Portrait Gallery II - Southwest Professional Photographers Association

2014 SUMMER ISSUE Volume 41, Number 2
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“Sacred Moment” by Bree Adams of Colleyville, Texas
scored 91 points at the PPA Affiliate Print Competition at the
convention of the Southwest Professional Photographers Association in March.
The points of that print plus three
others gave Adams a total of 336 –
the most by a first time enterer for
which she received the First time
High Print Case Award.
The award was presented by SWPPA president Randy Taylor.
She also received the trophy for
best album in the general division as
well as a four for four pin .
Bree Adams
Editor & Advertising Manager
Donald Hayden, Cr. Photog., F-PPO
3026 S. Cincinnati Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74114
(918) 743-2924
imagerybyhayden@att.net
Complete financial information and the
990 forms for the Southwest Professional
Photographers Association are available
to any member of our regional states by
contacting Michael Scalf Sr, Executive
Director at P.O. Box 1779, Blanchard, OK
73010
Articles
President’s Message
3
The Editor’s Desk
4
Secretary Named
5
Print Competition Results
6-11
National Award
13
Wild West Olympics
15
Camera Collector Corner
16-17
Portrait Galleries18-21
State News
Arkansas22
Louisiana23-24
New Mexico24
Oklahoma25
Texas26
Editor’s Note:
Due to magazine article deadlines readers may have to change the tense – i.e. “was” or “will be”
when reading about various state seminars and conventions.
Presented four 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, Colorado, 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.
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SOUTHWEST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Michael Scalf Sr., M. Photog., Cr., CPP, API
P.O. Box 1779, Blanchard, OK 73010
Phone (405) 485-3838
E-Mail: michael@swppa.com
STATE DIRECTORS
Arkansas
Joel Schmidt, CPP
Little Rock, AR (501) 455-2910
Gary Meek, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Hot Springs, AR (501) 624-3195
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
Colorado
Randy Taylor, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Edmond, OK (405) 341-5088
Jill Bailey, M. Photog., CPP
Platteville, CO (970) 396-0509
VICE PRESIDENT
Shelley Rice
Lovington, NM (505) 396-5767
Louisiana
Cindy Romaguera, M. Photog., Cr.
Metairie, LA (504) 799-9729
Wade Ponthier, Cr.. Photog.,CPP
New Orleans, LA (504) 394-7733
TREASURER
Robert O. Seat, M. Photog., CPP
Batesville, AR (870) 793-32917
New Mexico
Kyla Rice
Lovington, NM (575) 396-5767
SECRETARY
Oklahoma
Dwayne Lee, M. Photog., Cr.
Arlington, TX (817) 277-0477
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Dwaine Horton, M. Photog., M. Artist, Cr.
Thomas, OK (580) 661-2836
Mike Scott, M. Photog.
Clinton, OK (580) 331-2125
Dan McDonald, M. Photog., Cr.
Hurst, TX (817) 946-5342
Cliff Ranson, M. Photog ,Cr CPP
McAllen, TX (956) 631-6843
Texas
SOUTHWEST WEBMASTER
Mark McCall, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
Lubbock, TX (806) 783-3003
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as seen by list above on righthand side of this page.
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Spring Issue
Feb. 1
Summer Issue May 1
Fall Issue
Aug. 1
Winter Issue
Nov. 1
Mark Your Calendar
Texas PPA Summer Round Up – June 22 - 24, Kerrville, Texas
Arkansas PPA State Convention - July 12-15, Courtyard by Marriott, North Little Rock, Ark.
Louisiana State Convention – July 27 - 31, New Orleans, La.
Oklahoma State Convention - Sept. 25 – 29, Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, Okla.
Southwest PPA 2015 District Competition - Jan. 8 - 9, 2015, Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center, San Marcos, Texas
Texas Photo Conference & Trade Show - Jan. 9 – 1,1 2015, Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center, San Marcos, Texas
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From the President’s Desk . . .
Photo Expo a Successful Event
By Randy Taylor, M. Photog., Cr., CPP
As President of SWPPA there are many events you participate in and so
far this has been a great adventure. I have been to most of our district’s state
conventions and been able to help with speaking and judging at several. The
best part of my visits were meeting new young people and seeing the fire and
enthusiasm in their eyes.
They have a desire to learn, become a better photographer, and meet people
they can relate to. Southwest has been able to put so many people from
neighboring states together and allow them to form strong friendships. This
allows us to have a strong association that goes beyond our own state boundaries.
We have recently completed our 2014 SWPPA EXPO, and I was proud to
serve as your President throughout the event. I felt that we had a great event
with a wide range of speakers to fit different photographic disciplines. Kent
Shirley and Jim Cunningham started it off with great one-day seminars. Kent
offered a peek into Photoshop techniques and did an outstanding job. Jim
gave our members a look into the possibilities of a different style to develop
into our photographic products.
Our speakers were some of the best in the country covering portraits to
landscapes, business to sales, and seniors to sports. We offered a chance to
sit back and watch as well as an opportunity to shoot your own camera while
asking advice.
We were so fortunate to have amazing sponsors who provided us with such
great speakers from the first day and ending with a great Monday finish. It
wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors donating so you can learn and
have a great time.
We can never thank Arlington Camera enough for helping us throw such
a great Western Olympics Party. They supplied great prizes and provide the
food that everyone enjoyed. These guys care about having a great experience
and helped us do just that. Thanks to all that dressed for the evening and I
might say that we had some great cowboys and cowgirls.
I never thought I would live to see Hanson Fong roping and throwing cow
patties. We could not have had such great events without Jill Bailey who put
our party and hospitality together.
Thanks to all of you who volunteered to work and allowed everyone to
have a fun evening. These events could not happen without great volunteers
and great sponsors.
I hope all of you competed in the PPA Print Competition. SWPPA has some
of the greatest photographers and artists in the USA. It is thrilling to sit and
watch such fabulous images come across for judging. We again had a lot of
interest in entering and making it a more competitive show. There were a
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good number of people entering
both digital entries, and printed image cases.
This makes our competition stronger and we learn so much more with
the larger number of entries. The
print competition ended with a outstanding Awards Ceremony where
again a great sponsor stepped up to
provide pre-ceremony snacks. Our
thanks goes out to Bedford Camera
for their contribution.
I felt like we had a flawless
convention with everything going
as planned and I hope that was the
case but I had outstanding convention chairs Eldora and Dwaine
Horton. My thanks to both of them
for allowing me to enjoy the convention and not be running crazy
behind the scenes.
