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You can be a street photographer if you own a camera. You can start it from anywhere you want. But it sounds easy, right? Though it's not that easy! You have to be a complete photographer with the knowledge of the technical skills, but also building up knowledge of human nature. You have to see things before they happen in order to be ready for the decisive moment. The The Art of Street Photography Online Course is designed to welcome you to the world and genre of street photography. It aims to open your eyes to the spontaneous nature of the 'every day' that is out there and to help you document (photograph) the weird and wonderful street scenes that pass us by without notice. The workshop will guide you towards the appropriate equipment needed for street photography and how to use that equipment to its full potential. Course Highlights The price is for the whole course including final exam - no hidden fees Accredited Certificate upon successful completion Efficient exam system with instant results Track progress within own personal learning portal 24/7 customer support via live chat This valuable course is suitable for anyone interested in working in this sector or who simply wants to learn more about the topic. If you're an individual looking to excel within this field then The Art of Street Photography Online Course is for you. We've taken this comprehensive course and broken it down into several manageable modules which we believe will assist you to easily grasp each concept - from the fundamental to the most advanced aspects of the course. It really is a sure pathway to success. All our courses offer 12 months access and are designed to be studied at your own pace so you can take as much or as little time as you need to complete and gain the accredited qualification. We pride ourselves on having friendly and experienced instructors who provide full weekday support and are ready to help with any of your queries. So, if you need help, just drop them an email and await a speedy response. Furthermore, you can check the validity of your qualification and verify your certification on our website at any time. So, why not improve your chances of gaining professional skills and better earning potential. Assessment and Certification At the end of the course, you will be required to sit an online multiple-choice test. Your test will be assessed automatically and immediately so that you will instantly know whether you have been successful. After you have successfully passed the final exam, you will be able to order an Accredited Certificate of Achievement at an additional cost of £19 for a PDF copy and £29 for an original print copy sent to you by post or for both £39. Career Path Not only does our accredited course look good on your CV, setting you apart from the competition, it can be used as a stepping stone to greater things. Further advance your learning, launch a new career or reinvigorate an existing one. On successful completion of this course, you have the potential to achieve an estimated salary of £20,300. The sky really is the limit. Course Curriculum Module: 01 Photography with Anthony Promo FREE 00:01:00 Introduction 00:02:00 What is Street Photography 00:03:00 Equipment Recommendations 00:02:00 Basic Settings 00:04:00 Intro to Strongest I'II Ever Be 00:15:00 Module: 02 Where Shoot Photos 00:04:00 How to Take Photos of Strangers 00:14:00 Composing Better Photos 00:09:00 Portrait - Face in the Shadows 00:02:00 Portrait - Capturing Raw Emotions 00:05:00 Portrait - When Life Gives You Lemons 00:02:00 Module: 03 Portrait - Get Up Close and Personal 00:01:00 Portrait - Silhouettes and the Power of RAW 00:02:00 Portrait - When You Can't Take a Portrait 00:03:00 Portrait - Can I Take Your Photograph While We're Talking 00:02:00 Portrait - Ease Your Way Into the Shot 00:01:00 Portrait - Wait for the Right Moment 00:02:00 Module: 04 Lighting - Drama and Lens Flares 00:02:00 Architecture - Seeing the Beauty in the Small Things 00:01:00 Lighting - Taking Photos at High Noon 00:02:00 Lighting - Photographing the Sun 00:01:00 Silhouette - Walking Away 00:01:00 Lighting - Back Lighting and Shadows 00:02:00 Module: 05 Be Ready for Any Moment 00:01:00 Find Your Frame and Be Patient 00:01:00 When Your Subject Walk on By 00:01:00 Where Preparation and Luck Meet 00:01:00 Sharing Your Work 00:06:00 Thank You 00:02:00
