Events
2025 LSI Spring Shoot Charleston, SC
Save the date! Join Us in Charleston, South Carolina from April 24-26, for our 2025 Spring Shoot.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
08:00 Leica on Loan
Try out the newest Leica gear for 24 hours. Cameras and lenses galore.
8:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 -9:15 AM President’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:15-10:00 Introduction of Attendees
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15-11:00 Eric Luden - Printing in a Digital World
11:00 – 12:00- David Knoble - Landscape Photography
12:00 -12:30 Photo Assignment Theme Explanation - Tom Smith & Colin McKinley
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch on your own -
2:00 PM Shooting Your Photo Assignment
6 :00 PM - 7:00 Group Excursion - TBA
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner On Your Own
Friday, April 25, 2025
8:00 Leica on Loan
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 - Announcements
9:00 – 10:00 - Leica Historical Presentation - Leica SF / Camera West
10 – 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 11:15 - Red Dot Forum Camera Talk LIVE - Josh Lehrer and David Farkas
11:15- 12:00 - Intro to Astrophotography - Colin McKinley
12:00 – 1:00 - Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 5:30 - Group Excursion TBA
5:30 Dinner on your own
(Sunset - 7:00 PM - 8:30) - Optional Sunset - Blue Hour Photo Session with Colin McKinley
Saturday, April 26, 2024
8:00 Return Leica on Loan
8:45-9:00 Morning Announcements
9:00-10:00 Editing with AI - Bill Royce
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45 – 2:00 Lunch on Your Own - Last Photo Outing
2:00 - 3:00 Selecting/Editing Your Images
3:30 – 4:30 Sharing of Images with Commentary
6:30 - Cocktails (cash bar - must be pre-registered)
7:00 - Banquet (must be pre-registered)
HOTEL UPDATE: The Francis Marion Hotel is SOLD OUT for the conference, but we’ve just secured an additional block of rooms at the Hampton Inn, a 5 minute walk away. You can reserve your room by clicking here.
2025 LSI Spring Shoot Vienna, Austria
Save the date! Join Us in Vienna, Austria for our European Spring Shoot from May 15-17. There will be an optional add-on day tour on May 18th.
Session Highlights (More info coming soon!):
Leica on Loan - try out the newest Leica gear!
Photo walks with creative assignments designed to exercise your creative skills and photographic eye.
Speakers who will educate and inspire you and improve your photography, including:
· Dominic Nahr - LOBA Newcomer Award
· Karin Rhen-Kaufmann – Panel Discussion with LSI Grant Winners
· Richard and Mona Rejino - Music+Photography Event at Bosendorfer Piano Gallery
. Alex Sedlak + Dennis Iwaskievicz - Leitz Auction
Optional Add-on: Full-Day Tour of Esterhazy Court and Lake Neusiedl (May 18, 2025) Limited Space Available!
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Hotel Reservations: After you register, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a reservation link to the Intercontinental Hotel in Vienna. I urge you to make your reservations as soon as possible. Rooms are very limited. Update: Our block of discounted rooms may sell out soon, but more rooms are available at the regular rate when booking directly through the Intercontinental Hotel’s website.
LHSA 2022 Annual Meeting & Conference in Dublin, Ireland
Registration Now Open!
The 2022 LHSA - International Leica Society Annual Meeting & Conference will take place in Dublin Ireland from October 13-15.
Dublin is a warm and welcoming city, known for the friendliness of its people and famous for its craic (“crack”)—that mixture of repartee, humor, intelligence, and acerbic and deflating insight that has attracted writers, intellectuals, visitors (and photographers) for centuries. As William Fagan, our VP who resides in Dublin, says, "In Ireland, there are no strangers, just friends you have not yet met.”
We have also planned a visit to the iconic Guinness Storehouse. Built in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture 1904, it was originally used as a fermentation house. Today it’s Ireland’s number one visitor attraction – a gleaming, multimedia exhibition on everything from retro advertising to the craft of brewing, topped off with a pint in the 360-degree Gravity Bar.
Program
To view the conference program, click here! (program and speaker list subject to changes)
Hotel Information
For the Conference we have reserved rooms in two hotels in the heart of Dublin where heritage and history blend seamlessly. They are across the street from each other and easy to access. We will send you links to make your hotel reservations after you register for the conference. We can confidently say that you will be staying at an iconic and luxurious hotel located in the center of of Dublin. We have negotiated a special rate (less than $300 per night!) at the hotel where we are holding the event, so please don't make other hotel arrangements! Register below.