Greetings!
Wow! I can't believe it's already March!! 2011 is off to a fast start for me - I hope the same for you as well. I've been blessed with success on all fronts - portraiture, commercial and fine art photography - and I attribute much of my success to the wonderful learning and networking that I have enjoyed at PPLAC. Print competition provides a foundation for the ongoing improvement of my craft while educational programs from world-class speakers have taken my technique, art, marketing and sales to new levels I could never have imagined when I joined PPLAC in 2007. All along the way, I continue to be humbled with the honor of associating with you, our many wonderful members.
In case you haven't noticed, I am really fired up and I hope you'll join me, the PPLAC Board, and our members as we celebrate another year of exciting speaker programs, workshops, studio shares, get togethers and digital image competitions in 2011. I look forward to seeing you at our next general meeting on March 24. Please remember that we have a new start time - 6:30pm to 7:00pm for networking and the formal program starts promptly at 7:00pm. See you there!
Regards,
Jim Brammer
PPLAC President
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General Monthly Meeting Announcements:
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7:00 p.m.: Program
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Program 7:00pm
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Sponsor News
PPLAC sponsor Red River Paper is accepting photo submissions for the following: nature; architecture; landscape; and electic, quirky imagery.
You'll get paid with a $50 gift certificate if your image is published in a Red River email newsletter, banner or
greeting card example.
specs: 72 ppi, 800 x 400 minimum size
Send in your images and queries to Drew at: dhendrix@redriverpaper.com
But there's more! Red River Paper will also give a $30 gift certificate to each new PPLAC member who signs up at our open house in January.
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FUND-RAISING OPPORTUNITIES AT OUR MARCH MEETING:
Bring cash or check to take advantage of these amazing deals!!
WEST COAST SCHOOL DRAWING:
Last opportunity for
WEST COAST SCHOOL tuition drawing valued at $350.
THE DRAWING WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF MARCH MEETING
$10 FOR 1 TICKET
$40 FOR 5 TICKETS
FREE DRAWING
Like a box of chocolate: You never know
what you will get!
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SILENT AUCTION* Red River Paper- $75 value- starting bid $35* Layer Cake Software programs - 2 different programs valued at $150 each-starting bids at $35 and $55* 4 photo frames-all or nothing valued at $75- starting bid $20
Photo Silent Auction
PPLAC - photographer donated photos: new, good quality in 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 8 x 10. Starting bid on all: $5Funds raised go towards defraying costs of our training and education programs. Contact Jim Akers for more details at fundraising@pplac.com ----------------------------
SWAP MEET
Bring your good, gently used photography equipment to sell or swap.
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PPLAC IS A PROUD AFFILIATE OF
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Board of Directors 2011
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President
Jim Brammer
1st Vice President
Program Director
Marcia Gold
2nd Vice President
Membership Director
Mel Carll
Treasurer
Sharon Lobel
Secretary and Editor
Rae DeVito
Digital Image Competition Chairperson
Bob Young
Communications Director
Alicia Bravo
Fundraising Chairperson
Jim Akers
Hospitality
Ellen Close
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Board Meetings are held on the 1st 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's March MeetingJim Paliungas
Fashion, Glamour, and Boudoir Portraits
 Thursday, March 24, 2011
Networking: 6:30pm to 7pm
Program: 7pm to 10pm
FREE for members
$20 for non members
No reservations. Seating is on a first come, first served basisJim Paliungas has owned and operated Palimor Studios in Camarillo, CA for the last 16 years. He has photographed everything from weddings, portraits, products, to the boudoir portrait. But his true passions are photographing Fashion, Glamour and the Boudoir...
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FEBRUARY PPLAC MEETING RECAP:
Digital imaging guru Chuck Behrman pumped up our HDR knowledge with an amazing overview of his workflow secrets from image capture to processing software.
Thanks to Chuck for an entertaining, information-packed evening. You can view Chuck's amazing work and learn more about his workshops at: www.chbphoto.com
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PPLAC Studio Share
Steve & Karen Lopushinsky, Turville Photography
Monday, March 28, 2011
10am
Turville Photography
109 E. City Place Drive
Santa AnaDirectly across from the Main Place Mall
near the intersection of the 5 and 22 freeways
$20 for members
$30 for non-members
Turville Photography was founded by Steve Turville in Santa Ana in 1957. When Steve Lopushinsky joined the company in 1988, it was located in a strip mall location in Orange...
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West Coast School of Photography
on the University of San Diego Campus
June 12-17, 2011
Get full days of hands-on photographic education from one of the top five PPA affiliated schools in the nation! We have incredible instructors teaching everything from basic posing and lighting to intermediate fashion posing and off-camera flash to advanced posing and lighting. Other classes include senior portraits and fusion: incorporating video, time lapse photography and still photography in your wedding, corporate, and business presentations. One of our Photoshop classes will take you from Basics to Beyond, while another more intermediate class will include the use of Nik software filters and workflow. We also have two fantastic artists-- one who will teach you to create images from your heart while the second has received ten perfect scores of 100 in PPA print competitions creating composites.
 
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What's happening around town?------------------------------------------------------------------ 
PRO PHOTO EXPO: Don't miss out on Professional Photographers of Caifornia ProPhoto Expo March 10-13 in Pasadena. An amazing seminar schedule... trade show.. vendor product education.. incredible photo displays. For more info: prophotoca.com/expo_pasadena.html
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CONGRATS to the following PPLAC members for their impressive awards at the 2011 Professional Photographers of California (PPC) Annual State Print Competition. Be on hand at the ProPhoto Expo's Awards Night to cheer them on:
KAREN NAKAMURA took the 2nd highest case for PPC's Top Ten Photographers for Three Calla Lillies. She was also awarded the Nature Photographer of the Year and received 2 Judges Choice Awards. MARCY DUGAN collected the Kodak Gallery Awards/Wedding Category for Autumn Love. For her image "What About Me", ALICIA BRAVO won the New Horizons Award as well as 2 merits. Also meriting from PPLAC: JIM AKERS, RAE DEVITO, SHARON LOBEL, ALAN MAYER, DAVID NICHOLSON, and BOB YOUNG. Way to go!
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KUDOS to PPLAC's ORNETHA BUTLER, the recipient of the 2011 PPC's West Coast School's scholarship award. Join in on this amazing educational experience from June 12-17 at the University of San Diego: prophotoca.com/wcs_schedule.html
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HATS OFF to IRENE BENAVENTE for Professional Photographers of America (PPA) selecting her image, "Single White Female", for its Loan Collection Book.
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PPLAC President Jim Brammer currently has seven images hanging in an ongoing solo show at Folio Gallery in the Calabasas Library Gift Shop, 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302
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PPLAC President Jim Brammer announced the opening of f/9 Gallery, where he's joined forces with eight other photographic artists to create a new co-op gallery in Culver City. The just opened, inaugural group show, "First Exposure". features work by all nine artists. First Exposure through March, after which each artist will hang a month-long solo show. www.f9gallery.com
---------------------------------------------- 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
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