About David
| BIO: About David A Williams |
| David A Williams has been involved in photography since the age of sixteen. His father, Colin Williams, was a photographer from 1929 until just before World War Two, so David’s tuition has been long and diverse - from flash-powder to digital. He’s now 54 (thanks for asking) In 1992 he achieved the very rare distinction of Associateship and Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (FRPS) on the same day. Through the annual Australian Professional Photography Awards’ system, David has demonstrated excellence in his craft and achieved the level of Master of Photography (M.Photog.) with two gold bars. In 2003, he was awarded the “Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence” from the American Wedding Portrait Photographers International organisation (W.P.P.I.) He was chosen by Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. as the Australian ‘Mentor’ for the testing, devising and shooting of the advertising, promotional and comparative photographs of Kodak Portra film followed by a series of Kodak sponsored lectures to professional photographers in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and India. Competition results include over sixty awards for excellence in wedding and portrait photography, including the 2001 Australian Institute of Professional Photography Victorian Division Print Awards, and “Victorian Professional Photographer of the Year” which he repeated in 2003, and garnered accolades from New Zealand, Austria, America and England. He has won the Grand Award for excellence in portraiture three times at the American Wedding Portrait Photographers International convention in Las Vegas and ‘Grand Award – Wedding Digital’ in 2003 – always from a considerable field of world-wide entries. More recently, he has liaised as a ‘mentor’ with Fujifilm Australia, with their pro-digital cameras, namely the S2, S3 and S5, and equally closely with Epson Prographics Australia, and remains a self-named ‘enthusiastic Epson supporter’ working with the 4800/3800 series of pigment –ink printers for all his work. He is both a judge and Panel Chair with extensive experience in Australia and the North America via the AIPP and WPPI respectively. He has founded a chairmanship of the ‘Premier’ category of the WPPI based totally on education and information to photographers, in a fun atmosphere, – to the enormous delight and appreciation of the entrants and. He has lectured extensively to professional photographers all around Australia and New Zealand and is highly regarded for his universally acclaimed ‘Almost Alone with David A Williams’ 3 day seminar to dedicated groups of practising professionals in North America and the United Kingdom. Canada’s pre-eminent female Wedding & Portrait photographer – Storey Wilkins - had this to say: “It’s easy to be dazzled in this industry. Everywhere we look: convention programs, photographer web sites, industry magazines etc… are full of bright colors, dramatic poses and wild post-production tricks. While these images, and the stories that accompany them, are inspiring in one kind of way, they don’t always emphasize what’s at the core of our profession as people photographers: the heart and soul of great picture making. That is the hardest thing to teach. Yet in this commission-based profession of ours, it’s the most important thing to do consistently well for our clients. David knows how to take consistently beautiful photographs of people that are infused with grace and elegant simplicity, and he knows how to finish prints beautifully. Yet his extraordinary teaching skill enables him to share with the rest of us how he does it. He does not hold back. His passion for sharing what he knows is remarkable. He pours out his years of knowledge in three days in a way that sends us back home armed with solid capture techniques, greater vision, and a clearly defined purpose for our work. If you photograph people for a living, the greatest gift you could give yourself is an Almost Alone seminar with David. Instantly your work will be better and your outlook will be brighter. The big payoff, however, will come later once you have practiced what you have learned and you begin to make more meaningful portraits and present them beautifully to your clients. You will feel like you have finally arrived. It doesn’t get much better than that.” Doug Spowart, probably Australia’s finest educator and eclectic photographer wrote: "David Williams is a photographer's photographer - he is a second generation pro with skills, abilities and wisdom that has a way of connecting with everyone. His seminars and workshops are crammed with leading edge techniques and insights into what successful industry practitioners need know now. As a presenter David Williams mixes his lecture delivery with humour which lubricates the take-up rate of information for attendees." Attendee Peggy Bair from Kansas summed the experience up this way: Williams is one of those people who not only thinks outside the box but also up the sides of the box, on the floor of the box, on top of the box... Peggy Bair Missouri USA Oh, …. And he’s also a nice guy. David Anthony Williams M.Photog. FRPS ALPE 260 Merton Street, Unit 909 Toronto, Ontario, M4S 3G2 Canada E-mail: david@davidanthonywilliams.com Tel: +1 647 345 8512 More references from seminar attendees are available on: www.davidwilliamsseminars.com |
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