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Oregon

Portland

Developing a Business Plan in Hard Economic Times

Course #OR01

Bonnie Hamilton, M.Photog., CPP, ABI

Times are tough. So, how do you develop a business plan for realistic growth nowadays? Come learn how with Bonnie! She’ll help you learn basic financial strategies to forecast and measure your goals…and so much more:

  • Keep records and take advantage of tax benefits on your personal returns as part of your break-even analysis.
  • Develop a business/marketing plan that matches your skill and interests with your targeted geographic market.
  • Understand and develop a conservative forecast/budget that realistically looks at all of your expenses.
  • Develop a pricing strategy that measures every product you offer to ensure profitability.
  • Understand your break-even calculation and the difference between profit and cash flow.
  • Understand the basics of tax benefits on personal returns using IRS Schedule C.

You’ll leave with a solid footing in business, ready to grow!

Course Date: October 24, 2011

Course Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Items to Bring: Personal computer (recommended). Note: Students will be supplied with workbooks and CDs of basic Microsoft Excel worksheets.

Course Location:
Smile Center
8210 SE 13th St.
Portland, OR 97202

Location Phone:
503-502-1000

Instructor Contact:
bonnie@rivercityart.com
503-502-1000

Instructor Website:
www.rivercityart.com

Portland

Traditional Composition & Lighting

Course #OR02

Dwon Guvenir

Amazing images require two things: great composition and lighting. No amount of Adobe Photoshop techniques can fix poor composition or poor lighting. So, join Dwon for a one-day workshop that will teach you the traditional, essential rules of composition and lighting—rules that all photographers need to know to be able to compete in today's world where everyone is a "photographer."

Your hands-on experience will include working with everything from basic light bulbs to off-camera strobes. You’ll also be studying past PPA Loan Collection photographers (including your instructor!) to reinforce the traditional rules of composition and lighting. Those traditional rules are there because they work. You can break the rules, but you better know what they are before you break them! (And if you're going to break one rule, it better be to fulfill another.)

Course Date: October 23, 2011* (Not held on the official Super Monday date.)

Course Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Items to Bring: Camera and camera manual

Course Location:
Oregon Photo Safaris Training Center
9320 SW Barbur Blvd., Ste. 175
Portland, OR 97219

Location Phone:
503-999-4321

Instructor Contact:
info@oregonphotosafaris.com
503-999-4321

Instructor Website:
www.oregonphotosafaris.com