Camera Club Guest Speaker - Workshop - Judging
Online and in-person
Are your camera club talks starting to cover similar topics and content you have already covered?
Finding new and exciting guest speakers for your in-person camera club is hard. However, you are no longer restricted to a photography guest presenter in your local area.
Thanks to Zoom, you can provide your camera club members a unique and popular smartphone photography session that no one else is offering. My presentation does not include PowerPoint. It is interactive and delivered in a workshop style.
Quality presentations are necessary to retain and attract new members at your camera club, photography society or photography Meetup group.
Camera Club Presentation / Workshop - 60-90 Minute
Why do people join camera clubs and attend speaker nights?
Your members are there to connect, be inspired and learn new techniques and tips to enhance their enjoyment of photography. Regardless of the camera we own, we all have a mobile that we can use to learn and love photography.
Unleash your smartphone camera’s full potential and enhance your photography skills. Learn to see, capture and edit your best photos in this single in-person or online camera club workshop.
Topics include:
Secret camera features
Capture techniques
Photo intention and composition (framing the photo)
Mobile photo editing apps and workflows
What clients have to say
"Mike James is an enthusiastic, energetic and passionate presenter with many years of experience using dedicated cameras and smartphones. It is often hard to find good judges who can give positive and constructive comments about the images they are asked to judge."
"Mike has judged our photographic competitions in the past, and his detailed comments, in jargon-free language, were well-received by all members. His comments enabled them to feel they could improve their photography in areas he highlighted. After the judging, Mike freely gave his time to talk to members individually when approached to gain further information regarding their images"
"We arranged smartphone photography training with Mike for tourism businesses, which truly delivered on our goal of giving people simple tips and tools to help them capture more engaging professional photos using their phone."
About the facilitator - Mike James
BIO: Mike James is one of Australia's most dynamic and sought-after speakers and trainers in the field of mobile photography. He has over 25 years of experience in photography, delivering training and instructional design. He prides himself on delivering extraordinary value in an enthusiastic, engaged and intelligent way. Mike's passion comes from being on a mission to help you become more photography literate without the jargon, leaving you inspired, confident and ready to create stunning images.
How am I different?
I am a passionate, enthusiastic speaker who brings that extra energy and promotes audience participation to maintain attention. You will not experience a PowerPoint presentation of my favourite photos. During my talks on smartphone photography and/or photo composition, I ask the audience lots of questions to make the content relevant to them. Delivering regular workshops and presentations, I am flexible and mix it up to match the audience.
After my presentations, I ask the audience for their take-away points so we can all collectively walk away with some new techniques, tips, inspiration, confidence and maybe even a few transformative ideas.