PPGCS Newsletter: April, 2003
Volume 14, Issue 3
Table of Contents
A Message From the President
Concepts To Make Artists More Skillful
with Posing and Lighting
Member Profile: Heather Sams
Snapshots in the News
Upcoming PPC Dates
Photography on the wwweb
April Meeting Reminder
A message from the President...
Wow! I can't believe that it
is already April! We have had a great start to the year.
The Guild really cleaned up at Rocky (see the March newsletter
on the web site, www.PPGCS.com).
I just wanted to thank Tom &
Pat for the great presentation at the last Guild meeting!
Great Job! Not only on how to enhance your prints, but why
it is done a certain way. Plus some of the "tried &
true" methods to use. Also some great suggestions on
suppliers and brands, etc. Maybe we can talk them into providing
a suppliers list to print in the newsletter.
We are looking forward to Heather's
program on Basic Posing and Lighting this month. I know
Master Photographers that speak at conventions that will
insist on going to classes on Basic Posing and Lighting,
even if that is the only program they can attend. Shows
to go you that no one can ever have enough education in
posing and lighting! Check out the news letter for more
of the programming for the rest of the year.
I am really excited that we are
signing a contract to present a photographic gallery show
at the Pike's Peak Center in July!!! This will be a great
place to showcase your work and even sell some of your fine
arts and /or scenic works. You will be hearing A LOT MORE
about this in the future. PARTICIPATION IN THIS SHOW WILL
BE LIMITED TO GUILD MEMBERS ONLY! That brings up another
point. Did you forget to renew your membership? Well you
have procrastinated so long now that it will only cost you
$75 for the year, BUT you have missed some great programs.
-Greg Garrett,CPP
Concepts To Make
Artists More Skillful with Posing and Lighting
Good posing and lighting are the fundamentals
of any portrait. Heather plans to discuss the basics-the
how’s and why’s! Don’t miss a very easy to
understand class on how to make your subject look their
best in front of the camera. Bring your questions and plan
to have some fun.
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 candid 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.
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 have achieved my goal of becoming a Certified Professional
Photographer and am working towards my Master’s. Working
for the Moores at the Family studio has achieved a lifelong
dream of mine. 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
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Please remember to update your membership. We are
already a fourth of the way through the year. Don’t
miss another month of exciting adventures.
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Part of your membership includes a monthly newsletter.
Anyone may submit articles to be published. If you
are interested please have your article to Sarah at
the monthly Guild meeting.
Upcoming PPC Dates
April 14:
PPASuper Monday
(800)786-6277
www.PPA.com
April 27-28:
PPC Spring Seminar
Jamie Hayes & Mary Fisk-Taylor
Hilton Denver Tech South
(303) 933-9461
www.PPColorado.com
June 29-30:
PPC Summer Seminar
Eddie Tapp-Keynote
Plus Many Others
(303)933-9461
www.PPColorado.com
Speakers Needed
The Southern Colorado Photography
Society in Pueblo is in need of guest speakers for their
monthly meetings. The group meets the fourth Thursday of
each month, and speakers are needed for July, August, September
and November. Topics are open to anything related to photography.
Also, the group is in need of a judge for their annual photography
show that will take place in September. If you are interested
in conducting a presentation or in judging the photo show,
please contact Mike Pach at 260-6637. Speakers Needed
Photography on the
wwweb
http://dfleming.ameranet.com/digital_coc.html
circles of confusion calculator for digital photographers.
http://www.collinet.freeserve.co.uk/dpinfo_html/articles/DOF/DOF%20how.htm
detailed, scientific explanation of circles of confusion.
www.photographytips.com
“the internet’s #1 guide to photography.”
(Site includes definition of circles of confusion!)
Meeting Reminder:
Thursday, April 17th, 2003
Social at 6:30 pm
Meeting begins 7:00 pm
The 2003 PPGCS Board of Directors:
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President
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Greg Garrett, CPP
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262-9866 |
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Vice President
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Heather Sams
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264-9293 |
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Secretary
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Roy Lee
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570-7988 |
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Treasurer
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Brian Molitoris
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339-1939 |
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Executive Director
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Chris Waldron, Cr. Photographer,
CPP
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593-7721 |
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Member at large
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Pat Moore, CPP
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264-9277 |
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Print Committee
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Sheryl Scheuer
Wynn Jefferson, CPP
Allison Earnest
Heather Sams
Sarah Strempke
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575-9358
594-0371
573-7880
264-9293
264-9293 |
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Room Committee
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Thomas J. Henn, CPP, M.Photog.
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481-8529 |
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Hospitality
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Kent Stuck
Brian Molitoris
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596-9165
339-1939 |
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Communications
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Valeria Malcom
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265-8402 |
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Greeters
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Rita Bales
Joyce Garrett
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573-9476
262-9866 |
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Newsletter Editor
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Valeria Malcom
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265-8402 |