I look forward to the rest of the
year and hope you will get involved
in your local, state, and regional
associations.
Our Industry can only survive
with volunteers and people like you
participating and creating bonds
with your fellow photographers.
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T
By Don Hayden
Cr. Photog., F-PPO
here is a common expression that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression.
But I have found that you do get a second chance to make a
second impression.
And sometimes first impressions may only be fleeting and
the second ones are the ones that count.
Back when I was in the Navy attending torpedo school in
Key West, Fla. I met a guy and our first impressions of each
other weren’t that great.
In fact, David and I got into a verbal clash over something
in the torpedo shop, trivial I’m sure as I don’t recall it.
But the verbal clash escalated into a physical one – I
grabbed a screwdriver, but he grabbed a hammer and I put the
screwdriver down and backed down as well.
We shook hands and parted ways.
Some years later, after both of us had served on different
destroyers, we happened to meet again on another ship and
became fast friends.
So much so, that when we were discharged, he asked me to
be part of his wedding party.
I was glad there was a second impression.
Fast forward to 1989 when I was contending to become the
editor of The Oklahoma Photographer, official publication of
the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma.
At a board meeting to finalize my position, my feet were
held to the fire (so to speak) by Dwayne – the husband of
a board member – trying to find out just how much I knew
about computers.
I remember trying to hold my anger in check while thinking
that this guy was going to screw up my chances of being the
editor.
I did get the editorship, but when I traveled to the home of
the current PPO president to help put out my first edition, I
learned he didn’t know anything that would help me.
In a panic, I asked if he could suggest someone who could.
He said “Sure. Call Dwayne.”
With some trepidation and swallowing my pride, I called
him to see if he could help.
He said he could and when exactly did I need his help. I
said “Right now!’
He said sure, gave directions to his home and we put the
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edition (and a couple of others) out together.
I was glad there was a second impression.
Zip along to a couple of years ago when I was membership chair of the Indian Nations Professional Photographers
Association.
It was the night of print competition and you had to be a
paid member to enter.
Rebecca, a member, wanted one of her associates to be allowed to enter. She was not a paid member and the rules are
pretty specific.
It got a little heated between us until she said “well, if I
paid for her to be a member, could she enter?”
I said that would be okay but that the meeting was going to
start in about 20 minutes.
She took off like a rocket to the nearest ATM and returned
with enough cash for the associate to become a member.
In the course of the next two years we have become good
friends – she is an INPPA executive officer – a lady I can
count on for help.
She is also a PPO board member. And I am back at my old
helm of putting out the PPO magazine.
At a recent state seminar, I became ill and could not attend
a board meeting to make a magazine report.
Later that day, I got an e-mail from Rebecca wanting to
know if there was anything she could do for me.
I was glad there was a second impression.
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Arlington, Texas Photographer Named Secretary
As the 2014 calendar ushered in a new year, it also promoted Dwayne Lee, M. Photog., Cr, CPP of Arlington, Texas
to secretary of the Southwest Professional Photographers
Association.
He had been serving as a Texas
representative to the SWPPA
board of directors.
Other officers who took over on
January First were Randy Taylor,
M. Photog., Cr., CPP of Edmond,
Okla. from vice president to president; Shelley Rice of Lovington,
N.M. from treasurer to vice president; Robert O. Seat, M. Photog.,
Cr., CPP of Batesville, Ark. from
secretary to treasurer.
Dwayne Lee
Dan McDonald, M. Photog., Cr.
of Fort Worth, Texas moved from president to chairman of the
board.
Southern Flair is known throughout Dallas, Fort Worth,
Texas and the whole southwest as a quality supplier of elegant, classic portraiture, storybook wedding albums, contemporary high school senior portraits, and a wide variety of
supporting photography services.
Studio owner Lee has guided Southern Flair growth from
a single person operation (in the early days) into today’s
dedicated team of photographic and service professionals
providing memory preservation insurance to clients from all
walks of life.
Lee, having served as Texas Professional Photographers
Association president in 2005-06, received the National
Award from the Professional Photographers of America to
TPPA in 2009.
A member of the Professional Photographers of America
for 35 years, he has been a member of TPPA for 32.
Originally started as a wedding photography business in
1976 when he and wife Barbara were expecting their first
child, Southern Flair has progressively grown through the
years into a complete, full-service photography studio.
A native Texan, Dwayne and Barbara have a daughter,
Heather and a son, Robbie.
Clients include Nolan and Ruth Ryan, Senator Fred Thompson (R) Tenn., former Speaker of the House Jim Wright,
country western artist Steve Wariner, former Mayor of Ft.
Worth and now Rep. Kaye Granger (R) TX, Rep. Martin
Frost (D) TX, Pulitzer Prize winning author Larry McMurty,
President and Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton, former Texas
Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, and NFL Hall-of-Famer
Roger Staubauch.
Other officers are:
Arkansas – Joel Schmidt, CPP of Little Rock and Gary
Meek, M. Photog., Cr., CPP of Hot Springs.
Colorado – Jill Bailey, M. Photog., CPP of Platteville.
Louisiana – Cindy Romaguera, M. Photog., Cr. of Metarie
and Wade Ponthier, Cr. Photog., CPP of New Orleans.
Oklahoma – Mike Scott, M. Photog, CPP of Clinton and
Dwaine Horton, M. Photog., M. Artist, Cr. of Thomas.
Texas – Cliff Ranson, M. Photog., Cr., CPP of McAllen.
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SWPPA Print Competition
Photographer
of the Year
Kimberly Smith
(Oklahoma)
(SWPPA High
Print Case - 361
SWPPA
Best of Show
Kimberly Smith
(Oklahoma)
“You Take My
Breath Away ”
Canon Par Excellence Award
“Best 4 for 4” Ann Naugher - Oklahoma
Shown with SWPPA President Randy Taylor and Canon Rep. Bobby Malish
Master Artist Canon Par Excellence Award
Richard Sturdevant - Texas
Shown with SWPPA President Randy Taylor and Canon Rep. Bobby Malish
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“Best Color
Image” Award
ASP Regional Medallion Award
“The Wolf in my Heart”
by Richard Sturdevant
Texas (96 Points)
“Reverie”
by
Kelly Willis
Deer Park, Texas
Goes to the highest scoring print of an ASP
member and will be presented at 2015 PPA Imaging
USA that will be held in Nashville, Tenn.
