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March is shaping up as a great month to sharpen your skills in digital photography and wide-format printing.

LexJet is sponsoring a number of educational workshops and seminars at the annual Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) conference and trade show, the Rockstar Roadtrip with Corey McNabb and Amber Holritz, and EyeSights 2008, the 5th Annual Open Juried Photography Show.

WPPI: At WPPI, which runs March 13-20 at Bally’s/Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, LexJet will sponsor two top-notch educational sessions.

At this year’s Champagne Shootout on Monday, March 17, from 9 to 11 p.m., four different photographers will capture images of models posing individually and as couples for fashion, engagement, and senior portraits.

LexJet (Booth 559) is sponsoring Dan Minor, who will demonstrate his Capturing4Print approach in which Minor shoots with the final print in mind from the start. The images will be displayed live, and LexJet’s technical director, Tom Hauenstein, will output the images using the ImagePrint RIP, LexJet’s award-winning Sunset paper, and an EPSON Stylus Pro printer.

Hauenstein, who is currently wrapping up his nationwide Great Output Seminar Tour, will also present a class on the ImagePrint RIP on Tuesday, March 18 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at WPPI. Hauenstein will explain how to use ImagePrint to streamline the production of high-quality photos on inkjet printers, how to save time, paper, and disk space, and how to make extra-large gallery quality prints, borderless prints, prints with creative borders, photo packages, multi-panel murals, and more.

Rockstar Roadtrip: Corey McNabb and Amber Holritz embark on a seven-city East Coast tour showcasing the best of wedding and lifestyle portraiture. Corey and Amber will provide the inside scoop on how to charge what you want and educate your clients to love the style of shooting you love.

Corey will discuss pricing strategies, new ways to look at wedding photography that will differentiate your work, and digital asset management. Amber will focus on lifestyle portraiture, building lasting relationships with your clients, and tips and techniques she uses when shooting.

Sponsored by White Glove First Edition Books and LexJet, the pre-registration price is $175 and $215 at the door. Lunch and giveaways will be provided, and “groupies” (previous attendees of Corey’s or Amber’s lectures or seminars, upon their approval) receive 10 percent off.

Dates and locations are March 24 in Orlando, March 26 in Atlanta, March 28 in Raleigh, N.C., March 31 in Washington, D.C., April 2 in New York City, April 4 in Boston, and April 7 in Chicago. For more information, contact Corey McNabb at 877-254-4954 or click here to go to his website.

EyeSights 2008: Win up to $4,000 in prizes when you enter the Guild of Creative Art’s EyeSights 2008 juried photography show, including a $250 gift certificate good for any LexJet branded product. The exhibition is open to all photographers 18 years old or older working with traditional, digital, or combinations of both types of photography in two categories, Color and Black & White.

Three entries per person are allowed in any choice or combination of categories. All photography must be delivered in person to the Guild of Creative Art at 620 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, and are being received on Thursday, Feb. 28 from noon to 7 p.m., and Friday, Feb. 29, from noon to 4:30 p.m.

A prospectus and pre-registration forms are available at the Guild of Creative Art website or at the Guild’s location in Shrewsbury. Contact chairman Peter Cohen at 732-929-8593 or peteco@explodingeye.com for more information.