Kas is a popular presenter at photography and outdoor clubs, and was a keynote speaker at the Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show, the Bruce Peninsula Outdoor Festival and at educational events sponsored by Parks Canada and Ontario Parks. She leads photographic and digital imaging workshops, and has been an instructor in Vistek's Saturday Seminar Series.
Kas's enthusiasm is evident in her lively presentation style, and she has a knack for tackling difficult subjects -- Photoshop's layer masks, Plate Tectonics, and the Mercator map projection sytem, for instance -- and making them comprehensible to people of all skill levels. The following is a sampling of the presentations and workshops in Kas's current lineup:
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Landscape Photography: Kas was the Profiled Photographer in the Winter 2010 edition of Outdoor Photography Canada magazine and has spent countless hours in the field practising her craft. In this workshop she shares some tips and techniques for effective landscape image capture, including gear, exposure and visual design.
Expose Yourself to F-Stops and Shutter Speeds: This workshop goes back to photographic basics with a practical discussion of exposure. Learn how to use camera settings and histograms to achieve the "correct" exposure for the given lighting conditions, and see how various combinations of f-stops, shutter speeds and ISO can be manipulated to produce different, and often creative, visual effects.
Compose Yourself with Principles of Visual Design: This introductory visual design workshop begins with the fundamental photographic question "Why am I taking this picture?" and builds an image based on the answer. You'll learn some important "rules" and explore some techniques for effective composition.
Photoshop for Photographers: What You Really Need to Know: Photoshop is the industry standard in photo editing software. But for photographers it can also be frustratingly complex. This workshop is a photographer-friendly introduction to Photoshop that cuts through the mystique and gives you some simple, effective tools to tweak your photographs and get back where you belong -- out in the fireld with your camera!
Layers, Masks and Magic - Photoshop's Greatest Tools: This workshop is aimed at digital photographers with a basic knowledge of Photoshop who are looking to take their image editing to the next level. Working through practical examples, Kas makes sense of one of Photoshop's most intimidating -- and powerful! -- tools, and helps you create more effective images.
Shooting RAW: RAW images are the "digital negatives" captured by modern DSLR's, and shooting in RAW format allows you to extract the most potential from your photographs. This workshop will help you make the switch from JPEG to RAW image capture, and learn how to use Adobe Camera Raw, the software that comes bundled with Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom.
Creating a Digital AV Show - An Introduction to ProShow Gold: This seminar teaches photographers how to put together a digital audio-visual presentation using the popular ProShow Gold software. The seminar begins with some general advice about how to select images and music for a show, and some common mistakes to avoid. It gives basic instruction using ProShow Gold to assemble and organize images, apply finishing touches and create output that can be played on a digital projector or home theatre system.
PRESENTATIONS
Outdoor Adventures with my Camera: This entertaining evening draws on Kas's extensive experiences hiking, paddling and camping across Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and the Atlantic Provinces. She shares stories and tips about photographic gear and travel on a shoestring budget, illustrating her adventures with digital slide shows set to local music.
Spirits of Adventure on the Georgian Bay Coast: This is a "spirited" tour of our Sixth Great Lake, with stops all along the coast from Killarney to Collingwood to Manitoulin Island. Explore Georgian Bay's breathtaking natural features and meet the Native Manitous, explorers and pioneers who have made its history sparkle through the centuries. Along the way you'll discover some amazing places to exercise your own spirit of adventure. This show was one of Ontario Tourism's feature presentations at the 2010 Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto.
Outdoor Adventures on the Niagara Escarpment: Explore the Niagara Escarpment's geological legacy and learn more about the caves, flowerpots, waterfalls and natural features that have made it famous internationally as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Meet the creatures that make their home in this unique environment and discover the great variety of outdoor adventures available in the parks and nature reserves along the Escarpment corridor. This show was one of the Ontario Parks Theatre feature presentations at the 2009 Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto.
Exploring the Great Lakes Watershed: Kas has spent more than a decade exploring, photographing and writing about the Great Lakes. In this presentation she discusses the genesis of the Great Lakes Basin and celebrates the delightfully varied coastal landscape and fascinating human history that can be found along its shores. This presentation has been featured at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association's AGM at the Canadian Canoe Museum, and as part of the guest speaker series NovaCraft Canoe and Mountain Equipment Co-op.
Paddling and Hiking in Ontario: In this presentation Kas talks about Ontario's waterways and trails, focusing on her favourite routes around Georgian Bay, Lake Superior and along the Niagara Escarpment. She includes personal anecdotes, practical advice, audience interaction and enjoyable slide shows set to music. Variations of this presentation have been featured at the Bruce Peninsula Outdoor Festival and included in the Parks Canada Visitor Centre's Signature Series Program in Tobermory.