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Creative Writing Course - Horror Lesson One: The History of Horror 01:00:00 Lesson Two: Characters and Concepts 01:00:00 Lesson Three: Location and Backdrop 01:00:00 Lesson Four: Story and Plotting 01:00:00 Lesson Five: Writing Issues 01:00:00 Lesson Six: Horror Markets 01:00:00 05. Creative Writing Course - Novel Introduction to Writing Fantasy 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson One - Imagining Fantasy 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson Two - World Building, Maps and Visualization 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson Three - Characters, Races and Societies 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson Four - Plotting, Questing and Traveling 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson Five - Point of View, Artifacts and Magic 01:00:00 Writing Fantasy - Lesson Six - Resolutions and Sequels 01:00:00 Amusing Article About Fantasy Writing (because it's true!) 01:00:00 Fantasy: Recommended Author & Book List 01:00:00 Fantasy Societies Listing 01:00:00 Mythological Creature Listing 01:00:00 06. Creative Writing Course - Thriller Introduction to Writing the Thriller 00:30:00 The Thriller: Form and Function 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson One 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson Two 00:30:00 Exercise 1 - Building Your Thriller 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson Three 00:30:00 Exercise 2 - Building Your Thriller 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson Four 00:30:00 Exercise 3 - Building Your Thriller 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson Five 00:30:00 Exercise 4 - Building Your Thriller 00:30:00 Writing the Thriller: Lesson Six 00:30:00 07. Diploma in Drama and Comedy Writing Welcome to the Writer's Greatest Untapped Income Source 00:15:00 Introduction to Writing for TV, Cable and Satellite Networks 01:00:00 Your Ideas and How to Present Them 01:00:00 What's Different About TV Writing? 01:00:00 Scripting, Editing and the Story Bible 00:30:00 A Special Masterclass On Comedy Writing 00:30:00 The Money and How You Get Paid 00:30:00
LOOKING FOR: YA, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION Laura Williams is literary agent at the Greene and Heaton Literary Agency. She is seeking literary fiction, commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high concept Young Adult. Laura is actively building a fiction list and a small non-fiction list. She is currently looking for literary fiction, edgy commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high-concept contemporary young adult, as well as narrative non-fiction of all types. Her taste is quite dark, and she loves gothic, ghost stories, horror and anything sinister. She also loves books that make her cry, from big love stories to intense family dramas. She is open to historical or horror YA, but not magical or fantasy. Meditative or moving novels about modern life, appeal to Laura, sad stories with love and the importance of caring for each other shining through. She also loves stories about female friendships or conversely groups of women who don't get on, such as the hugely fun BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum. She is always on the lookout for a big tragic love story to make her cry happy or sad tears. At the more commercial end of fiction, think funny novels with warmth and romantic comedies with a bit of depth – think Marian Keyes. Most of all Laura is looking for novels she hasn’t read before – something unusual structurally or thematically, something that shines a light on a subject the author is passionate about, something that’ll break her heart or raise her blood in an entirely new way. Laura is always looking to promote diverse voices from across the globe, and is particularly keen on LGBTQI+ stories. Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, a 1-2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Monday 6th January 2025
Overview Digital technologies dramatically reshape your business. Almost all business, companies are trying to pursue significant changes to gain the beneficial effects of this new technological development and some are working hard to attain the benefit of this trend to survive. This has opened new economic opportunities which are progressively opening for organisations that need to reshape. The course will help to gain the knowledge to boost skills and to comprehend the procedures that are obligatory to communicate with clients in new ways and govern the rebellion of the media landscape. It will deliver the delegate's practises and procedures that will explain to them to cope with digital transformation, from organisational change to integrating new competencies. Participants will also learn the methods of developing a marketing strategy and managing a digital marketing Project.
