography

BookLEARN HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR DIGITAL CAPTURE AND WORKFLOW FOR UNPRECEDENTED QUALITY

Digital imaging has a stronghold on the photographic industry. In this book, Bill Hurter provides you with a behind-the-scenes look at how the world's finest photographers craft their images, work with clients, and set the bar for other photographers. You'll learn about the advantages that working digitally offers, what features to consider when shopping for an SLR, how to choose studio ligting equipment, and how to optimize your workflow. You'll also discover fail-safe tips that will allow you to prevent color shifts and ensure consistent color from one image to the next. Covering a wide array of topics related to all aspects of digital capture, this book offers something for everyone.

Usually £21.99 Now £15.00

Lastolite 50cm (20") Reflector Sunfire/Silver

Lastolite, the original manufacturer of collapsible reflectors, continues to improve the quality and variety of it's reflector range. As well as the lifetime guarantee on reflector steel, Lastolite has also upgraded the rim tape to create a stronger, longer lasting reflector.

Usually £20.00 Now £15.00

https://thesocieties.net/forum/index.php/topic,8938.0.html

ConventionThe Societies 2010 Photographic Convention

Convention: 12-18 January 2010
Novotel London West – Hammersmith

FREE PHOTOGRAPHIC TRADE SHOW (15-17 January 2010)
and selected FREE Seminars
Pre-register before 08 Jan 2010 to avoid paying normal £5 entrance fee.

Convention update!

The Countdown Has Begun

We are now starting the countdown to the 2010 Convention. Already HQ are preparing for what is to be the biggest Convention, The Societies has held so far. With companies booking left, right and centre, the 2010 Convention is sure to be another success.

The truly international line up of speakers this year is incredible, with over 90 lectures from around the world giving over 200 hours of photographic education.

This year is not to be missed!
Big Deal Ticket Offer Extended

Get the most education per pound with our Limited Time only, Big Deal ticket. See the tickets page for details of what the ticket includes.

To apply for a Big Deal ticket please see the Convention website
swpp.co.uk/convention/ or phone 01745 356935.

The ticket is available for purchase until 14/12/09. All payments must be received in full by the 14/12/09 to be issued with a ticket.
Your Vote Counts – Please Vote For Your Products of the Year

And You Could Win A Wacom Tablet

Now's your chance to have your say to vote for your products of the year https://swpp.co.uk/secure/trade-awards.htm
Masterclasses every 2 hours 8am-8pm

4 Day Advance Ticket from only £90

Visit the tickets page for more information.
http://swpp.co.uk/convention/tickets.htm

swpp.co.uk/convention/

Catherine Connor - Speakers’ Corner

We don’t believe there’s ever been a speaker line-up quite like this before at any photo convention – anywhere.

At the pioneering seven-day long 2010 gathering, our broad church of professional and aspirational photographer visitors will have a truly enormous choice of seminars to be delivered by 175 top-rated experts from across the globe. (We just wanted to make quite sure we had covered every subject under the imaging sun!)

Of course it would be impossible to produce personal profiles for every single speaker given obvious Imagemaker pagination restrictions, so we’ve drawn a dozen of these key names out of the hat to give you an exclusive ‘cross-section’ profile snapshot.

We asked them all similar questions – and here’s the result.

My skill sets are in business development and marketing and I am the founder of Annabel Williams’ Contemporary Photographic Training (CPT). In an act of pure liberation I stepped away from the world of corporate management with Wella GB to launch CPT alongside Annabel. Nine years ago I headed the Fujifilm Envisage programme, designed to prepare everyone within the photographic industry for the birth of digital photography today.

Read more... http://swpp.co.uk/professional_imagemaker/speakers_corner/catherine_connor.htm

Don't miss out on the chance to start off the year with inspiration from some of the world's best photographers

Bogen Imaging UK

One Vision Imaging - PhotoCoverBooksPhotoCoverBooks

One Vision Imaging have just launched their most cost effective albums to date. PhotoCoverBooks offer the photographer a colourful, high quality photographic alternative to many of today's books. They come with a choice of 5 sizes from 5 x 4" up to 16 x 12" and three types of covering. All are produced photographically offering optimum image quality yet with a price tag of lesser quality media.

Don't sacrifice your photography to anything less!

To find out more about PhotoCoverBooks and One Vision Imaging's award wining services please visit their website at www.onevisionimaging.com

One Vision Imaging - PhotoCoverBooks

Portrait ProfessionalNew Version 9 for Perfect Portraits and save an extra 15% !

Portrait Professional’s updated Version 9 has just been launched from Anthropics Technology.

See pages 112-117 in the June/July issue of Imagemaker for a full review.

Save hours of time trying to obtain similar results with Photoshop! Literally in a few minutes, this highly acclaimed quick and easy to use photo editing and airbrushing software, subtly reshapes faces, fix skin blemishes, whitens teeth, removes wrinkles and adjust lighting plus much more – all at the click of a button… and is now available for Mac users as well.
A Studio version is now also available as a Photoshop plug in.


Portrait Professional V9 is currently on a web launch offer which ends in a couple of weeks showing an extra 15% saving on the Studio version for only £49.95 with the Standard V9 at £34.95 plus you can claim a further 10% off by quoting code pim
809e - PRICE RISE IMMINENT!

To purchase the software or download a free trial please go to www.pprof.com

A month in view
November

 

Mark Cleghorn - Creative Tour

Photoshop for Photographers

16 November - Stockport

17 November- Grangemouth

18 November - Newcastle

19 November - Ponterfract

23 November - London

24 November - Cambridge

25 November - Coventry

November continued

 

Mentor Me on Steroids

Aspiring to L - 13 November 2009

New dates coming shortly


The Flash Centre -  Mike Larson

18 and 19 November - Studley Castle, Warwickshire


Vision 09

27 November  - Business Design Centre, Islington

 

The Societies - 6 Bath St., Rhyl LL18 3EB - Tel 0044 1745 356935