Marty Grivjack full-day Lightroom Seminar April 25

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If You Don’t Get Layers, Get Lightroom!

Marty Grivjack (a FSA Adobe Photoshop Lightroom™ Instructor), is hosting a full-day Lightroom seminar in Jacksonville on Wednesday, April 25th. It will be held at Desktop Darkroom.

To register, please call Marty at 561-846-1237 or email him at  marty@alanmartinimges.com.  Full-day seminar fee is $82.

If you’ve been interested in understanding what Adobe Lightroom™ is all about, this is the program for you. Marty Grivjack, who has been teaching Lightroom™ since its debut in 2006, will explain how this robust made-for-photographers image editing system can revolutionize your photographic workflow, save post-processing time, and best of all, make you money!

Find out how easy it is to:

  • Quickly white-balance every image, even if you don’t own a gray card
  • Protect your valuable photo assets with copyright metadata and easy watermarking
  • Quickly find and organize your images using simple collections and keywords
  • Solve every-day location lighting issues using easy gradients
  • Efficiently batch-process virtually any adjustment to every image that needs them
  • Track EVERY image you take and edit you make while saving tons of drive space too
  • Perform almost 95% of your editing in Lightroom™
  • Create emotional and impactful slideshows with music in minutes
  • Make websites and online galleries easily and without using Dreamweaver™
  • Learn how to fail-proof your image storage inexpensively

The full-day program will consist of a hands-on workshop exploring the Develop and Slideshow modules in-depth. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops (and power cords) with Lightroom 3 or 4 loaded, along with images to import and process.

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PPA Super Monday Registration – Two Jacksonville Area Workshops

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On and around May 14, professional photographers across the country will open their doors to colleagues like you. Look forward to Super Monday, all-day local learning sessions dedicated to photographing weddings and seniors, posing and lighting, retouching and digital workflow, marketing and sales strategies.

Super Monday instructors open their doors to all photographers, so find a class near you and join your colleagues for a day of instruction, inspiration, and networking.

Two of our Members, Mike Permenter and Keely Deuschle, are opening their doors to you! We encourage you to check out their courses! These two courses are two of only three being offered in Florida.

Studio & Environmental Lighting

Course #FL02

With Mike Permenter, CPP
Click here to register

If you are a photographer using only natural light or a camera with speedlights, maybe it is time to go to the next level to create even more beautiful and dynamic lighting. Are you ready to create the light? This is one day that could change your images forever as you learn:

  • Proper studio lighting, including glamour/butterfly, loop, split, rim and Rembrandt lighting in the studio.
  • How to photograph models outside on location, using various light modifiers and portable off-camera artificial lighting.

Course Date: May 14, 2012
Course Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Items to Bring: Camera, speedlight, tripod, and note-taking materials
Course Location: Props Photography Studio, 6135 Powers Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32217
Instructor Contact: iclick4u@yahoo.com 904-739-2999
Instructor Website: http://www.mikepermenter.com

SEO for Photographers

Course #FL03

With Keely Deuschle, CPP
Click here to register

You built it…but are they coming? Your website is one of your best marketing tools, and it’s one of the least expensive methods to attract potential clients. But just because you have a website doesn’t mean that potential clients will come to it or even stay and look around. Join Keely for an interactive class that will help you improve your website and your business traffic with the following topics:

  • How to get more visitors to your website
  • Website do’s and don’ts
  • Basic and easy changes to help with search engine placement (even if you don’t know HTML)
  • How to write content and research keywords for search engines and clients
  • Creating keyword-rich content on your HTML site (or on your splash page for flash sites)
  • Site map development
  • Blog importance
  • How to measure your SEO results…and more!

Course Date: May 14, 2012
Course Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Items to Bring: Laptop with wireless card, and note-taking materials
Course Location: Mikkean Photography Studio, 1473 Wells Road, Orange Park, FL 32073
Instructor Contact: keely@mikkeanphotography.com 904-458-7110
Instructor Website: http://www.mikkeanphotography.com

Registration is now open and it’s only $99 if you register by April 25. Visit ppa.com/supermonday to register. PPA members earn one service merit for paid attendance.

Spring Salon Official Rules

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If you haven’t started getting your prints together for the Spring Salon, time’s running out! The March 27th meeting will be our annual Spring Salon! And, like our previous salons, the entries will be all digital!

