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Calendar of Events
Take Great Pictures' Calendar of Events is a wonderful photo resource for any traveler. Here we feature some of the best photo ops throughout the US and the World, from hot air balloon festivals to various cultural celebrations to off-beat events, our Calendar is sure to get you some great photographs. Check out schedules for Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, New Year's Eve, July 4th, and dozens more holidays.
August
1 - 31,
2003 Namaqualand Wildflower Bloom - South Africa
For a few weeks each springtime, Namaqualand's expansive mountain deserts host one of nature's most shockingly brilliant floral displays. The usually lifeless landscape becomes covered with a carpet of multihued wildflowers.
THE FESTIVAL FOR YEAR 2003 The Reggae on the River Festival ~ 3 days the best Reggae and World music, crafts, food, camping, and swimming in the Eel River
Contacts: Northern California - Humboldt County USA
August
2 - 3,
2003 Liberty International Dragon Boat Festival
The Liberty International Dragon Boat Race Festival is the most competitive dragon boat race in the country. We are expecting over 1,200 paddlers from all over the world including the US National Dragon Boat Team, top ranked Canadian Teams and team from Europe. This colorful, cultural, festive event will take place August 2-3, 2003 from the 79 Street Boat Basin in Riverside Park in Mahattan, NYC.
The 2003 Edinburgh MIlitary Tattoo celebrates over 50 years of music and spectacle set against the world famous backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. From its early days, the Edinburgh Tattoo has been an international favourite. Performers from 30 countries have presented here, and around 35 per cent of the 217,000 audience each year are from overseas. The international flavour of the Tattoo has been deliberately developed as a key element in its capacity to entertain a huge, cosmopolitan audience.
Popular Photography is again returning to the pristine mountainside of Cody, Wyoming for a competition trek. Submit your portfolio so you can join us. This trek is a contest.
August
7 - 9,
2003 The Palm Beach Photographic Centre
The 7th Annual Infocus Juried Exhibition • annual exhibition of photographic and digital works by members of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to the enrichment of life through exhibitions, community programs, workshops and other educational activities that promote the arts of photography and digital imaging.
55 NE 2nd Avenue • Delray Beach, FL 33444 Tel: 561-276-9797 • Fax: 561-276-1932 info@fotofusion.org
August
9 - 17,
2003 The Mr. Christie International Balloon Fiesta of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
The Mr. Christie International Balloon Fiesta of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu lets children, teens, and adults fully experience their visit of the most family-oriented summer festival in Quebec, which offers many free entertainment activities from August 11 to 19, 2001.
August 13 -
December 31,
2003 The Empire State Building
Anything this good is worth the wait! What more can be said about a feeling, a thrill and a memory that stays with you for the rest of your life. A person once said, "You can live in New York all your life, but until you see it from the top of the Empire State Building, you haven't seen the city." This is a great place to bring the family - and an especially amazing place to witness the wonder in a child's eyes the first time he gazes from horizon to horizon taking in this metropolis of millions. This is a truly amazing place.
August
14 - 18,
2003 FDNY/Breast Cancer Benefit Photography Auction
I have donated a print, Liberty Bridges, from my NYC series to a benefit auction for two causes close to my heart. The FDNY/Breast Cancer silent auction fundraiser at Soho Photo Gallery will benefit an educational fund for 3 young children who lost their mother to breast cancer. Their father is a New York City Firefighter. Please stop by the gallery and enjoy the various photographic pieces up for auction. Date: Thursday, August 14, 2003 Time: 6:00PM - 10:00PM Where: Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White St., NYC. For more information, please contact Mike Killarney at 516-359-0574 or mikefdny1@optonline.net.
War and oppression in China led to the celebration of the Lantern & Moon Cake festival on the 15th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar. The occasion marks a successful rebellion against the Mongol rulers in 14th century China. Secret messages were hidden inside moon cakes, and lanterns were used at night as signals of the plot against the Mongols. Join in the lantern competitions and processions and savour the many varieties of moon cakes available across the country.
August 16 -
September 27,
2003 The Palm Beach Photographic Centre
August 16-September 27, 2003 • Just Because I Live in America • black and white photographs by Tone Stockenstrom, documenting the Cataneda-Torres family’s experience of immigration, divorce and issues of bicultural identity • opening reception 6-8pm, September 5. The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to the enrichment of life through exhibitions, community programs, workshops and other educational activities that promote the arts of photography and digital imaging.
