Corel Painter . . . for Photographers

Southwest
Image
2008 FALL ISSUE Volume 35, Number 3
About the Cover . . .
www.swppa.com
“Gates of Hell,” by Steve Ervin of Tulsa, Okla., took Best of Show at the
Southwest Professional Photographers Association’s print competition at the
2008 spring SWPPA Regional convention in Arlington, Texas,
The award was presented by SWPPA President Don
Dickson.
The image, which scored a perfect 100 points,
helped him win the SWPPA High Print Case with 376
points and the designation of Photographer of the Year.
The image also took the American Society of Photographers Regional Medallion Award. It also took a
first place trophy in the Master’s Illustrative category
as well as a Kodak Gallery Award also in the Illustrative category.
Steve Ervin
Articles
President’s Message
The Editor’s Desk
Convention Sponsors
Golf Tourney Info
Convention Judges
Member Spotlight
Convention Schedule
Convention Speakers
Photo Gallery
Old Southwest
Convention Speakers
Old Southwest Continues
Convention Registration
3
4
5
6
7
8-9
10-11
13-18
20-21
22
25-32
33
40
Editor & Advertising Manager
Donald Hayden, Cr. Photog.
3414-B S. Yale Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 742-3002
imagerybyhayden@sbcglobal.net
Printed by
The Imaging Bureau
4545 Cambridge Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76155
(817) 868-0200
State News
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
34
35
36
37
38
8-Page Competition Print Information insert in
middle of magazine.
Presented three times annually as the official publication of the Southwest Professional Photographers Association Inc., the magazine’s
purpose is to better inform and prepare the photographers of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,Oklahoma and Texas and to seek their
active support and participation in SWPPA activities.
Acceptance of advertising, press releases and other material does not imply endorsement of such by the association or editor/publisher. Permission is granted to similar photographic industry publications to reprint contents provided both the author and Southwest
Image are credited as the source.
Articles and photographs are welcomed, but the editor reserves the right to revise or refuse material.
Southwest Image
Page 1
SOUTHWEST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mike Scalf Sr., M. Photog., Cr., CPP
P.O. Box 1779, Blanchard, OK 73010
Phone (405) 485-3838
E-Mail: michael@swppa.com
EXECUTIVE BOARD
STATE DIRECTORS
Arkansas
PRESIDENT
Joel Schmidt, CPP
Little Rock, AR (501) 455-2910
Robert O. Seat, M. Photog., CPP
Batesville, AR (870) 793-3291
Don Dickson, M. Photog. Cr.
Plainview, TX (806) 296-2276
Louisiana
VICE PRESIDENT
Tom Elwell, Cr. Photog.
Metairie, LA (504) 888-5990
Jim Pitre, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Houma, LA (985) 868-0700
Tom Flora, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Shawnee, OK (405) 273-8631
New Mexico
TREASURER
Marie Leslie, CPP
Albuquerque, NM (505) 344-3171
Shelley Rice
Lovington, NM (505) 396-5767
Marty Sikes, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Conway, AR (501) 327-8300
Oklahoma
SECRETARY
Clay Allen, Cr. Photog., CPP
Broken Arrow, OK (918) 307-1377
Randy Taylor, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Edmond, OK (405) 341-5088
Mike Scott, M. Photog.
Clinton, OK (580) 331-2125
Texas
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Bill Hedrick, M. Photog., Cr.
Kilgore, TX (903) 983-1612
Dan McDonald, M. Photog., Cr.
Hurst, TX (817) 545-1199
Jim Cunningham, M. Photog., Cr.
Little Rock, AR (501) 225-5324
EDITOR NOT CLAIRVOYANT!
SWPPA MISC.
FF
STU
CALENDAR
ES
LIN
D
A
DE
If you are moving, please let us know. Send your old as well as new address to:
Editor Southwest Image, 3414-B S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, OK 74135. Allow six weeks’ notice.
Magazine Ad/Copy Deadlines
Spring Issue Nov. 15
Summer Issue March 15
Fall Issue
July 15
Mark Your Calendar
Oklahoma State Convention – Sept. 26-29, 2008, Radisson Inn, Tulsa, Okla.
Southwest PPA Regional Convention & Affiliated Print Competition – Oct. 3-7, 2008,
Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Arlington, Texas
Imaging USA – Jan. 11-13, 2009, Phoenix, Ariz.
PPA of New Mexico Convention – March 28-31, 2009, Route 66 Casino & Hotel, Albuquerque, N.M.
Texas PPA Regional Convention – Sept. 18-22, 2009, Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Arlington, Texas
Imaging USA – Jan. 10-12, 2010, Nashville, Tenn.
Southwest PPA Regional Convention & Affiliated Print Competition – Sept. 17-21, 2010
Southwest Image
Page 2
From the President’s Desk . . .
Thanks for all your Help
By Don Dickson, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
I want to personally invite each of you to the upcoming SWPPA convention
that will start on Oct. 3 in Arlington. We should have over 1000 photographers
learning great techniques, ideas, and skills from some of the best photographic
instructors in the world. I have to give a big thank you to many people that make
the convention such a success.
A big thanks goes out to Dwayne Lee as convention chairman, Matt Gilstrap
and Tammy Graham as prop chairmen, and all the SWPPA officers and TPPA officers for running the registration desk. Michael Scalf and Doug Box oversee the
associations, and many speakers and judges donate their time and talents to make
this such a wonderful experience.
Recently I was at our summer seminar in Texas, and at the judging breakfast
when everyone introduced themselves and where they were from, I introduced
myself as Don Dickson from various hotels around the country.
I have been blessed to be able to travel and visit all over the country because of
our wonderful profession, and lucky that my great staff has not walked out on me
yet! I traveled to China three times, gone on six cruises and logged almost 100
nights away from home this year all because of photography. I have learned several things this past year with my travels. Photography is a universal language.
When I was at the Pingyao Photography Festival in China, there were 80,000
photographers from all over the world; the only thing in common was the love
and passion of photography. I found the locals so welcoming and loving.
There were no barriers of culture or politics, just the love of photography. We
were photographing the wonderful sites right beside other photographers from
around the world. Everywhere we have gone, we have seen old friends and made
new friends along the way. We continue to email and exchange photographs with
college students we met in China.
I have seen many PPA friends at each convention and guild that we have attended. I take an annual “boys” trip where I get to ski, joke, play, and even learn
with some of the best photographers in the world.
My good friend Don MacGregor always says that friends are like diamonds,
rare and beautiful. Another thing I have learned is that everywhere I go, it feels
like a family reunion.
Family [fam•i• ly fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] is defined as…a group of people who
are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or
goals].
This is the definition of your photography family. If you have a problem, your
fellow photographer will be the first one to help you. If you have a family emergency, again, your fellow photographers will be the first to lend a helping hand.
I hope that you will be able to attend the SWPPA “family reunion” where the
only language spoken will be “photography” and the people that will be there
will be 1000 of your “friends and family.”
Best of all…The Convention Is Free If You Are a Member of Your Home State.
Again, I want to say a big thank you for allowing me to serve as president of
SWPPA these past 18 months. I hope that the education and fellowship will last
a lifetime. Again, I want to thank my wonderful employees who run the studio in
my absence and help make all of this possible.
Southwest Image
Don Dickson
I want to say a very deserving thank
you to my wonderful wife Charlcey and
my great kids, Kyle and Suzanne. They
give me the energy and love to be able to
live the American dream and be able to
work in the best profession in the world.
See ya in Arlington.
Texas School Moving To
UT Arlington for 2009
The rumor is true…….
The world famous, most exciting school
in the country will be moving next year.
The Texas School of Professional Photography will be moving to the University
of Texas at Arlington May 5-8, 2009, due
to the remolding of the MSC and scheduling conflicts at Texas A&M.
Registration will begin 11 p.m. on Jan.
3 - changed from the usual “midnight” to
clear up some of the confusion as to when
registration would begin.
The move will have several benefits
including free parking, free buses and free
food.
And, all classes will be on campus
and close to each other instead of having
classrooms scattered throughout the town.
Two additional classes will bring the
total to 36!
Hotels will be close to one another,
rates should be less expensive than in the
past and the campus is only 10 minutes
from DWF Airport.
Page 3
A
By Don Hayden
Cr. Photog.
long the road from where I was to where I am, I’ve
encountered some pretty strange photo assignments.
In fact, some were just spooky and others downright dangerous.
I’ve been up in the air in a gas-filled balloon, down in the
bowels of the earth in a lead and zinc mine; have photographed Presidents, Congressmen, covered political campaigns, prison escapes, interviewed soldiers returning from
Vietnam, rubbed shoulders with mobsters and even been shot
at a couple of times.
Needless to say, these assignments did not occur while I
was a studio and wedding photographer.
No, these all happened while in the newspaper business
(before I wore out my welcome in this media and wound up
in business for myself).
And I’ve got a scrapbook full of clippings and photos to
prove it.
I was a reporter long before I picked up camera and was
usually accompanied on a story by a “real” staff photographer.
But sometimes there just wasn’t one available.
The first time I went off to capture words and images was
in the late 1960s and dealt with a psychedelic-painted school
bus full of hippies camped out at a city park.
I’d borrowed my wife’s Sears Tower 35mm camera which
promised correct exposures by always using basically the
same setting – when you changed the shutter speed, the aperture automatically changed also.
Inside the bus (after I got the occupants to trust me, that is),
there was not enough light, so I forced the camera to a slow
shutter speed and wide-open aperture.
Somehow, I got the photo, but ruined the camera. The wife
was none too pleased. (I got her another.)
When the editors realized I was capable of photography
as well as writing, I was allowed to use a photo department
camera.
I think the “real” photographers were hoping I would fail
and somehow make them look better, if not indispensable.
It was a short time later I decided it was too much of a
hassle to borrow a camera, so bought my own – a Yashica-D
(twin lens 120 film with no meter and nothing automatic).
Southwest Image
I learned by doing.
Later, I graduated to Nikon and it was like hitting the big
time.
I was sent to cover the closing of an Indian School and
wanting to photograph an overview of the campus, asked one
of the students what was the highest point. They pointed to a
water tower.
The tower access ladder was about six feet off the ground,
so they boosted me up until I could climb up to a circular
catwalk.
After getting some pretty good views, I noticed there was a
ladder that went clear to the top.
What I didn’t pay attention to was that it was on wheels!
That is not until I clambered up and the ladder took off with
me hanging on for dear life.
Then there was the time I went to the state penitentiary
to cover a parole board meeting only to find out that seven
inmates had tunneled to freedom about eight hours before.
That kind of event can only be described as a media circus.
The board meeting forgotten, all took off in search of that
once-in-a-lifetime story.
Reporters and photographers from various newspapers were
going every which way and I got really lucky.
Traveling on one of the highways I spotted a prison vehicle
and a highway patrol car flashing by and of course I followed.
Someone had seen three convicts and as the net of lawmen was closing in, a shot rang out and one of the troopers
brought one down. Then came the hunt for the other two. I
grabbed my Nikon and telephoto lens and tagged along.
A short time later they found the second man and continued
through the underbrush looking for the third.
