General monthly meetings held every 4th Thursday
7PM
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Veteran's Memorial Center
4177 Overland, Culver City, CA
Click here for map
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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December
No Meeting
Happy Holidays!
January
Open House
February
LIA SEGERBLOM
March
YOGI PATEL
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PPLAC's Monthly
Photography
Swap Meet
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Don't forget bring your good quality photo equipment to the swap meet held during our meetings. No charge.
Guests
can buy but need to pay an entry fee of $20 if they wish to sell
anything. If you are looking for a particular item and want to get it
out to the membership use PPLAC's Facebook site and post what you
need. Someone may have the item and would want to sell it. When
selling items it helps to have an index card next to the item with the
price and your name. Also, if you really want to show that you are
competitive bring a recent Craigslist or on-line seller like B and H
price list etc.
Here are some ground rules:
1) PPLAC members may buy and sell personally-owned items for free as a benefit of membership
2) Non-members may buy for free, but must pay $20 to offer personally-owned items for sale
3)
This swap meet is for personally-owned items only. Commercial goods
and services may be sold at PPLAC meetings only by speakers and
sustaining members.
4) All items should be labeled with the seller's
name, asking price and any other information you feel would add value
or help you sell your item
5) No junk - please sell with integrity
Tip:
Bring comparable prices from major companies such as Adorama, Abe's of
Maine, B&H, Samy's or Craigslist to make it easy for your
"customer" to see the value of your item and what a deal they are
getting.
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Greetings!
I can't believe that the holiday season is here again. How did this happen so quickly? I'm getting the usual last-minute Client requests for cards and portrait sessions - don't you just love it? As we shoot the last of those holiday sessions and prepare the cards that will need to be expedited (if we can get them printed in time at all??) I want to take a moment to wish you and yours a joyous and blessed holiday season, and a happy, healthy New Year! I look forward to seeing you all at our Annual Open House and Member Exhibition on January 28.
Jim Brammer
PPLAC President
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OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Start the New Year as a PPLAC member! Come to our first meeting of the year: It's an Open House! Bring yourself and your pro photog friends for fun, food, and 'fotos'. Find out all that PPLAC has to offer you and your photography business. All paid members are invited to bring in up to 3 mounted prints (no larger than 16 x 20) or one portfolio/album. Mark your calendar now for Thursday, January 28th at 7 p.m.
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November Speaker Review - Sam Gardner
"Lighting is Exciting!"
Sam Gardner demonstrates lighting ratios.
November's speaker, Sam Gardner, brought us "Lighting is Exciting". To say that Sam "gets it" is an understatement - his images have been in many PPA national print competition Loan or Showcase collections and are often used in PPA promotional materials.
Sam talked about the "quality" of light, demonstrated lighting ratios (would you believe he cut up sticky notes and stuck them on his face?), showed "masculine" and "feminine" lighting and posing, illustrated use of the "edge" of light in studio and on location, and provided a summary handout along with keys to successfully completing the CPP exam.
Many thanks to Sam and his sponsor, Millers Professional Imaging Lab, for bringing this entertaining and highly educational program to PPLAC.
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WEST COAST SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
Professional Photographers of California's West Coast School has full and half scholarships available for its summer 2010 session... but you have to apply by January 15th! Most of the scholarships are for PPC photographers, but several target phtographers' assistants and office staff personnel. For more information and the application, go to http://prophotoca.com/wcs/scholarship.html.
There's another way to land a West Coast School scholarship for tuition to a week-long summer class. Attend PPLAC's January open house, and buy raffle tickets for our scholarship drawing. They're $5 per ticket or 5 for $25 for PPLAC members. Guests can get tickets for $10 each or 3 for $25.
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Thank You to Amy Cantrell
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Several months ago, PPLAC's very own Amy Canrell stepped in to fill a speaking slot that opened up due to a last-minute cancellation. At the November General Meeting, PPLAC's Board presented Amy with a "thank you" gift - a beautiful jewelery box generously donated by Sharon Lobel, PPLAC's Treasurer. Many thanks to both Amy and Sharon!PPLAC president, Jim Brammer. presents thank you gift to Amy Cantrell |
What's happening around town?
------------------------------------------- The 19th Annual International
Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition
January 14 - 17, 2010 Opening Night Reception January, 14th 6 - 9 pm Santa Monica Civic 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Returning to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, photo l.a., the 19th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition moves back to it's former home at 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, California. Conveniently located, just off the 10 Freeway and two blocks from the beach.
The opening night reception will benefit the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA), and is hosted by noted photographer David La Chapelle and actor/photographer Chris Lowell. As in years past, photo l.a. will collaborate with LACMA on a series of lectures.
Over the past eighteen years photo l.a. has earned a reputation as one of the foremost art fairs and the leading photo-based events in the country. Presenting the finest galleries from around the globe, this 19th edition of photo l.a. promises to be the best ever. We are very proud to be presenting a preview installation of the upcoming Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) exhibition: Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005), the first survey exhibition to be presented in the Los Angeles area of Latin American photography and photo-based art generated between 1990 and 2005. The curator, Idurre Alonso, will give a talk about the exhibition.
photo l.a. proudly presents the US premiere of The La Brea Matrix (http://labreamatrix.com) Produced by Lapis Press, Schaden.com with the support of the Goethe-Institute.
Additional programming will be added to the website on an ongoing basis.
photo l.a. 7304 Beverly Blvd. No.128 Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-937-4659 · www.photola.com
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WHAT'S YOUR BUZZ?PPLAC wants to know what you're up to. If you'd like your special announcement included in the next newsletter, send your 250 word blurb and 2 small jpg photos about your BUZZ to Alicia at: webmaster@pplac.com |
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Renew your PPLAC membership by
December 31, 2009
and we'll knock off $20!
That's only $100 for
ALL of 2010!
$100 for professional members (regularly $120) $225 for sustaining members (regularly $250) Send a check payment by December 28th to: PPLAC 10736 Jefferson Blvd. #859 Culver City, CA 90230 2010 will be a great year for workshops, print comps and studio shares
so don't miss out!Questions? email Marcia at:  |
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