Special Issue
Seminars on
Techniques, trends and methods
in contemporary photo art
Telavi (Georgia)
26–27 April 2014
Information about the event and
press releases were distributed among
the target audience, in social media as
well as through a news agency. They
were also sent to the professional and
amateur photographers registered in
the database of the organization’s
web-portal. The Association of Photographers of Georgia (AFG) received
more than 70 applications from various regions of the country.
The main motivation of the applicants to participate was to improve
the professional skills and learn the
latest techniques as well as take part
in practical photographing. Fifteen
participants have been selected representing nearly all the regions of
the country, including the cities of
Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Rustavi, Gori, Batumi,
Sachkhere and some smaller towns.
Among the participants, there was a
resident of Saingilo, a citizen of Azerbaijan. This town was historically
a Georgian settlement; presently it
is under Azerbaijan jurisdiction but
some Georgians speaking their native
language still reside there.
The seminar opened with a presentation of SAY CHEESE! Project.
Armenian photo artists held lectures and master-classes. Artashes
Martirosyan spoke in detail about the
issues of studio lighting, the specifics of work with models and held
practical shooting sessions with the
audience. He also demonstrated the
instruments of image processing
using of special software.
The presentation by Vigen Mnoyan
The composition of Picture and Portraits was also of great interest. The
President of the National Association
of Photographers of Armenia (NAPA)
Sergey Hakopyan shared his business
experience in the area of photography.
The second day of the seminar was
devoted to pictorial photography and
HDR technologies. Georgian photo
artist Mzia Lekveishvili presented an
overview of monocle as a new trend in
photography while Tengiz Phakadze
did a practical demonstration of how
to produce a monocle and held practical shooting sessions.
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