A highway patrol lieutenant asked me to carry his walkietalkie.
“Why?” I asked. “Because I don’t want anything in my
hand except a gun in case he’s armed,” he replied.
Now that kind of conversation can get your attention.
Well, the last guy got away (temporarily), but I got some
great photos.
I even captured the landing of a highway patrol plane on
the highway.
As I was running to a nearby nursing home to contact the
newspaper, I was too full of myself to notice the wingspan of
the approaching plane.
There wasn’t enough room between the wing and the highway guardrail for me to squeeze by so I had to bail the rail, so
to speak.
I must have used up a quart of adrenalin that day. It was not
without cost - I was eaten up with chiggers.
And, since I was the only newsman/photographer on the
scene, the next day the paper pretty much gave me the whole
front page.
Well, except for the weather and the index, of course.
Ahh, those were the days.
Page 4
SWPPA 2008 Fall Regional Convention
Sponsorship Level List
Platinum Sponsor ($7500 or more)
Gold Sponsor ($5000 to $7500)
Silver Sponsor – ($2500 to $5000)
Bronze Sponsor – ($750 -$2500)
Southwest Image
Page 5
Calling for more VOLUNTEERS!
By SWPPA Vice President - Tom Flora, M. Photog., Cr., CPP, F- Okla.
One of the most rewarding experiences at our SWPPA
convention is helping with the print competition.
There are many areas of service for handling print
entries such as before, during, and after being judged and
scored.
We have an outstanding individual in Caroll Van Deventer to guide and oversee the SWPPA Regional Print Competition. Her knowledge, experience, and guidance are an
asset to SWPPA. Caroll is “awesome.” Her husband Bob
and daughter Celia have served along side her. They have
volunteered their time tirelessly year after year.
Here is a short list of people that are needed.
Setup day before judging event (Thursday Evening):
People to open cases, take paperwork and put entries
into various record keeping places.
People to take prints from cases that have been opened
and arrange them in the places they belong for judging.
People to record information from these print cases for
use and reference in the future.
Two days of print judging (Friday and Saturday):
People to work behind the curtain in handling prints to
be judged, critiqued, and scored. Eight people are needed
behind the curtain to work in each judging room.
People in front of the curtain to work recording the results of the judging on each print. Two to four people are
needed in this area in both print rooms.
After print judging (Saturday evening):
Volunteers are needed to hang the prints that have qualified to be hung in the print exhibit.
The need is for 12 people to help hang 300-400 prints.
Monday afternoon:
Volunteers are needed to take down the prints, and
return them to the print room.
People are needed in the print room to return prints to
their print cases; packing them with great care and gentleness.
At the Fall SWPPA Regional Print Competition it will
take lots of people to make this event go smoothly, fairly,
and correctly.
Qualifications to work in the print handling area:
• A desire to serve in a volunteering way.
• Knowing that each print must at All times to be
handled with the utmost care, fairness and respect.
• Knowing that no print volunteer should handle any of
their prints once their print case has been turned in for
processing, handling, and judging.
• Persons that realize working in the competition has to
be done in an organized manner.
Southwest Image
Benefits of volunteering at SWPPA Print Competition:
The satisfaction of giving service in your profession.
The education of seeing great photographs up close.
Hearing notable photographers judge and critique images
of different levels, styles, and subjects.
• Serving with other people who share their knowledge and
desire for great photography.
• Seeing wonderful creativity.
• Going home with new ideas and inspirations.
• Having a great time.
To those who have given of their time in the print judging
process - Thank you!! You are still needed!!
Having two print competitions in one year presents a challenge. The challenge for this fall is that this is during a busy and
important time for many photographers.
If you can volunteer to help part time, full time, or whatever this fall in the print competition area, please e-mail me at
TFlora1944@AOL.com. I will personally contact you.
•
•
•
For Full Page of Golf Registration, go to www.swppa.com
Page 6
2009
SWPPA
Print
Competition
Judges
Helen Yancy - Plymouth, MI
Overall Chairman
Jim Frieze - Columbia, NE
Chairman
Jon Allyn - Milwaukee, WI
Judge
Rick Avalos - Pueblo, CO
Judge
Bert Behnke - Mokena, IL
Judge
Cindy Behnke- Mokena, IL
Judge
Chris Beltrami -Barre, VT
Judge
Pat Beltrami - Barre, VT
Judge
Kalen Henderson- Mt. Pleasant,IA
Judge
Keith Howe - North Platt, NE
Judge
Stephen Lagow - Joplin, MO
Judge
Randy McNeilly - Shelby, NC
Judge
Bob Welsh - Hillsboro, OR
Judge
Barbara White - Cookville, TN
Judge
Doran Wilson - Ft. Wayne, IN
Southwest Image
Judge
Page 7
By Don Hayden
This is another in a continuing series of articles
calling attention to various photographic operations in hopes of acquainting members with each
other.
Miller’s - From Darkroom Kit to Digital Imaging
Editor’s Note: This spotlight issue deals with a strong long-time supporter of SWPPA and other organizations.
Its Columbia, Mo. facility was visited in June.
Were it not for the purchase of a $2 darkroom
kit and the decision not to be engaged in human
suffering, the lab of Miller’s (Professional Imaging) might have been one of medicine instead of
photography.
Founder William
Stonewall (Bill)
Miller, who died Oct.
4, 2002 following a
long illness, graduated from the
University of Missouri with a
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry
and was accepted and attended
Harvard Medical School for two
years.
He left medical school in spite
of being in the top ten percent of
Miller’s “tour guides”
his
class because of the depres- Tracy Eichhorn, left,
sion
and suffering involved with
accounting and Nema
Velia, color quality con- practicing medicine.
He returned home to Missouri
trol, aided the editor in
and
accepted a 60-hour-per-week
his visit.
job, earning 30 cents an hour for
moving heavy sacks. He later wrote that he hoped his heavy
labor “would cause my uncertainties to sweat away.”
A turning point came in his life when he purchased a $2 developing and printing outfit. He spent hours in the darkroom
attempting to perfect his skills.
One day in
1939, while
visiting a
favorite aunt
in Pittsburg,
Kan., she
suggested he
move there
and set up a
studio and
camera shop.
He found a
Miller’s Begins - Original lab on East Jefbuilding, did
ferson in Pittsburg, Kan.
the wiring,
Southwest Image
plumbing, and much of the carpentry and made
his first enlarger, even constructing the bellows.
Miller was a portrait and wedding photographer before World War II.
He served from June 1942 to November 1945
in the 165th Signal corps, United States Army,
working as a combat motion picture photographer. His historical films of the war efforts are
now in the Smithsonian Institute and much of the
footage is still seen on television documentaries.
Miller’s Professional Imaging actually began as Miller’s
Studio and Camera Shop in downtown Pittsburg when he
returned home from the war.
Bill was technically inclined
so when color
was introduced
in the sixties it
was only natural
that he would
master processing it. He also
agreed to process
film for some of
his friends.
Columbia Lobby - Welcome to Miller’s
The demand
Professional Imaging; step right this way.
grew to the point
that by 1968 he decided to build a 4,000-square-foot lab at the
same location where Miller’s Professional Imaging currently
stands.
Back then it was known as Miller’s Professional Color
Service.
Bill managed the two businesses until a fire completely
destroyed the downtown studio along with many of Bill’s
negatives in 1970.
Since that time and with ten building expansions, the
Pittsburg facility has grown to 80,000 square feet in size with
products and services primarily supporting professional wedding, portrait, sport/event, and school photographers.
Poised to support traditional film capture, as well as digital
files, the Pittsburg lab houses film processing, undergrad, pica-pac, mounting and finishing services, and the Mpix division
Page 8
(a fully webbased digital
imaging lab to
service the then
new, emerging
professional market, launched in
2003).
In 2001, just
over 2,395,000
of 120 equivalent
rolls of film were
Quick Turnaround - Orders in by 3 p.m.
processed; howare out the next day.
ever, by the year
2007 that had declined to less than 200,000 rolls.
In 2007, more than 20,000,000 digital files were received in
the Pittsburg lab with over 16,000,000 of these files belonging
to Mpix.
The Pittsburg staff is made up of approximately 300 members during the peak season.
Miller’s Professional Imaging has grown to be the largest
professional lab organization in the United States, according
to Bill’s son Richard - now CEO of Miller’s.
In order to meet the needs of the digital age, Miller’s built a
second, state-of-the-art, 40,000 square-foot facility in Columbia, Mo. in March 2001.
It is an ultra modern, 44,000-square-foot facility designed
to meet the needs of the digital photographer.
The Columbia facility supports web hosting, proofing,
finished albums, and final prints ordered through stand-alone
or online versions of free proprietary software.
A full array of other print finishing services such as mounting, coating, and texture is also available.
A total of 100,000 files a day are routinely received by the
Columbia lab, with the majority of those files arriving via the
online ordering software.
The staff reaches 160 team
members during the busiest times
of the year.
“We provide professional
prints and press products for
professional photographers in all
fifty states. Since our inception,
we have developed a reputation
for having the highest quality
products, customer service, and
technologies in the industry,
all of which have contributed
to becoming the preferred lab
of professional photographers
nationwide,” Richard said.
The late Bill Miller received numerous photographic
awards and honors, serving as president of the Kansas Professional Photographer’s Association and earning “Photographer
of the Year” several times, as well as “National Award” and
“Life Membership” honors from the association.
He also earned an Honorary Associate Award from the
American Society of Photographers and a Fellowship Degree
in 1982 from the Professional Photographers of America.
He earned his Master of Photography and Craftsman
Photographer
degrees from
the Professional
Photographers of
America.
He was active
in community
and civic affairs,
and was quite
involved with
photographic
associations,
Beyond Images - Jameson Aitker prepares
receiving recto emboss the cover of an album to hold a
ognition for his
customer’s photographs.
contributions.
Contributions of Miller’s Professional Imaging go beyond
its own industry, reaching out to charitable organizations.
During the 2008 tradeshow season, Miller’s (and YOU)
will be contributing $100,000 to charitable causes, Richard
said.
“Drop by our booth during any of the tradeshows and
register. If your name is drawn, we will donate $1,000 in your
name to the charity of your choice.
“What better way to say ‘Thank you’ for stopping to visit!”
he said.
Staff Photo - Miller’s employes take a time out to pose for photo at the Columbia facility.
Southwest Image
Page 9
2008 SWPPA Convention (Fall Edition Part 1)
Thursday
Oct. 2
8 a.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m. Golf Tournament (Extra Fee Req’d)
Print Committee Meets
Set up Print Competition Rooms
Deadline for Hand Carried Print Cases
Friday
Oct. 3
7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – Noon
9 a.m. – Noon 8 a.m. – Noon
8 a.m. – Noon 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Registration open
Print Judging – (A thru L)
Print Judging – (M thru Z)
“Photoshop for the Portrait Photographer” – Robert Seat (Millers) (Extra Fee Req’d)
“Corel Painter for Photographers” – Jim Cunningham (Millers) (Extra Fee Req’d)
Hands–On Full Studio Setup w/Equipment & Instructor (Extra Fee Req’d)
Lunch (on your own)
“Photoshop for the Portrait Photographer” con’t– Robert Seat (Millers) (Extra Fee Req’d)
“Corel Painter for Photographers” con’t – Jim Cunningham (Millers) (Extra Fee Req’d)
Print Judging – (A thru L)
Print Judging – (M thru Z)
Hands–On Full Studio Setup w/Equipment & Instructor con’t (Extra Fee Req’d)
Children’s Portraiture – Sandy Puc (Canon & White House)
Dinner (on your own)
Trade Show Opens
Saturday
Oct. 4
6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. 9 a.m. – until ?
