Scrapbooking goes Digital with Griffith Photography Educational Services

    /24-7PressRelease/ - FREDERICKSBURG, VA, January 16, 2008 -- Griffith Photography Educational Services (GPES), a division of Griffith Photography, has added digital scrapbooking to it's class offerings. Recently the company began spreading the word about it's digital photography classes and has since added digital scrapbooking to it's mini-class series.

Each class is taught by an experienced computer assistant that will demonstrate and share scrapbooking techniques with those in attendance. Class participants will be amazed at what they are able to create using their computer.

1A market size figure of $1.4 billion was reported in the 2002 SIA survey. This figure was later updated to $1.99 billion to represent all U.S. households (104 million), not just family households with two or more residents (72 million) to better represent unmarried, divorced and widowed scrapbookers. Market size is calculated by taking annual household spending on scrapbooking by scrapbooking households as defined in Phase I of the SIA survey, then applying that number to U.S. Census household estimates.

A comprehensive profile of scrapbookers showed that these hobbyists represented three core market segments: the novice, intermediate and the dedicated. The characteristics that most distinctly identify these hobbyists are time spent on scrapbooking, level of expertise, amount of money spent on supplies, sources used to purchase scrapbooking supplies, computer use and class/workshop attendance.

Griffith Photography Educational Services (GPES) intends to provide these individuals the opportunity to learn how to create pages that rival their traditional pages in appearance; in some cases even better. Added benefits to digital scrapbooking include the ease in which individuals are able to quickly start and stop projects based on the amount of time they have available to them.

GPES is focused on creating a 'learning experience' for students by providing a unique blend of technical support for the installation of software, concept demonstration, and hands-on exercises to greatly increase student's knowledge and understanding of each topic. Students are engaged in the learning experience and provided opportunities to see exactly how projects are conceived, created, printed, and archived.

Digital scrapbooking should appeal to many younger scrapbookers or those wanting to give scrapbooking a try since it will allow them to better use their time. They will also enjoy the ability to quickly share their creations with friends and family or produce multiple prints quickly and easily.

Classes are not specific to a particular supplier of scrapbook elements or embellishments, but the software used is unique. The software is the Scrapbook Essentials version of Lumapix. This excellent program allows users to create in minutes what would take hours to create as a traditional page. With the addition of numerous suppliers of art they can add to their projects, many of which are included with the application, the possibilities are endless. A trial copy of the software is available at the class website and during the training sessions.

As with most things digital, Griffith Photography Educational Services believes that the software is only as good as a person's ability to understand how to use it. This is one of the primary reasons classes have been added. Griffith Photography Educational Services has launched http://gpes.griffithphotography.net to provide more information about training classes, dates, and registration.

About Griffith Photography
Griffith Photography is a full-service professional photography provider. Other service offerings include, Church Directories, and an Educational Service.

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