Next meeting is Wednesday, Feb 4 at Country Village

Get ready for the competition ~ PPA Seattle Annual Competition that is!

Our annual competition replaces the SPPA February meeting with both a date and place change:

February 4, Wednesday, Bothell Country Village, Entries accepted from 6:00 to 6:30,

Judging begins at 7:00pm

Plus: For your viewing pleasure, we also will be exhibiting photographic images taken by Issaquah School District High School Students. These talented students will be competing for a People’s Choice Ribbon to be awarded based on your votes.

PPA judging rules apply to the SPPA competition, and besides earning merits, ribbons and awards from SPPA, this is an excellent opportunity to test your images for state/national competition.

Rules can be found at www.SeattlePPA.com and  in the next SPPA newsletter. Additionally, the newsletter will include the 12 Elements of a Merit Image which guide the judges in their point decisions. The elements can also be found at www.ppa.com/competitions/international/12elements.php

Frequently Asked Questions – Answered

You may enter any image entered in previous monthly competitions but you may not enter an image that you have entered in past annual competitions.

Images must be mounted according to PPA standards – not monthly competition standards. That is to say no frames, no canvas’, no glass; only 16×20 mount board.

While the mount board must be 16×20; the image may be any size up to 16×20

Images with digital enhancements may fall into a specific catagory or the open catagory depending on the nature and degree of the enhancements. The image maker does not need to be the one to perform the digital work but must be directing the enhancements made.

More Answers Needed? Call or write Barbara Roser at 425 391-9371 or barbararoser@msn.com and we will get an answer for you.

The committee chair this year is Vicki Derk (Thank You Vicki!) Judges along with bios will be published in another week or so.

Given the caliber of the work submitted in the monthly competitions, we should be treated to some seriously excellent work; so even if you are not competing this year, you will want to join us to preview the artwork and see what our high school students are up to!

Need ink?

 

I have six new, 110 ml ink cartridges for Epson 4000/7600/9600 printers. $40 each, sold all together = $240

Light Black/Magenta/Photo Black/Matte Black/Yellow/Cyan

For more info contact Robb Drake, plateau portraits 425-391-5075  robb.drake@comcast.net

PPA Meets with President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team

ATLANTA-As President-Elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, his

transition team is turning to Professional Photographers of America

(PPA) and other members of the creator community for advice. The

transition team asked to meet last Friday with the Copyright Alliance’s

seven-member board of directors-among them David Trust, PPA’s chief

executive officer and a founding member of the Alliance. 

 

“We were pleased with the opportunity to express to the new

administration our thoughts and concerns about copyright and

intellectual property issues,” Trust stated after the meeting. “I doubt

the photographic community has ever had an opportunity like this.”  

 

President-Elect Obama’s team wanted to have a clear understanding of

intellectual property issues on the day it receives the keys to the

White House. During the meeting, Trust pointed out that a major portion

of the economy is under siege and that photographers are an important

part of that economic mix. PPA’s written materials also pointed out that

the vast professional photographic network (over 122,000 nationwide)

encompasses every Congressional district…and the impact intellectual

property and its domestic and international enforcement play in their

livelihoods. After all, each of those 122,000 professional photographers

create an estimated 20,000 works each year.  

 

“I think I was most impressed with the genuine interest they displayed

for our collective message,” added Trust. “This was not just a courtesy

meeting-they listened intently and took pages of notes. It feels like we

are doing real good for photography and all creators.” 

Building a solid foundation with the incoming administration is key,

especially with the creation of the Intellectual Property Enforcement

Coordinator position at the White House level. That position was created

with the passage of the Pro IP Act this year, a bill which PPA and the

Copyright Alliance worked hard to pass.

 

“It takes a lot of work to make sure PPA, and the photographic community

as a whole, are heard on Capitol Hill,” said Trust. “And now we are

getting the chance, along with our friends in the Copyright Alliance, to

voice our issues to the next administration. Our Copyright and

Government Affairs Department is the only one of its kind in the entire

photographic world. We see this kind of advocacy as part of our

responsibility as a non-profit defender of photographers’ rights.”

 

To learn more about the meeting, please read the statement here: 

http://www.ppa.com/articles/181/PPA-Meets-with-PresidentElect-Obamas-Tra

nsition-Team.php

 

The Copyright Alliance , headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs, and growth. For more information, please visit  www.copyrightalliance.org 

 

Professional Photographers of America (PPA), a worldwide, non-profit association, exists to assist its more than 22,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic, and fraternal goals; to promote public awareness of the profession; and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science and a visual recorder of history. PPA is the only professional photographic association with a full-time Copyright & Government Affairs staff. For more information, visit www.ppa.com.

