Scott Highton – VR Photography Business Practices
Scott Highton, author of the seminal book on Virtual Reality Photography (see: vrphotography.com ), will lead a wide ranging discussion on current business practices in the industry to help Conference attendees learn methods for securing work and maximizing their potential incomes from this specialty. The program will address concerns of both professionals and non-pros alike.
- Scott is one of the pioneers of VR photography, having been the first independent photographer contracted by Apple to work with and test QuickTime VR during its development in 1994, as well as serving a similar role for what eventually became the IPIX corporation.
- He’s been a professional photographer and cinematographer for over 30 years, specializing in corporate, technology, aviation, and environmental photography, often in extreme locations.
- He was the first to shoot 360° VR panoramas underwater.
- Scott has given a number of popular programs at previous IVRPA conferences.
- He has been a member of the MacWorld faculty, and presented corporate and online education programs about VR photography, including those for Google’s PhotoTech and Manfrotto’s School of Xcellence.
- He also served for close to a decade as a national director of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP).
- In his efforts to create custom camera mounts for his VR work, Scott started learning machining and metal fabrication about 10 years ago. Today, he also volunteers as a machinist in the acclaimed Restoration Shop of the Hiller Aviation Museum near San Francisco, CA, where he and about a dozen other crew members are now completing construction of a working replica of the world’s first coaxial helicopter – a Hiller XH-44.
Scott Highton - Artist's Point at Dawn, Monument Valley
Scott Highton - Underwater Galapagos
Scott Highton - Hagia Sophia
Scott Highton - Lincoln Memorial at dawn
Scott Highton - NASA Wind Tunnel
Scott Highton - Savoy Theater
Scott Highton - Tetons Dawn
Scott Highton - The Wave
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NYC 2012 Testimonial
Amazing conference. I had a lot of fun, and the experts covered everything from the technical to the business side of 360º VR photography. All of this, with a little humor and a lot of fun mixed in. The restaurant choices were great, the event was very well organized, and as an amateur photographer the conference increased my knowledge base considerably. Plus this gave me the opportunity to meet other photographers from around the world.
Well worth the time and financial investment. Can’t wait for next year’s conference!
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This is fantastic. Scott’s seminars alone are generally worth the cost of attending a conference like this. He’s a great teacher. His work is inspiring and he’s one of the leading experts of VR. If you don’t already own his book, make sure you get a copy. I learn something useful almost every time I read more of mine.
Wish I could be to New York for conference, but cost too high this time. New York and travel too expensive. Are program to be recorded to see on web for us?
Klaus,
We hope to record the NYC 2012 talks (pending speakers permission) to make them available to IVRPA.org members who by some reason couldn’t attend this conference.