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO ENTER:

  • Get your images ready! You may enter up to 6.
  • Be sure to review the Official Salon Education Rules which will include your entry form.
  • Be careful to follow instructions on naming your files and sizing your files.
    File Size: 16”x20” at 200 dpi
    Format: JPEG quality 10 (file size must not exceed 3.5mb)
    Embedded color profile: either in sRGB or Adobe RGB (1998)
    File name example: last name_category_imagetitle (use _ for spaces)
    Example: jones_P8_See_Spot_Run.jpg
    (This is the current PPA image guideline for entry except for adding name and category.)
  • All files need to be e-mailed to Michael Joseph by 8:00 PM on Monday, March 26! This is the night before the meeting! michael@josephphoto.com There is no extended deadline! (Look for an e-mail confirmation in return to verify successful download)
  • Deliver your entry form and $40 entry fee between 5:00 – 6:15 PM at the Ramada on the night of the Salon… Tuesday, March 27th. (1st timers are free!)
  • An additional $5 is required for Direct Images (see Direct Image Category in the Official Rules)

Thanks for supporting our guild and your involvement in image education!

Florida School Tuition Increases April 1st – Register Now!

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Florida Professional Photographer’s “Florida School” is ALMOST HERE!

Register NOW before the tuition goes up on April 1st!

What is Florida School? It’s only the best week-long educational event here in Florida for photographers with some of the industry’s most knowledgeable photographers! Florida School is celebrating it’s 20th  year in 2012.

The dates are June 3 – 7, 2012 and classes are held at the Daytona State College in Daytona Beach. There are nine instructors (see below) for the 2012 Florida School. You select ONE and spend the entire week in their class, receiving hands-on instruction and plenty of opportunity for questions and answers.

Tuition must paid in full by April 1, 2012 for these rates (unless you’re participating in the recurring payment plan).

Class Tuition is as follows:

  • $585 for FPP/SEPPA/PPA members (Andre Amyot students add $75 workbook fee)
  • $535 for the 2nd person from the same studio
  • $775 for non-members
  • Add $100 if not paid in full by April 1, 2012 (unless you’re participating in the recurring payment plan).

Instructors include:

  • Andre Amyot – The Business of Photography (All Levels)
  • Al Audleman – CPP Class and Exam (All Levels)
  • Tony Corbell – The Power of Light (Intermediate to Advanced)
  • Bruce Evenen – Taking Control of the Light (All Levels)
  • Josh & Bruce Hudson – Marketing, Sales, Social Media and Lighting (All Levels)
  • Susan & Stewart Powers – Weddings (Intermediate Level)
  • Teri Quance – High School Seniors (All Levels)
  • Janice Wendt – Retouching Secrets of the Masters (Intermediate Level)
  • Helen Yancy – Advanced Painter (Advanced Master Class)

Attendees who are PPA members in good standing will receive two PPA Educational Merits upon completion of a five day class. FPP Members will receive three FED points for the five day class, which is good towards their FED degree. Attendance for each day is mandatory to receive FED points and/or PPA merits.

The host hotel is the Daytona Beach Resort (yes, it’s on the beach).

SPECIAL ROOM RATE FOR FLORIDA SCHOOL ATTENDEES – $92!!!

Reservations must be made by May 13, 2012 and you must mention you are with the FPP to get this special rate.

If you need a roommate, please contact Marybeth Hamberger at 954-426-2562 or via email at mhamberger@comcast.net.

Did You Know? $15,000 of Equipment Insurance as a PPA Member Benefit

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Did you know that late last year, the Professional Photographers of America announced that they would begin providing a $15,000 equipment insurance policy for every U.S.-based Professional Active and Life PPA member as part of your PPA Membership? It costs you nothing to enroll!

You must opt in to receive the coverage, but it’s as easy as 3 simple steps to enroll:

  1. Log in to www.PPA.com with your user name and password.
  2. Look under the My PPA tab (top left).
  3. Click on the “Yes, I would like to opt in for PhotoCare Equipment Insurance!” (in the upper left corner of the page) and you’re done!

Learn more about the PhotoCare Equipment Insurance benefit here.

“Competition” Mini Seminar – March 7th

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We have scheduled our very first Mini Seminar of 2012 – just in time for our Spring Salon!

“Competition” Mini Seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 7th, from 6-9:00pm at Susan Michal’s studio. The cost is only $20 AND $10 of that will be credited to your case fee for the March 27th salon.

