Travel Schedule
On the road again...
This is the area where you can keep up with me, no matter where I go. Below you'll find appearances, as well as a link to my Travel Blogs. Also on the left, I'll be adding special feature stories that pertain to my traveling adventures, so be sure to check back often!
Appearances
Upcoming:
Photoshop World
Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 4-6, 2008
Express Photo Effects (free on the expo show floor)
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros (in the paid productivity track)
PowerPoint LIVE
San Diego, CA, Sept. 22, 2008
Graphic Secrets for Presenters
Mac Computer Expo
Santa Rosa, CA, Sept. 27, 2008
How to Shoot & Edit Like a Pro (with Shawn King)
The Skinny on Photoshop Elements 6
MacMania Geek Cruise 8
Mediterranean Cruise, Nov. 5-15, 2008
How to Shoot & Edit Like a Pro
From Snapshot to Art
Your Mac Life Internet Radio Show, Wednesdays, 7:30pm CST
"Graphics Tip of the Week" recurring segment sponsored by iStockphoto.com
Previous:
Santa Fe Workshop
Santa FE, NM, July 13-19, 2008
Beginning Photoshop CS3
Danbury Area Computer Society
Danbury, CT, July 1, 8:00-9:00 pm
How to Shoot & Edit Like a Pro with Photoshop Elements
EXCEL-erator Conference
Canmore, Alberta, BC, May 30-June 5, 2008
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Scoop on Stock
Graphic hDesign Workshop
NBIA
San Antonio, TX, May 4-8
Networking with iStockphoto
Interop
Las Vegas, NV, April 30-May 1
Presentations that POP!
CRE8 Conference
Orlando, FL, April 30, 9:15-10:30 am
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros: Photoshop CS3 and beyond!
Washington Apple Pi
Washington DC, April 26
Shoot & Edit Like a Pro (with Elements 6)
Photoshop World
Orlando, FL, April 2-5, 2008
Express Photo Effects (free on the expo show floor)
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros (in the paid productivity track)
Gloucester County College
Sewell, NJ, March 29, 2008
Shoot & Edit Like a Pro with Shawn and Lesa King
Cowtown Mac User Group/Fort Worth Camera
Fort Worth Camera, Feb. 19, 7:00-9:00 pm
Shoot & Edit Like a Pro (with Elements 6)
Interactive Media Group
Art Institute of Dallas, TX, Feb. 22, 2008
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros, iStockphoto presentation
Bay Shore High School
Bay Shore, NY, Feb. 1, 2008
Graphics for Teachers, iStockphoto presentation
Orleans Camera Store
Cape Cod, MA, Jan. 26
Shoot & Edit Like a Pro with Shawn & Lesa King
Macworld Conference & Expo
San Francisco, CA
Great MUG Graphics, User Group Lounge (free prizes for all!), Jan. 15, 2:00-3:00 pm
Graphic Secrets for Photographers, O'Reilly Booth, Jan. 15, 4:00-5:00 pm
Photoshop Secrets for Photoshop Elements, XTrain booth, Jan. 17, 1:00-1:30pm
Beginner Digital Photography Day, Jan. 18, 9:00-5:00 pm
Wells Fargo Corporate
San Francisco, CA, Jan. 11
Lesa's Creative Lunch & Learn by iStockphoto
American Art Therapy Assoc. Conference
Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 14-18, 2007
Presentations that POP!
Digital Photo Workshop: Shoot & Edit Like a Pro!
Communicating through Imagery
"Lesa gave several much-appreciated formal presentations, in addition to providing walk-by consultations for attendees. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable, but as you know, she is also very personable and a terrific teacher."
Long Island Mac Users Group
Old Westbury, NY, Nov. 9, 7:00-9:00 pm
Shoot & Edit Like a Pro with Shawn & Lesa King
"This was undoubtedly the best LIMac meeting I have ever had the pleasure to participate in."