9 a.m. – until ? 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Southwest Image
Registration open
“How to Catch a Client” – Tammy Graham & Matt Gilstrap
“Mastering the Light – John Woodward (MAC Group & American Color)
“Seniors - Kindergarten to College” – Jeanne Richardson (Full Color)
Print Judging – (A thru L)
Print Judging – (M thru Z)
Trade Show Open
Vendor Reception (Exhibitors Badge Req’d)
“The Power of Light” – Tony Corbell (MAC Group)
Dinner (on your own)
“Paper or Pixels” – Arthur Rainville & Jennifer Hudson (BWC)
Page 10
2008 SWPPA Convention (Fall Edition Part 2)
Sunday
Oct. 5
6:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. –Noon
Noon – 4 p.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. 6 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Registration open
“The Best of Both Worlds Collide” – Bob & Bryan Welsh
“Marketing Fundamentals” – Rick Avalos (American Color)
Print Critique with the Judges
Southwest PPA Past Presidents’ Breakfast
“The Magic of Posing and Lighting” – Hanson Fong (MAC Group, Kodak, Canon, Bay Photo)
Southwest PPA Board Meeting
Trade Show Open
Southwest PPA Past Presidents’ Spouse Luncheon
CPP Test
“Photos to Fine Art: A Transformation with Corel Painter” – Tanya Lux (Corel)
Off–Site Steak Dinner w/bus transportation – (Sponsored by BWC)
Monday
Oct. 6
6:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. 9 a.m. – Noon
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Noon – 2 p.m.
Noon – 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. 10 p.m. – Midnight
Registration open
“Have Success with Being Different” – Ernie Johnson (Millers)
Texas PPA Past Presidents’ Breakfast
“Lifestyles” (Family Portraiture) – Bert & Cindy Behnke (Whitehouse & Marathon)
Texas PPA Executive Council Meeting
Texas PPA Past Presidents’ Spouse Luncheon
Texas Board of Directors’ Luncheon
Lunch (on your own)
“Building a Successful Photography Business” – Kay Eskridge (Kodak & WHCC)
Texas PPA General Membership Meeting
Cocktail Reception
Print Awards Gala & Dinner MC – Jon Allyn (American Color)
Post Gala Dance w/ Deejay (Sponsored by American Color)
Tuesday
Oct. 7
6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 7 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
9 a.m. –Noon Noon
Southwest Image
Registration open
“Business and PR Portraiture” – Gabriel Alonso (Millers)
“Hollywood Portraiture” – Douglas Kirkland (Canon)
Have a Safe Trip Home
Page 11
Southwest Image
Page 12
Something for Everyone at SWPPA Convention
From the golf tournament at Waterchase Country Club on
Thursday, Oct. 2 to Douglas Kirkland’s “Hollywood Portraiture” on Tuesday, Oct. 7, convention registrants will have the
opportunity to attend more than 17 educational programs.
Instruction actually begins Friday, Oct. 3 with the two
hands-on, all-day workshops of Robert O. Seat’s “Photoshop
for the Portrait Photographer” and Jim Cunningham’s “Corel
Painter for Photographers”
There also will be hands-on, full-studio setups with equipment and four instructors from whom to choose.
These will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6
p.m. on Friday.
The instructors are Doug Box, Tony Corbell, Hanson Fong
and John Woodward.
There will be nine other regular programs and six “early
bird” programs.
In addition to the multitude of topics will be other activities
including two days of print judging, a three-day trade show,
an off-site steak dinner sponsored by BWC Lab and a print
award gala and banquet.
The cast of speakers and their topics will be read in order of
their appearance – a rooster denoting early bird programs.
Photoshop for the Portrait Photographer
Aka “The Power of Digital Imaging”
In this hands-on workshop
Robert O. Seat, M. Photog., Cr.,
CPP of Batesville, Ark. will walk
Robert O. Seat
you through many time saving
tips, tricks and shortcuts that will make your life a little better
in the digital world.
You will learn how to use CS3’s Bridge and Camera Raw
file converter with RAW or JPEG files to create presentation
files that have been custom cropped, vignetted, black and
white, color, super saturated, de-saturated, retouched, and
enhanced before they are ever opened in Photoshop.
Then Bridge will be
used to batch process any
size files you need on
demand.
Learn how to “cheat” in
the retouching process using a few simple actions,
skin grafting, and plugins. Save time and make
more money.
In this presentation,
Seat will show how to:
• “Tweak your Photoshop to simplify your
daily work
•
Retouch faster and better.
•
Use simple tricks that allow you to retouch that impossible subject.
Southwest Image
•
Prepare, then batch process hundreds of images
quickly using Bridge.
•
Improve the color and consistency of your images.
•
Retouch images in Adobe Camera Raw. Even retouch multiple images at one time.
•
Record, and edit actions and write more powerful
actions.
•
Improve your sales by “pretouching” your images for
a better presentation to your customer.
Each student will be provided with the necessary files and
notes to follow Seat as he guides you through Photoshop’s
new tools, retouching and actually being shown how to write
some of the actions used.
You will need your own computer with Photoshop installed.
(CS3 will be used for this class; however several of the lessons will apply to CS and CS2.)
Make sure that your computer is working and trouble free.
You must have adequate free hard drive space for the lessons, and a good working mouse or preferably a graphics
tablet.
Seat has been photographing families in
the Batesville area for
more than 30 years.
He has successfully
made the transition
from traditional
photographer and lab
technician to the world of digital imaging.
He has adapted many of his skills as a traditional retouch
artist into an effective production style for the digital age.
He has created new interest from his existing client base by
adding a custom, handcrafted look to his portraiture.
See Next Page
Page 13
He also has found ways to create new products and to present them in a way that really sells, thanks to The Power of
Digital Imaging.
Seat has
been speaking
at numerous
conventions and
teaching digital
workshops since
2001, demonstrating various
methods of making Photoshop
work in a portrait
studio.
His work has been included in the ASP Traveling Loan Collection, displayed at the Epcot Center in Disney World, and
accepted into the Photography Hall of Fame.
Corel Painter . . .
for Photographers
With a degree in marketing
from the University of Arkansas
at Little Rock, Jim Cunningham,
M. Photog., Cr., CPP has been a
photographer in that city since
1976, and has owned his own
studio
since 1983.
Jim Cunningham
The recipient of seven Kodak
Gallery Awards and five Fuji Masterpiece Awards, he has
spoken at state and regional conventions and was a speaker at
the National Convention of the Professional Photographers of
America.
Since 2002, he
has been giving
Photoshop and
Painter workshops and has
been working
with digital imaging for 10 years.
He said he
feels that digital
imaging gives
Southwest Image
the photographer
the capability to
create “what we
see in our mind’s
eye.”
His program
will explore the
many facets of
Corel Painter for
Photographers.
“There is a
frustrated artist
inside all of us and Corel Painter gives us the capability to
release that creative side that has been trapped for so many
years,” Cunningham said.
“Each of us has images that can become beautiful works of
art with the right enhancement,” he said, noting he will show
the techniques that will make images stand out in the crowd.
Here are a few things that will be covered in this one-day
workshop:
1. How to paint faces and eyes that will take your customers’ breath away.
2. Having trouble painting hair? Cunningham will show
you how to smooth out the tangles.
3. Make Photoshop work for you in prepping your image
for Painting in Painter.
4. How to use the Auto
Paint feature in Painter X
to your advantage.
5. To clone or not to
clone, that is the question: covering the cloning
brushes as well as when
and where to use them.
6. Using Photoshop to
add the finished touches
that will make paintings
sing.
Learn to work outside
the box with someone
who spends hours a day
creating with Painter.
“You will be amazed
at how quickly you will
be creating images that your customers will want hanging on
their walls,” he said.
CLASSIC ART
LAVON WESTFALL, M. Artist, Ph. Cr., F-ASP, F-TPPA, partners
with professional photographers to dramatically increase studio
prestige and income by adding genuine oil portraits to their
product offering.
Freehand oil portraits, heavy & light oil enhancements.
Call MASTERPIECE Portrait Painting 281-565-6555
or email lavon@art-lavon.com.
Page 14
Children’s Portraiture with Sandy Pucʼ
Sandy Pucʼ, owner of Expressions by Sandy Pucʼ in Littleton, Colo., has earned accolades in the portrait industry for
her creative marketing skills, business acumen, storybook
artistry and her breathtaking black and white portraits.
Since starting the business in 1991, it has grown and
evolved from when her first studio was located in her home.
Expressions occupies a 5,000 square-foot studio, while awaiting completion of their new photography complex in Littleton.
Sandy currently serves on
the Board of Directors of the
Professional Photographers of
America. At the regional level,
she has served on the Executive
Board for the Rocky Mountain
Professional Photographers Association, which covered Utah,
Wyoming, Arizona, Montana
and Colorado.
Sandy is a co-founding member of Now I Lay Me Down To
Sandy Pucʼ
Sleep, a non-profit organization
that provides portraiture services to families whose babies
will never leave the hospital.
She is a nationally acclaimed photographer and
businesswoman who shares
her wisdom and
techniques with
photographers at all
stages of their careers
by traveling and lecturing throughout the nation at seminars
and schools.
A frequent contributor to professional journals, Sandy is
preparing the manuscript for her first book on children’s photography. She also produces instructional multimedia DVDs
about the photography business.
Her program on Children’s Portraiture will touch on:
• Understanding the psychology and dynamics of working
with children.
• Learning how
to work efficiently with children
• Bribery gets
you EVERYWHERE!
• Set, prop,
clothing and
limited edition
portraiture —
learn how to
Southwest Image
create storybook images in which
clients will want to invest.
Her images have been displayed
in numerous magazines, public
and professional buildings, billboards and showcased on television.
She has also shared her abilities
with the media when they are in
need of professional expertise and
has been featured on television
and radio as a portrait photography expert.
Sandy offers her clients variety that distinguishes her from
the competition. As a professional, she loves having total
artistic control over her finished product.
The artistic process of contemporary digital photography
continues long after the portrait is taken to include digital
retouching and artistic imaging.
Sandy’s style has always been to work with all her heart,
for better or for worse. “While learning the business, I basically made every mistake in the book, in rapid succession,”
Puć said, “but each lesson I learned translated into a major
improvement in the flow of my business.
“At this point in my career, photography is not just my
means of living, it’s the way I use my energy to touch the
emotions of my clients—who I hope walk out of my studio as
lifelong friends,” she said.
Her high energy, infectious personality, and genuine charm
have fueled the connection she forms with her clientele.