Kas's enthusiasm is evident in her lively presentation style, and she has a knack for tackling difficult subjects -- Photoshop's layer masks, Plate Tectonics, and the Mercator map projection sytem, for instance -- and making them comprehensible to people of all skill levels. The following is a sampling of the presentations and workshops in Kas's current lineup:
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Landscape Photography: Kas was the Profiled Photographer in the Winter 2010 edition of Outdoor Photography Canada magazine and has spent countless hours in the field practising her craft. In this workshop she shares some tips and techniques for effective landscape image capture, including gear, exposure and visual design.
Expose Yourself to F-Stops and Shutter Speeds: This workshop goes back to photographic basics with a practical discussion of exposure. Learn how to use camera settings and histograms to achieve the "correct" exposure for the given lighting conditions, and see how various combinations of f-stops, shutter speeds and ISO can be manipulated to produce different, and often creative, visual effects.
Compose Yourself with Principles of Visual Design: This introductory visual design workshop begins with the fundamental photographic question "Why am I taking this picture?" and builds an image based on the answer. You'll learn some important "rules" and explore some techniques for effective composition.
Photoshop for Photographers: What You Really Need to Know: Photoshop is the industry standard in photo editing software. But for photographers it can also be frustratingly complex. This workshop is a photographer-friendly introduction to Photoshop that cuts through the mystique and gives you some simple, effective tools to tweak your photographs and get back where you belong -- out in the fireld with your camera!
Layers, Masks and Magic - Photoshop's Greatest Tools: This workshop is aimed at digital photographers with a basic knowledge of Photoshop who are looking to take their image editing to the next level. Working through practical examples, Kas makes sense of one of Photoshop's most intimidating -- and powerful! -- tools, and helps you create more effective images.
Shooting RAW: RAW images are the "digital negatives" captured by modern DSLR's, and shooting in RAW format allows you to extract the most potential from your photographs. This workshop will help you make the switch from JPEG to RAW image capture, and learn how to use Adobe Camera Raw, the software that comes bundled with Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom.
Creating a Digital AV Show - An Introduction to ProShow Gold: This seminar teaches photographers how to put together a digital audio-visual presentation using the popular ProShow Gold software. The seminar begins with some general advice about how to select images and music for a show, and some common mistakes to avoid. It gives basic instruction using ProShow Gold to assemble and organize images, apply finishing touches and create output that can be played on a digital projector or home theatre system.
PRESENTATIONS
Outdoor Adventures with my Camera: This entertaining evening draws on Kas's extensive experiences hiking, paddling and camping across Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and the Atlantic Provinces. She shares stories and tips about photographic gear and travel on a shoestring budget, illustrating her adventures with digital slide shows set to local music.
Spirits of Adventure on the Georgian Bay Coast: This is a "spirited" tour of our Sixth Great Lake, with stops all along the coast from Killarney to Collingwood to Manitoulin Island. Explore Georgian Bay's breathtaking natural features and meet the Native Manitous, explorers and pioneers who have made its history sparkle through the centuries. Along the way you'll discover some amazing places to exercise your own spirit of adventure. This show was one of Ontario Tourism's feature presentations at the 2010 Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto.
Outdoor Adventures on the Niagara Escarpment: Explore the Niagara Escarpment's geological legacy and learn more about the caves, flowerpots, waterfalls and natural features that have made it famous internationally as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Meet the creatures that make their home in this unique environment and discover the great variety of outdoor adventures available in the parks and nature reserves along the Escarpment corridor. This show was one of the Ontario Parks Theatre feature presentations at the 2009 Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto.
Exploring the Great Lakes Watershed: Kas has spent more than a decade exploring, photographing and writing about the Great Lakes. In this presentation she discusses the genesis of the Great Lakes Basin and celebrates the delightfully varied coastal landscape and fascinating human history that can be found along its shores. This presentation has been featured at the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association's AGM at the Canadian Canoe Museum, and as part of the guest speaker series NovaCraft Canoe and Mountain Equipment Co-op.
Paddling and Hiking in Ontario: In this presentation Kas talks about Ontario's waterways and trails, focusing on her favourite routes around Georgian Bay, Lake Superior and along the Niagara Escarpment. She includes personal anecdotes, practical advice, audience interaction and enjoyable slide shows set to music. Variations of this presentation have been featured at the Bruce Peninsula Outdoor Festival and included in the Parks Canada Visitor Centre's Signature Series Program in Tobermory.
Presentations & Workshops
All photographs, text and
illustrations on this website
are, unless otherwise noted,
© Kas Stone 2002-2012.
illustrations on this website
are, unless otherwise noted,
© Kas Stone 2002-2012.
