This Weeks Events: Oscars, Soul Train, Radio Show

Ok, its time...... The Academy Awards Sunday March 5th,IFP Spirit Awards March 4th in Santa Monica, and the Soul Train Awards in Pasadena March 4th. The Ken McCoy Entertainment Report( Radio) will Broadcast @ 4, 5 and 8pm from Hollywood.I will be covering this event this year in rare form!!!!!!!
Statue (C)A.M.P.A.S.

Wall Of Honor- Inductees Ceremony

Fresno,California-

Fresno City College and the State Center Community College district honored several leaders of the community at a public dedication. This special event was held at the African American Cultural and Historical Museum.

Hollywood Trip was a Photographic Success!!!!!!!

Several of my Images from the NAACP Image Awards were Published World Wide on World Picture News. Concentration was a major key because a guy was in front of me with an extended height Bracket mounted flash......wow!!!!

My Photo Students Invited back to the Fresno Fair!!!!

Update:

Ken McCoy's Photo Classes ( Adult and Children) are invited back to this years Big Fresno Fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year was great-- but this year will be better!!!!! The date is Oct 4th.....

Hollywood Nights

Hollywood Nights
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Babylon Court,Hollywood California.

Ken McCoy

www.photoaccess.blogspot.com

FRESNO-SF-LA-ATL-NY

Oscar in it's Brilliance

Oscar in it's Brilliance
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Keep watching this blog for key updates and announcements regarding

photographic assignments and opportunities.

Ken McCoy

Ken McCoy Holds an Oscar

Ken McCoy Holds an Oscar
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

March 5 is the Oscars, March 4 is the Spirit Awards,March 4 is also the

Soul Train Awards..... Very busy but fun!!!!

Ken McCoy

Mainstay Hotel for the Oscars

Mainstay Hotel for the Oscars
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Hollywood Prepares for the Oscars

Hollywood Prepares for the Oscars
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Oscar Posters ,past and present, hang in a lobby @ my hotel......!!!!!!

Bumpy Cab Ride... But Safe

Bumpy Cab Ride... But Safe
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Rush hour in LA traffic.... Jeff is in Malibu. I will get to hotel and get set up.... Contacting clients for photo projects while en route.

Hollywood Bound!!!!!!!!!!

Hollywood Bound!!!!!!!!!!
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Gear is Ready, seafood dinner 2nite for actors on Hollywood Blvd......

Getting Ready for Major LA Trip

Getting Ready for Major LA Trip
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

While I am waitng to depart, I have contacted clients regarding the Saturday radio show.... 4.pm ,5 and 8 pm(8pm will be taped for television). Check it out @ www.klasfm.com... Guests include David Marciano (The Shield),Maryann Rossi(Anonimity),John Neal (Producer).....

Extended Timeline for Photo Contest

Top Knots: The New School of Wedding Photography Contest
Entry Deadline EXTENDED to February 24th 2006

To Enter: Click here to visit PDNonline and download and ENTRY FORM

FAQ's

PDN's General Contest Questions Answered.

Categories

1 Getting Ready
2 Ceremonies
3 Portraits
4 Receptions
5 Details and Interiors
6 Candids

Prizes

BEST OF EACH CATEGORY will receive:

- NIKON DIGITAL CAMERA
- EITHER GITZO TRIPOD & HEAD,OR MANFROTTO TRIPOD & HEAD
- METZ DIGITAL FLASH & KATA BAG
- 100 ROLLS OF FUJIFILM PROFESSIONAL FILM
- $100 ALBUMS INC.GIFT CERTIFICATE

Submission Requirements

Entries must be submitted as a print or slide for judging accompanied with a high-res digital file for reproduction (on a Mac-formatted CD, sized at least 5" x 7" at 300 dpi as a CMYK tiff file).

Please provide caption/title information for each image.
No materials will be returned.

All entries must be postmarked by 2/24/06.

Judges

To be announced.

Entry Fees

$35 per image
$50 per series

A series must be clearly related visually. There is no limit to the number of images or series one can enter.

Additional Questions?

Contact John Gimenez at jgimenez@pdnonline.com

Danielle the SuperBowl Technician!!!!

Danielle the SuperBowl Technician!!!!
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Thx Danielle for your Superbowl coverage!!!!!!!1

Ken McCoy

photoaccess.blogspot.com

kenmccoy@tmail.com (Mobile Mail)

FRESNO-SF-LA-ATL-NY

Job Opening......FYI

The Tallahassee Democrat is actively seeking a Photo Editor to run the photo
department of their 55,000 circulation (65,000 Sunday) capitol city
newspaper.

The Photo Editor will manage the four person photo department of experienced
photographers and their coverage of a 265,000 community in addition to
outlying counties and coastal area.

Tallahassee, the home of Florida State University, Florida A&M University
and Tallahassee Community College, is a youth oriented laid back southern
town filled with top caliber NCAA sports including the top ranked Seminole
football and baseball, ACC basketball and women's soccer programs.
Florida A&M has produced several black college national championship winning
football teams.

