Craig Kohlruss opens Brooks Speakers Program for January & February 2006

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Craig Kohlruss opens Brooks Speakers Program for January & February 2006
SportsShooter.com member from the Fresno Bee to speak in Ventura on January 24, 2006

By Jim McNay, Brooks Institute of Photography

Photo by Craig Kohlruss / Fresno Bee

Sam Soliman, right, of Austrailia lands a right punch to the jaw of opponent Fernando Zuniga of Downey during their middleweight bout at The Palace Indian Gaming Center Thursday, July 21, 2005. Soliman won by unanimous decision in the 10 round fight.

To all: Here are the speakers scheduled to make presentations for the Visual Journalism program this term at Brooks Institute.

These sessions are free (unless otherwise noted) and are open to all interested parties. Please feel free to drop in and visit if you are anywhere near the California central coast. The Ventura campus is only 60-minutes north of Los Angeles.

Please read carefully to see at which of several locations these presentations will be made. Many are held off-campus. (See directions below.)

Brooks Institute of Photography Visual Journalism Speakers Program - January - February, 2006

Speaker #1 - Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Holy Cross School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St., (Ventura Mission), Ventura, Calif., 8pm

How Being a Boss Makes you a Better Photographer

Craig Kohlruss has been a photographer, a photo editor in the newsroom and now is shooting again as a staff photographer for the Fresno Bee. He will talk about what he has learned along the way --- and how being off the street editing other photographers' work has influenced the photography he does now.

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Speaker #2 - Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Holy Cross School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St., (Ventura Mission), Ventura, Calif., 8pm

Photojournalists Having Fun in the Studio

Nadia Borowski-Scott can do it all as a photographer. Right now she chooses to work four days a week as a studio photographer for the San Diego Union-Tribune. This lets her do Very Cool Projects AND have time for her family. She will show some of her current work and discuss having a balanced life.

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Speaker #3 - Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Holy Cross School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St., (Ventura Mission), Ventura, Calif., 8pm

Making and Marketing Documentary Films: "Shark Week", Jacques Cousteau and more

Two-time Emmy winner Thomas F. Horton will talk about the successful production-–and marketing–of documentary films. Horton worked with the Costeau Society during several years and helped raise thousands of dollars for the Society. He has also worked at length with the Discovery Channel and produced 26 shark films for the network. His story on the human powered aircraft named "Gossamer Albatross" during its flight across the English Channel.

Holy Cross School - at the Ventura Mission - downtown Ventura, 211 E. Main St.

From the north (Santa Barbara) - Take 101 south, exit Main Street. Turn right off off-ramp. The mission is on left past Ventura Ave.

From the south (LA) - Take 101 north, exit at California Street. Turn right on California at end of off-ramp. Go straight through Thompson and turn left at Main Street. The mission is on right about four blocks ahead.

If from Main Street you go to Palm, turn on to Palm toward the small hot dog stand. Then at the first alley, turn left and park on the right hand lot near the Holy Cross School auditorium. The auditorium itself is the large building up the hill on the right.

From Brooks Ventura campus - Take 33 South, take the Main Street exit. Go right off the exit ramp. Go left on Main Street. The mission on left past Ventura Ave.

For further information: Jim McNay, 805-585-8037. E-mail: jim.mcnay@brooks.edu

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