“i” Shooters Presents: Creating Photo Art Magic with the Apple iPhone

Unleash your creative power in this one-day, hands-on workshop, packed with top tips and iPhone camera resources

Addressing the exploding interest in the the Apple iPhone’s powerful, creative photo capabilities, “i” Shooters and The Mobile Mind is sponsoring a one-day workshop offering instruction on the improved range of available software and tools developed to produce high quality creative images. Hype surrounding Apple’s recently released iPhone 4s seems well deserved, due to serious re engineering devoted to improving the iconic brand’s camera functionality and optics. 

No experience is necessary—just bring your iPhone (4 and 4s) and creative juice—(participants may want to download about $20.00 in apps during the workshop). Due to high demand for this workshop, early registration is advised. Seating is limited.

To register for the class: http://iphonephotoworkshop.eventbrite.com 

Developed to meet the interests of professional photographers, artists, serious photo enthusiasts and hobbyists alike, workshop topics will cover camera functionality, utilities, imaging applications (apps), image processing, image organization, composition and techniques to help develop the “creative eye.” Mac Business Solutions will complete the "picture" from the print perspective by demonstrating Epson printers and inks. Attendees may select an image produced during class that will be printed on an Epson Stylus Professional Printer using Epson Luster Photo Paper 260.  

Karen L. Messick, a Baltimore, Md.-based photographer, instructor and published author will lead the workshop.  Messick, a 16-year veteran in the photographic field, is renowned for her striking color sense, design and photocomposition. A pioneer in the emerging field of iPhoneography, she served as president of the Baltimore Camera club from 2006-2010.

For event information, media inquiries and interest in sponsoring your own private iPhone workshop for business or groups contact Build Better Brands!: 856 371 9201.

About Karen L. Messick 

Award winning photographer, Karen L. Messick’s instructional articles and portfolio pieces have been published in Nature Photographer Magazine and iPhonelife Magazine and is a current field contributor to Nature Photographer Magazine. As instructor, Messick leads workshops and classes in digital photography at Johns Hopkins University’s Odyssey Program and is a popular lecturer and field workshop leader for Washington D.C.s Penn Camera. Her work has been featured regionally at The “Baltimore Gallery” Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Valley Frame and Fine Art, the Rehoboth Art League. Further afield, her work has been exhibited at the Baas Art Gallery Seattle, Washington. Messick’s first place images were featured in the Black and White Competition for The Maryland Governors Cup Sailboat race photo contest in 2009. Messick’s images are also held in “The Photography Collections, of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Campus.”  For more information: www.karenlmessickphotography.com

About The Mobile Mind and “i” Shooters

Launched in 2011, The Mobile Mind is an international creative think tank, producing events that foster discussion and exploration in the realm of mobile technology and its potential and impact on personal creativity and business productivity and innovation.  “i” Shooters, making its debut this month, is the first brand launched by The Mobile Mind.  Founder Tracy Mitchell Griggs, is an avid photo enthusiast, supporter of the arts, and proponent of the positive impact, influence and role technology plays in people’s lives. Her technology career spans nearly two decades between two coasts. Griggs worked in business development for one of the first Macintosh software training companies in the United States, Los Angeles-based Mind over Mac, and held positions as a corporate software training sales executive and project manager in the Los Angeles market for Productivity Point International Inc., a global desktop and technical training leader. As marketing manager for the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors®, Griggs was responsible for launching the Association’s first software training lab, introducing client/server technology to the organization’s 4000 Realtor® members. She has produced and promoted many arts events throughout the region and provided marketing consulting to several regional photographers.  Griggs currently serves as President of Build Better Brands!, a marketing communications and public relations consultancy that supplies services to entrepreneurs, start ups, and businesses in the Mid Atlantic. An accomplished journalist, she continues her writing habit as contributor to many regional and national consumer and business publications. www.ishooters.net/www.themobilemind.com (web sites TK January 2012)

About Mac Business Solutions

Mac Business Solutions (MBS) is the largest Apple Specialist and business solutions provider in the Mid-Atlantic, offering a complete range of professional computer services to government and industry for over twenty years. Since 1990, MBS has grown into a mature enterprise, employing a staff of sixteen professionals in seven disciplines including sales, service, training, video editing, network planning and implementation, graphic/web design and large format printing. Mac Business Solutions, 9057 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, 301-590-2555