Registration Deadline Extended to Feb. 18

* For the safety of everyone involved we have decided to cancel Photograph Nebraska. Attendees will be issued a refund within two weeks. We apologize on behalf of the weather for any inconvenience that this may have caused. The Jodi Cobb keynote has also been cancelled.

 


A two-day photography symposium for amateur photographers held on February 22 & 23, 2013 at the Hastings Museum in Hastings, Nebraska


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Registration Fees
Student Fee: Name of School

 

Registration Fee: $199 by Feb. 18 $99 for students with valid student ID * Fee includes 3 meals, all sessions, a blind tour, admission to the Hastings Museum and wine tasting. Requests for refunds will be accepted until Feb. 15 at 5pm by email to photographnebraska@gmail.com. (Checks can be mailed to the Adams County CVB at 100 North Shore Drive, Hastings, NE 68901 and should be made payable to the same. Please include a phone number.)

Directions: The Hastings Museum is located at 1330 N Burlington Ave on the southeast corner of 14th and Burlington (Highway 281) in Hastings. From I-80, take the Highway 281 (Hastings) Exit (Exit 312) and go south on Highway 281 for approximately 16 miles. Turn left (east) at the intersection of 14th and Burlington
 
Photo Critiques: Professionals will be available throughout the symposium to critique up to five of your best images. Please bring up to 5 images on a jump drive, a CD or in print so that they can be easily located and viewed.

Blind Tours:  Attendees will carpool from the Hastings Museum on Saturday morningto the Crane Trust Visitor Center. Blind tours are optional and included in the registration fee. Upon registration you will be contacted to sign-up. For more information about Blind Tours and what you will experience please visit www.NebraskaFlyway.com.  We have cancelled the Friday tour due to the weather.

Break-Out Speakers: See the break-out speakers and topics included on the schedule below or click here for a PDF version of the schedule.


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Hotel Rates: 

Comfort Inn - $70.00
402.463.5252  
2903 Osborne Drive West

Holiday Inn Express - $79.95
402.463.8858 
3605 Cimmaron Plaza

Hastings Hotel - $69.99
402.463.6721 
2205 Osborne Drive East

Quality Hotel - $75.00
402-461-4076
203 W. 33rd Street

 

Keynote Presentation by National Geographic Photographer Jodi Cobb

 

Jodi Cobb is an American photographer, specializing in large-scale, global stories exploring such topics as 21st-century slavery as well as more intimate stories set inside closed and secret worlds. A former staff photographer for National Geographic, she has worked in more than 50 countries, primarily in the Middle East and Asia. She has published several books of her photography including Journey Into China, and Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art. Jodi’s photographs have been exhibited at the International Center of Photography in New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and the Visa Pour L’Image photojournalism festival in France.

 

Photography Exhibit on Display:
"Polar Obsession" by National Geographic Photographer Paul Nicklen

 

Paul Nicklen’s "Polar Obsession" takes the visitor on a visual journey through the Arctic and Antarctic regions, studying wildlife both on ice and in the sea.


Break-Out Session Speaker Bios

Randy Hampton
Topic: Digital Camera Functionality; Photo Editing Software
Randy Hampton received his first camera (Argus C3) as a gift for his 12th birthday. That was the start of a lifelong passion for photography. After 35 years of working as a photojournalist with the Lincoln Journal Star, a commercial and publication photographer with Black Star,  and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nebraska, he started “Digital Camera Workshop” in 2000 and has taught thousands of professional and amateur photographers the fine points of digital photography. Randy also teaches photography at Doane College in Crete, NE and shoots for several publications and commercial clients.In December 2009, Randy premiered Photography Design Studio, a photography studio designed by photographers for photographers. The equipped studio is for rent to professional and amateur photographers who need a work space for their photography projects. A native Nebraskan, Randy is married to Lynette, they have one son, Brett, who is a photographer at the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Alan Mais
Topic:Camera Care Q & A
Alan, Owner of The Camera Doctor, has over 25 years of experience in the repair of all models of digital and photographic equipment, lenses and accessories. He also instructs camera classes through Central Community Colleges and private venues across the state of Nebraska. His recent expansion to a larger facility has enabled his clients a greater range of services including access to photographic equipment/supplies at Nebraska Camera in which he is a co-owner. Alan will offer lens and sensor cleaning and will present “Camera Care Q & A” on Friday during lunch.

