PPGCS Newsletter: November, 2002

Volume 13, Issue 10

Principles of Money for Photographers

Concepts To Make Artists More Financially Successful by Norman Rehme in November

Norman has two careers. He is a talented photographer and a financial professional. This basic program blends his two worlds to assist photographers with basic financial concepts applicable to all.

Norman has over 20 years of experience in the financial field. He is now a senior trust officer with First National Bank in Fort Collins, Colorado. He assists individual and corporate clients with their trusts, investment accounts, and retirement plans -- making him responsible for accounts totaling more than $150 million. His specialty is in the design and implementation of retirement plans.

Photographically, Norman is a Photographer of the Year for the Professional Photographers of Colorado. He has two Fuji Masterpiece awards and one Kodak Gallery award. Many other trophies greet his photographic clients at his home studio office.

"Principles of Money for Photographers" is a lighthearted, interactive program to discuss simplified concepts of money that sometimes elude even the sophisticated and financially astute. Often, photographers are so worried about f/stops and appointments and employees and sales that they forget about their personal financial situation. Many of Norman's tips bring difficult topics to a common level for everyone.

This program is NOT several things. It is not a sales presentation. Norman is a salaried employee. It is not complicated. Norman's years of speaking experience have taught him how to keep it simple. It is not for any Harvard lawyer -- he has pictures!

See the "light" in both photography and financial elements. Select the correct "speed" of your financial film. Learn how to keep from losing money "pixels." Avoid the 12 most common photo/financial mistakes to insure a comfortable retirement in the future.

Member Profile: Heather Sams

Well, I could start from the beginning but let me tell you about the most special part of my life first before I talk about photography (the second most important thing in my life.) I live with my husband Randy and our two beautiful girls Corryn and Mollie. Mollie is the newest addition. We brought her home from the hospital on September 6th and feel very blessed as to how healthy not to mention adorable she is.

We have called Colorado Springs our home for about 8 years. We were both stationed out here in the military and decided to stay. The mountains were too much to give up.

Now as far as my history and future plans in the field of photography well.... it all started when I was in Jr. high and I received a good old Pentax K100 (which I still have and will probably never part with). I had the time of my life taking candids of kids at school for yearbook class. And then of course developing them in a very tiny closet we used as a darkroom. It was then that I found I had a love of photography and knew someday I'd be a professional. I would say my favorite style of photography is black and white portraiture. And even though he was known for is incredible landscapes Ansel Adams has always been a hero of mine. I mainly shoot 35mm with my Nikon at home. I have a great time scanning them in to the computer and working with them in Photoshop. Since high school I played around with photographing family and friends.

A few years ago I was referred to Pat and Terry Moore and was told that they belonged to a local photography guild. So I took them up on the invite and attended my first meeting. Since then my ambitions to become a Professional Photographer have been put into overdrive. I now have a goal to get my Certified Professional Photographer and eventually become a Master Photographer. I also have been fortunate enough to work for the Moores at the Family studio and I love what I do. I have been introduced to the world of digital photography and have found it to be fascinating! This past year I have entered prints for the first time in regional and national print competitions and have been granted my first merits. It has been very rewarding. I am also proud to say that by entering my first print case I received a Judge's Choice award from Duncan McNab. I am very excited about where my career in photography is taking me and I must say I owe most of it to the Moores and this Guild.

Snapshots in the News

The Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0.1 update resolves a number of problems discovered after Photoshop 7.0 was released. Check out the substantial list of fixes at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh if you're a Mac user,

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Windows if you are a PC user.

Eric Murphy has created the www.PPGCS.com for the Guild. Please take a few minutes to look over the site and give him feedback. This is a first step in building a powerful site for the guild. Thank you Eric!

Print competition results

Congratulations to all the winners of the PPoC Print Competition. The Guild was well represented at this competition and even though not everyone won, the judges gave good suggestions to all that asked, so at the regional competition they would do better.

Portraits
3rd Place - Terry Moore - "Out of the Box"

Illustrative
3rd Place - Tammy Henn - "Faster! Paddle Faster"
1st Place - Thomas Henn - "Mountain Hideaway"

Electronic Imaging
3rd Place - Tom C. Henn - "Cracking into Dust"
1st Place - Tom C. Henn - "Two Quarters Worth of Time"

Judges' Choice Award
Tammy Henn - "Faster! Paddle Faster"

First Timer Trophy
(Highest total print case for first timers - cumulative scores)
Tom C. Henn

Best of Show Trophy
Open Non-Masters
Tom C. Henn - "Two Quarters Worth of Time"

Photographer of the Year Trophy
Open Non-Masters (Highest total print case - cumulative scores)
Tom C. Henn

Court of Honor
Tom C. Henn
Thomas Henn
Greg Garrett
Terry Moore

Kodak Gallery Award
Thomas Henn - "Mountain Hideaway"