First Time
Entrant
High Print Case
(336)
Bree Adams
of Colleyville, Texas
Master Artist Exhibit
“Snow Day”
by
Ann Naugher
Tulsa, Okla.
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Kodak Gallery Award
PORTRAIT
“Watching from the Keep
by Kris Doman
West Jordan, Utah
First Time Entrant Trophy
“One Busy Family” by Carrie Ryan
of Syracuse, Utah
Distinguished Print Ribbons
Master Artist Exhibit
“Lion and the Lamb”
By Richard Sturdevant of Garland, Texas
“The Wolf in myh Heart”
By Richard Sturdevant of Garland, Texas
“The Forgotten Queen”
By Richard Sturdevant of Garland, Texas
“The Messengers”
By Maria Bernal of Cedar Park, Texas
“Recovered Fresco of Julia Moretti Di Miliano”
By Maria Bernal of Cedar Park, Texas
“Mysterious”
By Nancy Emmerich of Oklahoma City, Okla.
“Feathered Friends”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
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STATE HIGH
PRINT CASE
Kimberly Smith
Oklahoma - 361 points
ARIZONA
Andrew Faulds
(347 points)
ARKANSAS
Ed Cooley
(341 points)
COLORADO
Jeff Johnson
(344 points)
LOUISIANA
Terri Eddington
(339 points)
NEW MEXICO
Oscar Lozoya
(344 points)
UTAH
Allison E.. Watkins
(337 points)
Richard Sturdevant
Texas - 360 points
In event of a tie…The winning case went to the maker with the highest scoring print.
4 for 4
ARIZONA
Andrew Faulds
OKLAHOMA
Joey Johnson, Ann Naugher,
Kimberly Smith (and Kimberly
Smith - Master Artist), Mary
Waters and Dawn Muncy/
Not Shown: Lisa Butler
COLORADO
Megan Anderson
Laura Bennett
Jeff Johnson
UTAH
Elizabeth Farandsen
Dana Sohm
TEXAS
Bree Adams, Margaret Bryant,
Richard Sturdevant, Elizabeth
Homan with Trey Homan and
Tracye Gibson.
Not Shown: Maria Bernal, Karen
Butts, Jennifer Froh, Frances
Harding, Kimberly Hartz and
Christie Reddehase
If your names are not on these print competition results pages (or even if they are), you
might want to get busy in preparation for the next go-round - the Southwest PPA 2015 District Competition scheduled for Jan. 8 - 9, 2015 at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference
Center in San Marcos, Texas in conjunction with the Texas Photo Conference & Trade Show
Jan. 9 – 11, 2015.
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General Exhibit
Trophies
WEDDING
Bianca Duran
“Hotel Romance”
PORTRAIT
Mandy Lundy
“Old Friends”
ILLUSTRATIVE
Bob Ainsworth
“Winter’s Cloak”
EVENT ALBUM
Bree Adams
“Our Masterpiece”
Masters Exhibit
Trophies
ILLUSTRATIVE
Jeff Johnson
“The Journey of One”
WEDDING
Andrew Faulds
“Alone in the Shadows”
PORTRAIT
Ann Naugher
“Claire at Three”
EVENT ALBUM
Kimberly Smith
“You Take My
Breath Away”
From Michael Scalf, SWPPA Executive Director:
I have received the official report from PEC for Southwest. Total images judged was 869. Merited images totaled
281 or 32.34%. Physical prints submitted and judged was 336 with 134 meriting, making 39.88% that merited from
prints.
Digital submissions was 533 images with 147 meriting, making 27.58% that merited from digital submissions.
Here are some more facts about the competition. Of the 869 total entries, 71 were in the MA category. 26 of the 71
were physical prints and 16 merited for 61.54% while 45 were digital entries and only 10 merited for only 22.22%.
Very interesting statistics.
This indicates that you have a much greater chance of getting a merit with a physical print than a digital entry, in
both PO and MA.
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Distinguished Print Ribbons - First Timers
“Sacred Moment”
By Bree Adams of Colleyville, Texas
“Winter’s Cloak”
By Bob Ainsworth of Norman, Okla.
“Meadow Mist”
By Christopher Anderson of Ogden, Utah
“Radiant Passage”
By Christopher Anderson of Ogden, Utah
“Road to Survival
By Rebecca Eubanks of Tulsa, Okla.
“Anna”
By Babak Pejmanarayan of Austin, Texas
Distinguished Print Ribbons - General Exhibit
Portrait
“Sisters of the Sioux”
By Mary Waters of Perry, Okla.
“Reverie”
By Kelly Willis of Deer Park, Texas
“Steel”
By Chris Hanoch of Plainview, Texas
“Anna”
By Babek PejmanArayan of Austin, Texas
“One Busy Family”
By Carrie Ryan of Syracuse, Utah
“Azazel’s Battle”
By Melinda Reddehase of Spring, Texas
Illustrative
“The Friend of Silence”
By Lucy Huffstetter of Plano, Texas
“Time to Prey”
By Joey Johnson of Sand Springs, Okla.
“After the Storm”
By Douglas Bennett of Colorado Springs, Colo.
“Colorado’s Palatte”
By Douglas Bennett of Colorado Springs, Colo.
“Sweet Chocolate”
By Frances Aleen Harding of Baytown, Texas
“Gehry”
By Dana Sohm of Sandy, Utah
Event Album
“A Wedding Celebration”
By Elizabeth Frandsen of Salt Lake City, Utah
“No Greater Love”
By Carrie Ryan of Syracuse, Utah
Distinguished Print Ribbons - Masters Exhibit
Portrait
“Prada Marfa”
By J.B. Sallee of Las Colinas, Texas
“Stairstep Kids”
By Margaret Bryant of Carrollton, Texas
“Softly”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
“Cute, But Deadly”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
“She Dreams in Red”
By Mike Scott of Clinton, Okla.
“Little Whispers”
By Nancy Emmerich of Oklahoma City, Oka..
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Illustrative
“The Journey”
By Kimberly Smith of Muskogee, Okla.
“Unfolding”
By Lary Lourcey of Plano, Texas
“Granite Memorial”
By John Ellis of Avondale, Ariz.
“Last Light of Day”
By Jeff Johnson of Lakewood, Colo.
“Terrestrial Orchid”
By Dianna Lynn Walker of Austin, Texas
Wedding
“Statuesque”
By Terri Eddington of Shreveport, La.
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Some judges sit on multiple district panels.