Bring your digital images for review and suggestions for preparing them for competition. Two Master Instructors: Susan Michal & Michael Joseph – years of experience, photographers of the year, high scorers in competition, one-on-one assistance.

Register Online for the Competition Mini Seminar

Register NOW for PPA Charities’ “Celebration of Smiles” April 21 Promotion

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Get Your Business Noticed Through the Power of Charitable Marketing!

PPA Charities‘ “Celebration of Smiles” Promotion is April 21st. Open to all PPA Members!

See flyer below for details or click here to view it larger online.

About Operation Smile – www.operationsmile.org:

  • Operation Smile is an international children’s medical charity, with a presence in more than 60 countries, that provides free life-changing surgery for children and young adults who are suffering from facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
  • Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft. One in 10 of those children will die before their first birthday. Those who survive often cannot eat or speak properly. Too often, they are shunned, hidden away and not able to attend school. In developing countries, many parents cannot afford the surgery their children desperately need.
  • Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee, Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife, Kathy, a nurse and clinical social worker. Since its founding, Operation Smile has provided more than 2 million comprehensive healthcare evaluations and over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with facial deformities. 

About PPA Charities (PPACH) – www.ppacharities.com

  • As the philanthropic arm of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), PPA Charities allows PPA to become a force for positive change in our society, by making a difference in the lives of others.
  • Established as a charitable, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, PPA Charities allows imaging professionals to combine their individual efforts to make an even bigger impact on the lives of children and families everywhere.

About Professional Photographers of America (PPA) – www.ppa.com

  • PPA is the oldest and largest association of professional photographers in the world.
  • Headquartered in Atlanta, the association provides educational services and establishes standards for professional performance for its more than 22,000 members and 200 affiliated organizations worldwide.

Registration Open March 1-22 for SEPPA Competition Judging

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If you are planning to enter images for PPA’s Southeast District (SEPPA) Photographic Competition judging, registration will open on March 1st and remain open until March 22nd at 5:00pm ET. Judging will be held March 29-31, 2012 in Athens, GA.

Remember that you can now enter either prints or digital files, and image formats are no longer restricted to 16″ x 20″. Plus, images receiving a score of 80 or above at SEPPA will automatically earn an exhibition merit when you submit them to the 2012 PPA International Photographic Competition. That means you’ll be one step (one merit) closer to PPA’s Master of Photography degree!

Click here for 2012 PPA Southeastern District Competition Rules.

Click here for 2012 PPA District Master Artist Competition Rules.

FPP Spring Seminar – Pepito Valdes “How To Create A Masterpiece” – March 4th

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The FPP Spring Seminar will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2012 from 9:30AM – 4:30PM at the Howard Johnson in Ocala. Join fellow photographers as Pepito Valdes, M.Photog,FDPE,FSA,FED, presents “How to Create a Masterpiece“.

Pre-registration: FPP Members-$30 / Non Members $50. Pre-registration prices good thru February 29th. Pre-Register online
At the door prices: FPP Members – $45 / Non Members $65

Wall Portraits were once only for the rich and famous. Centuries ago everyone wanted to preserve their likeness for future generations and commissioned the best painters. Today, through the art of photography everyone has the affordability to have a wall portrait in his or her home. Learn how to fill the void left behind by the old portrait masters of Centuries ago.
Through years of perfecting his craft Pepito has created a style and marketing plan that he will share as well as devote an entire segment to Posing and Lighting.

Additionally, he will emphasize selling wall portraiture instead of just ordinary pictures. He will also discuss the ins-and outs of his wall portrait business, touching on all aspects of creating a Fine Art Portrait for home or office.

Furthermore, Pepito will discuss the key elements of how to establish a personal relationship with your clients; His personal customer service style will assist you in creating and selling fine art wall portraiture.

Lastly, by creating memorable images that can be a work of art to be handed down from generation to generation. You to can learn how to create a masterpiece portrait.

“The most important things in Life are not things at all, they are our relationships to one another.” ~~Pepito

The Howard Johnson Ocala is located at 3951 NW Blitchton Road, Ocala, FL 32282

Full Day Seminar with Sam Gardner & Patricia Mathis – February 29th

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Sam and Patricia are hosting a full-day seminar in Jacksonville on Wednesday, February 29th. It will be held at Desktop Darkroom. To register, please contact Patricia at 360-389-7979. All major credit cards are accepted. PPA Members will earn 1 merit for attending.

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