7 – 10 March 2010, NEC, Birmingham

FOCUS ON IMAGING is Europe’s biggest annual imaging show, covering all your needs from image capture through to output and beyond.

Whether you are a professional image maker or processor, a buyer of image making equipment or materials, a manufacturer or distributor of products or a keen hobbyist, a visit to FOCUS ON IMAGING is a must.

Over 200 exhibitors and product launches galore – including all the very latest digital cameras and processing equipment – will feature at FOCUS 2010.

This will be my 4th year at the Nikon stand and presenting my seminar. My presentation is titled ‘Arctic Adventures with the D3s”. I’ll be speaking about my experience in Lapland in extreme temperatures of as low as -29C with the Nikon D3s. You’ll also see some coverage from the wedding I shot at the world famous Ice Hotel, shooting the Northern Lights at extremely high ISO and much much more. I’ll be presenting all 4 days at the following times:

Sun 7th Mar – 1600-1645hrs
Mon 8th Mar – 1600-1645hrs
Tue 9th Mar – 1600-1645hrs
Wed 10th Mar – 1500-1545hrs

Lastolite

I will  be at the Lastolite every morning demonstrating how to set up a simple yet very powerful & effective lighting system on-location using the Nikon Creative Lighting System. I’ll be using the brand new product which will debut at Focus by Lastolite. I’ve  been testing it out  and I tell you it is something which is going to be a part of my lighting kit.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Oz

Read the full article at SF Photo School

This one day seminar is now FULLY BOOKED. This seminar is by ‘Invitation only’ and is only for Foto SF Pro or Lite clients. If you have recently purchased Foto SF, don’t worry, there will be another date released soon for you.

This day will feature some exciting topics like:

- How to get free PR in newspapers, websites, magazines
– Setting up competitions, readers offers
– Freemium v Premium : How to make more money by selling for less!
– The Marketing Sales Funnel
– Amazing portrait offers which your clients cannot refuse
– Closing techniques to increase your conversions four folds
– How to set up an Email Marketing Campaign
– Workflow from enquiry right up to the delivery of the job
– How I optimise my rankings in Google without any HTML know-how
– Show you my Google Adwords campaign for Weddings & Portraits for which I only pay 1p per click for some of the most ‘high value’ keywords.
– and much much more….

Lastly, thank you to all our clients for their continued support & loyalty. This is a small way of giving something back to you guys & girls and show our immense gratitude.

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Oz

On my way back on the train from Calumet, Aston, Birmingham after presenting a day seminar.  Had a very enjoyable day with a group of photographers very keen to kick start their marketing & pr. Wish you guys all the best and see you guys at Focus.

Next one at Calumet, Drummond Street, London on 25 Feb 2010.

Thanks to Peter & the team for their warm hospitality as always and a lift back to the station. See you guys soon on 26 Mar 2010 for the Foto SF Open Day. Come and see some of my key marketing strategies, workflow procedures and much much more. Best of all its free, just register at the Calumet site by clicking on the link above.

Thanks for the Tweets as well:

@lepkirk
Great time at @SFDigital learning about how to squeeze people’s emails and some photo stuff too

@ninephotos
In Birmingham today at a seminar by @SFDigital & it’s fascinating.

Is your photography studio business being strangled by convoluted administration, hampered by poor event management and bleeding cash from missed sales opportunities and not being organised? Take your eye off the ball and you can soon be mired in a swamp of disorganisation that gets you down and worse still – costs you time and money.

What if we told you that you could quickly and easily cut through all your management hassles and get back to concentrating on what you love doing – taking pictures and making your customers happy. Would you be interested? Join Uzair Kharawala as he hosts this open day for you to come along and see how you can be more productive & profitable. He will show you how easy it is to market yourself without spending a fortune, building relationships with vendors, networking with other like-minded companies, using a database to create a workflow so you keep on top of things, simple book keeping process, using the power of email marketing, sending out professionally laid-out quotations, sales invoices, delivery notes and much much more.

The Open Days are completely free, however, registration is required. Send email to registration@calumetphoto.co.uk with your name, address & telephone number and which day & time you would like to attend.

23 Mar 2010 – Calumet, Glasgow
26 Mar 2010 – Calumet, Birmingham
01 Apr 2010 – Calumet, Drummond Street, London
13 Apr 2010 – Calumet, Manchester
15 Apr 2010 – Calumet, Nottingham
18 Apr 2010 – Calumet, Bristol
26 Apr 2010 – Calumet, Belfast

Sessions at :
11.00am to 1.00pm
2.00pm to 4.00pm

Date: 3rd March 2010

Venue: Calumet, Drummond Street, London

Nearest Tube & Train Station: Euston (Calumet is only about a minutes walk from the station)

Time: 1000hrs Registration / 1030hrs start / 1630hrs finish

The seminar is now almost full and the last few places are left, if you haven’t booked yet, please call us on 01525 383683 and reserve your seat.