Judges are not allowed to judge in their own district.
Gabriel Alonso was called in to judge because someone got snowed in up north.
The panels rotated during Southwest judging.
Everyone did both prints and digital judging.
The only exception being that, during Master Artist judging, 3 of the 6 have to be
Master Artist judges.
Judges’ Choice Ribbons
Mark Garber
Jury Chair
Gabriel Alonso
Jeff Dachowski
Gabriel Alonso for
“Softly”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
Jamie Hayes for
“The Journey of One”
By Jeff Johnson of Lakewood, Colo.
Bert Behnke for
“Autumn Family Symposium”
By Allison Watkins of Park City, Utah
Andrew Jenkins for
“One Busy Family”
By Carrie Ryan of Syracuse, Utah
Jeff Dachowski for
“Hannah”
By Maria Bernal of Cedar Park, Texas
J. Michael McBride for
“Road to Survival”
By Rebecca Eubanks of Tulsa, Okla.
Mark Garber for
“Feathered Friends”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
Warren Motts for
“The Journey of One”
By Jeff Johnson of Lakewood, Colo.
Joan Genest for
“The Wolf in my Heart”
By Richard Sturdevant of Garland, Texas
Dwight Okumoto for
“The Voyage”
By Maria Bernal of Cedar Park, Texas
Jennifer Gilman for
“Femme Noir”
By Ted Penland of Pasadena, Texas
Doran Wilson for
“Snow Day”
By Ann Naugher of Tulsa, Okla.
Donna Goodhale for
Barbara Yonts for
“Enchanting”
By Kimberly Smith of Muskogee, Okla.
“The Richer the Poorer Till Death Do Us Part”
By Margaret Bryant of Carrollton, Texas
J. Michael McBride
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Jury Chair
Bert Behnke
Joan Genest
Donna Goodhale
Jennifer Gilman
Jamie Hayes
Warren Motts
Dwight Okumoto
Doran Wilson
Barbara Yonts
Andrew Jenkins
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Past SWPPA President Receives National Award
Ed
Broussard, M. Photog., Cr., CPP of Lafayette, La. –
the latest person to receive the National Award from
the Professional Photographers of America to the Southwest
Professional Photographers Association – started in photography by accident.
He took a job in a camera shop
for the Christmas holidays that
was to last only two or three
months.
With little or no knowledge of
photography or cameras, he began
asking questions. In order tofigure
things out, he would actually take
old broken cameras apart to see
how they worked.
He became hooked on photography when he saw his first black
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and white print appear in the
developer. It began a new quest for more knowledge about
photography and the cameras that help create the images.
The camera shop owner noticed his enthusiasm for the
business and decided to keep him on. At the early age of 18,
he was named manager of the satellite stores and a part time
job turned into 20 years of employment with the company.
Award Recipient - Ed Broussard (center), holding the
National Award plaque is flanked by Professional Photographers of America president Susan Michal and last
recipient Don Dickson.
The relationship with the camera store owner became more
of a father/son rather than employer/employee. The store
owner saw great potential in this once shy individual.
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fidence, the owner (an ex-insurance salesman) sent him to
seminars and a Dale Carnegie course that changed his life.
Broussard opened his studio with his wife 38 years ago in
his home.
Still working, with the same focus as his former mentor, he
attends seminars, conventions, and the Texas school as much
as possible.
Broussard has amassed quite a list of accomplishments in
his professional career:
He has been on the PPA council and is also a Life Member.
He has been a member of his state association and PPA for
33 years. He also has been a state representative of the Photographic Society of America for 19 years.
He helped start the local guild being president in its first
two years and has been a guiding force in its ever growing
numbers.
On the state level, he has been a member of the board of
directors for over 1 5 years as well as being its president. He
has received the state National award, the Fellowship award
and is a Honorary Life Member.
Involvement in Southwest is also as impressive.
He has been a board member for over 15 years as well as
being its president in 2005.
The late PPA President Louis Garcia of Eastchester, NY
created the National Award in 1958, “for all the hard work
by others to further the profession while asking nothing in
return.”
Garcia
decided
these individuals
should
be recognized
for their
exceptional
contriEd Brooussard with wife, Janella and
butions
daughter Vanessa Fusieiler.
and created the
distinguished national award.
Each year, PPA makes the award available to its state,
regional, national and international affiliates. While PPA
bestows many awards to affiliate members, this is by far the
most coveted and prized honor.
The National Award is given to individuals who go beyond
what is expected of them.
The plaque reads “for service to professional photography.”
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Wild West Olympics - Photos by Joel Schmidt
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Bermpohl & Company’s 9x12cm and
13x18cm Bermpohl Naturfarbenkamera
The fourth in a new series of
articles dealing with antique
cameras - from Scott Bilotta’s
Photographica Collection and used with his permission - is
about the 9x12cm and 13x18cm Bermpohl Naturfarbenkameras.
Two one-shot three-color cameras made by Bermpohl & Company of Berlin, Germany. Bermpohl
Naturfarbenkameras were manufactured from 1929.
Camera production halted during World War II but
manufacture resumed after the war. until early in the
1950s.
Naturfarbenkamera translates to “natural color camera” in
English.
The one-shot Bermpohl was in its day, considered to be
one of the finest color cameras available. The Bermpohl is a
color separation camera, often simply called a color camera.
Briefly, the reason why a variety of color separation cameras
were invented and used, was that until the 1950s, there wasn’t
a commercially viable alternative method of producing high
quality color photographs for reproduction in printed media
or for exhibition.
The color separation camera played its part in the process
but didn’t in itself produce a color image. The negatives it
created were further manipulated by any one of a variety of
assembly methods, either photographic or photo-mechanical,
to produce the final color print.
Color separation cameras record three images of a subject
on three separate black and white plates or films. One photograph is made through a red colored filter, another through a
green filter and the third through blue.
The three photographs are processed as normal black and
white images which in fact they are, however, each has only
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recorded one-third of the spectrum, so they don’t look like
full-scale black and white negatives. The negatives were used
to make high quality color prints via a variety of photographic
methods including Trichrome Carbro, Eastman Wash-Off Relief, Defender Chromatone, Kodak Dye Transfer and Curtis
Orthotone and Permatone.
For publication purposes, mechanical printing processes
were used. To this day Trichrome Carbro is reputed to have
produced the finest and most permanent color prints of any
photographic process, be it subtractive assembly, modern
chromogenic or inkjet.
