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Workshop: Digital imaging, collecting, and preservation Wellington

This National Services Te Paerangi workshop will discuss the basics of digital imaging and digital preservation and is facilitated by Manager Collection Imaging Michael O'Neill.

When | Āhea

Thu 6 Mar 2025, 10.00am–5.00pm

Where | Ki hea

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Cost | Te utu

$30.00

This National Services Te Paerangi workshop facilitated by Michael O'Neill will cover:

  • Fundamentals: Learn the basics of digital imaging including the fundamentals of photography, equipment selection, image capture and lighting control with hands on demonstrations.

  • Guidelines and best practice: digitisation resources and examples to help guide you on the appropriate approach/level of digitisation for your collection.

  • Digital Collections and Preservation: an overview of managing digital assets including file types, storage solutions, born digital collections and digital preservation.

Michael has over two decades of experience in collection digitisation encompassing 2-D photography, video production and 3-D digital imaging, he currently leads a team of talented photographers and imaging specialists at Te Papa Tongarewa.