Guild Meeting January 26

Techniques and Tools for any type of Location Portraiture

Kevin Jiminez, M. Photog. Cr., GFD, GSD, CPP         www.kevinjphoto.com

We are so proud to have Kevin Jiminez join us for the opening guild meeting of the year.  Kevin has been photographing weddings and events for over 20 years and brings with him information on how to prepare for anything in the field, and how to make full use of your equipment.

Kevin has been awarded with many honors for his work throughout his career, even as recently as 2011 when he received the Photographer of the Year from the Georgia Professional Photographers Association.

Please join us for this special opportunity.

Here are all the details:
Date:  January 26, 2012
Time:  6:00 pm
Location:  Rays Steel City  (click for directions)

Please take the time to RSVP on the event on our Facebook page.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back from the holidays!  We are excited about a great new year.  Keep an eye on the blog and our Facebook Page for upcoming announcements.

For more information on our new fee schedule, check out the “Membership” tab.  If you have any questions about membership, you can contact our Membership Chairman, Cindy Strickland (cindy@amomentcaptured.com) or any member of our board.

See you at our first meeting, January 26!

January 2012 TPPG Board Meeting Minutes

The January TPPG Board Meeting minutes are now available:

Holiday Party!!!

It’s that time of year again! Come together with all your buddies from the guild for some holiday cheer, great food & gifts!

We will be bringing back our Gift Exchange this year with a photography theme, so dig through your old stuff and wrap up something you think others might put to good use. The guild will be sneaking some exciting gifts into the mix, so you don’t want to miss it!

We will also be awarding the Photographer and Artist of the Year, as well as raffling off a scholarship for Florida School for next year along with door prizes!

Cost is $25 per person and includes the amazing buffet dinner at Ray’s, cash bar available. Feel free to bring a guest so they can join in on the fun! (please RSVP to Kylene Gay with how many people in your party are attending by December 15)

November Board Minutes

The November board minutes are now posted:

 

November TPPG Board Minutes

Guild Meeting 11-17-11

We have another great seminar planned for all our members!
Krystal Radlinski will be here with her program : “Deconstructing Design: a short course in album badassery”

Here are all the details:
Date: November 17, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: One Fresh Stir Fry in Market Square
Deconstructing Design: a short course in album badassery

Lets explore how to make albums that WOW clients and that show them the difference between the pros and “do it yourself” photo publishing! Album design is something we all struggle with as time-crunched professionals, creative artists and people pleasers. The aim of this course is give you a clearer vision and more tools at your design disposal!

Krystal will cover the importance of planning with your clients for an album, “shooting for design.” What designs “work” and “don’t work?” We will discuss why and what we can do to make them better using the fundamentals of good design.

Putting together a “Design Questionnaire” and “Sign Off” form and how you can use them to head off trouble at the pass and expedite the design process.

Lastly Krystal will cover several popular design software programs, commercial design templates and how to make your own PSD template library to make books quickly while maintaining high standards in quality imagery.

Those brave of heart and thick-skinned are encouraged to send their digital album design spreads to Krystal at krystal@vervestudio.com to be a part of the class discussion and review. (files should be jpgs between, 72 or 96dpi no larger than 12 inches wide, Dropbox & YouSendIt are great options for this). She will have a door prize for one lucky design entrant!

Krystal Radlinski’s Bio:

Krystal got her start with a degree from University of Florida in photojournalism and as a photojournalist for the United States Army. They sent her to Bosnia, Kosovo, Ecuador, and other armpits of the planet. She figured, “Hey, at least you’re less likely to encounter sniper fire during a wedding. Let’s do it!”
Along with her husband Matt, and surly cat “Half-Price,” she has run a Gainesville area home-studio specializing in weddings, portraits and luxurious album designs for the past ten years.

