Greetings!
As we head into Thanksgiving week, I have so much to be thankful for. First and foremost, I'm thankful for my wonderful family and our newly-arrived twin granddaughters, who were five weeks old yesterday. I'm thankful for a successful year in a very difficult business climate. And I'm thankful to our wonderful PPLAC Board, Committee Chairs and members for the generous and selfless contribution of their time and effort to help make this wonderful organization THE place to be for professional photographers in 2010 and beyond.
I hope that you will take a few moments this week to reflect on a successful year, and I wish you and yours a joyous Thanksgiving as you celebrate your blessings with friends and family.
Regards,
Jim Brammer
PPLAC President
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General Monthly Meeting Announcements:
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Due to the holidays,
PPLAC is 'dark' in December-- meaning no monthly meeting.
In 2011, please join us for our general monthly meetings at our
NEW TIME:
6:30 p.m.: Networking
7:00 p.m.: Program
January 27th is our annual Open House... food, fun, photo exhibits, music, photography awards, and more!
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General meetings
Networking 6:30pm
Program 7:00pm
Click here for more info
Sign Up or
Update your profile
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RAFFLE
Feeling lucky? Bring a little extra cash to enter our SURPRISE raffle at PPLAC's November 18th meeting.
The winner gets a prize worth a minimum of $75.
$1 per ticket. The more you buy, the better your chances to win.
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SWAP MEET
"Wheel and Deal"
Bring your good quality, gently used photographic equipment to the Print Comp. Your stuff maybe someone else's treasure.
ˇfree for members
ˇ$20 selling fee for non-members.
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Photographer's Resource Center
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Do you have photography and/or photo editing DVDs you no longer need?
Donate them to PPLAC's growing library. Bring your donations to
librarian Ellen Close at our June meeting.
Don't forget:
Members are
welcome to rent our DVDs at monthly meetings!
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PPLAC IS A PROUD AFFILIATE OF
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Board of Directors
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President
Jim Brammer
Vice President
Program Director
Karen Nakamura
Treasurer
Sharon Lobel
Secretary
Biljana Milasin
Membership Director
Marcia Gold
Print Competition Directors
Bob Young
Irene Benavente
Editor
Rae DeVito
Communications Director
Alicia Bravo
Fundraising Chair
Jim Akers
Video Library Chair
Ellen Close
Hospitality Chair
Ornetha Butler
Board Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. For more info, please email a board member. Contact info is available at pplac.com.
Financial Report available to members upon request. Please contact the Treasurer.
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PPLAC Annual
Professional Membership Discount(Professional Membership only - new & renewals)
Pay for your 2011 PPLAC professional membership by
December 31, 2010 and receive
a $20 discount! Only $100 for all of 2011!
Contact Membership Chairs Marcia Gold or Mel Carll for details
or send your check for $100 to:
Membership Renewal
PPLAC
10736 Jefferson Blvd. #859
Culver City, CA 90230
IMPORTANT:
Please list your PPA, PPC and WPPI member numbers & send with your check.
Questions? Email Marcia Gold at marcia@marciagold.com
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PPLAC Get-Together*
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*CURRENT MEMBERS ONLY "PERK" no guests or children, please
Information Roundtable
hosted by Bob Young
TIPS ˇ ADVICE ˇ IDEAS
Bring your photography, Lightroom, Photoshop, Print Comp, etc. questions!
The perfect opportunity to learn AND share your expertise.
(Pls. note: Bob's a busy guy. This event WILL be cancelled if there
aren't sufficient RSVPs-- so don't forget to sign up!)
Sunday, December 12thTo RSVP, email Marcia: marcia@marciagold.com
Bob Young Photo Studio
7512 Midfield
Westchester, CA
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Thank You Eddie Tappfor an incredible program!
One of the most respected Photoshop authorities anywhere.
The incomparable photographer and artist Eddie Tapp gifted our packed November meeting with an early holiday treat: some of his incredible Photoshop secrets.
Eddie is not only in the Photoshop Hall of Fame, but an Explorer of Light with Canon USA. Thanks, Eddie, for your continuing generosity of spirit in education!
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West Coast School of Photography Held on the University of San Diego Campus June 12-17, 2011
Registration opens Black Friday - Cyber Monday...
Save $50 off of your Tuition if you sign up
between November 26 - November 29!
Full Days of Hands on Photographic Education from one of the top 5 PPA
Affiliated Schools in the Nation! We have Incredible Instructors
teaching Basic Posing & Lighting to Intermediate Fashion Posing
& off camera flash photography to Advance Posing & Lighting!
Other classes will include Fusion...incorporate Video, Time Lapse
Photography & Still Photography in your presentations for weddings,
coorporate & business! Senior Portrait Photography by one of the
country's most knowledgable photographers. We can't forget about
Photoshop, we have a class that will take you from Basics to Beyond,
Another class that will be more Intermediate Photoshop with the use of
Nik Software filters & workflow. We also have two fantastic Artist!
The 1st will teach you how to create, imagine & produce images that
appear from your heart! Our 2nd instructor has received 10 perfect scores of 100 in PPA print competitions by creating COMPOSITES!
 
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What's happening around town?
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Kudos to PPLAC Board Member Jim Akers!
He
took third place for Photojournalism and second place for Landscape at
the Santa Clarita Valley Photography Association digital print
competition last month.
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WHAT'S YOUR BUZZ?Let PPLAC know. If you'd like your professional photography event or honor considered for our next newsletter, send a SHORT blurb and 1 or 2 small jpg photos about your BUZZ to
Rae DeVito at: editor@pplac.com or rae.devito@me.com |
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