This seminar will provide information and techniques that will significantly improve your alpaca photography no matter what type of camera you are using. This seminar will include information on:
COMPOSITION - which will provide many suggestions and a few simple guidelines to improve your framing and compositions
LIGHT - which will give you insights into using naturally occurring light effecs to make your alpaca photographs more interesting, effective and detail rich.
The seminar will be fully illustrated with dozens of images, demonstrating the techniques and issues being discussed.

Presented by Tyler Allair - The Alpaca Promotion Co.

Cathy's work with llamas, alpacas and their people remain her first love. Her focus is in the understanding of llama and alpaca behavior as the very foundation for training and herd management. Cathy believes there is more than one "right" way to do anything which naturally includes our herd management, training and interaction with llamas and alpacas. Understanding as much as we can about their behaviors provides important useful information in making educated decisions for what approach or technique might be most appropriate in any given situation. Cathy's clinics and presentations worldwide provide an understanding of positioning and behavioral responses between llamas, alpacas and their people. Almost instantly, a whole new level of respect, understanding and interaction takes place between participants and their animals. It can be as simple as where one stands. Understanding behavioral cues has also saved lives. Cathy teaches alpaca and llama training clinics and behavioral classes (which include a detailed visual presentation) for Cornell University, OSU and WSU, the Boeing Company, alpaca and llama associations including LANA, CLAA and AOBA and at private farms and ranches worldwide, is a guest speaker at many conferences, works with FFA and 4H and serves as a judge at many county fairs and jackpots. Visit her website at: www.gentlespiritllamas.com

Instructor: Cathy Spalding, Olympia, WA

Lyn Dickson

Lyn Dickson has been breeding alpacas for over twelve years, and has been an accredited Australian Alpaca Association judge since 1995, around the time that she "retired" from the corporate world after a long career in Human Resources management. Along with her husband, Graeme, they now concentrate their efforts on full-time alpaca farming, and currently run 140 alpacas at their stud farm, Warralinga, in the picturesque Hawkesbury Valley about 50 miles north-west of Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Lyn also qualified at the inaugural International Alpaca Judging School in Peru four years ago.

Judging tasks for Lyn have included Australia's two largest shows, Melbourne Royal and the AAA National Show, and overseas assignments in Germany, USA and New Zealand. She has completed a three year merino wool-classing course, and teaches a part-time evening college course in Alpaca Production. Lyn is a current member of the AAA Showing & Judging Committee and her particular interests are in the areas of alpaca pedigrees and breeding for genetically superior, superfine alpacas.