Creating Winning Prints for Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In eight years of entering PPA’s national print competition, Sam Gardner’s images have been in the Loan or Showcase collections nearly every year and often used by PPA for promotional materials. Perhaps more importantly, Sam’s portraits are displayed and enjoyed by many clients. His enthusiasm and teaching skills are sure to carry you forward in your pursuit of better image making.

Learn how to win at your next print competition!
*Print competitions explained for local/state/regional/nationals
*Power point show with time for questions throughout
*Analysis of prints on the spot! Bring your prints for immediate input!

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Join us Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Otto Miller Hall,  Room 109

6:30-7pm Networking and munchies

7pm SPPA announcements and business

7:15 Winning at print competitions! Learn from the expert.

Active Members are encouraged to bring in their prints for the monthly print competition and the chance to earn the title of “Photographer of the Year”

How to photograph new-borns

SPPA meeting on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at Otto Miller Hall on the SPU Campus. Doors open at 6pm – Program starts at 7pm

Vicki Zoller of Bouncing Light Photography, will discuss with us her bag of tricks from setting the right room temperature to using “photo sacks” with newborns. Vicki will also show her posing techniques and her super quick moves when changing holding positions for Mom and Dad.

At the end of the meeting, Vicki will share with us a slide show of the work of Puget Sound photographers (including members of SPPA) giving back by volunteering for NILMDTS – Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep – a national nonprofit providing families with a remembrance of their newborns who cannot or have not survived birth. Vicki is one of several area coordinators who work with the hospitals to place photographers with families that wish to have a portrait of their child. New born babies are both a joy and challenge to photograph and the more you know the better your success. Bring an associate (first visit is free!) and watch Vicki work with her traveling newborn “baby”.

Learn the best kept secrets to making money now!

SPPA presents Mitche Graf!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 6:30-9pm
Otto Miller Hall, Room 109
SPU Campus, 3rd West and Nickerson
Internationally renowned motivational speaker and author, Mitche Graf has been passionately involved   in the field of sales and marketing for over 30 years and has ventured into many exciting entrepreneurial adventures along the way. From a used bike parts business he ran out of the garage in the 7th grade to the running of four companies today, he has prided himself on knowing how to maximize each and every business he has been involved with.
In the past 10 years, Mitche has given 200+ seminars and workshops to over 30,000 people in 9 countries and nearly every state, and he continues to be one of the most sought-after speakers in the industry because of his fun and creative style. He has become a crowd-favorite wherever he goes. And we are thrilled that he will be coming to Seattle just for us!
So, what’s he gonna talk about? ….The Best-Kept Secrets To Making Money In A Down Economy
Join internationally renowned educator, author, and crowd-favorite Mitche Graf as he shares with you the
industry’s best-kept secrets that will give you a dramatic edge over your competition! Successful ideas that
have been gathered from all around the globe that are guaranteed to rev up your creative juices and leave you
with a renewed sense of enthusiasm.
How much is this program gonna cost you? $500? Nope. $250? Nope. $99? Nope!
He’s coming to Seattle to speak to YOU for free! That’s right! Now you can meet the best, and learn from
the best at our September 1 SPPA meeting. SPPA/PCPPA/PPW/PPA members are welcome to attend at
no charge. Non-members are $25
We look forward to seeing you Tuesday, September 1!

www.SeattlePPA.com

info@seattleppa.com

Family Portraiture with Ken Whitmire July 7th

Hot fun in the summertime!

SPPA presents an afternoon with Ken Whitmire at our annual July Picnic.

Ken Whitmire is known for his beautiful wall portraits.
If you want to know how high $$ wall portraits are created this is an event you won’t want to miss.

When: Tuesday, July 7th in Burien.
Location to be divulged upon payment.

3pm come and mingle (bring your monthly print entry too!)

5:30 dinner from Famous Dave’s BBQ

7pm Family posing/lighting with Ken Whitmire

Members and spouses/family are welcome. $20 per head
Non-members are welcome too! $30 per head

You MUST prepay!

Reservations? info@seattleppa.com

Finding your market and increasing your sales

SPPA MONTHLY MEETING May 5 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Room 109 Otto Miller Hall 3rd West and Nickerson 
Members free; visitors $15, SPU students free 

Jack Kimmins, Western Photo Mount presents Derrik Ollin in “Finding Your Market and Increasing Your Sales”

Look at an affordable and profitable ways to increase your average sale

Listen to how a studio has captured long-term clients

Learn how to develop effective sales techniques and bring your finished product to a higher level.

6:30-7pm Networking and munchies
7pm SPPA announcements and business
7:15 Program Begins
Active Members are encouraged to bring in their prints for the monthly print competition and the chance to earn the title of “Photographer of the Year”

Direct Mail Marketing with ADG

We are pleased to add Eva Miklos from ADG Printing to our speaker agenda for Tuesday, April 7th at 7pm at Otto Miller Hall. Eva will bring samples of postcards in various shapes and sizes for everyone to take home and tell us how to start a direct mail program of our own!  

Don’t miss it…

www.adgprinting.com

April 7 – SPPA presents Michael Clark from Constant Contact.

What is the ‘Power of Email Marketing’?
This seminar covers the Best Practices of Email Marketing.  We discuss the value of a customer, the best approaches for using email communications as part of your marketing strategy and how to avoid being labeled as ’spam’.
 
This session is meant for anyone interested in learning more about marketing basics and best practices.  We discuss topics like when to send emails, how often you should be communicating with your audience, how to grow your list the right way, and much more…  

6:30-7pm Networking and munchies

7pm SPPA announcements and business

7:15 Program Begins 

Room 109, Otto Miller Hall, 3rd West and Nickerson

Lightroom workflow for working photographers

Tuesday, March 3 at SPU Campus, Otto Miller Hall Room 127

Mark Fitzgerald of Raw to Wall fame will show us how to create your finished portraits using Lightroom (and Photoshop)!  Lighroom can save you hours of post-production time. He will work with actual files created by members. If you’ve been thinking about investing in Lightroom here is a great opportunity to see how it’s done and start working smarter.

Mark is an Adobe Certified Expert and we are honored to bring him back again!
The Digital Darkroom
Helping Photographers Reveal Their True Art
www.ddroom.com

Active Members are encouraged to bring in their prints for the monthly print competition and the chance to earn the title of “Photographer of the Year”

 

Visit our website for more info.

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!

SPPA invites you to our JULY PICNIC and BRIDAL SHOOT

SPPA invites you to our JULY PICNIC and BRIDAL SHOOT

Tuesday, July 1st, 3PM
We have a special treat in store for our annual SPPA picnic – besides good food, good company and a chance to check out a fellow member’s studio – we are staging a “Riches to Rags” bridal shoot, with three beautiful models and one great “Goth” Groom.

The first model series will be an opportunity to practice your illustrative bridal posing with a few of our wedding experts on hand for questions and consultations; the second half of the series will be our Trash the Dress Northwest Style, with a Goth Bride and Groom as well as our bridal models ready to climb out of the box and into the trees!

Put your imagination in overdrive and come play at Kerri’s farm, her new studio location for Acclaimed Photography.

Directions divulged upon payment!

- Bring your family
- Bring your camera
- Bring your prints for competition
- Bring chairs

Want to bring guests? Non SPPA member photographers are most welcome. SPPA Members and their family $10 per person; Non members $20.
To pay in advance, please use SPPA’s paypal account by visiting Paypal and hit “send money”!
Send it to info@seattleppa.com
Questions? info@seaattleppa.com