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APA | DC Presents: Understanding Value in Commercial Photograph

Thu 13th Mar, 2025 – 7:00pm–9:30pm ET

APA | DC Presents: Understanding Value in Commercial Photograph

    Thursday, March 13, 2025
    7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Join APA|DC on Thursday, March 13th at 7pm for An Evening with Hanad Ali on Understanding Value in Commercial Photography. Twenty-year ad agency creative turned editorial and commercial photographer, Hanad Ali, will share how the industry assigns value to your work, discuss rate transparency, and best practices for approaching commercial photography.

Social mixer with light refreshments to follow the presentation and Q&A.

We encourage guests to submit questions prior to the event to Katie: director@apadc.com.

Schedule:

    7pm: Guests arrive
    7:30pm: Presentation by Hanal
    8pm: Q&A moderated by APA
    8:30pm: Social mixer with guests
     9:30pm: Event wraps

This in-person only event has limited seating and is all ages. Registration is required. Please be prepared to walk up several flights of stairs as we cannot guarantee the elevator will be in-use at the time of this event.

  •     $20 for APA members - registration begins 02/26 (membership status will be confirmed)
  •     $40 for general public - registration begins 03/01   (join now https://apanational.org/join )

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About Hanad:
Hanad Ali is a DC based commercial and editorial photographer. His cheat code is that he’s had a 20 year career in advertising that informs how he makes images that move viewers and tell a story. His client list includes Lululemon, Fast Company, and AARP.

52 O Street Studios is located in the historic Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., about a ten minute walk from both the Yellow line Metro via the Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center Station and the Red line Metro via the NoMA Gallaudet U Station. Street parking can be found on O St, N St, or on Hanover Place located behind the building; parking is 2 hour limited.

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