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Ian McGuffie - Head of Digital Photography
Ian McGuffie is one of the leading members of the Vancouver photographic community, with over 40 years of professional experience.  For the past nineteen years he has been director/curator of Exposure Gallery, Vancouver's oldest photographic gallery.  As an award-winning photographer his photographs have been exhibited in Europe, North America and Japan.  He is also President of the Vancouver Association for Photographic Arts, a society for the promotion of photography as a medium of creative and artistic expression.
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Christa LeCraw - Program Director, Digital Photography
Christa has been working in the visual and production arts for 10 years, beginning with a BA from Queen's University. After her career in film and television production brought her to Vancouver she began her career in photography. She received her technical training from Langara College. In addition to freelance photography and teaching, Christa has worked as the Assistant Manager at Lens & Shutter. She is now the Program Director for Digital Photography at VanArts and a foundation instructor teaching Digital Workflow in the full-time program. Christa brings the complexity of digital photography to her students in a most accessible, comprehensive and inspiring environment for even the most techno-phobic amateurs.
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Digital Photography

Overview

Focus on digital. Focus on business. VanArts established the first one-year diploma program in North America that provides the necessary artistic, technical and marketing skills for today's entrepreneurs in digital photography. 

You will receive:

  • a MacBook Pro laptop with the latest Adobe imaging software (included with tuition)
  • access to a fully equipped studio space
  • targeted mentoring by working professional photographers

You graduate with:

  • a diploma
  • professional print portfolio
  • website, branding and business plan
  • MacBook Pro

In our 20th Episode of Inside VanArts, our Digital Photography students in Term 3 go on location to Vancouver's beautiful Stanley Park with Lead Instructor Christopher Morris.

Check out more exciting stories on the Digital Photography Blog

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Kamloops Education & Career Fair
Feb 13, 2012
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Feb 15, 2012
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Mar 3, 2012
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Mar 24, 2012
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Mar 25, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012 - Apr 1, 2012
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Apr 2, 2012

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