In This Issue
January Open House
PPC Image Competition coming LIVE
Register for the 2015 Installation Dinner
February: DPC Bootcamp
February: DPC
PPC Expo and Conference 2015
Join Our Team!

We are continuing our search for volunteers for the following positions:

 

Hospitality Director & Co-Chair

Membership Co-Chair

 

Please contact Sharon Lobel at shutterbugsharon@aol.com

for more information.

Tip of the Month

Keep a rain poncho in all of your gear bags. You never know when you'll need it to protect your photography equipment.  You can also use it as a drop cloth on which to place your gear-- off sand, snow, and wet grass.

Rae DeVito
2015: Upcoming Events
Visit our website calendar for details

  

January 22: PPLAC Open House

February 8: DPC Bootcamp

February 20-22: DPC Registration

February 26: DPC Night

March 19: General Meeting

Speaker: Piper MacKay

March 27-29: PPC Expo 

PPLAC Polo Shirts for Sale
 
Only a few more PPLAC polo shirts left! Purchase yours for $30.00 (no tax) at the next meeting!  
 
Proceeds go to West Coast School scholarship. 
Join our Safaris!
 
If you are interested in being on the PPLAC adventure/safari contact list, please email your name, phone number and email address to 
Sharon Lobel
phone: 818-802-7597 
General Meetings

Come join our monthly meetings on the 4th Thursday of each month, unless otherwise stated. 
 
Please visit our Calendar for upcoming events!
Our Sponsors

BWC Photo Imaging


Layer Cake

On One Software 






PPLAC IS A PROUD AFFILIATE OF

PPA - Professional Photographers Association
Board of Directors 2014

 
President 
Mel Carll

1st Vice President 
(Speakers, Workshop, Safaris) 
Sharon Lobel

2nd Vice President 
Membership 
Irwin Lagusker

Treasurer 
Liz Chalmers

Secretary 
Teresa Pepe

Director of Communications & Editor
(Website & Newsletter)
Janice Reinold


Digital Photographic Competition Director 
Bob Young

Digital Photographic Competition Co-Chairs
Teresa Pepe
Jillian Ellis
 John Grusd
Mindy Campbell

Digital Photographic Competition Moderator 
Mel Carll

Fundraiser Director 
Norman Reneau

Hospitality Director 
Cheryl Provencio

Hospitality Co-Chairs
Yvonne Griffin
Teresa Pepe 

Event Photographer
Bob Reiter


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Board Meetings are held at 4:00 PM at a nearby location prior to the general meeting each month, unless otherwise announced. For more info, please email a board member.
Contact info is available at pplac.com.
 
PPLAC Members
 
If you'd like your professional photography event or honor considered for our next newsletter, send a SHORT blurb and 1 small jpeg photo and/or website link by our deadline (the 20th of each month) to

Janice Reinold:

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Greetings!

  

I hope you all had a happy and enjoyable holiday season, and enjoyed as we kicked off 2015 with some cold, wet weather, but today, it feels like summer.  Welcome to Southern California!
 
Our first meeting of 2015 will be on Thursday, January 22nd and will be our annual Open House and Awards Presentation evening.  We will be unveiling the 2014 winners of the various Photographers of the Year awards, so come join in the excitement.  Remember, you must RSVP so that we can have enough food for all. And don't forget to wear your green, red and white as we celebrate with an Italian-themed evening.
 
If you are interested in entering the PPC State Photographic Image Competition, entires close at midnight on January 9, 2015 with the competition on January 20, 2015 in Redondo Beach. For additional information and rules, go to www.ppconline.com.
 
We have a great slate of speakers lined up for 2015, and we truly hope you will join us each month to support this great organization and to bond with your fellow photographers.
 
So have a great month, and get out there and shoot some amazing images! 

 

Mel Carll

2014 PPLAC President
First Event of the New Year: Open House!



CURRENT PPLAC MEMBERS ONLY are encouraged to bring up to four (4) printed images no larger than 16 x 20 to the Open House for display.
 These images can be of ANYTHING...(framed or not) and they will ALL be eligible for the Judge's Choice Award that evening!

 

PPC State Image Competition will be LIVE!


Register now for the 2015 Installation Dinner & Ceremony

January 18th, 2015

Click here to sign up


February: DPC Bootcamp
Learn everything you need to know!
 
Know the rules (they have been updated!)
-- and get the competitive edge!
Otherwise, your submissions will be disqualified!
 
 When and Where
Sunday, February 8, 2015
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
 
To RSVP: email Sharon Lobel at ShutterBugSharon@aol.com

Free to PPLAC Members
Limited to 15 members so sign up now!
RSVP by January 31st!
February Event: Digital Photographic Competition
 
November 2014 Best in Show:
"Ayla" by Kristi Elias
Start the year with a BANG!

Thursday, February 26th 2014
6:30pm-10:00pm
 
Online submission: February 20th-22nd

Image entry fees: $15 per submission

 

Credit Card payments MUST be made online at time of submission. Only checks or cash are accepted on the night of competition.


 Sign in & networking: 6:15pm | Competition: 7:00pm
 Non-members are welcome to attend as guests 

Pro Photo Expo and Conference 2015

March 26th-29th, 2015 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

Pro Photo Expo and Conference is hosted by the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) as the statewide conference and trade show featuring FOUR full days of programs and activities for all levels. 

The first 75 full conference paid registrations are entered into a iPad giveaway drawing! Good luck!
Congratulations to our West Coast School scholarship winners!


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