“I sincerely believe Expressionsʼ success comes from the
bonds I create with my clients. I’m focused on making images that aren’t just faces, but reflections of personal relationships—between mothers and children, husbands and wives.”
For Puć, her business is more than a nine-to-five job; it’s a
manifestation of who she is. In addition to serving the area as
a talented photographer, she also contributes to the community with numerous fundraisers and events.
Page 15
How to Catch a Client!!!
Have you
been trying
to land those
great clients
but feel like
you are fishing with the wrong bait?
Well, come see how Tammy
Graham, CPP of Fort Worth,
Texas lures in those big ones
with simple but effective marketing techniques.
Not only will she show you
Tammy Graham
how to hook them, she will also
and Matt Gilstrap
show you how to keep them.
Graham specializes in using low-cost techniques to land a
client in any aspect of their portrait life cycle and keep them
for life.
“You’ll be amazed at how easy and inexpensive it is to reel
them in!” she said.
A living, breathing photography machine, for years she successfully operated her business out of the back of her car.
She took the plunge and started a small office in her target
market area which, in just a few years, has grown into a 6,000
square-foot full-service studio that grosses six figures!
Locations Photography specializes in weddings and seniors
but has many happy children and family clients too.
Tammy, an award winning photographer and member of
Texas Professional Photographers Association, is past
president of the Metroplex
PPA.
Matt Gilstrap, CPP is a
second generation photographer also from Fort
Worth, Texas
He started in the business in 1989 and ran a full
service studio and lab for a
number of years.
He now works at Locations Photography, specializing in weddings and
seniors.
Matt is a member of PPA, TPPA
and also past
president of the
Metroplex PPA.
Completing
work for his
Photographic
Craftsman degree,
he has served as
props chairman
at several Southwest Professional Photographers Association
and TPPA conventions.
He was presented with the National Award at the 2007
SWPPA Convention.
Mastering the Light
John Woodward
John Woodward,
whose studio is
on Long Island in
New York, received the Photographer of the Year award from
the Professional Photographers
of America at the national convention this year and was the
recipient of the American Society
of Photographer’s Educational
Associate award as well.
The Educational Associate
Award has only been received
by 37 individuals in the 70-year
history of the association.
Additionally, he received the Regional Gold Medallion
from the ASP for his photograph entitled “Contemplating the
Temple.”
“As we enter a new age in photography, we are being
confronted with new ideas, new business plans and massive
amounts of new technology,” Woodward said.
Southwest Image
“We sometimes forget that no matter what
the media, understanding light and exposure
will always be the one essential
component to success in photography,” he said.
“Mastering the Light,” will
explore lighting in the studio and
in the field.
We will build a working studio
and through live demonstration, illustrate the strengths
of portrait, glamour and
modified glamour lighting
forms. We will discuss facial analysis and how each
lighting form affects your subject. One of the class assignments is to photograph a head shot of each of the students.
See Next Page
Page 16
This exercise helps in determining which lighting would be
best for many subjects.
The program will then discuss environmental lighting and
how you can streamline your operation by eliminating variables.
Subjects such
as the characteristic curve,
histograms,
achieving proper
exposure and
location mapping
will be illustrated
and explained.
A working
professional for
38 years, Woodward’s clients have included Chase, Citibank, Paramount,
Cunnard, RJR Nabisco, Viacom, Hyatt and Marriott.
In the world of music, he has photographed Billy Joel, Bon
Jovi, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Billy Idol, Aretha
Franklin and the Rolling Stones.
As an event photographer he has worked with five Presidents, the Pope, the Dalai Lama and several First Ladies.
He also was the Official Photographer for the New York
Yankees for six seasons. As an event specialist he covers the
U.S. tennis open,
the U.S. golf open
and is currently
photographer for
the League of
American Theater
Owners and Producers.
He feels passionate as he “gives
back,” to the
industry and does
so with his commitment to PPA.
A platform speaker for more than 20 years, he teaches at
several PPA Affiliate Schools and judges and speaks at four to
five state or regional conventions each year.
Seniors . . .
Kindergarten to College
the Governor’s Award.
Richardson shows
people tried and true
techniques like suggestive
selling to help add major
dollars to their bottom
line.
Since the beginning
of Jeanne’s career, high
school seniors have been
her main focus, and she
has now become one of
the most widely used noncontract senior portrait
photographers in the state.
Attending her program will make SENIORS, your bank.
By applying her methods of marketing, you too
can become “the most
requested” SENIOR photographer in your area.
Her program will
include: how to become a
senior photographer, how
to negotiate a profitable
contract with a school and
keep most of the profits,
how to make each sale
paid in full before the
Jeanne Richardson, Cr. Photog., started her photography
business in 1982 when she began
taking photographs of clients at
her home in Andrews, S.C. and
in six months opened a studio Jeanne Creations Photography.
In 1984, she moved the busiJeanne Richardson
ness to Front Street in historic
downtown Georgetown. Then six years later - in 1990 Jeanne purchased land for a studio building and moved the
studio to its present location on Church Street.
The land in the back has become, “The Outback” where she
has designed and built many one-of-a-kind props and scenes.
She has been the Executive Secretary of Professional Photographers of South Carolina since the mid-1990s, and is the
former president of that group.
Richardson has won numerous awards for her photography
and service, including the prestigious National Award for her
dedication to the art of photography. She also won the Southeastern Award for outstanding service in South Carolina and
Southwest Image
See Next Page
Page 17
order and how to
add extra dollars
to each SENIOR
sale.
Richardson
has been a senior
photographer
for more than 25
years.
Her program
contains proven
sales techniques
She will show you how to “train” your seniors to order bigger.
Each year she has several seniors that order in excess of
$6,000. Last year, one senior placed a $17,000 order.
Most of her marketing is new ideas for you to take home
and easily be implemented.
Richardson is best known for posing her subjects in nontraditional ways, using dramatic lighting and offering many
different backgrounds.
She takes time to consult with each client and help them decide what types and sizes of pictures will best suit their needs.
By filling out an application before their appointment,
Jeanne knows the client’s purpose for coming into her studio.
She can then make suggestions to the client based on her
experience, thus beginning the sales while the client is being
photographed.
The Power of Light
can save hours in post production.
“Light, while the essence of photography, represents the
greatest challenge for
photographers to master,”
Corbell said. “The mood,
style, focus and the style
of an artist’s paintbrush is
often defined by light.”
Location and artificial studio lighting offer
infinite possibilities for
personal expression in
photographs, he said.
“You must understand
its properties and how you can manipulate it to your best advantage. Control of your light will allow you to create mood,
romance, suspense and beauty in all your images,” he said.
In his high energy career which began in Texas in 1979,
Corbell has photographed three U.S. presidents, 185 world
leaders, 65 Nigerian Heads of State, about 600 brides and
grooms, a couple of
NASA astronauts and
lots of famous and not
so famous faces and has
spoken at just over 400
seminars and workshops
nationally and internationally.
He is the recipient of
the highest honor from
the Wedding and Portrait
Photographers International with their Lifetime Achievement Award and achieved
the status of Photographic Craftsman from the Professional
Photographers of America.
that she uses at each sale.
Her marketing begins as the receptionist speaks to clients
on the phone and continuing during the session.
Understanding and controlling
light quality is at the core of all
of Tony Corbell’s presentations.
Those attending “The Power of
Light” will learn how to see a
unique perspective and not be
afraid to push the limits of their
Tony Corbell
experience and talents.
Corbell, who currently serves as Senior Manager for
Product Education and Planning for Nik Software Inc. of San
Diego, Calif., will discuss and demonstrate studio lighting
and its tools in depth as well as outdoor lighting and its available tools.
Lighting tools include portable flash, studio strobes,
sunlight and ambient
light. Lighting applications include additive,
subtractive, reflective
and transmission. Each
combination of tool and
application will be shown
and discussed in detail.
He will also illustrate
the importance of control
in the world of digital
capture and how a few
seconds of extra time
spent at time of capture
Southwest Image
See Corbell, Page 25
Page 18
Southwest Image
Page 19
“Dreamweaver”
by
Dawn
Muncy
“Veiled
Beauty”
by
Robby
Bishop
“Sack
Attack”
by
Jose
Yao
“The
Gift”
by
Wendy
Ellis
“Where
Dreams
Fly”
by
Marie
Leslie
“Wasted
Days”
by
Jacklyn
Patterson
“Heaven
and
Earth”
by
Robert
Hull
Southwest Image
“Eyes
of the
Soul”
by
Pamela
Eggers
Page 20
“The
Gate
Maker”
by
Cary
Garrison
“Rusty
Grain
Silo”
by
Michael
Fingado
“Gift
of the
Father”
by
Richard
Sturdevant
“Tranquility”
by
Vernon
Wentz
“Townsend
Lobster
Company”
by
Kathy
Meek
“Soulful
Eyes”
by
Kimberly
Smith
“Sunrise
on the
Rig’”
by
Mark
Dumas
Southwest Image
“The
Widow”
by
Oscar
Lozoya
Page 21
Tales from the old Southwest . . .
Editor’s Note:
This the fourth of a new series about the early days of the
Southwest Professional Photographers Association based on
a book by past president Greer Lile (1968) of Little Rock, Ark.
and used with his permission.
Finding Ourselves
The period of 1925 to 1930 was one of great strides for
photography.
In 1925, a discovery by Mr. Sheppard of Eastman Co.
made it possible to manufacture panchromatic film in
volume and with sufficient sensitivity. While some portrait
photographers still labored with glass plates, smaller cameras came on the scene and changes were in the way of life.
The 1926 convention was held at “Top of the Texas
Hotel” in Fort Worth featuring among others, Charles Abel,
J.W. Beattie, and Howard Webster. An outdoor program at
Lake Worth was conducted by
Phillip DeWaskin.
While bids were received
from Wichita Falls, Houston,
Dallas, and Ft. Worth for the
1927 convention, at least momentarily the Southwest had
touched home base with Ft.
Worth.
Between 1926 and 1927,
Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel in 14 hours and
31 minutes, and Gene Tunney
became heavyweight champion
of the world by defeating Jack
Dempsey.
In 1927 we moved to the
Crystal Ballroom of the Baker
Hotel in Dallas. Excellent talent
was abundant with President of P.A. of A. Alva Towsend of
Lincoln giving a talk on “The National Association and its
Relation to Affiliated Associations;” F. A. Loomis speaking
on “Portraits by Projection,” and L.C. Vinson, secretary of
P.A. of A. talking about “Making the P.A. of A. what You
Want it to Be.”
It was decided to pay expenses of representatives from
the Southwest to the National Convention to properly represent us.
1928 gave the Southwest a four-day meeting at the Rice
Hotel in Houston, billed as the 8th annual convention.
Secretary-Treasurer Tessie Dickeson reported a year-end
balance with all bills paid of $114.87.
George Daniel Stafford of Chicago, Vice-President of
the P.A. of A. was scheduled to open the program at 9 a.m.,
Southwest Image
but word had been received that he had been forced down
“somewhere in Missouri” having embarked by plane at the
last moment in an attempt to reach Fort Worth in time for
the convention.
