In This Issue
March Event: Piper MacKay
February Recap: DPC
PPC Pro Photo Expo Recap
Invitation to Sharon Lobel's Photo Gallery
Western District Photographic Competition Results
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

"Clean your equipment after a shoot to keep it in tip top condition. Clean your lens glass. Wipe off everything! That includes vacuuming out your camera bag, to prevent dirt, sand, etc. getting into your camera and lenses."

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


 
April 23: General Meeting

Speaker: William Innes

 

May 22-24: Deadline for DPC submission

 

May 28: DPC Night

 

June 14-19: West Coast School
 

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!
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PPLAC IS A PROUD AFFILIATE OF

PPA - Professional Photographers Association
Board of Directors 2015


 

President 
Mel Carll

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

2nd Vice President 
Membership 
Cheryl Provencio

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

Digital Photographic Competition Moderator 
Mel Carll

Fundraiser Director 
Norman Reneau 

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!

  

Our March meeting with Piper Mackay was simply awe inspiring.  Her passion is infectious, and her images are just stunning.  You just don't come across many photographers who have the passion that they are willing to uproot and move to a country to talk the talk and walk the walk.  Simply inspiring.

Our upcoming April meeting brings us local photographer and traveling speaker, William Innes.  William is a local award winning wedding photographer who will be sharing his 2nd passion, Travel Photography and mirrorless cameras.  It is incredible how his amazing travel images improve and inspire his wedding images.  Come join us and William on Thursday, April 23, starting at 6:30pm.

Having just spent the last week at the PPC Conference and Expo, it is just fantastic to see all of the great photographers of our area.  The speaker program was amazing, and hopefully you were able to take some of it in for yourself.  I would like to congratulate our own Sharon Lobel, as she was presented her PPC Service award, and also John Grusd, as he received the Judge's Choice award for his stunning image "Beautiful".
 
Please keep in the back of your mind that our next Digital Image Competition is coming up May 28, 2015 so start thinking about your images.

If you are so inclined, the next PPC quarterly board meeting will be April 18-20 in Sacramento, and all PPC members are invited.

So have a great month, and get out there and shoot some amazing images.

Mel Carll

2015 PPLAC President
April Event: William Innes 
Travel Photography With Mirrorless Cameras

Image by William Innes
Thursday, April 23, 2015
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
 
Veteran's Memorial Complex
4117 Overland Avenue
Culver City,CA 90230
 
William has been photographing weddings fulltime for over 8 years. William has written for ShootSmarter.com, appeared on Friday Photo School, presented workshops and speaks wherever photographers are gathered. He is a member of WPPI, PPA and Lumix Luminary with the Panasonic Lumix Luminary team.

March Event Recap: Piper Mackay
 
We were honored to have Piper speak about her many adventures during her countless travels to Africa, where she captured incredible African wildlife, faces and lifestyles that are known so foreign to us!

Thank you Piper for speaking at our event!
PPC Pro Photo Expo & Conference Recap:
 Congratulations John & Sharon!
 
Our very own John Grusd and Sharon Lobel won awards at the Expo!
 
John Grusd won the PPC Judges Choice Award in the Animal category for his image "Beautiful".

PPC Judges Choice Award - "Beautiful" by John Grusd

 

Some pictures from the Expo... How fun!


 

PPC President, Jim Paliungas,  presenting a PPC service Award to Sharon Lobel. 
Cool dawg representing Sigma.

   

 Mel chillin' like a villain.
You're Invited to Sharon Lobel's Photo Gallery
 Adventurous Vision
The Photographs of Sharon Lobel
 
"Heading Home" by Sharon Lobel
 
April 11-May 24, 2015
 
Artists' Reception: Saturday, April 11 @ 5:00-7:00pm
 
Palm Loft Gallery
410 Palm Avenue, Loft A-L
Carpinteria, CA 93013
2015 Western District Photographic Competition Results 

Congratulations to PPLAC winners!

 

Jim Akers - "Early Morning Sip"

George DeLoache - "Hip-Hop Prodigy", "Onyx" & "Rock or Die"

Sharon Lobel - "It's Here Somewhere"


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