About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) Conducted in an interactive manner, Exploration Project Management will include presentations by the course leader, syndicate and plenary exercises, and (optional) assessment of selected participants' projects. Industry case studies will be integrated into all the presentations. The course material will include a course manual (handout) and a course workbook (for exercises). Participants are requested to bring a mini-poster (two PowerPoint slides) as background material for discussion during the course. Training Objectives By the end of this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT), participants will be able to: Improve the evaluation, execution and delivery of exploration projects, measured in terms of successful bids for new acreage, increased success rate and volume delivery from exploration drilling, and more rapid progress in appraisal of discoveries. Describe concepts, simple processes, workflows and analysis tools for project execution. Tools include the expert course leader's proprietary project management framework, including project framing and after-action review methodologies, templates for strategy development, decision trees, decision quality frameworks. They also include customised Excel spreadsheets for portfolio modelling, project risk assessment (in new ventures and prospect maturation) and business planning. Understand their role in (a) delivering the company's strategy, (b) contributing data and assessments to key exploration decision makers, and (c) communicating project progress and results to senior management. Target Audience The Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is aimed at exploration professionals with more than 5 to 10 years of experience in the business, who would like to develop their skills for managing exploration projects and presenting the goals and results of their project work to senior management. Exploration and engineering professionals who work in exploration project teams, across the spectrum from new ventures (exploration business development), prospect identification and maturation, and appraisal of discoveries Exploration project leaders Exploration managers The VILT will also benefit professionals from well engineering, petroleum engineering, finance and planning who support exploration activities. Participants are requested to bring a mini-poster (two PowerPoint slides, each printed on A3 paper) as background material for discussion during the course. Course Level Basic or Foundation Trainer Your expert course leader draws on more than 35 years of experience managing, reviewing and directing projects in all aspects of the exploration business: from exploration business development (new ventures), through prospect maturation and drilling, to the appraisal of discoveries. He has more than 30 years' experience with Shell International, followed by 10 years consulting to NOCs in Asia Pacific, Africa and South America and independent oil companies in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and North America. Other than delivering industry training, he has worked on projects for oil & gas companies of all sizes, including independents, national oil companies and (super)-majors, private equity firms, hedge funds and investment banks, and leading management consulting firms. He is an alumnus of Cambridge University. He has M.A and Ph.D. degrees in geology and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London as well as a respected speaker on management panels at international conferences. Professional Experience Management consultancy & executive education: Advice to investment banks, businesses and major consulting firms. Specialist expertise in upstream oil & gas, with in depth experience in exploration strategy, portfolio valuation and risk assessment. Leadership: Managed and led teams and departments ranging from 3 - 60 in size. Provided technical leadership to a cadre of 800 explorationists in Shell worldwide. Member of the 12-person VP team leading global exploration in Shell, a $3 bln p.a. business and recognised as the most effective and successful among its industry peers. Accountability & decision-making: Accountable for bottom-line results: in a range of successful exploration ventures with budgets ranging from $10's million to $100's million. Made, or contributed to, complex business decisions / investments, taking into account strategic, technical, commercial, organisational and political considerations. Corporate governance: Served as non-executive director on the Boards of the South Rub al Khali Company (oversight of gas exploration studies and drilling in Saudi Arabia) and SEAPOS B.V. (exploration deep-water drilling and facilities management). Technical & operations: Skilled in exploration opportunity evaluation, the technical de risking of prospects, portfolio analysis and managing the interface between exploration and well engineering activities. Unparalleled knowledge of the oil and gas basins of the world, and of different operating regimes and contractual structures, ranging from Alaska, Gulf of Mexico and Brazil, through to the Middle East, former Soviet Union, Far East and Australia. Safety: Following an unsatisfactory audit, became accountable for safety performance in Shell's exploration new ventures. Through personal advocacy and leadership of a small team, delivered pragmatic and effective HSE systems, tools and staff training / engagement and a dramatically improved safety record. R&D: Experience in the 3 key roles in R&D: scientific researcher, research manager, and 'customer' for R&D products. After re-defining Shell's exploration R&D strategy, led the re-structuring of the R&D organization, its interface with 'the business' and approaches to deployment and commercialization. Strategy: Accomplished at formulating competitive strategies in business, R&D and technology deployment, translating them into actionable tactics and results. Defined the exploration strategy of PDO (a Shell subsidiary in Oman) and latterly of Shell's global exploration programme. Professional education, behavioural/motivational coaching: Experienced in organisational re-design, change management, leadership education and talent development. Commercial skills: Personally negotiated drilling compensation claims, educational contracts and E&P contracts, with values of $5 million to $100+ million. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations