General monthly meetings held every 4th Thursday
7PM
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Veteran's Memorial Center
4177 Overland, Culver City, CA
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The board arrives at 5:30 for dinner at Tender Greens
You are welcome to come and socialize.
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Calendar
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September 14th
Patricia Mathis
Workshop
September 24th
General Meeting
Michael Taylor
October 22nd
General Meeting
Print Competition
November 19th
General Meeting
Sam Gardner
December
No Meeting
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Lisa Ray
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Thank you Patricia Mathis!
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At
our August 27 general meeting, PPA Master Photographer Patricia Mathis
delivered a wonderful program entitled "From Ordinary to
Extraordinary". Drawing on her training as an artist and her
award-winning photography experience, Patricia taught us to see art the
way an artist sees it, with attention to the classic elements and
principles of design. As Patricia explained, "Once you have trained
your eye to view an image the way an artist sees it, you can also train
your clients to "see" the same way so they can appreciate the skill it
takes to create truly extraordinary images." Many thanks to Patricia
for a truly educational and inspirational program.
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SAM GARDNER
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
General Meeting
Lighting is Exciting!
This program is designed to teach many of the principles of lighting to apply to a variety of situations. You will leave with a much better understanding of "quality" of light and how it can affect your work. Handout(s) will accompany a PowerPoint program and there will be some demonstrations of practical lighting.
During this slide-illustrated program you will learn:
- Many details needed to successfully complete the CPP exam.
- The "master's secret" to efficient portraiture on location
- The simple way to forever remember lighting ratios
- "Masculine" and "feminine" lighting and posing simplified
- How to use the "Edge" of the light both in studio and on location.
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Help Wanted
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Mary Ann Halpin's studio is looking for someone who can help them put together a Keynote presentation within the next week or so. If you're interested, please contact Joe Croyle (Mary Ann's studio manager) at (323) 874-8500.
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Board of Directors
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PresidentJim Brammer 818-398-2614 VP/Programsopen TreasurerKaren Nakamura 310-719-2329 SecretarySharon Lobel Membership DirectorMarcia Gold membership120@pplac.comPrint Competition DirectorJim Selkin 949-365-6575 Website DirectorNewsletter DirectorAlicia Bravo webmaster@pplac.comBoard Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month. For more information please contact any board member. Contact information available at pplac.com. Financial Report available to members upon request. Please contact the Treasurer.
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Greetings!
 I'd like to take a moment to thank you for the allowing me the opportunity to serve as president of this wonderful organization. PPLAC has been serving industry professionals since 1960 as the premier organization for professional photographers in the Greater Los Angeles area. I am honored and proud to follow in the footsteps of the many talented and inspirational past presidents who have led this organization and I am committed to continuing their momentum. Next year we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of PPLAC. As we look forward to this milestone, we have a series of wonderful programs planned for the coming months. At this month's general meeting Michael Taylor will deliver a program entitled "Shooting Anywhere, Anytime". Michael's passion in portrait photography is the location portrait and he'll show us how to compose and light environmental portraiture. In October we have the last installment of our print competition for 2009. Don't forget, if you had an image that merited in July's DigiCom, you need to print it and submit it in the October print competition in order to receive your merit. In November, Sam Gardner will deliver a program entitled "Lighting is Exciting", which will focus on the "quality" of light and how it can affect your work. We are in the process of booking speakers for 2010 so "watch this space" for updates on the exciting, educational and inspirational programs coming your way, or check the "Events" tab on our Web site at www.PPLAC.comJim Brammer PPLAC President
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Time:
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
GENERAL MEETING
All The World is a Studio...
Michael
Taylor's passion in portrait photography is the location portrait. This
has been the centerpiece of his style since his days as a graduate of
Brooks Institute. This style was developed by his work with Paul
Skipworth and Skipworth studios. Paul Skipworth himself was greatly
influenced by the grand American portrait lineage of Bacharach and
Gittings. In this same manner, Michael Taylor works to tell a story
about his subject through the use of location and environment.
Through the use of his concept of wall of light to the idea of great
lighting from nine to five Michael will greatly expand the WAY and the
WHERE you will be able to work to create great images no matter if you
are a portrait, wedding or commercial shooter. Through talking about
the concepts of contrast, texture, and other visual characteristics he
will help to understand how you bring excitement into your image
making. Through coming to this seminar YOU WILL better understand what
you need to look for to either find or create situations that will make
you a better image maker...NOT A LUCKY image taker.
Don't you want to learn how to make images that are great BEFORE the photoshop fix-it.
"Michael's portraits take my breath away." Helen Yancy, Past President of PPA
"Michael is the finest environmental photographer in the world." Ray Lowe, President, British Institute Of Photography
"Michael is the God of light. He is the finest I have ever seen." Hanson Fong
"Possibly the finest traditional portrait photographer in the states." Eastman Kodak
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PATRICIA MATHIS WORKSHOP.
From Ordinary to Extraorinary
Monday, September 14th, 2009
10:00AM-5:00PM
Understanding and applying the elements and principles of Design
Using interactive lectures and discussions, Patricia's workshop will
walk you through the basic elements and principles of design as she
examines artwork from many well-known artists. You will learn to "see"
what those
artists saw and better understand the process of creation to improve the artistic value of your final images.
Patricia will show you how to transform a great capture into a work of
fine art by demonstrating post-production techniques in Photoshop and
NiK Software. The intent of this workshop is not to teach "Photoshop
tips and
tricks", but you will learn some very effective and efficient tips when
retouching images. We will not be photographing in class so no need to
bring your camera but feel free to bring your computer and Patricia
will provide a "control" set of images that the class can work on as a
group.
Space is limited. Register today! 
Where:
19950 Turnberry Drive
Tarzana, CA 91356
$49 PPLAC MEMBERS and members of other PPC affiliates
$69 NON MEMBERS
To register for this event, please send a note to Jim Brammer at jim@jimbrammer.com
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Print Competition
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
GENERAL MEETING
ENTER YOUR BEST IMAGES!
Print size: 16x20.
Entry fees: $5 per print.
All prints must be entered before the start of print competition. You
may register ½ hour before (7:00 PM), but no later than 15 minutes
after the start of the general meeting (no later then 7:45 PM).
DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS should be full size jpgs. No other file type will be accepted. Please save the image title as the filename. Up to 6 images may be submitted by thumb dive or cd.
For everyone who did well in the digital submissions, now is your chance to make your changes and join the 16x20 print competition and win awards.
Four categories
Portrait: An image of people or animals consistent with the intent of portraiture.
Wedding: All photographs pertaining to brides or events must be entered is this category.
Commercial/Industrial: A tear sheet or statement of purpose is
requested, but not required. If a tear sheet is included it must be
attached to the back of the entry.
Illustrative: Photographic art and all images not otherwise falling into one of the above categories.
Student: All images created by Students, regardless of subject.
Awards
Award of Merit - Ribbons will be awarded for scores 78 - 100.
Best of Class - Ribbons will be awarded to one print per category to
the print receiving a score of 80 or above. (Choose a 1st and 2nd. If
one takes Best of Show the other will take Best of Class)
Best of Show - Award will be selected from the Best of Class winners at each competition.
Merit winners in the July "Digicom" need to submit a 16x20 final print to be awarded the merit in October as well as for consideration as Photographer of the Year. Adjustments based on judges "suggestions" can then be applied for final printing.
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Member "Buzz"
Congratulations to Jim Brammer
Jim Brammer was recently honored with the 2009 Readers' Choice "Best of
LA" Award for Best Photographer from the LA Daily News. The award was
announced in a magazine that was included as a supplement to the LA
Daily News on August 27, 2009. Congratulations Jim!
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One
of our own PPLAC members, Alicia Bravo, took 1st Place in the print
competition at the Hanson Fong seminar on Sunday, August 30th 2009. As
the 1st Place winner she received the ADOBE CS4 Premium Suite and will
be featured on the cover of Punto Magazine. An article will also be
published in Bodas USA Bridal Magazine.
Quote from Alicia "I
feel so grateful and happy to have won 1st place for my wedding photo!
I feel like I'm in a dream! I truly believe I would not be in this
position, had I not joined PPLAC. I joined about a year ago, when
Julian Climaco recommended it to me. Everyone made me feel welcome. As
members, we were all encouraged to submit photos to print competitions,
even if only as a learning experience. I really appreciate the judges
who critiqued my images, for they have required me to improve my
skills. PPLAC members, like Bob Young, Irene Benevante, Jim Brammer and
Karen Nakamura gave me plenty of support. They told me not to give up
and gave me advice on getting this photograph to an award winning
level. I have learned so much from the monthly speakers, as well as,
the seminars. I have made friends and now I have so much more
confidence!"
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Bob Young Takes Disney Concert Hall390 images for One Print???  How did he do it?To achieve the resolution for a print of this quality and size it was necessary to shoot 21 separate areas (that was, for what I call the back plate) of the stage, choir and orchestra to make one large composite and piece all of the images together like a large jigsaw puzzle, of which CS4 does a very good job, then it took an additional 48 images of the choir orchestra and principal singers to get the final image. Over sixty retouching hours have gone into this image to make it look as if the orchestra and choir posed for it. None of the choir or orchestra members knew that this was going to be taken so I had to shoot each section separately, when each section was sitting still. Each image was shot using Canons live view feature to get critical focus at the different focal distance as the lens was at f4 on a long lens. Being a live performance, it was only possible to shoot between pieces and pauses so as not to disturb the audience. The equipment used was a Canon 1D MK III and the 70-200mm 2.8 IS lens shot at 1600 ISO, 200s @ f4, for the bright areas of the stage. 100s @ f4 for the choir in the center and higher, over 390 images where shot in order to have enough heads and instruments to choose from. The Limited Edition "Giclee" prints are being printed by MFA Talon in El Segundo who are masters in fine art printing.
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