Biography
Sheena Wilkie is a professional photographer who specializes in portraiture. (www.sheena.ca) She came to photography from a design background, where she developed her sense of design and colour. Her earlier background includes traditional and multimedia communications. She has previously taught photography and creative software courses at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and now teaches photography-related courses through her own Photo Gurus (www.photogurus.ca) venture. She creates advanced slide show presentations both for her own work and for clients such as the RCMP, the Surrey Food Bank, the Surrey Foundation and various other organizations. Sheena is the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Camera magazine, a CAPA judge, and the founding member of the Surrey Photography Club.Workshop(s)
Web Design for Photographers
Need your own website? Want to update the one you have?
Sheena Wilkie is a former web and graphic designer turned photographer who will share ideas and tips for photographers’ websites with you. She'll offer many different free and nearly-free options for getting you up and running online, without learning HTML or other painful programming languages. Learn how to use widgets, plugins, and other items to greatly expand the functionality of your site and attract more visitors You will also get a crash course in the dos and don'ts of good Web design, information design, search engine optimization, image sizing and other important areas that will help you achieve an effective Web presence.
Photographic Embellishment - Design Tools for Photographers
Let Sheena Wilkie introduce you to the world of Photoshop brushes, borders, textures, effects, page edges and typography.
This workshop will introduce the concept of Photoshop as a design tool for photographers. Discover downloadable Web resources and learn how to create your own brushes and textures. Learn which fonts and graphic elements best reinforce the style of your photograph, allowing you to create a classic art piece, suitable for an album or framing. The commercial applications of these skills include album-making, birth announcements, holiday cards, family mementos and wedding portraits.
Add to your creative vision; show others your work in a new light.