John Brooks
Topic:Work Flow
John Brooks is a photography instructor in the Media Arts program at Central Community College in Hastings and teaches a basic photography class for Hastings College.  John grew up in his father’s studio in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was a news photographer at KOLN/KGIN-TV for ten years.  He’s been teaching at CCC since 1988. He lives in Hastings with his wife Sharon and two sons.

Jeff Kurrus
Topic: Wildlife Photography 
Jeff has been the associate editor of Nebraskaland Magazine for 5 years and is the recent author of the children’s book “Have You Seen Mary?”, a picture book with photographs by Nebraska-native Michael Forsberg.
 
Brad Mellema
Topic:Portraiture
Brad was formally a professional photographer and is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Hall County Convention & Visitors Bureau.  In addition to his work presenting at and producing photographic workshops over the last ten years, he is involved with camera clubs in Kearney and at the Nebraska Nature & Visitor Center. He lives with his family in Axtell.

 

David McCleery
Topic: Emulsion to Megapixels:  Using Film to Achieve Your Vision
In the margins of his time outside work in the grocery industry David McCleery works with medium format film cameras in both traditional wet darkroom as well as digital applications. His image “Prairie Trees” earned the 2012 Gold Medal at the Prix De La Photographie Paris competition (PX3) in the Non-Professional Landscape category and was selected for the 2012 PX3 annual book due out this spring. His first solo exhibition “Close Proximity” was on view this past autumn at the County City Building in Lincoln.  An upcoming exhibition with photographer Jorn Olsen is scheduled for October 7 through November 15 of this year at the Fred Simon Gallery in the Old Market of Omaha.

 

 

Aaron Babcock
Topic: Sports Photography
Aaron Babcock is the founder and owner of Hail Varsity Magazine, the only Nebraska-owned Husker publication. Babcock has worked in sports for over 20 years, working with the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals and the University of Nebraska.  A Seattle native, Babcock picked up his first camera (a Kodak Instamatic 100) at the age of 12 and spent his summers shooting landscapes around Mt. Rainier. After a long hiatus from photography, Babcock re-discovered his passion six years ago. Since then, his worked has been published nationally, including in Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine. Babcock is a graduate from the University of Nebraska-Kearney where he majored in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Brett L. Erickson
Topic: Documentary / Fine Art
Erickson grew up in central Nebraska, five miles from the nearest small town, learning the beauty of the landscape and its details firsthand. His current project, "PlainSky, Nebraskans," now in its fourth year, focuses on the interrelationships between the landscapes, structures and residents of west Nebraska. His book of the same title is scheduled to be published in spring 2013, its foreword penned by famed National Geographic photographer Sam Abell.
Erickson's award-winning images have been featured in a number of prominent galleries and shows across the Great Plains, and have garnered praise from widely known photographers such as Sam Abell, Richard Olsenius, Peter Ralston, and Bill Wright. A former journalist, his photographs and reports were published by media outlets including National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, as well as newspapers in Nebraska and Oregon.
Erickson teaches photography, journalism, and online development at Hastings College. He resides in Hastings, Nebraska, with his wife, Irina Belikova-Erickson, and two children, Keira and Ian.

 

Matt Miller
Topic: Life in the Great Plains
Matt has been shooting Cornhuskers, cowboys and common folks at the Omaha World-Herald since September 2002. He was lucky enough to catch the end of the Tom Osborne era while in college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Any day he gets to spend in Nebraska's Sandhills is a good day. If nice light and people (a rare sight in western Nebraska) are tossed into the mix, it’s even better. Shooting photos for the World-Herald offers several challenges: the repetition of sporting events, handling feelings at emotional events like shootings and funerals, and handling the wide range of weather we cover in the Great Plains.


For more information please call Kaleena at 800.967.2189 or email photographnebraska@gmail.com.

 

 

 



 
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