The Magic of Retouching with Dennis Dunbar Great Success!

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"Dennis Dunbar is fantastic",  "Dennis is a gem",  "He is amazing", "WOW", "Great seminar", .... these are the words that came from the attendees of The Magic of Retouching with Dennis Dunbar.

No doubt Dennis Dunbar is one of the best parts of the APA.  His expertise, concise description and ability to convey concepts makes his seminar a great asset for photographers and retouchers alike.  Dennis was so thorough and informative.  The room full of professionals responded with inspired focus in this 4hr seminar!  Dennis took time to answer every question, and met with the audience afterward with genuine and thoughtful attention.

National Board Member George Simian

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Photographing Children in Natural Light with George Simian
Saturday August 21st 12:00-5:00pm
For More Information, visit www.samys.com
Workshop Fee: $75.00    Samy’s Camera Los Angeles Location

APA Member David Stewart Interviewed in Pop Photo

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APA Chair Astor Morgan

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A new lecture series featuring four prominent clients of A&I Photographic and Digital Services, produced by the Julia Dean Photo Workshops.

Each night the featured guest will introduce himself, discuss approaches to photography or retouching and/or film making, and present a slide show of select photographs. The evenings will be focused on a particular topic (see below for list of speakers with topic) and structured as follows:

7:00 pm – Doors open

7:30 pm – Event begins
7:30 – 8:30 pm – Guest presentation
8:30 – 9:00 pm – Q&A

Come join and us and these four talented individuals for four evenings of artistic exploration, philosophy and discussion!

July 22nd – Astor Morgan “Lighting the Portrait”

Astor Morgan, commercial and fine art photographer, philanthropist, and consultant.
Astor has been involved in the photo industry for 20 years. Astor’s appreciation of the visual arts was born while growing up between the two colorful cultures of southern Louisiana and Sicily, Italy.

Astor’s images have been published worldwide in magazines, on CD covers, movie posters, as well as featured on television. He has had the pleasure of working with an array of legendary artists, actors and musicians.  Astor is heavily involved in the global photo community representing commercial photographers and artists as the Chairman of the Los Angeles Board of Directors for the Advertising Photographers of America.  Through APA, Astor helps to educate and inspire photographers through workshops and seminars, and promoting ethics in the photographic community.

Through various silent auctions, print and book sales, Astor’s work has helped to raise money for several deserving organizations such as City of Hope, The Pediatric Aids Foundation, Amnesty International, The Aftermath Project, weSpark, and Compassionate Eye Foundation.
Astor’s images have been regularly honored by such organizations as The International Photography Awards and The American Graphic Design Awards.  Currently Astor has an image in the IPA Best of Show Exibit that opened at Splashlight Studios in NYC, and will travel the world for other exhibitions.

Astor’s greatest honor to date, is that of being “Papa” to Liliana and Giada.
Astor recently curated an artist exhibit and book to benefit weSpark, please visit www.iSpyWithMyPlasticEye.com to view the exhibit.