AAA Publications Workshop
Orlando, FL, Oct. 17-21
Digital Photography Workshop: Shoot & Edit Like a Pro, Oct. 18, 3:30-4:45 pm
Duct Tape Marketing
Kansas City, MO, Oct. 10-12
Communicating with Imagery session
Voted best speaker
School of Visual Arts
New York City, NY, Oct. 3, 2007
The Art of Great Stock presentation
MacFest 2007
Houston, TX, Sept. 28-30, 2007
Digital Photography Workshop: How to Shoot and Edit Like a Pro at the Galleria Mall Apple Store, 4:00-5:00 pm, Friday, Sept. 28
Photoshop CS3 & Elements 4 Secrets, MacFest '07, 9:00-10:20 am, Sat. Sept. 29
Photoshop World
Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 4-9, 2007
Express Photo Effects (free on the expo show floor)
From Snapshot to Art (in the paid productivity track)
Power Engineering Society, Industrial Applications Society New York & Long Island Chapter Meeting
Digital Photo Workshop: Shoot & Edit Like a Pro!
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Regional Training Conference
Chicago, IL, August 9-12, 2007
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros
Cleveland Digital Publishers Users Group
Cleveland, OH, July 26-27, 2007
Stock that Rocks: How to Communicate through Imagery
Lunch & Learn at WiseGroup, The Design Room, and Univ. Hospitals
"Thank you for taking the time to visit with us, provide lunch and share so many useful tips and information about iStockphoto and Graphic Reporter. It was a privilege to learn from you and my time was incredibly well spent! I can’t wait to try the Photoshop features that you demonstrated... you gotta love anything that makes your job easier!"
"Thank you for a great presentation at the CDPUG meeting last week. I also enjoyed your company at the Siam Café afterwards. I believe we would all like to have you back again in the near future."
EDUCOMM
Anaheim, CA, June 19, 2007
Kicking Your Digital Photography Up a Notch
"My colleague and I wholeheartedly agreed that your session at EduComm was the best we attended--most interesting, most rewarding!"--AW, Chair, Humanities and Fine Arts Division, Keuka College.
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies 30th Annual Convention
Portland, OR, June 14-16, 2007
iStockphoto booth and event sponsor
South by South' Lypse
Austin, TX, May 30-June 4, 2007
iStockalypse photo shoot event extravaganza!
Lynda.com
Ojai, CA, May 20-26, 2007
Filming Graphic Secrets for Business Professional video training title, to be released late summer
CRE8 Professional Conference
Orlando, FL, May 8-10, 2007
Stock that Rocks! Communicating Through Imagery, 2:45-4:00 pm
"WOW, awesome! One of the best sessions!"-SC
"Great tips and I appreciated the handouts!"-JB
Washington Apple Pi
Washington, DC, April 28, 2007
Saturday morning, 10:30 am, Photoshop Elements demo sponsored by iStockphoto (copy of Photoshop Elements for raffle!)
"I wanted to thank you again for your outstanding presentation at Washington Apple Pi yesterday. I can't begin to tell you how impressed I was with your unhurried but fact-filled mini-tutorials."-LC
Connecticut Macintosh Connection
Hartfort, CT, April 20, 2007
Friday night, 7:00 pm, Photoshop Elements demo sponsored by iStockphoto (copy of Elements for raffle!)