Responsibilities will include budgeting, directing coverage, and
coordinating that coverage with the Presentation Editor. Local coverage,
web use, as well as, special projects and photo stories are key interest at
the Tallahassee Democrat.

The successful candidate should have at least 5 years experience as a
photographer and managerial experience in photojournalism.

Candidates should contact Presentation Editor Jeremy Deluca at (850)
599-2390. Questions can be directed to him at

More Stones!!!!!!

More Stones!!!!!!
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Ken McCoy

Mick and Stones

Mick and Stones
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

The Rolling Stones!!!!!!!!

Ken McCoy

Sherronda Ate the Gumbo!!!!!

Sherronda Ate the Gumbo!!!!!
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Superbowl Day

Ken McCoy

The Audience

The Audience
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Cheers for the Seahawks!!!!!!!

Ken McCoy

The Superbowl!!!!!!!

The Superbowl!!!!!!!
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

No Explaination Needed.....

Ken McCoy

Ballys Technology.....

Ballys Technology.....
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Ken McCoy

The Salmon.....

The Salmon.....
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Ken McCoy

My VIP Card @ Elephant Bar

My VIP Card @ Elephant Bar
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

After my workout, I treated a freelancer to salmon.....

Ken McCoy

Apple's Request For Images

Apple Request For Images

In a ongoing effort to improve and refine the handling of RAW images in the Mac OS, Apple is interested in working with a broad range of sample images from professional photographers. If you have images that you feel exemplify particular aspects of RAW handling that require improvement, you can submit these to Apple for testing and evaluation purposes. Please be assured that any image content you send us will be used for internal testing purposes only. None of these images will be distributed to the public, used in any marketing capacity whatsoever, or included in public demos. They will be used exclusively to test and evaluate RAW image processing, with the goal of delivering improved RAW support for your camera in the future."

If you would like to submit a set of sample images, here is what we would like to receive for each image:

1. The original, unmodified RAW image. Please specify the camera model used to create the image.

2. A 16-bit TIFF version of the image created with Aperture using all default settings (no adjustments, no Auto Exposure or Auto Levels)

3. A 16-bit TIFF version of the image created with the RAW decoder of your choice, also using default settings. If using the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in, make sure all the "Auto" checkboxes have been turned off. (EDITOR'S NOTE: When using Adobe Camera RAW, many people forget to click the "details" setting and turn OFF Color Noise Reduction and Sharpness, which are found under the Details tab, in order to turn off all ACR auto-adjustments. This has lead to a lot of the misc-comparison problems, so please be sure to turn these off before submitting images to Apple.)

4. Any notes or commentary you wish to provide regarding whatever weaknesses or strengths you see in the decode provided by Apple's software. When possible, point to specific areas in each image that you would like us to examine. Also include information about the camera, computer, and software used to create the image.

Please put all related files together into a single folder, then upload via FTP to the following server:

FTP Site: privftp.apple.com
username: proappcustomer
password: media

After posting your files to the server, please send an email to aperturefeedback@group.apple.com to notify us that the files are available.

(NOTE: For security reasons, the above FTP site is set up as a drop box with write-only access, so other users can not view or download the images.)

Thanks for working with Apple. With ongoing feedback from the pro photo community, we look forward to continually improving the quality of our image handling in the future.

Freelancers: Follow the format and submit----- you never know!!!!!!!Thx KM

At Lunch... Chipoltle

At Lunch... Chipoltle
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Steve Lamm is eating and the group is Kickin it out side, while a freelancer handled a project for me elsewhere..... Cool

Ken McCoy

Photog on the Battlefield

Military Photographers on the Frontlines

http://www.defendamerica.mil/specials/CombatCamera.html

Breakfast@ the Breakfast

Breakfast@ the Breakfast
Originally uploaded by xipnek.

Major events scheduled for today , so I had to start the day with Breakfast.....

Ken McCoy

photoaccess.blogspot.com

HoT Photo Competiton!!!!!!!!!Weddings

Top Knots: The New School of Wedding Photography Contest
Entry Deadline EXTENDED to February 24th 2006



PDN's General Contest Questions Answered.

Categories

1 Getting Ready
2 Ceremonies
3 Portraits
4 Receptions
5 Details and Interiors
6 Candids

Prizes

BEST OF EACH CATEGORY will receive:

- NIKON DIGITAL CAMERA
- EITHER GITZO TRIPOD & HEAD,OR MANFROTTO TRIPOD & HEAD
- METZ DIGITAL FLASH & KATA BAG
- 100 ROLLS OF FUJIFILM PROFESSIONAL FILM
- $100 ALBUMS INC.GIFT CERTIFICATE

Submission Requirements

Entries must be submitted as a print or slide for judging accompanied with a high-res digital file for reproduction (on a Mac-formatted CD, sized at least 5" x 7" at 300 dpi as a CMYK tiff file).

Please provide caption/title information for each image.
No materials will be returned.

All entries must be postmarked by 2/24/06.

Judges

To be announced.

Entry Fees

$35 per image
$50 per series

A series must be clearly related visually. There is no limit to the number of images or series one can enter.

Additional Questions?

Contact John Gimenez at jgimenez@pdnonline.com