Photography for Knitters

Fall 2016 and onward

A new book, and with it some events! We LOVE to booksign and blab about this book and the projects within.

• Saturday December 3rd at CraftWork Somerville in Somerville MA . It is our only Boston area event so we hope you can join us!  Check the link for details-- here's the scoop

• an Iphone-ography workshop 10-1 from Gale

• a shawl knitting workshop from Kirsten Kapur 2-5

• and a booksigning reception open to all at  5:30 pm

Join us at this wonderful makerspace/craft center/creative groundzero shop!!!!

 

And don't forget a fun book trailer here.

2016 spring, summer, beyond!

Welcome to a long overdue update on upcoming Photography for Knitters and MORE workshops.

TNNA-  The National Needlework Arts Association Summer Tradeshow June 10&11th 2016, Washington DC

If you are interested in expanding, improving, or  just starting to get your feet wet in social media, and you are a member of TNNA, consider joining me and Beverly Army Williams for the Better Business program, on Friday June 10th.  For participants, there is also an optional hands-on Lab workshop early Saturday morning.

We'll cover how to use your words and make the best images for the social media, how to maximize your efforts, how to build a following and keep customers coming back.  It's aimed at yarn shop owners,  and indie designer, dyer or yarn businesses but applicable to all. The workshops will include my popular  iPhone/Smartphone photo class, because you can make amazing images with your phone--and post it almost immediately.  Info here.

FIBER COLLEGE OF MAINE- September 9 & 10 2016  Searsport, Maine

If you've never experienced the inspiration, beauty and creative energy that is this annual learning community (and vacation) in coastal Maine, take a peek at these listings. Both are intended to be fun, experiential, stretch your creative limbs a bit--and send you home with something new.

Photo Haiku Postcards with Beverly Army Williams and Gale Zucker

Your Creative Vision Photo Workshop with Gale Zucker

 

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KNITTERS - webinars to download from INTERWEAVE- learn at your own pace

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KNITTERS

PHOTO EDITING FOR KNITTERS

MAKING DIGITAL PHOTO COLLAGES

OOH! One more thing! My new book with Kirsten Kapur and Mary Lou Egan will be out in September 2016, on pre-sale now.  If you are a shop owner or guild programmer, or organizing a knitting /fiber fair event--consider a combo book signing and Photo for Knitters program.

 

Don't see anything that fits your schedule? Give me a shout at [email protected] --I can teach at your venue or put together a custom class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 online & in-person

Spring! Fresh new things!  If you're wanting to attend a Photography for Knitters workshop with me, or wish to have me teach one, get in touch!

Here's what's coming up-

iphone photo of wet felting experiments

First up, I'll be teaching Making  iPhone* Masterpieces workshops in New Jersey on the weekend of May 2nd and 3rd. Fun classes- and not just for knitters. Bring a friend.

Click on the shop names to register in advance.

SATURDAY MAY 2nd in Princeton NJ 1 at Needles & Pins   1:30-4:30 pm

SUNDAY MAY 3rd in Morristown NJ at Trillium Yarns - space limited!

an iPhone group portrait of the workshop at The Yarn Spot  in Maryland in November

It's a a fun class, all hands-on, and very appropriate for any level of photographer.

 I will be returning to my fave maker space of all time, A Gathering of Stitches in Portland, Maine in mid -summer for another photo weekend of classes. If there is something you especially wish to learn, give me a shout.

 

Or learn at your own location any time from the Interweave On Demand webinars

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KNITTERS

PHOTO EDITING FOR KNITTERS

Here's hoping  your spring season  is  filled with great creative energy, too!

* any smartphone will do

NOVEMBER and FORWARD!

Thanks to all who joined me for the Photo Editing Webinar. It will be available on demand  very soon from Interweave . I will add the link as soon as I have it. Meanwhile, you can still get

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY for KNITTERS

I'm thriiled to share that the next brand new live webinar will be

MAKING ONLINE COLLAGES IN PICMONKEY  Monday Nov 24th at 1 pm eastern
As in  the Photo Editing webinar, it will be mostly be a hands-on live action demonstration of making collages online, starting from a simple diptych with two photos and a bit of text, moving up to customizing multi-image collages with text and textures & graphics,  optimized for Pinterest,  postcard mailing and websites. (and, of course, lots of tips and tricks  for working with your photos along the way).

But perhaps I will see you LIVE and IN-PERSON? Upcoming events:

Saturday Nov 22 2014 at The Yarn Spot in Silver Spring Maryland for maing iPhone/Smartphone Masterpieces  register here

I'll be at TNNA in Phoenix AZ in January, if you'd like a photsession for your designs or yanr business. Or perhaps some 1 on 1 photo learning. Just give me a shout.

