Archive for August 27th, 2008

I will be presenting a workshop titled “Taking Pictures that Sell” at the fall conference of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)-Southern Breeze region. The conference, officially titled Writing and Illustrating for Kids (or WIK), will be held in Hoover, Ala., (a suburb of Birmingham) on October 18. You can find out more here.

I am asking that all participants who sign up for my workshop send me a photograph ahead of time for critique. I want photographers to send me one photograph taken to illustrate a story for the children’s market (either book or magazine) via email or snail mail. My website has a contact feature that photographers can use to get in touch if they have questions. Specific instructions will go out to registered particpants. I’ve asked that the  photographs be in .jpg format and have a resolution of at least 300 dpi at 4 x 6.

I will incorporate some general critiques into my session — based on what people send. I sent some handouts to the conference organizers this week so they can be duplicated and ready for my participants.