The main driver of sales of the color separation camera was
a growing demand for color images in all forms of advertising, particularly within the United States. The era of the
commercial color separation camera spanned at most three
decades: from about 1925 to the mid-1950s. Cameras were
available before and after these dates, but not in the same
numbers.
Bermpohl cameras have a wood body made entirely of teak.
Teak is very stable and it is the best wood to use in a camera
where precise alignment of multiple mirrors and focal planes
is necessary. A quality three-color camera must maintain its
alignment over time and through varied climactic conditions.
An additional benefit of teak is it is very beautiful, especially
when worked by a master craftsman, as was Wilhelm Bermpohl.
Bermpohl cameras are heavy. None of the models can be
used handheld. They require a strong, stable tripod or stand.
The 9x12cm
camera
weighs approximately
12 pounds;
the 13x18cm
camera
weighs about
28 pounds.
Mount
three loaded
glass plate
holders and
the cameras
will put on
a few extra
Front View of the 9x12cm Bermpohl pounds.
The
Naturfarbenkamera
9x12cm
Bermpohl model made photographs on 9x12cm photographic
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glass plates. Glass plates are a thing of the past; nearly extinct, but they continue to be used in a few specialized fields.
Few people nowadays know what they are. Photographic
glass plates are flat sheets of glass coated with photographic
emulsion. They serve the same function as the flexible film
available today, but the supporting material is glass rather
than
acetate,
or similar
flexible
substance.
A 9x12cm
image
measures
approximately
3½ x 4¾
inches.
This
camera is
fitted with
a Hugo
Rear View of the 9x12cm Bermpohl
Meyer
Naturfarbenkamera
& Co.
Gorlitz
Doppel Plasmat 21.5cm f4 lens. The shutter is an F. Deckel
Compound with speeds from 1 to 1/75 second. The lens is
superb and of course, fully color corrected. Bermpohl considered the 9x12cm size to be suitable for color portraits and
a good choice for outdoor work because it was their lightest
model.
The subject is composed and focused on a ground glass
screen. The horseshoe-shaped brass plate that can be seen in
the photo above (behind the lens board) is a heavy-duty tripod
mount. Both the 9x12 and 13x18cm cameras have extra
strong horizontal and vertical tripod mounts.
When plate holders aren’t attached to the camera, it is
important to cover the camera openings to protect the colored
filters and
keep the
interior free
of dust. The
back opening is protected by the
removable
ground glass
panel and
the two side
openings are
protected
The
by wooden
13x18cm Bermpohl Naturfarbenkamera panels supSouthwest Image
plied with each camera.
The mid-sized Bermpohl takes photographs on 13x18cm
(5x7 inch) glass plates. As mentioned above, this is a heavy
camera, weighing in at around 28 pounds with lens and without plate holders. Bermpohl recommended this size for color
advertising and illustration photography.
The 13x18cm plates require less enlargement than 9x12cm
plates, so print quality should be better using the larger camera. The large 18x24cm (7 x 9.5 inch) model was Bermpohl’s
recommended size if the images were to be used without
enlargement.
The lens on this camera is a Dr. Rudolph Hugo Meyer Doppel Plasmat 30cm f4. The shutter is an F. Deckel Compound
with speeds from 1 to 1/75 second. As on the 9x12cm model,
this lens is of very high quality.
Both lenses are quite fast considering their focal lengths
and degree of optical correction. Bermpohl’s selection of
first-rate lenses is one reason why their cameras were very
expensive.
Because color
cameras divide
the image light
into thirds, and
due to losses
imposed by the
glass mirrors and
colored filters,
color cameras are
quite slow. Exposure times were
often as long as
The 13x18cm Bermpohl,
one second.
The photo
Green and Red Filters
above shows
the camera with the ground glass panel and a cover plate
removed. The green and red filters can be seen in the body
openings. The next step in using the camera would be to
insert plate holders. The filters were made to be removable
and one reason for this is there are two pairs of red and blue
filters. The color values differ between the pairs. One pair
is used when shooting in daylight, the other is for artificial
light. The green filter serves double duty and can be used with
either light source.
The photo on the next page shows the Bermpohl camera
with a blue filter in place. The blue filter is nearly twice as
thick as the green. My approximate measurements of the filter
thicknesses are: green - 4mm, red - 5mm and blue - 7mm.
There is no difference in thickness between the daylight and
artificial light pairs.
The filters are different thicknesses because the lengths of
the light paths through the camera must be equal.
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Portrait Gallery I
“Before
the Race”
by
Megan
Anderson
of
Highlands
Ranch,
Colo.
“A
Mysterious
Land”
by
Ed Cooley
of
Rogers,
Ark.
“The
Ranch Hand”
by
Lisa Butler
of
Tulsa,
Okla.
“Ginger
Gaze”
by
Tim Babiak
of
Austin,
Texas
“Bull
by the
Horn”
by
James
Byron
of
Patterson,
La.
“Wishing
Tree”
by
Craig
Bill
of
Midland,
Texas
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“School
is out
for Good”
by
Gail
Nogle
of
Dallas,
Texas
“Hungry
but Proud”
by
Leslie
Hoyt
of
Tulsa,
Okla.
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Portrait Gallery II
“Freedom’s
Gardian”
by
“Long Way
From Home”
by
Brad
Barton
of
Grand Prairie,
Texas
Bob
Ainsworth
of
Norman,
Okla.
“Overture
of Spring”
by
Jacklyn
Patterson
of
Wewoka,
Okla.
“Oops”
by
Lisa
Blaschke
of
New
Braunfels,
Texas
“We
the People”
by
Glenn
Cope
of
Tonkawa,
Okla.
“Duke”
by
Maria
Bernal
of
Cedar Park,
Texas
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“Coming
of Age”
by
Donna
Privett
of
Portales,
N.M.
“Ready
to Serve”
by
Angela
Chadwick
of
Fort Worth,
Texas
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Portrait Gallery III
“Road to
Survival”
by
Rebecca
Eubanks
of
Tulsa,
Okla.
“Soaring
the Storm”
by
Johnny
Holland
of
Piedmont,
Okla.
“How
YOU
Doin’?”
by
Meghan
Garner
of
Bryan,
Texas
“Backstage
Blues”
by
Melinda
Reddehase
of
Spring,
Texas
“Midsummer’s
Night Dream”
by
Nancy
Emmerich
of
Oklahoma
City,
Okla.
“Mulan”
by
Tracye
Gibson
of
Fort Worth,
Texas
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“Hotel
Romance”
by
Blanca
Duran
of
Houston,
Texas
“Stairstep
Kids”
by
Margaret
Bryant
of
Carrollton,
Texas
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Portrait Gallery IV
“Ain’t
Our First
Rodeo”
by
Don
Dickson
of
Plainview,
Texas
“The
First Snow”
by
David
Bailey
of
Colorado
Springs,
Colo.
“Blue
Bayou”
by
Tom
Hathcock
of
Deer Park,
Texas
“Mask of
Persuasion”
by
Daniel
Fermaint
of
Plano,
Texas
“Take a
Ride”
by
Landon
Day
of
Mansfield,
Texas
“Purple
Curve”
by
Larry
Foster
of
Purcell,
Okla.
“Deco
Diva”
by
Andrea
Murphy
of
Tulsa,
Okla.
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“Winter
Blues”
by
Dan
Ferguson
of
Wylie,
Texas
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State Convention to Feature
Speakers from Coast-to-Coast
Four master photographers literally from coast
to coast will headline the
Professional Photographers of Arkansas’ state
convention - Capture
2014, scheduled for July 12-15 at the Courtyard by Marriott
in North Little Rock.
The speakers are Susan Michal, M. Photog., Cr., CPP of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Bruce Berg,
M. Photog., Cr. of Eugene, Ore.;
Jill Bailey, M. Photog., CPP of
Platteville, Colo. and Jose Yau, M.
Photog., Cr. of Waco, Texas.
Michal is an internationally
published, award winning portrait
artist. Her adorable and unique
photographic images have been
Susan Michal
used in calendars, greeting cards
and posters around the world.
She has been named North Florida’s photographer of the
year and is an active member of Professional Photographer’s
of North Florida, Florida Professional Photographers, and
Professional Photographer’s of
America.
She has won numerous awards
including Best of Show at Southeast Professional Photographers
and currently serves on PPA’s
board of directors.
Considered by his peers to be
one of the more creative photographers on the West Coast, Berg has
been a Master Photographer since
1992
Bruce Berg
and
Craftsman Photographer since
1997. His images have been
featured in more than 200 books,
calendars magazines and greeting
cards.
Recently, he was quoted by USA
TODAY for a feature article about
High School Senior portraits.
Bruce’s work has been on display
at Disney’s Epcot center three
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times, and is on permanent display at the Hines Photography
Museum in Nova Scotia.
Bailey is the state director from Colorado to the Southwest
Professional Photographers Association.
She served twice as president of the Professional Photographers of Colorado and earned a Gold Photographer of the
Year with the Professional Photographers of America in 2010.
Active in photography for more than 25 years, she holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in
accounting from the University of
Northern Colorado.
Yau served as president of the
Heart of Texas Professional Photographer Guild in Waco for the
years 2005 and 2006.
In 2013 two of his images made
the PPA General Collection, which
it exhibited at the Imaging USA
2014 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Many of his images have been
Jose Yau
published by the Waco Tribune
Herald, Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, and numerous medical and commercial
publications.
Two of Jose’s sports images have been published in the
award-winning 2010 PPA’s Loan Collection Book.
Arkansas members pose for photo at the Wild West
Olympics at the 2014 convention of the Southwest
Professional Photographers Association.
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be
content with silence.”
― Ansel Adams
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Larger Portraits, More Money
Topics for State Convention
Speakers from all over
the country will descend
on Louisiana for Southern Pro Exposure held
July 27-30 at the Hyatt
French Quarter, New Orleans.
There also will be a Sunrise Photo Safari thrown in for
good measure.
The first convention speaker
will be Joy Vertz presenting
“DOLLARS-7 Ways to Put
Money In Your Bank Account,”
sponsored by Miller’s Professional
Imaging.
In this presentation, Vertz will
share a variety of ideas to take
home and immediately implement
to put more money in your bank
account.
Joy Vertz
A” numbers-nerd,” she loves the
“business” part of photography
and will share her favorite tips for improving your business
processes and how small changes can make big impacts.
In just a few short years she has gone from a one-woman
show in her basement to now running two thriving high end
boutique style studios with a team of seven employees.
She has a degree in
Studio Art from Lawrence University.
She has been called
the “Queen of Process”
and loves to improve
her business and overall profitability month
after month. Vertz will
Greg & Lesa Daniel
teach you to love the
“business” part of your
photography business, even if it’s the part you dread.
Next up will be Greg and Lesa Daniel presenting “Designed to Sell Large,” sponsored by Midsouth
They promise to share the secrets of building a successful.
brand that yields the sales everyone dreams about as well as
offer some easy to remember tools that will most certainly
help gain the confidence you need to increase sales!
A nationally recognized husband and wife duo who create exquisite portraits, they are also masters in sharing their
knowledge and experience. They make it look so easy, but
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you will learn their secret is behind the scenes preparation
and planning that result in timeless original portraits and a
highly successful business.
Lesa, Cr. Photog. has a passion for organizing the aspects
of a portrait session and has the ability to befriend her clients
as well as creating sales, which others have quoted as “poetry
in motion”.
Gregory, M. Photog., Cr., FASP has been awarded Florida’s
top awards many times. Greg
was invited by 40 of the leading
photographers in the world to join
them as an elite member of the
prestigious Cameracraftsmen of
America, and is a founding member of the International Society of
Portrait Artists (ISPA).
He currently is serving on the
Michael Dill
PPA Board of Directors.
Michael Dill, M. Photog. CPP will present “The Basics of
Sports Action Photography,” sponsored by Miller’s Professional Imaging,
This program will provide you with the basic principles for
photographing sports that you can use from the youth leagues
to the pros.
Topics covered will include exposure, lighting, depth of
field, workflow, marketing and camera operation and the specifics of what to photograph, equipment needed, positioning
and photographing remotely in the sports of baseball/softball,
football and soccer.
Leveraging his intuitive style, Dill has captured crowning
moments for several high-profile players and their franchises,
to include the Philadelphia Eagles, the Philadelphia Phillies
and the New York Yankees. Currently, he’s refocused his
attention to covering New Jersey-based youth and college
sporting programs, as well as the Trenton Thunder, the New
York Yankees’ AA affiliate and the Lakewood Blue Claws, a
Philadelphia Phillies’ A affiliate.
He also runs a successful portrait and wedding photography
studio in Hamilton, N.J.
