2008 Mac-ahiki TechFest

Hosted by the University of Hawaii, Pacific New Media and presented by the Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Inc. and the Professional Photographers of Hawaii.

FREE to the Public
From 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Saturday, April 26

Krauss Hall, University of Hawaii, Manoa
(Google map to Krauss Hall) (UH PDF map)

Swap Meet

10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Buy, sell or trade computer or camera gear. Tables are free to HMAUS members. Non-members may have a table for $25. There are only a very limited number of tables.

Reserve a swap meet table here.

Presentations

Yukiyoshi Room

9:00 to 10:00 — Digital Imaging: the Greatest Tool in Photography by Dwight Okumoto

Digital capture has brought photography to its highest capability for expressing an artist’s concepts. But, digital has also exposed the worst of photographers. When properly used, digital is the best tool in creating an artist’s thoughts onto print. But, if digital is improperly applied or is abused, it shows the weakness of the creator. The combined talents of a skilled photographer and a seasoned digital artist produces the most rewarding images.

Dwight will be showing examples of how true photographic technique can be confused with digital manipulation. Digital imaging has completely changed the industry, but we must maintain the same high standards and principles as shooting film.

Dwight Okumoto,CPPS., M. Photog., M. Artist., M. EI., Cr., API.
Dwight is the current president of the Professional Photographers of Hawaii.

10:30 to 11:30 — Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X by Rolf Nordahl

Rolf Nordahl from the MacMouse Club will give an overview of what’s new and great about Apple’s new operating system, Leopard, which is built upon the Unix environment. Rolf’s easy going, free-flow style of presentation will include many opportunities for questions and audience input.

12:00 to 1:00 — Keynote by Matt Mullenweg

In March 2007 PC World named Matt Mullenweg one of the 50 Most Important People on the Web. His company, based in San Francisco, recently received $29.5 million in funding from investors. Among them, the New York Times Co. In just three years Matt has taken the development of WordPress from obscurity to the top of the social networking universe. Matt will share his thoughts and hopes about the future of technology.

Matt Mullenweg blogs at ma.tt.net. He is best known as the founding developer of WordPress, the blogging software he guided from a handful of users to the most widely used open source blog tool. In late 2005 he left CNET to found Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Akismet.com. In his spare time he enjoys taking photographs and playing jazz.

1:15 to 2:45 — Chat with Matt

Spend some quality time with Matt Mullenweg. Matt will share his knowledge about the blogosphere, the future of social networking technology, technical tips and more in a face-to-face huddle. Fee required for admission to this private session. $5 for HMAUS members and $10 for non-HMAUS members.

Questions: Call Eugene at 808-735-0402

Register for the workshop here. (HMAUS secure web store)

Or send a check, payable to HMAUS to:

Eugene Villaluz, HMAUS Ambassador
2860 Waialae Ave PH 1
Honolulu, Hawaii 96826

Exhibits and Clinics

Brown Bag Fixit Clinic hosted by Edward Slavish

10:00 am to Noon
Eddie and friends will help you free of charge with any problems you might be experiencing with your Macintosh or other Apple product. Bring whatever needs fixing and Ed’s mechanics will try to help you. Some times you learn a lot and other times you just pick up one tip that helps you enjoy your computer a little more. It is always worthwhile.

Manoa Photo Walkabout with Patrick Delos Santos

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Enrollment to this workshop is closed. If you wish to place your name on a standby list, call Eugene Villaluz at 808-735-0402.

Learn how to use and understand your digital camera. You’ll be able to take photos just like a professional in any camera setting. Now you won’t have to worry about missing that great shot!

About Patrick Delos Santos

A professional photographer with 5+ years photographing portraits, weddings and fashion. A graduate of New York Institute of Photography, Patrick has worked with such clients as Miss Teen Hawaii, Miss Hawaii USA, Aloha Tower Marketplace, Consolidated Theatres, Teeze Magazine and most currently, Signs of Life book.

Patrick is currently a member of the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International and the Professional Photographers of Hawaii.

Door Prizes

Throughout the day.

2008 HMAUS Signal Photo Contest

Calling all photographers to submit their best images for the 2008 HMAUS Signal Photo Contest. The winning and honorable mention photographs will be announced and displayed at the 2008 Mac a’hiki Festival on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners. The contest is open to all photographers and there are no category or theme constraints.

Contest application and contest details here.

Judges

Dana Forsberg
Dana received a BFA in Photography from the University of Colorado at Denver. She has exhibited her work at numerous venues, including Denver International Airport, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center in Honolulu, and the Incheon Art and Cultural Center in Incheon, Korea. Her work has been featured in Korea Daily, Artweek, the Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Magazine, and the Denver Post, among others, and is in private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe.

Doug Young
Doug’s background spans from Hawaii, Iowa, New York and Germany. He grew up in the islands, went to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; NYU in New York City, and did some graduate work at the University of Hawaii.

Young has done solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Some of his public works and commissions include the First Hawaiian Towers on Fort Street Mall, The Estate of James Campbell - Executive Offices in Kapolei, The Environmental Protection Agency - San Francisco, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Security Pacific National Bank - Los Angeles & San Francisco, The Contemporary Museum, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

He received the Individual Artist Fellowship from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and is part of several books including Artist/Hawaii 1996 Diane Dods & Joan Clarke, UH Press; The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism, Alan Gussow, Chameleon Books, and most recently, The Persis Collection of Contemporary Art, Goodale Publishing.

The Hawaiii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS), Professional Photographers of Hawaii (PPH) and University of Hawaii Outreach College team up each Spring to provide a day of technology and photography with presentations, workshops, a swap meet and door prizes.

For HMAUS information call Eugene at 735-0402
For PPH information call Terry at 479-5504

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