Conference Agenda

All events will be on the Randolph Community College campus unless otherwise indicated.

Friday, Nov. 7
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
Tours of Randolph Community College's Photographic Technology, Art and Design Department

12:30 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
Real World Solutions to Digital Technology Headaches
American Society of Media Photographers-Jay Kinghorn, Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert, Olympus Visionary photographer and full-time digital workflow consultant and trainer

Bromoil Process Hands-On Workshop
Patricia Schoelkopf, Instructor, Hilton Head Island (SC) High School

2:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
Fine Art Botanical Photography
Barbara Ellison, Technical Sales Representative, Canon, USA

Color Management and New Trends in Photographic Education
Bill Gratton, MAC Group

3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Night & Low-Light Photography
Jill Waterman, photographer, editor, writer, and educator

5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Dinner (on your own)

6:30 p.m.
Keynote Address
Photo Story: Time, Place, Transition
Tom Rankin, Director, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University

8:00 p.m.
Reception
The Exchange, Asheboro



Saturday, Nov. 8
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference Registration

8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Submitted Presentations
Five simultaneous breakout sessions

The Cost of Power in China:
The Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River Valley
Steven Benson, Associate Professor The School of Photography, Daytona State College, The Southeast Center for Photographic Studies

America from 500 Feet II
Bill Fortney, Technical Sales Representative, Nikon, USA

UnNatural History-Photographing the Diorama
Diane Fox, Instructor, College of Architecture and Design, University of Tennessee

Works on Paper: Photo Assemblage
Jennifer Mace, photographer, educator

Arbitrary Rites: Changing Identities
Oscar Gustavo Plascencia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Lycoming College

9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Trasnitions from Trditional Fine Art Black & White to Digital Fine Art Black & White
Invited Presenter-Pam Crist, Photographer/Owner of Dalmatian Black & White Custom Lab

11:00 a.m.-noon
Astronomical Photography-More Accessible than Ever
Invited Presenter-Johnny Horne, Astronomer/Photojournalist, The Fayetteville (NC) Observer

Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Submitted Presentations
Six simultaneous breakout sessions

Going to Carolina del Norte: Narrating Mexican Migrant Experiences
Todd Drake, Visiting Scholar, Center for Global Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Journey
Marita Gootee, Professor of Art, Mississippi State University

Typo-photo
Dana Ezzell Gay, Competitions and Shows Director, AIGA Raleigh; Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Meredith College
Mary Shannon Johnstone, Assistant Professor of Art, Meredith College

Love and Rockets
Laura Noel, MFA Candidate, University of Georgia

Longing: Personal Effects from the Border
Susan Harbage Page, Instructor and Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies, Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Interiors and Landscapes
Rylan Steele, Lecturer/Adjunct Professor, Art Department, University of North Carolina, Asheville

2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Perception and Imaging
Invited Presenter and Honored Educator-Dr. Richard Zakia, Author/Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Trade Show
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6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Joyce Tenneson: A Life in Photography
Invited Presenter-Joyce Tenneson, Photographer/Author
(sponsored by Canon, USA)

7:30 p.m.
SPE Members Exhibit and Reception
Circa Gallery and Timothy's Restaurant, Asheboro.
Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served.
(sponsored by Nikon, USA)



Sunday, Nov. 9
9:00 a.m.
Tours of Randolph Community College's Photographic Technology, Art and Design Department

9:00 a.m.
Society for Photographic Education Southeast Regional Meeting