Anyone who’s familiar with his work can attest he is, at
his core, is an artist with a vision. Professional and personal
ambition aside, with every snap of a frame, his ultimate goal
is to preserve memories that will last a lifetime.
MaryAnn Talamo, M. Photog., Cr. CPP will present “Giv-
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ing Your Studio a Fine Art Edge,” sponsored by H&H Color
Lab.
“Coming into the portrait photography world with a fine art
background, I always felt creating
portraits resembling family heirloom
style paintings would be a great way
to increase my large portrait sales,”
she said.
“I was never afraid of been seen
as old fashioned. What’s old can
be new again with modern touches,
and traditional always stands the
test of time. At first, the only way
MaryAnn Talamo
to accomplish this style was through
careful posing, lighting and set design, and finally presenting
the image on canvas. Then came Corel Painter, and a whole
new world of possibilities was opened,” she said.
Why “painted portraits” in a photography studio?
In today’s oversaturated market, having the skill to transform your portraits into fine art pieces takes on even more
importance. It’s a way to give your clients something unique
and different, and pull yourself away from the start ups.
“We are no longer just photographers, we need to be seen
as artists,” she noted.
This program will show you how to easily and quickly
incorporate painted portraits into your workflow using both
Photoshop and Corel Painter with the end goal of demystifying Painte and make it as second hand to your studio as
Photoshop.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art from
Brooklyn College. Among her numerous awards, she recently
won the prestigious Gold Medal award for print competition
in 2013, as well as a Canon Par Excellence Award in 2009.
In 2014, MaryAnn became one of few to earn the prestigious
Elite Plus membership from Professional Photographers of
America, their highest membership level reserved for their
most decorated members.
Sindi Mueller, CPP will present “Creating a Super Model
Experience,” sponsored by ACI.
This program will teach how Mueller uses her fine art approach to high school senior photography to create one of a
kind images for her clients.
She will discuss the different ways she makes her clients
feel like actual “Super Models” for the day by building
unique sets, designing custom dresses and pampering them
with details only a celebrity would expect. You will learn
how she commands top dollar for her portraits and the secrets
to designing a once in a lifetime encounter for teens.
She opened her home studio in 2011, specializing in high
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tographer and speaker.
An avid print competitor, in 2013
she won the SYNC Breakout Photographer of the Year, as well as eight
additional SYNC awards.
She finished her 2013 season with
an average sale of $2,400 and won
11 additional awards at SYNC 2014.
Mueller said she believes a combination of education, experimentation, competition and creativity is
the perfect recipe for success in this
Sindi Mueller
ever-changing field.
Kevin Jairaj and Alycia Alvarez will present “Rings to
Rattles.”
In just a few short
years, Jairaj has not only
become one of the most
sought after photographers in the USA, but
also worldwide and is
known for his dramatic
use of lighting and color
Kevin Jairaj & Alycia Alvarez
and his ability to create
some of the most stunning wedding artistry for his clients.
He has been commissioned to shoot weddings and events
in London, Hawaii, Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas,
Mexico, Jamaica, Anguilla, and Aruba in addition to the many
weddings he shoots in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area and the rest
of the US.
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Summertime is
Convention Time
The Professional Photographers Association of New
Mexico will hold its annual
print judging and convention!
Sunday, July 13-16 in Albuquerque, N. M.
Offering out-of-state membership, PPANM notes these
members will now be eligible to enter the out-of-state category in the print competition.
With four fun packed days of print competition, education,
camaraderie, and the exciting trade show, the only thing missing is you!
There will be three headline speakers, and an amazing trade
show! Keep an eye on www.ppanm.org and PPANM on Facebook for more information to come soon!
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Oklahoma School Has
Plethora of Classes
The Professional Photographers of Oklahoma want to offer
the best educational opportunities to the photographers of
Oklahoma.
We are offering one of the finest collections of educational
speakers in the US according to school director Randy Taylor.
“Our goal is to offer our professionals or aspiring professionals an opportunity to lift their talents to a new
level. We have a great facility and new times to accommodate more of our photographers.
“The classes will be
held Aug. 8-11 at the
Cimarron Best Western
Hotel in Stillwater where
there are great classrooms, nice rooms and
the surrounding area has
a lot of restaurants and
activity,” Taylor said.
Classes will be held
from Friday to Monday
and Professional PhoGary Meek
tographers of America
educational merits will be given to those who are a
member of PPA.
For PPO members, the cost is $399 and for nonmembers it is $499.
“Don’t worry about the non member price, you
may become a member on site for either PPO or
PPA,” Taylor said.
Courses and Speakers:
CPP Training – Gary
Meek, M. Photog., Cr.,
CPP of Hot Springs, Ark.
One of the few Nationally approved CPP class
instructors. Gary is one
of the best instructors to
prepare you for becoming
a Certified Professional
Mary Fisk-Taylor Photographer and teaches
nationwide.
Business – Mary Fisk-Taylor, CPP of Richmond,
Va.
She operates one of the most successful studios
on the east coast and is a well sought after business
instructor. You will learn what it takes to have a well
run, well managed, and profitable business.
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Posing and Lighting – Hanson Fong,
M. Photog., Cr. of
San Francisco, Calif.
A world renown
instructor in lighting
and positioning your
subjects. You will learn the art of
positioning individual subjects,
couples, and even groups keeping the proper lighting and look
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Fun & Learning
Await at Kerrville
The Texas PPA Summer
Roundup at Kerrville June
22-24 will feature a great
lineup of speakers from
which attendees will learn
how to better their businesses.
Melinda & Cristie Reddehase are sisters with a passion
for both photography and marketing! Unlike many photographers, they both hold Bachelor’s degrees in photography
as well as Photographic Craftsman degrees from PPA. Their
studio began in a modest commercial space and has since
grown exponentially and upgraded to a beautiful custom built
studio on three acres.
Their intense
creativity
and thirst for
knowledge has
kept their business growing
each and every
year. The studio’s “Bebe”
Christie & Melinda Reddehasse
Program has
been wildly successful and a top seller! The problem is…
how do you get clients to come back for photos after they
aren’t babies anymore?
This program, entitled “Beyond the Baby” and sponsored
by White House Custom Colour, will show how to create a
program that makes a plan for what to do beyond babies and
how to implement a consistent and effective marketing program along with incentive offers for frequent bookings.
Michael Dill, M. Photog. CPP is an internationally recognized, award-winning photographer,
who specializes in sports action
photography. He has spent nearly two
decades fine-tuning a process that has
produced thousands of custom prints
and collections of widely renowned,
superior images.