"My husband and I were at a class that you did for Mac users last Friday evening. We enjoyed the class very much as we are trying to learn all we can about digital photography and Photoshop."--FG
PhotoshopWorld
Boston, MA, April 4-8, 2007
Selected Bits o' Retouching Wisdom, Thurs., April 8, 11:00-12:00 pm
Express Photo Effects, Thurs., April 8, 1:00-2:00 pm
"I attended the PS World Expo in Boston...LOVED every minute. My first time for the Expo. Caught one of your presentations in the expo hall (great material), loved your bubbly personality."-JL
The Creative Group/Print Magazine regional design showcase
San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2007, 6:00-9:00 pm
O'Reilly Media
Sebastopol, CA, March 30, 2007 11:00-1:00 pm
Lesa's Lunch & Learn, sponsored by iStockphoto
"Everyone really enjoyed having Lesa here and the whole team learned a lot!"-DS
Society of Photographic Education (SPE), Miami, FL
Stock that Rocks! presentation, March 15, 2007, 4:00-5:30 pm
PMA, Las Vegas, March 8-11
iStockphoto mission, Canon and Panasonic special events
NRB Convention
Orlando, FL, Feb. 18-20
iStockphoto booth, plus several Lunch & Learns
“We were all blown away by the great tips and tricks that Lesa presented! We had no idea that we were in for such an action-packed training session! What a treat!”-World Publications
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies East Regional Staff Training
Washington DC, Feb. 17, 2007
Guest speaker on Photoshop & production secrets
"Thanks again for the Photoshop seminar, we all learned a lot. Finally we learned stuff our production department can use!"-NG
Greenfield/Belser Ltd., Washington DC
iStockphoto presents "Lunch & Learn with Lesa", Feb. 15, 2007
"I have known about iStockphoto for ages, but it wasn't until Lesa came in to demo the site and its features to my studio, that I really got it. Oh, and one other major bonus having Lesa visit was the Photoshop tips, but that wasn't the impressive thing. The impressive thing was the small fact that she ran the entire session using her laptop's trackpad, including navigating in Photoshop. Now, that's impressive!”-NT
Leadapalooza, Pittsburgh, PA
Feb. 10, 2007
Stock that Rocks! presentation
Modern Marketing Days, San Diego, CA
Captivating Design for Direct Mail, Feb. 7, 2007, 1:00-2:00 pm
Optimizing Your Postcard for Printing and Mailing, Feb. 8, 2007, 11:00-12:00 pm
"The most useful session of the entire conference!"-KS
Macworld Conference & Expo
Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Graphic Secrets for Business, Jan. 8-9, 2007 9:00-5:00 pm (Register NOW!)
Stock that Rocks! User Group Lounge, Jan. 10, 3:00-4:00 pm
Presentations that POP!, Jan. 11, 11:00-12:15 pm
Customizing Your Mac, Jan. 12, 1:15-2:30 pm in the Lynda.com booth on the expo show floor
"I really enjoyed your class and am already putting my photoshop
techniques to use."-DS
"Your class was one of the more interesting classes. Keep up the good work."-AG
Apple Dayton
Dayton, OH, Monday 7:30, Nov. 21. 2006
iStockphoto and Photoshop Elements 4 demo
Copy of Elements 4, David Pogue's latest Missing Manuals for giveaway!
National Youth Workers Convention
Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 16-20, 2006
iStockphoto booth #439
PhotoPlus Expo
Javitz Center, New York City, NY Nov. 2-4, 2006
iStockphoto booth #866
MacExpo London
Kensington, London, Oct. 26-28, 2006
iStockphoto booth #60, Lunch & Learn for Proximity London
“Lesa visited our company and demonstrated iStockphoto to a group of on and offline creatives. I think I can say everyone was thoroughly impressed... Lesa is also a very experienced in Photoshop and showed us some funky tricks and tips."-GC, Proximity London.”