Trans-Texas is an old airline!!!
The Ninth Annual Convention returned to the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth with Jack Edwards of Amarillo President,
March 24-27, 1930.
Twenty manufacturers and dealers purchased booth space
and such photographic notables as Harry Fell of Kodak
Co., Lyle Tyler, Howard Beach of Wollensak, Earl J. Williams, and A. B. Cornish was presented from the platform.
During the election of new officers, N. B. Stall was
proclaimed president and, for the first time, a representative
from New Mexico was elected to the board, thus completing the five-state make-up of Southwest Association that
remains to this day. W. M. Ball
of Roswell was elected New
Mexico Vice-President.
The Great Decisions
A January board meeting
was called in 1931 to decide
the feasibility of holding a
convention in view of the very
unsettled condition of business.
It was decided to put the
matter to the manufacturers
and dealers to see if they felt
they could offer support, and a
telegraph night letter vote left
so much uncertainty that the
convention was cancelled.
President Stall brought up
and read his proposed bill to
be submitted to various state legislatures, proposing to
regulate itinerant photographers.
The Tenth convention was dedicated to George Eastman
and held in Dallas’ Baker Hotel April 11-13, 1932; the
theme being “Educational Convention.”
As we shall soon see, this meeting produced much that
affected photographers in the Southwest, not the least of
which was the formal addition of the word “Professional”
in the association’s name by board action.
Will Towles spoke on the subject of the proposed bill,
saying that the lack of standards and lack of apprentices
and therefore the lack of the individuals, properly learning the business, were really responsible for many of our
troubles.
See Old Southwest, Page 33
Page 22
Southwest Image
Page 23
Southwest Image
Page 24
Corbell
Continued from Page 18
In 2005, he received the “Photographer of the Year” Award
from the International Photographic Council of the United
Nations at a ceremony in New York at the U.N. and the PPA
National Award from the Professional Photographers of California.
Corbell was also invited to join the prestigious Camera
Craftsmen of America in 2007, one of only 40 members
worldwide.
Paper or Pixels . . .
Arthur Rainville
Jennifer Hudson
Working out of his studio in historic Whitinsville, Mass.
for 40 years, Arthur Levi Rainville, M. Photog., Cr., API is
widely known for his soft, muted, granular color work.
Rainville has taught portraiture professionally on three
continents, inspiring the budding or seasoned photographer
for 25 years.
He is a prolific author, a noted
touring lecturer and has work being shown throughout the United
States, South America and Europe.
His time is devoted and divided
between personal portrait commissions, private consulting and
education and his ongoing experiential
art
studies.
Jennifer Hudson, M. Photog.,
Cr., CPP is one of the “now”
generation of visualists creating
beguiling images that are both artistically stylized and meticulously
crafted.
Founder of Perry Aslyn Photography, Fort Worth, Texas and now
Southwest Image
In 2007 alone, he spoke to over 7,000 photographers in 36
cities including London, Glasgow, Dublin, Toronto, Mexico
City and many more U.S. cities.
He has written articles in every major photographic magazine in the U.S., Japan, the U.K. and China and currently is
one of a select few approved photographic instructors from
the Professional Photographers of America.
Corbell’s new Location Lighting DVD is now available
from Software-cinema.com.
residing in Boston, Mass. with her
new studio – OliveAvonlea – she is a
rising star in the PPA ranks, achieving
sufficient merits for her masters and
craftsman degrees in just three years,
along with a host of trophies and
awards in every category.
Join Hudson and Rainville for an
energizing program - “Paper or Pixels . . . New Age Artistry
meets Old World Charm” - celebrating all that is still right with
creating images on paper and
marrying that world with the hightech digital offerings of tomorrow.
“Be they paper or pixels, we
must make our photographs stunning works of art that our new
competition…our clients… can’t
possibly do,” Hudson said.
“We need to ‘turn on’ the Photoshop Generation and continue to
celebrate the emotions inherent in every portrait client,” said
Rainville.
The pair will demonstrate hot new in demand products, like
I-tune Portraits, digital wallets, and ‘My Life’ videos using
footage, soundbytes, and still photographs to create an emotional product for the hip clientele.
You’ll learn to market
them variously through
free Internet Podcasting
or the latest big business
craze – “Cooperetition.”
For your traditional
clients, this dynamic duo
will share everything
from Arthur’s “Heartfelts,” targeted at an
appreciative Baby Boomer audience to Jenn’s aged “Vintage”
“Fashiontraits,” perfect for financially empowered women of
today.
“Becoming a personal ‘documentarian’ through still and
video is in all our future,” Rainville said.
Page 25
The Best of Both Worlds Collide
Bob Welsh, M. Photog., Cr.,
CPP, FP-OR and Bryan Welsh,
Cr. Photog. of Hillsboro, Ore.
will cover Moments in Time
Photography’s comprehensive
approach and give you a solid
understanding of simple strategies that can help take your
studio to another level.
This marketing and photography program will be visually
exciting as the two showcase
their styles of shooting, someBryan Welsh
times simultaneously, giving
their clients a fullness of coverage unmatched in the Pacific
Northwest.
The Welshes call it “The Collaborative Advantage.”
Bob and Bryan’s images have
received awards on both a local
and national level; both have multiple PPA Loan Collection prints to
their credit.
“Our goal for the program will
be to give specific new and fresh
ideas and challenge you to make
necessary changes.
“The program will be visually exciting, full of ideas and
end with a clear plan of attack,” they said.
Bryan, a second-generation photographer, has quickly
established himself with his creative stylized journalistic
photography to both his clients and peers.
He has
taught at the
PPA national
convention,
PPA Super Mondays and to
state and local affiliates across
the country.
Bob, a PPA councilman and
a national print judge, has
served twice as a president for
Bob Welsh
the Professional Photographers
of Oregon.
Bryan has received numerous merits in print competition on
both a local and national level that include PPA Loan Collection, the Fuji Masterpiece and Kodak Gallery Awards.
His images have appeared in
PPA magazine, Nikon advertising and Studio Photography and
Design.
A recognized API speaker from
PPA, Bryan has also been selected
to the prestigious “Fuji Talent
Team.”
Bob has received numerous
merits and awards in print competition on both a local and national
level that include - PPA Loan
Collection (3), the Fuji Masterpiece (2) and Kodak Gallery
Award (4).
Bob also holds the Fellow of Photography degree from the
PP of Oregon and is a member in the American Society of
Photographers.
Profit Building for the Portrait Photographer
Rick Avalos, M.Photog.Cr.
CPP, has been practicing his craft
for 33 years.
He has lectured and judged at
the regional and national level as
well as in Mexico and Spain.
His images have been recognized by receiving many Kodak
“Gallery Awards” and Fuji “Masterpiece Awards.”
In addition, his photographs
have been displayed at Disneyworld’s EPCOT Center, PhotoRick Avalos
kina in Cologne, Germany and in
Korea at Imaging Asia 2005.
He holds the Photographic and Educational Fellowship
Southwest Image
degrees from the Professional Photographers of Colorado.
His service to the photographic industry has been acknowledged by
his peers who have awarded him
the coveted National Award from
the Professional Photographers
of Colorado and the Duncan
MacNab Service Award from the
Rocky Mountain Professional
Photographers Association. His programs are well received
and are designed to elevate the level of technique as well as
professionalism.
His marketing fundamentals program truly makes a difference in a studio’s success.
Page 26
“Rather than
addressing his
audience, Rick
communicates
with them,”
said a satisfied
student.
The content
is covered in a
concise but casual environment
which facilitates
the best opportunity for learning.
Profit Building for the Portrait Photographer will walk you
through various proven strategies and promotions that will
keep your studio busy and your profits high.
Putting these ideas to work can make the difference so
many studio owners are
looking for.
Topics to be covered
include: Employee Appreciation Program,
Fitness Center promotion,
Fundraiser Programs,
Using Gift Certificates
Effectively, Insurance
Agency Partnerships,
Hospital Exhibit/Madonna
Portraits, Newsletters, Parade of Homes Promotion,
Pet Promotion, Portrait
Booklets, The Power of
Testimonials, Your Best Foot Forward With PR Folios and
“Generations” Portrait Plan.
Master the Techniques . . . and
be a Complete Photographer
Hanson Fong, M. Photog., Cr., ASP of San Francisco,
Calif., is globally recognized as one of the premier wedding
photographers in the industry today.
His work has been displayed
in the International Photography
Hall of Fame, Epcot Center, and
the ASP Traveling Loan and he is
also a member of the prestigious
and world-renowned Society of
XXV.
Fong has lectured at every major school of photography across
America and has been invited
to speak at various national and
international conventions.
His work and talent are recHanson Fong
ognized throughout the United
States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
With over 30 years in the art of imaging, Hanson will share
his techniques that apply to both portrait and wedding photography.
He will demonstrate the 10 classic pose techniques that he
pioneered, which will allow you to handle any body types.
Fong will help you analyze different body sizes resulting in
a proportional balance to each other.
If you’ve ever struggled with placing a large body next to
a small one, or a tall person next to a short person, his techniques will make you more confident in positioning your
subjects and making them all look good.
These techniques can be applied to both portrait and wedding, and only take seconds to do!
Southwest Image
Lighting and metering techniques will also
be covered. Photograph
under any lighting conditions, indoors and outdoors
- any place, anytime.
Fong’s approach to finding the proper light outdoors is simple and uncomplicated,
yet helps you create those highly
desirable beautiful and timeless
portraits.
Program highlights include 10
classical bridal poses, fashion lighting control, flow posing, window
lighting, illustrative posing, group posing and family body
proportion balancing and facial analysis.
The program is an intermediate class that uses lecture, demonstration, and hands on posing techniques with the students.
Participants can
expect to gain the
confidence that
they can pose any
body, any shape,
and any time.
See Next Page
for More
Fong Photos
Page 27
Photos to Fine Art:
A Transformation
with Corel Painter
Discover how Corel Painter™ can help you transform your
photographs into works of fine art that can be printed on beautiful canvas.
Do this
with Tanya
Lux who took on her full time
Product Specialist position with
COREL in 2002, based in Chicago, Ill.
Painter is the only digital imaging software that gives you the
power of over 800 natural media
brushes by default — without
relying solely on “canned” filters
or scripts.
Her background includes years
Tanya Lux
of work as a designer, an art
director and software trainer.
This experience has allowed her to work with, and to train
on, a variety of design-based software applications.
She has conducted hundreds of seminars and training sessions in the U.S., Canada, and Asia focusing on many design
and development topics.
Her experience allows her to bring practical design knowledge to the world of digital art.
“As far as my position with Corel, I’m required to train on
and show all Corel products.
“Although they call us product specialists we don’t specialize in any one,” she said.
“But, I was also a trainer for Metacreations, who originally
owned Painter, and was teaching people how to use it back
Southwest Image
then,” Lux said.
She said the only people who show and train on Painter are
she and Wes Pack at Corel, so in a sense she is one of the two
specialists for Painter.
“We do customized training for people like Disney, The Art
Institutes, International Photographic Arts School, Professional Photographers of America affiliate schools and more.
