Greetings!
If you've been sleeping under a rock, you probably don't realize what is going on with Adobe Photoshop! In a nutshell: If you don't have CS6 (Creative Suite), now would be the time to get your final upgrade as Adobe will not be supporting it anymore as a stand-alone program. Adobe made the move to a CC (Creative Cloud) subscription. This is not a bad thing or a good thing (depends how you look at it). Click here to check out Adobe Creative Cloud and form your own opinion. Lightroom will still be a stand-alone program which you will still be able to purchase. (Yeah!!) If this is confusing to you, give me a call and I will fill you in. In the meantime, Happy shooting and stay safe this 4th of July! Cheers, Bob Young PPLAC President 
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This Month's
Photog Tip
by Bob Young
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July the 4th fireworks are a spectacular event and easily captured in camera. A sturdy tripod is a must, a cable release is useful, and camera settings are fairly simple. My experience is: ISO 100 f 8 @1 second FOR A SINGLE SHOT OF A FIREWORK; longer is BETTER (10,20,30 seconds) FOR MANY SHOTS OF CONTINUOUS FIREWORKS . If you're a Nikon shooter your lowest ISO is 200 (I believe), so try f 11 for the same effect. A 70 to 200 mm lens would be a good choice. Wide angle doesn't work well unless you're sitting under them-- then you have to deal with the smoke and falling debris (if the wind changes).
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Fundraising
 AUGUST: SWAP MEET MONTH
Our August General Meeting is the time for our first annual gigantic, clean out the closet, door busting Swap Meet. You are encouraged to bring all of your good quality, gently used stuff you no longer need-- things that could prove to be a treasure trove for another photographer. Sell items like tripods, cameras, lenses, back packs, lighting equipment, remotes, backdrops, DVDs and books, etc.-- anything that's photo related. We'll have tables set up-- so come at 6:30 sharp to get your space. Be creative: price it at a selling amount. 10% of all sales go to PPLAC.
Door prize
FREE DRAWING. Winner gets a quality frame worth more than $30
Drawing
Tons of stuff all worth more than $1 each ($1 gets you 1 ticket; $5 gets you 6 tickets)
Silent Auction
Think Tank Sling-O-matic 20
onOne Software Suite 7.5
Book- Glacier National Park, The First 100 Years
Portfolio Case-Holds 14x18 photos
Layer Cake Software
Earth, Wind and Flour gift certificate
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Board of Directors 2013
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President
Bob Young
1st Vice President
Program Director
Mel Carll
2nd Vice President
Membership Director
Marcia Gold
Secretary and Editor
Rae DeVito
Treasurer
Sharon Lobel
Digital Photographic
Competition Director
Duane Murphy
Communications Director
(Website and Newsletter)
Alicia Bravo
Fundraising Director
Jim Akers
Hospitality Director
Onnie Hull
Membership Co-Chairs
Liz Chalmers
Irwin Lagusker
Editorial Co-Chair
Bob Reiter
Fundraising Co-chair
Norman Reneau
Hospitality Co-Chair
Cheryl Provencio
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Board Meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. For more info, please email a board member. Contact info is available at pplac.org.
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JUNE Meeting RECAP
Digital Photographic Competition
If you didn't make the June meeting... you missed key editing secrets shared by Santa Monica-based advertising photographer Dennis Dunbar. Digital artist Dunbar creates finished artwork for movie posters as well as commercial ads that have been seen worldwide in movie posters and commercial projects including "Harry Potter and the Goblin of Fire", and Guess. He also offers consulting services to his clients. Learn more about Dennis at: dunbardigital.com
Thank you, Robert Reiter, for all the cool photos!
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July General Meeting
NEW DATE: It's Digital Photographic Competition time!
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Get your images ready now! Don't miss out on one of the best ways to improve and showcase your artwork!
Where & When
Veterans Memorial Center
Rotunda Rm
4117 Overland Avenue
Culver City,CA 90230
Thursday, July 25, 2012
6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. - Sign in for all image makers! Don't be late!
6:30 p.m. - Noshing and networking
7:00 p.m. - Competition begins
COMPETITION ENTRIES ACCEPTED ONLINE: Friday, July 19th until DEADLINE Sunday, July 21st at MIDNIGHT NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED
READ ALL RULES BEFORE ENTERING
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PPLAC's Affiliate Print Display - Pro Photo Expo
Call for Entries
Attention PPLAC Members: Enter your favorite images for consideration as one of the selected prints in PPLAC's Affiliate Print Display at the PPC Pro Photo Expo and Conference in August. We plan to feature some of our pro members' best work-- from Cute and Cuddly to Cutting Edge and Creative!! These entries DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRINT COMPETITION ENTRIES OR WINNERS.Please click here for complete details, rules, entry form, and image uploading instructions. (This will be a Juried entry; all images must be uploaded here for consideration.) You must be a current pro member of both PPLAC and PPC to enter.
DROP-DEAD DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2013.
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PPC Pro Photo Expo and Conference
Pro Photo West is coming in August. Don't miss it!
Sign up now!
To register, click the link
Use the free expo pass: ppcaff
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News
Congrats to PPLAC Board Member Mel Carll! His "Home Under the Lights" (Northern Lights) image won first place in the landscape category plus judge's choice award at the Santa Clarita Valley Photographer's Association Print Competition in May.
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PPLAC Members:
If you'd like your professional photography event or honor considered for our next newsletter, send a SHORT blurb and 1 small jpg photo and/or website link by our deadline (the 20th of each month) to:
Rae DeVito at:
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