 

Photo Editing Webinar LIVE Oct 22nd

Join me at 1 pm eastern (US)  Wednesday October 22nd for a live webinar from Interweave: Photo Editing for Knitters.  We are going to make your photos crazy good, and absolutely NO Photoshop is needed. We'll use free online software that is user friendly. And somewhat addictive. (don't say I didn't warn you). Register now.
If you can't be online for the live webcast, you can download it recorded, and not miss a word of it. The only differnce is , listening to it live enables you to type in questions, that a moderator will pass on to me at the end.  I am having a blast preparing it, from basic editing through adding text, graphics and making a collage.  Hope you can join in!

 

Rhinebeck! photoshoot: let's do it!

Oh BOY! It's time for the NY Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck NY. I'll be there from Friday Oct 17-Sunday October 19th- at the very least.
For the first time in years I'm neither teaching, nor bookhawking, nor doing a big photo project...which means I am available to do a photoshoot with you.  Interested ? 

I am accepting a limited number of photoshoots while we have the fabulous setting of the festival or the Hudson River Valley as our location.

Send me a note at [email protected] with what you are looking for, and I can give you a customized quote/proposal/plan. This worked out splendidly for 4 designers & yarn companies at TNNA. Why not? Enjoy the festival and  you can be that much closer to releasing your latest designs with dynamic, professional images.

online portfolio www.gzucker.com

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In workshop/classes news:

•  I'll be offering a live Interweave Photo Editing webinar on Wednesday October 22nd --the link isn't up yet.

•  We are nailing down the details for a November 21st class at The Yarn Spot in Silver Spring MD

• Scheming a return to A Gathering of Stitches over the winter-- agenda, and dates,  to be determined. What classes would you like to take, and where? Give me a shout.

 

 

2014:summer workshops..and on to the fall

 New classes, and in new locations: hope to see you soon! If you see something you wish I were offering in your neck of the woods, don't hesitate to give me a shout . We can make it happen.

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A very special PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKEND

at GATHERING OF STITCHES in PORTLAND MAINE  June 28-29th

This is going to be fun, and a little different. I'll be joining sewist, maker and owner Samantha Hoyt Lindgren at her fabulous maker space for textile and fiber artists  in the East Bayside neighborhood. It's  a full weekend of photography classes, perfect for anyone who loves photography, making, knitting, designing, or all of the above.You can take one, two, or all three of the workshops we put together.

Saturday will be a full day Photography for Knitters & Makers workshop. We'll talk, shoot, edit & end the day with time to review & critique images. An excellent one if you want to get out and shoot for the day, and take your photos to a new level. It's also a great class for designers/crafters who want to create specific images to market their work.

On Sunday I'm debuting two workshops: Photo Editing                                             and Mastering iPhone-ography . Details here.  All classes are limited

 Portland Maine is worth a weekend getaway. Samantha's offering a nice discount if you want to make it a weekend of classes, and she can reconmmend places to eat, stay and visit, too.

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FIBER COLLEGE OF MAINE  SEPT 3-7TH 2014

registration open now and filling fast! Gees Bend Quilters will be there.

I'm returning to one of my favorite haunts, Searsport Maine. I hate how the word unique is overused and misused in the creative world--but truly, Fiber College is a unique gathering. It'll be my 4th year, and it makes the bittersweet end to summer tilt toward sweet, each time.

-   all day Friday Savvy Storytelling writing +photography workshop with Beverly Army Williams, for anyone who wants to enliven their blog or website in and empowering way

- Saturday, a Photo Scavenger Hunt workshop. This is going to be so.much.fun. You'll learn tips and techniques to improve your photogrpahy while being challenged to seek images--this year the Gees Bend Quilters will be teaching, along with an amazing array of others and vendors, so we will have so much to shoot in this lovely and unique waterfront setting.

Don't wait too long, I have a feeling this year is going to sell out.

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And, if you prefer to learn at your own pace, or maybe a workshop isn't in your immediate future:

 my webinar from Interweave : Photography for Knitters

It's a download that you can watch as many times as you wish, recorded from alive broadcast. Have you tried any webinars? They're a great idea with a terrible Elmer-Fuddish name.  The images and talk are very much what you might see and hear from me in  the first hour of a workshop, but of course, the hands-on part is all on your own, any way you want to do it.

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SEPTEMBER 27th   THE KNITTING LOFT WASHINGTON DC

(origianlly scheduled in April, we postponed--so do join us!)

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KNITTERS  noon-3:30 pm

Have you checked out this new-ish yarn shop right on Capitol Hill?  What an amazing location for us to shoot knits in.  Join me for a fun class that'll spark up your photographs of knits, yarn, crafts and the world around you. Details from the link, sign up now to get a seat!