“We also attend large digital shows like Photoshop World,
National Educational Computing Conference, Macworld,
etc. to hold training
classes introducing
people to Painter,”
she said.
Next year the pair
is slated to speak at
many Professional
Photography groups
such as the Photography Society of
America and Professional Photographers
of Indiana with more
being added to the
schedule daily because of the popularity of Painter.
This program will
focus on a variety of
natural media techItalian Villa - Before Painter (top)
niques and shortcuts
and After Painter (Bottom)
for hand painting your
photographs.
“You will learn
how to blend photo
subjects into beautiful
painted backgrounds,
hand paint hair, skin
and fur to reflect
photo realism, and
how to quickly create
sketches and loose
paintings that reflect a
more artistic attitude,” Lux said.
The end result will
be a better understanding of Painter’s
capabilities and an
insight into the meshing of the natural
world with the digital, Purple Flower - Before Painter (top)
and After Painter (Bottom)
she said.
Page 28
For more than 40 years and 19
million steaks, Trail Dust has been
dedicated to offering their customers
excellence in food, entertainment, and
value.
Sponsored by BWC Labs, SWPPA
convention-goers will have an opportunity to sample the goods during the
evening of Sunday, Oct. 5. Guys, don’t forget to wear a cheap
tie - they’ll cut it off and trade what’s left for a drink.
Have Success With . . .
. . .Being Different
Ernie and Lorraine
Johnson, both MasterCraftsman and CPPs
will present a program
which will explain why
they still expose film.
Most of their
sittings are
photographed
in their one-acre garden that
has more than 5,000 impatience
planted in every color.
Their garden is the only one in
the state of Tennessee which has
been on the Williamson County
Garden tour three times in the
Ernie and Lorraine
last seven years
Johnson
Their garden has won first place
each time with as many as 750 people on the tour last year.
They will explain what they
have to offer
their clients and
what makes their
studio a success.
They will take
you through
every aspect of
their lighting
with no strobe
and how working together as a team makes the difference.
Southwest Image
Lifestyles . . .
. . .with the Behnkes
“Lifestyles,” a program presented by Bert and Cindy
Behnke of Mokena, Ill., will motivate, excite, enlighten and
probably surprise many of you.
Their philosophy is all about
creating your lifestyle, then
designing your business around
it. But whatever you may think
now, it will make you question
everything.
Instead of asking why, you
will believe “why not!”
Bert Behnke, M.Photog.Cr.,
CPP, Hon. M.Photog., is a second generation portrait photographer raised in the southwestern
Chicago suburbs.
Bert and Cindy
Cindy Behnke, M.Photog.Cr.,
Behnke
is a portrait photographer from
southern Illinois, growing up in Carlyle and owning a studio
in Centralia.
Together they
own Behnke Fine
Portraiture, a studio
established in 1956 by
Bert’s parents.
They have won numerous
awards in salon print competitions as well as serving
their professional associations.
Both are past-presidents of the Associated Professional
Photographers of Illinois and Bert was the 1997-98 president
of the Professional Photographers of America.
Bert serves as President of the World Council of Professional Photography (WCPP) and is a past president of the
Frankfort Chamber of Commerce.
He also was
the founder of
PPA Charities
and is currently
its Development
Director. Cindy
serves as a PPA
Councilor and is
a past director of
PPA Charities.
Continued on next page
Page 29
In 2000, Bert was honored as Portrait Photographer of the
Year from the International Photographic Council, a nonprofit branch of the United Nations.
He also serves, since 2003, as the photographic competition
chairman for Orvieto Fotografia, the Italian national photographic association.
Together, and
individually, the
Behnkes have
given programs
on portraiture
to many state,
local, national
and international
associations.
Both are also
PPA Affiliated
Judges. Both also
are Honorary Fellows of APP of Illinois.
They took the path of leadership, but after watching the
professions go through so many changes, decided it was time
to evolve, time to share their decades of experience with their
peers.
It really happened when Bert went to lecture in the Philippines with his friend Hanson Fong.
While there, they both came to the realization that photographers are crying out for the everyday solutions to their
business.
So Bert said he
came home and
“pleaded with
Cindy to develop
the program they
always wanted
to give, it was
time,” and she
agreed.
“Lifestyles” is
almost everything
today’s photographer needs to run their business and their
life.
They’ll touch on almost every aspect in this fast-paced
program.
There will be photographic sessions, marketing ideas,
equipment discussions, studio set-up demonstrations, audiovisual shows, production and retouching demos, do-it-yourself
projects, money-making ideas and maybe even some dancing!
But mostly, it will be an examination of how living your
life the way you want to, can make your personal life and
your business the way you want them to be, your “Lifestyle.”
Building a Successful Photography Business
Combining her passion for photography and her love of
people, Kay Eskridge’s studio - Images by Kay & Co. - has
earned a sterling reputation in Phoenix, Ariz.
She and her team take great pride in not only the imagery
they create but also the high level of customer service they
provide.
Specializing as a lifestyle
portrait artist, Kay’s clientele has
come to rely on her to capture
images from all of life’s special
events, from weddings to infants
and high school seniors to summer family vacations.
Her focus on relationships,
creative approach to children and
family portraiture, unique perspective on wedding photography
and clear vision about business
Kay Eskridge
has provided her with much success doing something she loves.
“Ten Steps to Building a Successful Portrait Studio”
Dreaming of owning a studio, running your own business?
What do you do next?
This program will step you through the decisions faced and
choices made by one woman who has achieved success.
Southwest Image
Learn what key
components led her
to this point and how
you can apply her
tips to your business.
Motivational and inspirational,
this program will help you decide
when it is the right time to live your
dream and how do you go about
making it happen.
Eskridge, M. Photog., Cr., CPP, is
a member and past president of both the Arizona
Professional Photography
Association and the Phoenix Professional Photography Association.
She has served as the
chairperson for the Professional Photographers
Association Wedding
Specialty Group for three
years and was a member
of Eastman Kodak’s ProPage 30
Team.
She has given
insightful and
motivational
programming
across the United
States as well as
Japan.
Her awards
include: Arizona
Photographer
of the Year,
Arizona Portrait Photographer of the Year, Phoenix Portrait
Photographer of the Year, Phoenix Wedding Photographer of
the Year, Arizona Illustrative
Photographer of
the Year, Arizona
Wedding Album
Photographer of
the Year, Eastman Kodak
Gallery Awards,
Fuji Masterpiece
Awards, PPA’s
National Award
and the Eastman Kodak Mentor Program.
Business
and PR
Portraiture
This program will
cover:
• Lighting and posing demonstration.
• How to market,
Price and Sell it.
• Comprehensive
audiovisual to support the
presentation.
Alonzo serves as a
Qualified International
Print Juror with the Professional Photographers
of America and lectures
at National, Regional,
State and Local conventions as well as for the Mexican Professional Photographers
Association.
He is the Manager
and Portrait Artist at
both Gittings Texas and
Gittings West Studios as
well a Regional manager
and Portrait Artist for
McWhirter Portrait Studios at Neiman Marcus in
Houston.
He also is Portrait Artist for Wyndham-Leigh
Portraiture in Washington, D.C., Fort Worth and
Dallas, Texas.
His work has been selected for the Masters Loan Collection
of the Professional Photographers of America and has been
exhibited at the Eastman Kodak display of Disney’s Epcot
Center.
But more importantly, he said, his images grace the walls of
satisfied clients throughout the world.
Offering a vast breadth of experience
and photographic skill, Gabriel I. Alonso,
M. Photog., CR., F-TPPA of Fort Worth,
Texas is one of today’s premier portrait
artists.
His talent
and expertise combined with his
insight, artistic composition and
sensitivity to the client’s desires
allow him to capture the essence and timeless expression of
beautiful moments in images his
clients will cherish for generations.
A sure way to build a portrait
business is tapping into one of
the forms of professional portrait
Gabriel Alonzo
photography that people will
actually need at some point in their lifetime.
This often under-estimated field of portraiture is not “seasonal” and can be a true blessing during the slower months of
the year.
MEMBER CLASSIFIEDS $25
Have something to buy, sell or trade? Or perhaps a seminar to
promote? SWPPA members (excluding vendors) can place
a “member’s classified” like this for only $25 per issue.
Your ad will be in 3,000 copies of this magazine in 34 states.
And, as the magazine is on the SWPPA website,
you’ll have visibility 24/7.
For more information, call the editor
Don Hayden, at (918) 742-3002.
Southwest Image
Page 31
Hollywood Portraiture
Douglas Kirkland
started his career at Look
and Life Magazines in
the ’60s and ’70s “golden
age” of photojournalism.
He has been photographing for over five decades and his
passion in the discovery of
beauty never wavers. Photography has been his bride, his
companion, his lover, his confidante throughout his multifaceted
career.
He has worked on the set
of over 100 motion pictures
(“Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid”, “2001, A Space
Odyssey”, “Out of Africa”,
“Titanic” “Moulin Rouge” and
“Australia”) and his iconic imagDouglas Kirkland
es of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth
Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas
among others are known all over the world.
Some of his books
include Light Years,
Legends, Body Stories,
An Evening With Marilyn, the best selling James
Cameron’s Titanic and
Freeze Frame - a decade
by decade look behind the
scenes from 50 years photographing the entertainment industry published
October 2007.
He has received numerous awards among which a Lucie
for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography
in 2003, The Golden Eye of Russia in April 2006 and a Life
Time Achievement Award
from CAPIC in his native
Toronto Canada in May
2006.
In October 2007, Douglas received an Honorary
Master of Fine Arts Degree
from Brooks Institute for
his deep commitment and
dedication to his profession.
Among his current book
projects are a Black &
Southwest Image
White volume “When
We Were Young, Coco
Chanel to be published
in August of 2008 and
“Face to Face” a book of
portraits for the Fall of
2009 all by Glitterati.
His work has been
exhibited worldwide and
his exhibition Freeze
Frame at the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in Beverly Hills
will be up from January
till the end of April 2008.
When he is not traveling the globe on assignment with his
wife and business partner Francoise, his home and studio is in
the Hollywood Hills.
His latest book, “Una Notte Con Marilyn” is out with major
exhibitions in Italy, Germany, England and the USA.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
If you would like to have your photographic operation
featured in an upcomping issue of the Southwest Image,
please contact editor Don Hayden, 3414 S. Yale Ave., Ste. B,
Tulsa, OK 74135 or call (918) 742-3002
or e-mail to imagerybyhayden@dbcglobal.net.
Page 32
Old Southwest
Continued from Page 22
He recommended rigid examinations (this battle has been
continuous and is raging today in Texas). President Stall
proposed all photographers pass an examination before a
board appointed by the governor of each state. Members
discussed the bill freely and voted unanimously.
It was then pointed out that each state must have its own
organization to take up this matter with its own legislatures.
Thus the Southwestern Association was born of the
Texas Association in 1920, and the Texas was born of the
Southwest in 1932. Mrs. Leberman made a motion for a
Texas State organization, and thus once again was Texas
reborn.
A resolution pertaining to out-of-state
photographers taking contracts for schools in
Texas was made and passed. It disapproved
the awarding of high school and college contracts to non-resident photographers.
After a speech by Mr. Rodin urging cooperation of all photographers with the Better
Business Bureau, Mr. Guy Reid spoke on the
necessity of a Texas organization as an auxiliary of the Southwestern to take care of purely
Texas problems.
Thus ended one of the most active selfregulatory conventions yet in the Southwest’s
short history, and the following January it was
agreed to withhold a 1933 Southwest meeting
in favor of states becoming organized.
1934 in Mineral Wells was every bit as
wild as Buddy Shrader’s Mineral Wells some
twenty years later.
No exhibitors, practically constant rain, and
the early bird prizes all seemed to go to W.
E. or Nan Perry. In spite of it all, much was
learned and time was even found for a “yellow dog” initiation.
(The “yellow dog” society had more or less
given way to the Royal Order of Turtles by
1967, and it’s possible to hear the challenge
and answer shouted most anywhere in the
world today. Arkansas seems to initiate most
into this select group.)
Problems evolved around the NRA and just
when Franklin Roosevelt would sign it into
law and how it would affect photographers;
and indeed during the afternoon of March 29,
word was received from national Headquarters that it had been signed.
The Eleventh and Twelfth conventions both
met at Baker Hotel in Dallas; though a year
Southwest Image
apart, each was on April 21 through 25.
The 1935 meeting featured Paul Linwood Gittings on
Home Portraiture, along with C. A. Taylor and Melvin
Howse on Studio Stunts and Gadgets, and many others.
On April 13, 1936, the Thirteenth convention went to the
Texas Crystal Ballroom. As reported by Secretary Tessie
Dickeson, “The minutes of this meeting would not be complete without record of word in appreciation for the fine
service rendered by out-going president Dan McCaskill
during his two terms in office.
“Each year he presented an instructive and entertaining program, and at the close of his term left all bills paid
and a very pleasing balance in the treasury - $801.57 to be
exact.”Tessie was elected president for 1937.
Page 33
Do What you Love . . .
. . .Never Have to work
How many times have you
heard the expression “do what
you love for a living and you’ll
never have to work a day in your
life”? That surely applies to our industry!
Even though we would do
our jobs for free we must, like
every other business, pay the
bills and have a little left-over
for the owner.
To that end, membership
in the Arkansas Professional
Photographer’s Association has
done more to help me and my
staff learn how to create quality images and products and
conduct business in a profitable
way than anything we have
Joel Schmidt
ever
been a part of.
APPA President
Southwest Image
It is unbelievable the amount of helpful information I have
received from other photographers who conduct their businesses right here in my own market.
Other industries are not so generous in helping those who
could be perceived as competitors.
What this has taught me is: Our competition is not the other
photographers in our town nearly as much as it is the willingness of moms, dads and classmates with great cameras (film
or digital) to do their own children’s or senior’s portraits.
From the time that George Eastman introduced his beloved
Brownie camera this has been the case.
Since the portrait photography profession did not cease to
exist during the many advances in camera equipment since
Mr. Eastman’s Brownie I’m confident it will not do so now.
But, to make the most of your business, I encourage you.
Become a member of APPA. Participate in the opportunities
to learn from the great image makers and business people
who populate our organization.
Most of all, love what you do. It is the most rewarding
profession we could wish for.
Page 34
Thibodeaux and Najdzion take Best of Show
Awards at Spring Seminar in Marksville, La.
By Rick Massarini
PPLA Secretary and Photographic Competition Committee Chairman
At the 2008 Spring Seminar Imaging Competition
of the Professional Photographers of Louisiana,
Schleen Thibodeaux took Best of Show in the Multi-Image
Competition and Rick Najdzion took Best of Show in the
Slide Show Competition.
Other winners in the Multi-Image Competition were:
Wedding/Bridal - First Place to Cindy Thompson and
Distinguished Entries to Brenda Trahan and Rebecca Reulet;
High School Senior - First Place to Schleen Thibodeaux and
Distinguished Entries
to Brenda Trahan and
Germaine Domingue;
Family/Couples - First
Place to James Byron and
Distinguished Entries to
Rick Najdzion and Lynn
Enterkin; Children - First
Place to Cindy Thompson
Southwest Image
and Distinguished Entries
to Rick Najdzion and
James Byron.
Other winners in the
Slide Show Competition were: Wedding/
Bridal - First Place to
Schleen Thibodeaux and
Distinguished Entry to
Cindy Thompson; High
School Senior - First
Place to Schleen Thibodeaux and Distinguished Entry to
Cindy Thompson; Family/Couples - First Place to Schleen
Thibodeaux and Distinguished Entry to Cindy Thompson and
Children - First Place to Rick Najdzion and Distinguished
Entry to Cindy Thompson.
Louisiana Winter Workshop
Slated Nov. 8 in Lafayette
Page 35
Lozoyas Top
Trophy List
The 2008 Print Competition
of the Professional Photographers Association of New
Mexico turned out to be the
“Lozoya Show” with Oscar
and Jessica garnering the bulk
of trophies and distinguished
ribbons.
Topping their list of accolades was Oscar’s being named
Photographer of the Year for the highest Print Case Score
of 476 as well as his receiving the Best of Show award for
“Street Corner Prophet.”
That print also helped Oscar with four other awards: Salon
(master’s) Trophy in the portrait category, the Dick Kent
CPP Award and was part of a three-way 96-point tie (all by
Lozoya) to receive the PPA CPP Award (for Highest Scoring
Print by a CPP) and ASP State Elite Award (for Highest Scoring Print by an ASP Member).
The two other CPP and ASP prints were “Lurking” and “Inmigrante Muerto.” The latter print also took the Salon Trophy
in the illustrative category
He also received the Salon Trophy in the commercial category for a print entitled “Medusa.”
Jessica took Salon Trophies in the wedding category for
“Reflecting” and in the digital/electronic imaging category
for “Fireball.”
Oscar received two Salon distinguished ribbons in the
portrait
category for
“Penitent”
and “Lurking” while
Jessica took
one in the
commercial
category
for “Fleas
Navidad.”
In the Summer issue of Southwest ImOf the five
age, it was reported that Glenn HohnstreitFuji Masterer alone took the high print case award for
piece Award
New Mexico in the 2008 print competition
categories,
of Southwest Professional Photographers
the Lozoyas
Association when, in fact, he tied with
took four
Oscar Lozoya.
and of the
Hohnstreiter was also erroneously listed
four Kodak
in the 4 for 4 section. Lozoya did receive a
Gallery
4 for 4 award, but was not listed.
Awards,
Southwest Image
they took three.
Wow!
Fuji categories and
prints were: (Portrait)
“Penitent” – Oscar, (Commercial) “Medusa” –
Oscar, (Digital/Electronic
Imaging) “Fleas Navidad”
– Jessica and (Wedding)
“Reflecting” – Jessica.
Peter Davies took the
award in the Illustrative
category for “Condor
Takes Flight.”
“Street Corner Prophet.”
Kodak categories and
prints were:
(Portrait) “Lurking” – Oscar, (Digital/Electronic Imaging)
“Fireball” – Jessica and (Wedding) “Reflecting” – Jessica.
Marie Leslie took the award in the Illustrative category
with “Ascending to the Storm.”
The General Trophy in the portrait category went to Robert
Smith for “The Gentleman” with distinguished ribbons in that
category going to Amy Parish for “Spit Happens” and “Old
School” and to Marie Leslie for “Suede and Stone.”
A Salon distinguished went to Robert Horne for “Killer
Rift.”
See NM Prints, Page 39
Wife of board member passes
Memorial services and interment were held July 3 at Evergreen Mortuary in Tucson, Ariz. for longtime Farmington,
N.M. resident Melissa Anne Ginn, 57 who died June 27 after
a long and courageous battle with cancer.
The wife of Mickey Ginn, a board member of the Professional Photographers Association of New Mexico, she was
born Jan. 9, 1951 in Tucson where she spent her early years.
She attended Villa Carondolet All Girls Catholic High
School and met her future husband Mickey at one of the rare
school dances. She was a member of the last and 100th graduating class. During high school summers she volunteered at
Tucson Medical Center as a Candy Striper and so began her
passion for nursing.
After high school Melissa and Mickey embarked on
separate career paths in separate cities. Melissa attended
Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Phoenix while Mickey
attended the Mining Engineering Program at the University
of Arizona. After being separated for a year the couple was
married on July 16, 1970.
She received her RN in 1972 and, following the birth of
two sons, moved to Denver, Colo. in 1980 for a year then
transitioned to Wright, Wyo. for five more years.
See Ginn, Page 39
Page 36
Convention:
Programs, Prints
and Parties Abound
The State Convention of the Professional Photographers of
Oklahoma will be held Sept. 12-15 at the Radisson Hotel in
Tulsa.
The lead-off speaker will be Lewis
Kemper presenting tips and techniques of
Photoshop.
Saturday’s lineup will include print
judging, a program by John Woodward entitled “All I Know,” a program by Shelby
Lane - Little Blessings, Big Rewards - and
a Country Western Theme Party with muKemper
sic by the Gritty Gritty Dirt Band.
An all-day Sunday program will feature Ron Nichols on
“Digital Solutions for the Portrait Photographer” and an allday Monday program will feature Jon Allyn on “The Subtle
Art of Persuasion.”
Kemper has been teaching photographers how to get the most out of Photoshop for over 12 years.
“When I work in Photoshop my techniques must meet three criteria: they must
be easy, fast, and flexible.
Learn how using the simple premise
of “white shows, black hides” 90 percent
Woodward of all Photoshop work for controlling
exposure, color, and contrast can be accomplished.
Learn how to use adjustment layers and layer masks to
quickly and easily solve your most common problems.
Learn how using masks makes this possible without the
need of making tedious selections. Kemper will also show
some different ways to work with RAW images and to do
color to Black and White conversions.
And to speed up your workflow, he will show you how to
take advantage of actions, image processor and the automate
menus.
Woodard will teach you how to light anything, anytime and
anywhere.
• Full light on the beach, no problem.
• Early morning sunrise an issue?
Woodward will teach you the understanding of different
schools within photography. Subtractive school, natural light
school and additive school are different philosophies which
will be fully explained and demonstrated. We’ll work on a
better understanding of location management and using the
sun’s position as a benefit.
In Lane’s program, students will learn that the baby plan
Southwest Image
doesn’t have to be a pain and learn how to
organize your program to offer good benefits to your clients without giving away
the studio.
Other topics include:
History and Baby Club Philosophy
- Where I’ve been and why I almost left
the business, even though business was
Lane
booming.
Program Design - Where to start; what
to give and how to present it to your clients.
Marketing the Club - How to get those first clients and
how to keep new ones coming in.
Pricing and Products - Setting your target average with
collections, and specialty items that sell themselves for that
first year.
Create images your clients will fall in love with and talk
about all year long.
Nichols has 25 years experience in
portrait and wedding photography. For
six years, the studio has been 100 percent
digital.
During this program, he will present tips
and techniques, processes and procedures,
to help you better understand how to imNichols
prove your digital images and workflow.