55 NE 2nd Avenue • Delray Beach, FL 33444 Tel: 561-276-9797 • Fax: 561-276-1932 info@fotofusion.org
August 17 -
December 31,
2003 Grand Canyon National Park
Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park, a place of tremendous beauty, peace, and scenic grandeur. Grand Canyon holds an important position in our American heritage and Western legacy, in addition to being of intense natural and cultural interest. Just over 100 years ago the first train arrived at the South Rim, providing an impetus for increased development. In 1995 the park approved a General Management Plan to guide development into the Twenty-first Century. The newly opened Canyon View Information Plaza should be one of the first stops on your visit.
Morocco is the tantalising lower lip on the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a Muslim land so rich in mystique it seems to hover like a magic carpet somewhere between myth and reality. Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakesh...just the names of these cities and towns should stir a hint of spice in the nostrils of the most geographically challenged. Many Moroccan destinations have been mythologised, and for good reason, but the more jaded traveller may well moan about the extinction of the 'real' Morocco. Still others will extol the country's unique living history, its shimmering light, its art. The truth lies somewhere in between.
August
22 - 24,
2003 Total Digital Imaging Workshops: Pixels to Print
This class is for anyone with basic photo skills interested in mastering digital imaging. We will study Adobe Photoshop and Elements and learn Color sync, Basic Adjustments, Layers and Actions . NIKON has provided several professional and advanced consumer 5.0 megabyte cameras. Sandisk Ultra 512 meg large capacity cards are in each camera. You will have access to two 1280 and one 2200 EPSON printers. Perfecting large format printing is the weekend goal. I try to stress digital "Workflow" and each computer is equipped with Extensis Portfolio and CameraBits' Photo Mechanic. Software discounts are available to students taking this class. We will photograph Washington's best scenics at dawn and dusk and work on Photoshop, Databasing and Digital Workflow during the harsh daylight hours. Because these are small groups, I can personalize the courses to your needs.
We have six photography events all years, all of it are photography workshops concentrating in Travel, Social Documentary and photo esay, all of hem are imparted by 3 professional photographers and consist in an intense week; our trips offering, landscape, prehispanic and colonial architecture, and the high light is a rare indigenous festivity in different parts of Mexico.
"Morisma" We will start in the spectacular city of Zacatecas with it's many colonial buildings to wait for the celebration of the "Morisma", a representation of a battle between Christians and Moros (Muslims) , it's a very rare celebration and is the only place in Mexico that we can find it.
Splat! Are you prepared to get really messy and slimy? If not, stay away from La Tomatina, a brutal day of sloppy warfare. Twenty thousand warriors crowd into the tiny town of Buñol for the world's biggest food fight.
August 29 -
September 14,
2003 "Visa Pour L'Image"
The International Festival of Photojournalism, now in it's 15th year, held in Perpignan in the south of France. Have a look at their website. One of the major contributors is National Geographic and the exhibitions are of the highest standard. Well worth a visit if you are thinking of coming back to France!
August
30 - 1,
2003 Rocky Mountain National Park Photo Workshop & Safari
We figure anything worth doing once is worth doing again! This workshop is set in a perfect location for almost every type of nature photography. Wildflowers, Wildlife, Waterfalls and the grand landscapes! You name it, it's all here! Join us as we hike to remote location on predawn hikes to pristine mountain lakes fed by the melting waters of high mountain glaciers! This is one adventure and learning experience you don't want to miss!
For more than 200 years, Tahiti has represented the tropical-paradise myth for Europeans, but ask almost anyone about French Polynesia and they will look at you blankly. Tahiti is, in fact, just one island in one of the five island groups that make up French Polynesia. It's the region's biggest, most famous and historically interesting island, but the glossy pictures of aqua-blue seas and palm-fringed beaches that you see in travel agents' windows are almost certainly some other French Polynesian island.
August 31 -
September 5,
2003 Photo Adventure France
Renowned adventure photographer, senior photo editor for "Bonjour Paris" and creator of World Photo Adventure Wilf James is now offering three photo workshops in France: Paris, Normandy and Les Corbières in the south of France. For professional and amateur photographers alike, these popular photo workshops are a great way to explore "la belle France" while learning the ins and outs of adventure photography. In "Photo Adventure Normandy" participants stay in what was originally a Viking castle, now a beautiful château near the D-Day beaches.
Malaysia celebrates 46 years of independence or Merdeka on the morning of 31 August with a grand parade in Kuala Lumpur along the Dataran Merdeka or Independence Square. Festivities start the night before with an open air concert at the same venue during the Merdeka Eve Celebrations with popular Malaysian singers and celebrities. Graced by His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the King), the Merdeka Day Parade is also attended by government leaders and members of the diplomatic corps. MINISTRY OF CULTURE, ARTS & TOURISM: Tel:03-26937111 Fax:03-26934789