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Beware Facebook

If you photograph high school seniors and they post your photos to facebook facebook assumes all rights… even though those rights were not the kids’ to give..

Facebook Can Use Your Content for Promotional Purposes

Social networks such as Facebook can be helpful to your business. But before you click the “Sign Up” button, take a moment to read the Terms of Use, which state:

By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant . . . to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.

Fortunately, the license expires when you remove your Content from the site. But you may want to pause before you post any of your great photos that Facebook can use for promotional purposes.

Mac support

For those of you using real computers, Mac support can be found at the following:

Creativetechs (789-7615) 

MacTechs (441-7443).

Sound Support (425 818-0791)

MacDaddy (206-931-6467)

The Computer Guy 286-8438

Self-publishing for photographers

When you want to self-publish an art book using your wedding lab may not be cost effective. Several of our members have used the following services to publish their fine art books. One thing you should be aware of is that most of these self-publishing companies put their logo on your book, or they may not have support for adding UPC / ISBN numbering. If this is important to you, make sure you find out if your book publisher allows you to add/remove as appropriate.

www.blurb.com
This site is great in that it stores your book online and gives you the opportunity to make it ‘public’ for general viewing by a large audience with print on demand possibilities. You can price your book however you see fit! Pretty quick turn-around time.

Check out Mike Penney’s book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/453333

http://www.viovio.com/shop/
Viovio produces a nice product also with a marketplace to showcase your work with print on demand ordering. You can upload an inDesign file, high-quality PDF, or use one of their templates. they have a great selection of different papers and cover-types and cover-materials to choose from.

See Mike Penney’s book: http://www.viovio.com/shop/14790

www.MyPublisher.com
Nice quality. Great if you can afford to order all at once and ’stock’ your own book. No on demand printing with the ability to set your price for the general viewing public.

www.fastbackbooks.com
Just introduced to this company and don’t know much about it. From what I can tell it has a more ‘upscale’ feel and better quality that the above. Check it out yourself!

24th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition 2009

Agora Gallery of New York City is pleased to announce the 24th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition 2009.

Awards valued at Thirty Eight Thousand dollars ($38,000) will be distributed as follows: exhibition at the Chelsea art gallery, cash awards, Internet exposure and publicity in ARTisSpectrum magazine. The exhibition will take place in Chelsea, New York City. The gallery/artist split will be 50/50.

In the spirit of giving, 25% of Agora Gallery\’s proceeds of sales resulting from the competition exhibition will be donated to Art Start an award-winning, nationally recognized program helping underprivileged youth and teens.

Competition Calendar February 5th – Competition opens March 10th – Submission deadline March 20th – Results announced August 14th through September 2nd – Exhibition for the selected artists

For more information on the competition please visit http://www.agora-gallery.com/competition/art_contest_main.aspx
Sarah Stoianov
Gallery Assistant
Agora Gallery
www.agora-gallery.com
Sarah@Agora-gallery.com

Winter Cleaning at Gail Ann’s

Silver metal wire easel is perfect for those Wall Portraits or Canvas prints for display. $60

Excel and GNP ‘collections’ frames. Six to choose from. $35-45 each

16×20 frames brand new still in wrappers $15-25 each

Stop by the studio – call first! 206-371-0585 or email: gwodzin@gmail.com

PPA.com redesigned

Redesigned Just for You

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is serious about the business of photography-so serious that they redesigned their entire Website for photographers. Yes, www.PPA.com  , the most comprehensive online resource for professional photographers, just got even better. 

When visitors go to the long-standing association’s new Web site, they’ll they find a bright new interface and a streamlined site. It is faster, easier, and more intuitive to use. But the real change is in the approach, not the new coat of paint. Their site’s mission is expanded to help photographers quickly and easily find the resources and education they need to run their businesses, grow as artists, stay up-to-date on industry news, and connect with other photographers.

Along with the information photographers were used to seeing (upcoming events, competitions, benefits, etc.), this new site offers even more. Now, photographers have direct access to the most useful and relevant resources and industry information online, including the seamlessly integrated OurPPA Forums, the PPA Today blog (complete with RSS feeds), online resources and articles, image Galleries, and more. 

In addition to all the improvements, the new site also allows non-PPA members to sign up for a free Basic Access account, which allows them to view selected articles, post in the Forums, view the image Galleries and comment on blog postings.

 Try it out for yourself now: www.PPA.com