Dill has captured crowning moments for several high-profile players
Michael Dill
and their franchises, to include the
Philadelphia Eagles, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New
York Yankees.
This program, entitled “Basics of Sports Photography” and
sponsored by Miller’s Professional Imaging, will provide you
with the basic principles for photographing sports that you
can use from the youth leagues to the pros. Topics include:
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exposure, lighting, depth of field, workflow, marketing and
camera operation.
Dill will discuss what to photograph, equipment needed,
positioning and photographing remotely in the sports of
baseball/softball and football. You will be introduced to
products that you can create that will set you apart from
your competition and make a lasting impression on your
customer.
With seven children, Kimberly
Smith, M. Photog. CPP describes
her life as “beautiful chaos.” She
attributes her success to her love for
her family and a wonderfully supportive husband who allows her to be
“an artist.”
She has always loved art. But
Kim Smith
Smith’s passion for photography
began when she started having babies and wanted to document everything by scrapbooking. So, she bought a better
camera and was “hooked.” She began taking classes and
entering competitions and, by 2008, she received her Master of Photography degree from PPA. “To be able to capture
life in such a fun and beautiful way is such a blessing,” she
explains. “You can never have too many pictures or too many
memories.”
Smith, whose program is entitled “Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be You” and sponsored by Miller’s Professional
Imaging, will delve into how to find inspiration for original
works of art, whether it be for competition or for personal
portraiture. You will learn how to see things from a different perspective and to give your own special touches to your
portraiture.
Helene Glassman is an award winning photographer and
business woman from Santa Barbara,
California, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Her company, Imagery Photography,
has been a successful portrait-event
studio since 1982. Educated in music
and art at the University of Memphis,
as well as a degree in photography
at the Brooks Institute, Glassman is
especially well known for her skill in
Helene Glassman
posing large groups and for a storytelling and intimate style.
Glassman, whose program is entitled “Great Portraits are
More than Just Good Lighting” will demonstrate classic patterns of lighting, why they are important to shape the face,
and how they combine with correct posing to enhance each
subject. She will also discuss proper clothing for the specific
session.
Learning the basics and applying them to contemporary
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If they are
not, the three
images will not
be the same
size on each
plate. For each
path, the light
must travel the
same distance
in air and glass.
Image light
traveling to
the green filter
The 13x18cm Bermpohl, Blue Filter
passes through
two mirrors;
light traveling to the red filter passes through one mirror and
light on the blue path does not pass through a mirror; it is
only reflected.
In addition, there are clear sheets of optically-flat glass
inside the camera body, in front of the red and blue filters.
Subtleties of two-mirror color camera design can be found in
Wilhelm Bermpohl’s USA patent.
The photo below shows a set of five Bermpohl color filters.
Included in a set are two reds, two blues and one green.
Under artificial light, the red and blue filters labeled nitraphotlicht are to be used.
There is also a pair of red and blue filters labeled tageslicht.
That pair is used when shooting in daylight. The green filter
carries two labels: nitraphotlicht and tageslicht, indicating it
is to be used in either type of light.
The Bermpohl Filter Set
British Journal Almanac Advertisement (1939)
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Kevin has also won numerous 1st Place Awards in the
very prestigious WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers
International) print competitions in addition to having several
prints selected in the PPA Loan collection.
He was also named a Top Knots of Wedding Photography
by the very well respected Photo District News magazine
and his work has been published in countless books and
magazines such as TV Guide, Photo District News, American
Photo, Rangefinder, USA Today, Professional Photographer,
Destination
With studios in both Dallas, Texas and Tampa, Fla, Alvarez
is an internationally award winning portrait photographer,
who specializes in babies and children. In addition, her work
can be seen in many publications, including Rangefinder and
a feature spread in Professional Children’s Portrait Photography.
Her objective with each person she photographs is to create
an image that will reveal something truly unique about the
individual . . .sharing a little bit of “who” they are, instead
of just “what” they looked like. Her style relies very little
on props to uncover the true essence of her subjects and the
many aspects of their character.
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you desire. You will learn easily
from Hansen’s style and teaching
techniques.
Painter and Photoshop – Jim
Cunningham, M. Photog., Cr.,
CPP of Little Rock, Ark.
Learn painter from one of the
best. You will learn how painter
can take your work to the next
level. Learn to create images with
different backgrounds seamlessly
to enhance your images.
Jim Cunningham
Hybrid Photography – Suzette
Allen, Cr. Photog. ,CPP, of Sacramento, Calif.
You will learn the art of combining photography with video.
This is a new
product line to offer for your
clients. This exciting technique
could be a look into the future of
photography. Suzette has spoken
across the nation and is an incredible instructor.Taylor at 405-3415088.
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Oklahoma members pose for photo at the Wild
West Olympics at the 2014 convention of the Southwest Professional Photographers Association.
Photo by Joel Schmidt
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portraiture gives the professional photographer a distinctive advantage. Posing for individuals and both small and
large groups will also be demonstrated as well as working
with available and studio lighting and more. Putting all these
elements together will help make our portrait sessions more
successful for both the client and the photographer.
The Italians call it “Bellezza” –
beauty…. It is a fact that women want
to be beautiful. They chase it all their
lives. Laura Ann Pollard of L-Ann
Imaging, believes all women ARE
beautiful if they allow their inner
beauty to shine.
Shooting “Pin Up” and what she
calls
“Bellezza” sessions allows her
Laura and Randy
clients to release that inner beauty,
Pollard
to let them giggle and flirt, to blush
and play, and then to be amazed at the results! Laura Ann also
understands that not every woman is size 2… but they are just
as sexy!
Laura Ann and Randy, whose program is entitled “Bellezza
. . . Capturing the Sexy” and sponsored by Pounds Labs, will
cover what you need to know, including: marketing, pricing
strategies, session preparation, the session, the Pin Up Party,
and making it all an experience to remember.
Laura Ann and Randy will conduct a live session to demonstrate posing, lighting, retouching, and simple tricks that can
help take your boudoir and pin up images to the next level.
Laura and Randy specialize in weddings, children, seniors,
Bellezza (their version of boudoir), pin up, and commercial.
Their philosophy is simple… work hard and with integrity,
make your clients your friends, and give an experience… not
just a photo.
Note: Text and Photos courtesy of Bill Hedrick, Editor of the
Texas Professional Photographer magazine
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