See you all on the 3rd of March 2010.

Oz

I’m pleased to announce my latest website SFPhotoSchool which went live this week. This website is all about photography. No matter whether you are a novice, part or full time photographer or just a hobbyist, there will be something for everyone. Lots of free information and you can also send me any problems or questions you may have and I’ll try and answer them for you to the best of my abilities. Plus there will be loads of new seminar dates for photographers of every level. So please do drop by and see what’s going on at SFPhotoSchool

Oz

On Friday I shoot a wedding of Claire & James at The Ice Hotel. Saturday we travel back to London and then I’m off to Europe’s largest Convention for photographers in Hammersmith. Foto SF is exhibiting at the trade show, so please do come and see us.  I’ve got my Masterclass at 8.00am on Sunday so will try not to have a late one on Saturday! I say this every year and it never works!!!

On Monday I’m at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London from 7.00-8.00pm to talk about my adventures in the Arctic. On Tuesday I’m off to N.Yorkshire to do a presentation for the British Institute of Professional Photograhers. Then on late Wednesday, home sweet home at last.

Please do log back tomorrow and I’ll try and upload some images from here.

Oz

Jan 12-16 Sweden / Arctic Circle
I’m off Kiruna which is about 150km north of the Arctic Circle with Nikon. The Nikon D3s will be tested to its limit in these extreme conditions. I’ll also be shooting a wedding during this trip at The Ice Hotel, Sweden. The case study will follow by the end of January. We have a journalist from a magazine accompanying us to review the whole trip.

Jan 15-17 SWPP Convention 2010, London
During the trade show, we will have exhibiting Foto SF.

Jan 17 Master Class, SWPP Convention 2010, London
I’ll be presenting a Master Class from 8.00am to 10.00pm in the Mouton Cadet suite.

Jan 18, Apple Store, Regent Street, London
The Business of Photography
7.00pm to 8.00pm
No booking required and is free to attend. I would advise you to come early as it gets pretty full by 7.00pm

Jan 20, British Institute of Professional Photography
Yorkshire Region
Evening seminar on off-camera flash, business management and creative lighting techniques

Jan 28, Portraits for Profits, Nikon House, Kingston
£200.00.
All day workshop on how to shoot portraits on-location and make money from running a home-based business.

Jan 29, Guide to Weddings, Nikon House, Kingston
£85.00
All day seminar on how to get started in Wedding Photography.

Feb 23, Business & Beyond – Advanced, Calumet Birmingham
Feb 25, Business & Beyond – Advanced, Calumet London

I look forward to seeing you on one of these dates.

Oz

Price : £85 + VAT (Offer valid until 31 Dec 2009)

Foto SF Lite is for single user businesses. If you work alone and don’t have any need to host your database on a network or logging in to your database remotely, then this Lite version is for you. Incredibly affordable and with our Pre-Launch Offer, you save a further £40.00. Just use the Promo Code 2010 at the checkout. The launch date is 08 Jan 2010. Your order will be dispatched to you on this date. Get your New Year off to a flying start with this super offer. This offer expires on 31 Dec 2009. So don’t delay, buy today.

Price : £275 + VAT (Offer valid until 31 Dec 2009)

Foto SF Pro is for multiple user businesses. If you run a home-based or a studio-based business with more than 1 person who need to access the database, then this Pro version is for you. Allows multiple users to log in at the same time and the information is updated in real time. Foto SF Pro comes with a full-version of Filemaker Pro 10 (worth £220). Incredibly affordable and with our Pre-Launch Offer, you save a further £100.00. Just use the Promo Code 2010 at the checkout. The launch date is 08 Jan 2010. Your order will be dispatched to you on this date. Get your New Year off to a flying start with this super offer. This offer expires on 31 Dec 2009. So don’t delay, buy today.

During the Christmas Holidays, we will have limited telephone support, so if you have any questions you need answering before you buy, please send your email to info@fotosf.com. The emails are monitored and will be replied to at the earliest.

BONUS OFFER: INVITATION TO A SEMINAR BY UZAIR KHARAWALA

If you purchase either Pro or Lite before 31 Dec 2009, as part of the offer and a thank you for your custom, you will be invited to join me on a full-day seminar in early 2010. The date & venue will be announced in the New Year. This seminar will all be about marketing, promotions, PR, internet marketing and a very ‘special’ topic of Internet Marketing. I’ll show you tips & techniques on how you can set up a income stream which pretty much runs on ‘auto-pilot’ and makes money while you sleep!! You will be amazed at how easy it is to create your own products (photographic or non-photographic), set up simple websites and add an extra income revenue for you.

For more details, please visit the Features or the Support page for video tutorials to see what Foto SF can do for you and your business.

Lastly I would like to thank all our customers for their input & feedback in helping us create V3.

Oz