News Updates...
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STPP January Section Meeting
NEW - DATE CHANGE - NEW
pushed 1 week due to date conflict
Date:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Times:
5:30-6pm Sign in and mingle
6-7pm Dinner
7-9:30pm "Posing and Lighting for Today's High School Senior Market"
Glen Gray, Cr. Photog.
Location:
Brothers 2 Restaurant
2901 Watson Blvd
Endwell, NY 13760
607-785-5550
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Glen Gray owns and operates Gray's Mountain Studio in Jonestown, PA with his wife, Pat. Gray's Mountain Studio specializes in senior portraits. Glen has had a career as a teacher, photographer and Marketing Sales Representative for one of the largest color labs in the country. He worked there from January of 1993 to 2009 which has allowed him to share his passion for photography and business with studios in helping them develop sound photographic, marketing and business skills. Glen has been asked to speak at PPA's national convention, PPA's Marketing and Management Conference, PPANE and various state and regional conventions. He has also instructed week-long classes in Photoshop and Digital Capture at Triangle Institute, the Mid-Atlantic Regional School (MARS) and in Jamaica. He is Past President of both the Northeastern Pennsylvania Professional Photographers Association and the North Central PPA. In local, state, and national competitions Glen Gray has received numerous blue ribbons, the Art Leather Folio Trophy, the Best Salon Print Trophy and loan collection prints. His portrait titled, "Strategy Session" has been displayed at Disney's Epcot Center in Florida as part to the Loan Collection Display. He received his Craftsman Degree in July 1996 from the Professional Photographers of America during their national convention in Orlando, Florida. At the 2001 PPA of PA Convention in Pittsburgh, Glen received the PPA National Award. Glen recently won the B.E. Fella Award and Sterns Trophy at meetings of the Northeastern PPPA. In October 2011 Glen was awarded - Photographer of the Year for Northeastern Pennsylvania by the same group. Presently Glen continues to follow his passion for creating images and teaching the various aspects of professional photography.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Posing and Lighting for Today's High School Senior Market
Spend an evening learning the ins and outs of capturing images that have a contemporary look and feel. Glen will demonstrate how he creates his senior portraits - from background selection to posing and lighting. Starting with the basics of good posing, this program is designed to show you how light placement and can change the mood of the image. Various corrective techniques will be implemented to improve the look of each images. We'll explore the views of the face, masculine and feminine poses, S curves and C curves along with broad light and short light techniques. This will be a live demonstration so you see how Glen creates the pose, lights the subject and controls the session. So why not spend an evening with Glen exploring the many ways to pose and light a subject. Don't forget to bring your camera - this is a live demonstration!
RSVP by Sep 17th to: President Sharon Lewis or 607-760-9146.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Upcoming Programs:
December 20: STPP Christmas Party
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Greetings from the President
Hi Everyone,
We are off to a great start for 2012. Byron Sands speaking and demonstrating with a model on glamour and boudoir was a hit. Everyone enjoyed having an opportunity to take their own photos of the model.
In February our meeting is being pushed ahead to the 28th. I am really looking forward to our speaker, Glen Gray. He is so knowledgeable, we have heard him speak many times and always learn from him.
March will be our state convention, Photo North East. It should be a block buster. Greg will be ending his year as president of PPSNYS, so we will be partying, making our rounds around the different speakers and vendors. There is still time to sign up; it is in a beautiful location and only about 3 hours from the Binghamton area. We always have a great time and we would love to have you join us.
We are looking for aspiring photographers. To me that means a photographer who wants to learn more (that's all of us). The great thing about this organization is the many ways education is offered and the photographers offering to mentor…what a combination. It is great to be able to call someone up who has the experience to get an answer. How can we get this message out? Invite others to our meetings, share what you see and have learned, become involved, you won't be disappointed.
Thank you,
Sharon Lewis, President STPPNY
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