He will show you how to involve other
staff members so all the weight of digital doesn’t fall on you.
Topics will include:
• Understanding exposure and white balance
• Organizing image files and archiving
• Sales and presentation techniques
• Speeding up and improving portrait retouching
• Photoshop techniques with the WOW factor
Allyn’s program will transform “selling” into an art form. Simple concepts
and easy-to-use techniques allow you to
optimize your sales and client satisfaction
through “relationship selling.”
By the end of this session, you’ll be able
to:
•
Instantly build rapport with anyone
Allyn
•
Identify and sell to each lifestyle
demographic
• Identify and relate to each of the three human modalities
• Understand and apply the three forms of human influence
• Uncover and overcome objections
• Know what to say and what not to say in a consultation
• Create clients for life
Page 37
Jenny Hollis
Led the Way
The print competition and
exhibit at the summer (Kerrville) seminar was one of the
most impressive events of its kind
in the nation.
Jenny Hollis took the Best of Show award
with “Shh... Lions, Tigers and Bears... Oh
My!” which scored a “perfect” 100.
Hollis also had the Presidential Highest Print Case total
with 366 total points and received the ASP State Elite Award
for that print as well as another 100 image - “The Final
Touch” which also scored 100 (she tied with herself).
Hollis also took the trophy in the Best Overall Portrait in
General Exhibit for “Shh... Lions, Tigers, and Bears... Oh
My!”
Space only allows
for trophy winners
to be listed and they
were: Best Commercial/Industrial by
a Student, “Poised
Color” by William
Phillips; Best Wedding
Image by a Student,
“Little Man” by Elizabeth Humphrey; Best
Aerial, “Mission Accomplished” by Jim Bacon; Best Overall
Commercial/Industrial by a Master, “Travel Trailer Excursion” by Bill Hedrick;
Best Overall Commercial/Industrial in General Exhibit,
“Mission Accomplished” by Jim Bacon; Best Overall Illustrative/Unclassified by a Master, “Storm Clouds Over Hugo
Dam” by Ben Ellison;
Best Overall Illustrative/Unclassified in General Exhibit,
“A Tale of Warriors, Wizards and Dragons” by Richard Sturdevant; Best Multi-Maker General Album, “Our Blessing of
London” by Belinda Higgins and Randy Stanford; Best Wedding Image by a Master, “Sardines in a Can” by J.B. Sallee;
Best Wedding Image in General Exhibit, “Knocked Off the
Wall and Swept Away” by Brandon Trull;
Best Overall Portrait by a Master Trophy, “Giving God the
Glory” by Dixie Dobbins; Best Electronic Imaging by a Student, “Katrina Victim Restoration” by Kati Chevalier;
Best Overall Illustrative/Unclassified by a Student, “Piece
of Art” by Christopher Ferguson; Best Portrait by a Student,
“Beyond His Years” by Kati Chevalier; Best Restoration,
“Perez Family” by Catherine Dybala; Best Electronic Imaging by a Master, “Creating a Masterpiece” by Dixie Dobbins;
Southwest Image
Best Electronic Imaging in General Exhibit, “Dragon Wars”
by Richard Sturdevant;
Best Folio, “Nikki’s Senior Year” by Chris Bechtold; Best
Architectural, “A Little Piece of Paradise” by Vernon Wentz;
Best Product, “Three Sins” by Richard Sturdevant; Best Interior, “Travel Trailer Excursion” by Bill Hedrick; Best Animal,
“Tucker” by Dianna Lynn Walker; Best Scenic, “Journey’s
End” by Cliff Ranson; Best Illustration, “A Tale of Warriors,
Wizards and Dragons” by Richard Sturdevant; Best General
Album in General Exhibit, “The Carpenter’s Masterpiece” by
Chris J. Duncan;
Best Multi-Maker Wedding Album, “Italian Romance”
by J.B. and DeEtte Sallee; Best Wedding Album in General
Exhibit, “A Golden Wedding” by Chris Bechtold; Best Bride,
“Knocked Off the Wall and Swept Away” by Brandon Trull;
Best Group at a Wedding, “The Wedding Party” by Keith
Evans; Best Portrait of a Child, “The Runaway” by Jenny
Hollis; Best Portrait of a Man, “Giving God the Glory” by Dixie Dobbins; Best Portrait of a Group, “Shh... Lions, Tigers,
and Bears... Oh My!”
by Jenny Hollis; Best
Portrait of a Woman,
“In His Presence” by
Teri Grant;
Best First Time Entrant - “The Carpenter’s
Masterpiece” by Chris
J. Duncan; Best Image
by a Student - “Piece
of Art” by Christopher
Ferguson;
Award for Highest Scoring Entry by a CPP - Vernon Wents
(score of 95) and Special President’s Theme Trophy, “Giggles
and Wiggles” and “Beer Run” by Leslie Ann Kitten.
Fuji Masterpiece Awards - Portrait: “Under the Bridge” by
J.B. Sallee, Commercial/Industrial: “Three Sins” by Richard
Sturdevant, Illustrative/Unclassified: “From Dusk till Dawn”
by Ross Benton, Wedding Image: “It’s Over” by DeEtte
Sallee, Wedding Album: “A Golden Wedding” by Chris
Bechtold and Electronic Imaging: “Dragon Wars” by Richard
Sturdevant.
Kodak Gallery Awards - Portrait: “In His Presence” by Teri
Grant, Commercial/Industrial: “Mission Accomplished” by
Jim Bacon, Illustrative/Unclassified: “True Colors” by Doris
Cain, Wedding/Event Image: “Knocked Off the Wall and
Swept Away” by Brandon Trull, Wedding Album: “Italian
Romance” by J.B. and DeEtte Sallee and Electronic Imaging:
“Creating a Masterpiece” by Dixie Dobbins.
Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Bill Hedrick, editor of the
Texas Professional Photographer for supplying information
for the above story.
Page 38
NM Prints
Continued from Page 36
In the Illustrative Category, the General Trophy went to
Marie Leslie for“Ascending the Storm.”
Peter Davies took three general distinguished ribbons for
“Condor Takes Flight,” “Moonrise, Bosque del Apache, NM”
and “Aspen in Autumn Mist.”
Nathan McCreery took three Salon distinguished ribbons
in that category with “Violent Storm Over the Tuscon Mountains from Signal Peak,”“Bass Harbor Head Light House,
Bass Harbor Maine” and “Gathering Storm, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park.”
Michael Fingado won the General Trophy
in the commercial category with “Spider
Dance.”
In the Best First Time Entry, the trophy
went to Peter Davies for “Aspen in Autumn
Mist” and distinguished print ribbons went
to Robert Smith for “The Gentleman” and
Peter Davies for “Moonrise, Bosque del
Apache.”
Mickey Ginn’s “Lost” took a trophy in the
special category - “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Show” and Robert Horne received a trophy
in the slideshow/video category with “Experience the Difference.”
Mark McCall of Lubbock, Texas, took the
Best Out-of-State Entry Trophy with “Power
to the People” and a distinguished print ribbon for “Home Field Advantage.”
a “Sherpa Queen,” lugging equipment to the highest hills for
her husband, and later in starting a new photography business
- Enchanted Light Photography.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by the two sons,
Jeremy of Tucson and Jason of Idaho Falls, Idaho; a grandson, Wade of Idaho Falls, Idaho; her mother, Mary Margaret
Marschinke; three brothers – Michael, James and Mark and
two sisters - Mary Lou Risley and Margaret Ellen.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the San Juan
Foundation-Melissa Ginn Nursing Scholarship, C/O San Juan
College, 4601 College Blvd, Farmington, NM 87402
Ginn
Continued from Page 36
She continued her career at the town
doctor’s office and became head of the area
Search and Rescue.
In early 1986 the family moved to their
current location in Farmington, where she
continued her medical career as a labor and
delivery nurse at San Juan Regional Medical
Center.
In 1998 Melissa played a key role in the
planning, design, and philosophy of the new
Pinon Family Practice where she served as
Nurse Manager and Caregiver for over six
years. Her final working years were spent
time at the Surgery Center and Four Corners
Anesthesia Pain Management.
Along with her professional career, Melissa enjoyed many adventures including
world travels to Africa, Asia and Europe.
After returning to the states Melissa
became involved with photography; first as
Southwest Image
Page 39
*FREE Convention Registration
If You Pre-Register by September 17th
Two Free for one year’s membership!
*Free attendance requires having your state membership dues paid. State membership is defined as being a current dues
paid member of the state within the Southwest Region where your business is located (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Texas).
Being an “out-of-state” member of another regional state within Southwest does not qualify for free registration.
Before September 17
After September 17
Register
____Current Paid Regional State Member ………..............
*Free
$25 each
$_______
Register
____Spouse or Staff Paid Associate Member …………….
*Free
$25 each
$_______
$249 each $249 each
$_______
*(Your state dues must be paid to qualify) ….
Register
____Non-member of your local regional member state ….
Register
____Non-member Spouse or Staff employee …………….
$199 each $199 each
$_______
Register
____Full Time Non-Member Student (w/current ID) …….
$99 each
$ 99 each
$_______
Register
____Kirkland Tuesday Seminar only, Non-Members ….....
$40 each
$ 40 each
$_______
Register
____Workshop - Photoshop_____ Painter______ ………..
$99 each
$ 99 each
$_______
Register
____Hands-On Studios 9 a.m.-1 p.m.____2 p.m.-6 p.m.____ $35 each
$ 35 each
$_______
$60 f/two $ 60 f/two $_______
Box_____Corbell_____Fong_____Woodward______
Register
____Golf Tournament Thurs., Oct 2nd……………………..
$75 each
$ 75 each
$_______
Purchase
____Trail Dust Dinner Party Tickets ……………………. .
$24 each
$ 24 each
$_______
Purchase
____Awards Dinner & Gala Ticket ……………………….
$33 each
$ 39 each
$_______
Purchase
____Trade Show Only Pass ………………………………
$20 each
$ 20 each
$_______
Totals:
Name Registering____________________________________
$________________
Add’l/Spouse Name___________________________________ __VISA __Master Card
Company Name______________________________________
Day Phone# ___________________________
Night Phone# ___________________________
Address_____________________________________________
City__________________ State_____ Zip________________
Name on Card______________________
Signature__________________________
Exp.___________
Member of which State Affiliate:
____ Arkansas PPA ____Louisiana PPA ____ N. Mexico PPA ____ Oklahoma PPA ____ Texas PPA
Save Time! Register Online!
www.swppa.com
or mail to:
SWPPA Regional Convention
Michael Scalf Sr., Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 1779
Blanchard, OK 73010-1779
FAX 405-485-3774
Hotel Information
Sheraton Arlington
1500 Convention Center Dr.
Arlington, TX 76011
800-442-7275
or
Make Hotel Reservations Online: www.swppa.com)
$119 single/double $124 triple/quad
NOTE:
Registration
must
be
postmarked
by
Sept. 17, 2008
No
Registration
by
phone.
(Cut-Off Date is Sep. 17, 2008)
Southwest Image
Page 40
Southwest Image
3414-B S. Yale Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74135