 During those 10 years, Krystal has been awarded Florida’s Top Ten Photographers three times, two Fuji Masterpiece Awards, a Kodak Gallery Award, and degreed a Master Photographer and Photographic Craftsman by the Professional Photographers of America, PPA Platinum Photographer of The Year twice and the Accolade of Photographic Mastery Medal by Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. Her mom also made her some yummy cookies.
This year at PPA she designed four merit albums, three of which were accepted into the loan collection. You can see her image portfolio at www.vervestudio.com or for the most up-to-date imagery on their blog www.vervestudioblog.com

October Board Minutes

The October board minutes are now available:

October TPPG Board Minutes

Guild Meeting – Britney Fullgraf – 10/20/11

Britney Kirby Fullgraf, Cr Photog., has made a big impact on the photography industry since her official entrance into the field in 2007. Her unique business model and fresh perspective has attracted the attention of photographers across the country. Britney credits many photography mentors for her success and says she has been overwhelmed by help, support and encouragement.

In February 2009, she began teaching The Boutique Studio for Private Schools. Britney’s high end approach to private schools teaches photographers to steer pre-qualified clients to their regular, private studios. Her workshops have enabled a number of photographers to secure their own schools…two of whom now photograph an entire franchise of private schools.. Britney has hosted a number of photographers in Central Florida, as they have studied and observed her actual school shoots and other operations.

Her other workshops and programs include: Focus on Sales, Social Networking for Photographers, Running a Studio Can be a Wild Ride and Charity Auctions Can Be a Win-Win ~ Using Auctions to Grow Your Business. She assists a number of photographers in growing their businesses, through her private consulting services, was a speaker at PPA Charities Chick’s Who Click Conference 2010 for Sarah Petty’s Marketing MoJo 2011 and maintains a busy speaking schedule.

Britney received the 2009 Distinguished Award for the Professional Photographer’s Guild of Mid-Florida, based on print competition. She serves on the board for PPA Charities and participates heavily on the national and state level with vendors and other speakers, as they support Operation Smile. She is Vice President of the Board of Directors for Professional Photographers of Mid-Florida. Britney is sponsored by BayPhoto.

September Board Minutes

September TPPG Board Minutes

Guild Meeting 9/29 – Marci Sadler

We have another great seminar planned for all our members!

Here are all the details:

Date: September 29, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: One Fresh Stir Fry in Market Square

MAKING MASTERPIECES – Marci Sandler.

Dreamscapes are a product that will set you apart from the rest of the market, enhance your reputation as an “Artist” and increase your averages significantly.  These creative collage blends are true art pieces that almost always are displayed as large wall portraits and command top of the line prices.

Some of the techniques covered include using Layer Masks, Layer Modes, Adjustment Layers, Brushes, Textures, Styles, Painting in Photoshop, and adding enhancements. Those that are unfamiliar with using these techniques will find it easy to understand, and those already familiar with them will learn of new and exciting things that can be done with them.

Many of these techniques will also prove extremely helpful in other photographic applications.

You will learn how, by using these blending modes to your advantage, you can create amazing Sportscapes in ten minutes or less!

Marci will also share some quick and easy Photoshop techniques and how to VERY quickly and easily design awesome albums using Proselect, and for those that don’t use Proselect, she will demonstrate how to design a few different types of album pages using just Photoshop.

BIO

Marci Sandler started as a Photojournalist and then worked n Commercial photography before finding her true calling creating artistic portraits of people. Essentially a “one-woman show” she has gained the reputation in her community of “Expensive, but worth it.”

Marci has won numerous awards over the years including a number of Best of Show awards, Top Ten Photographer Award (#4), and sweeping the Portrait Album Category taking first, second and third place for her creative album designs one year. Her Senior Portrait album Kristen was published in the prestigious Loan Collection, and selected as a Top Ten Portrait Album by PPA.

Comments from past seminar attendees:

“I heard you speak in Tampa back in January.  You were so amazing-.  Seriously, you were the best speaker we have ever had in the three years that I have been in TAPPA.  You have motivated me to move into the High School Senior Market.“     Nicole Geller

 “I just wanted to say again how impressed I was with your images at our guild meeting. Being solo in this business for the second time in 20 years I am impressed with how you handle your business.”   Rick Bauer

 “Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed your presentations at After Dark.  I have used Photoshop for years and learned techniques from you that I can use all the time.  I just loved what you brought to the whole seminar.  It was fun, fresh, and different.  Thank you for doing something unique in an industry that is often times static and stale.  I love your work!”   Lora Krugh Campbell