2006 Discovery Museum Tech Fest with David Pogue
Bridgeport, CT, Sept. 28-Oct 1, 2006
Capitol Macintosh (CapMac), Austin, TX
Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm, Sept. 14, 2006
Photoshop Elements Tips & Tricks and iStockphoto demo
FlashForward, Austin, TX
Tuesday, 1:45 pm, Sept. 12, 2006
Stock that Rocks session
PhotoshopWorld, Las Vegas, NV
Friday, 2:15 pm, Sept. 8, 2006
The Skinny on Masking & Compositing session
Nashville Photography Club
Tuesday, July 18, 7:00 pm, First Baptist Church, 7th and Broadway
Photoshop Elements and iStockphoto presentation
Mac Business Solutions, Bethesday, MD
Digital photo tips & tricks
MiniMAX4 Conference
Bethesda, MD, June 27, 2006
Photoshop CS2 tips & tricks
Apple Store Tysons Corner
McLean, VA, June 26, 5:00 pm
Digital photo tips & tricks
MacGroup Detroit User Group Meeting
Sunday, June 25, 2006
PhotoshopSoup2Nuts 2006
Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-24, 2006
Express Photo Effects & Selected Bits o' Retouching Wisdom, Friday, 10:00-4:00pm
Real World Layer Masking & Compositing, Saturday 1:15-2:15 pm
HOW Design Conference
Las Vegas, NV, June 11-15, 2006
iStockphoto booth
Art Institute of Dallas
Dallas, TX, May 18-19, 2006
iStockphoto.com presentation
Upper Cumberland MUG
Cookeville, TN, May 22, 2006
Adobe Photoshop Elements tips & tricks
MacLive: The Learning Conference for Creative Professionals
New York City, NY, Jacob Javits Center, May 11-13, 2006
Customizing Your Mac for Creative Pros
Font Management for Designers
InDesign User Group, Orlando Chapter
Orlando, FL April 25, 2006
Presentation on iStockphoto.com, Missing Manual workflow, InDesign & Photoshop tips & tricks
PhotoshopTV in-studio guest
Episode 28, May 1, 2006
Photoshop World Conference & Expo
Miami, FL, March 22-24, 2006
iStockphoto, Inc., headquarters visit to meet the crew
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Feb. 19-25, 2006
FlashForward Conference & Film Festival
Seattle, WA, Mar 1-3, 2006
Macworld Conference & Expo, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 9-13, 2006
Aside from attending User Group University, I'm teaching the following sessions (click links below for description, date, and times):
Customizing Your Mac: Widgets, Add-On, Extras
Photoshop CS: Essential Tips & Tricks
Great MUG Graphics in the User Group Lounge
Discover Science & Space Museum Consumer Technology Fair with David Pogue
Bridgeport, CT, Sept. 23-25, 2005
National Assoc. of Broadcasters (NAB)
Las Vegas, NV, April 18-21, 2005:
National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) booth
Wedding & Portrait Photographers Int'l. (WPPI)
Bally's, Las Vegas, NV, March 20-23, 2005:
National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) booth
Macworld Conference & Expo, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 10-14, 2005
Two sessions on the show floor main stage:
The Art of Traveling with Your Mac (w/Chuck Joiner of The MUG Center)
Tips & Tricks for Getting Your Web Site Found
Digital Video Expo, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 7-10, 2004
National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) booth
The User Group Report with Chuck Joiner, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2004
Internet radio show series on Great MUG Graphics, part 1
Digital Lifestyle Expo, New York City, NY, Sept. 26, 2004
Web site marketing session
Your Mac Life, Wednesday, Sept.15, 7:30pm CST, 2004
Internet radio show segment on search engine optimization:
getting your web site found.
Photoshopworld, Orlando, FL, Sept. 1-3, 2004
Magic of layer masks demo, Graphic Authority booth
Apple Corps of Dallas, TX, Aug. 14, 2004:
Cool 3rd Party OS X Add-Ons
User Group Leadership Conference, Macworld, Boston, MA, July 15, 2004:
Great MUG Graphics
Tips & Tricks for Getting Your Web Site Found
MacDesign Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2-4, 2004:
Tips & Tricks for Getting Your Web Site Found
Cool 3rd Party OS X Add-Ons Mac Birds of a Feather Host
National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals, NAB, Las Vegas, NV, April 2004:
NAPP booth, Photoshop demos
Photoshop World, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2004:
Moderator
Mac Birds of a Feather Host
User Group University, Macworld, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2004:
If You Build It... Will They Come? Getting Your Web Site Found
Photoshop World, Tampa, FL, Sept. 2003:
Moderator
Mac Birds of a Feather Host
User Group Leadership Conf., Macworld CreativePro, NYC, July 2003:
UGLC Keynote Speaker
Creating a Useful CD for Your User Group
Vendor Panel Moderator
MacDesign Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2003:
Moderator
Mac Birds of a Feather Host
User Group University, Macworld, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2003:
Creating a Useful CD for Your User Group
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