Please join us on Thursday, May 14th, for our PPETN Monthly Meeting. Our guest speaker is Melissa Wright.

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Melissa Wright is the owner of Edge Of Urge Studio in London, Kentucky. Studying with world famous fashion photographers in New York and Los Angeles while her children worked for Ford Models gave her a unique perspective of photography from both sides of the lens.Opening Edge Of Urge Studio in 2005, she has built a strong business based on unique portraiture concentrating on seniors, families, and wedding shoots. She has taken her business from one small room in a rented basement to a large high end store front and has brought other photographers on staff with this approach and other ideas that you will learn to build your studio and enhance your business.

Seminar Cost (excluding food):
 - PPETN Members: Free
 - Non-Members: $20.00

Thursday, May 14, 2009
Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

5:00pm - Board Meeting
6:00pm - Meet & Greet
7:00pm - Seminar

Monthly 8×10 Competition:

We will be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month. PPETN members may bring as many 8×10 prints to the competition each month. The cost is $3 per print. Please remember to bring a CD of your submitted images. Points towards our annual “Photographer of the Year” will be awarded once we receive digital versions for submitting on our blog.

We will also be holding a short board meeting prior to the monthly meeting. Board members should plan on attending the board meeting at 5:00pm. All PPETN members are welcome to sit in on the board meeting.

Board Meeting:

We will be holding a board meeting at 5:00pm to discuss next months picnic. All board members should plan to attend.

Jackelyn Haggerty

 
Please join us on Thursday, April 9, 2009 for our monthly photographer’s meeting. This month, we are pleased to have Jackelyn Haggerty with us from Studio J Photography.  She will be discussing “Creating a Senior Buzz”. See the image below for more information!

Meet & Greet @ 6:00pm
Seminar @ 7:00pm

Seminar Cost (excluding food):
 - PPETN Members: Free
 - Non-Members: $20.00

Thursday, April 9, 2009
Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

 This month’s meeting is one week early due to the Easter holiday.

Monthly 8×10 Competition:

We will be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month. PPETN members may bring as many 8×10 prints to the competition each month. The cost is $3 per print. Please remember to bring a CD of your submitted images. Points towards our annual “Photographer of the Year” will be awarded once we receive digital versions for submitting on our blog.

We will also be holding a short board meeting prior to the monthly meeting. Board members should plan on attending the board meeting at 5:00pm. All PPETN members are welcome to sit in on the board meeting.

No Board Meeting:

We will not be holding a board meeting this month. Our next board meeting will be before the May 14th monthly meeting to finalize our June picnic plans.

Coming Thursday, March 19, 7PM presentation, Drawing for Olympus camera, Goins
6PM reception, Bagwell Center
 

Pellissippi State brings in top photographers for ‘Meet the Pros’

Olympus and Pellissippi State Technical Community College’s Bagwell Center for Media and Art are sponsoring “Meet the Pros,” a March 19 event that brings award-winning national photographers to the college. Judy Herrmann and Nick Kelsh share the inspirations behind their cutting-edge digital photography, the lessons they’ve learned along the way and the tools of their trade.

The presentation is at 7 p.m. in the Goins Building Auditorium at the Pellissippi Campus on Hardin Valley Road. A pre-event reception is set for 6-6:45 p.m. in the Bagwell Center Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.  In addition to attending the presentation, audience members will have a chance to win an Olympus E-250 Digital SLR camera.

Herrmann, of Herrmann + Starke, has specialized since 1989 in still-life and lifestyle photography. Her work has been featured in many magazines. A former president of the American Society of Media Photographers, she also consults with photographers about career development and planning.
Nick Kelsh’s work has appeared in such major publications as Time, Life, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Forbes, Fortune and Business Week. He is also the author of nine books, including two that celebrate children: “Naked Babies” and the sequel, “Siblings,” on which he collaborated with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen. In 1986, Kelsh launched the communications firm Kelsh/Wilson Design.

This is the second year the Bagwell Center has partnered with Olympus to bring acclaimed photographers to Pellissippi State for “Meet the Pros.” The two also joined forces in offering a 2007 workshop for professional photographers to hone their craft.

The Bagwell Center houses Pellissippi State’s Media Technologies program. The associate’s degree program provides students the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment and expert faculty in photography, Web design, video production and graphic design.
For more information, contact Ron Goodrich, Pellissippi State’s program coordinator for Photography, at rpgoodrich@pstcc.edu or  (865) 539-7171 .

Please join us on Thursday, March 12, for our monthly meeting and seminar. This month, we are proud to have Lori (Gragg) Watson as our guest speaker!

Lori Gragg

March Monthly Seminar

Lori is a PhotoShop expert specializing in makeup, beauty, and bringing out the best in each photograph. She has taught PhotoShop to a local college in Georgia, as well as receiving several awards for her photography. She will be presenting “Creating the Magic” to our group.

We are looking forward to her presentation!

Meet, Eat & Greet @ 6:00pm, Seminar @ 7:00pm.

 Monthly 8×10 Competition

We will be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month. PPETN members may bring as many 8×10 prints to the competition each month. The cost is $3 per print. Please remember to bring a CD of your submitted images. Points towards our annual “Photographer of the Year” will be awarded once we receive digital versions for submitting on our blog.

We will also be holding a short board meeting prior to the monthly meeting. Board members should plan on attending the board meeting at 5:00pm. All PPETN members are welcome to sit in on the board meeting.

Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

Board Meeting: 5:00pm
Meet & Greet: 6:00pm
Seminar: 7:00pm

Seminar Cost (excluding food):
PPETN Members: Free
Non-PPETN Members: $25

Join us February 12, 2009 for our annual 16×20 Salon competition. This is a wonderful opportunity to get judges opinions before entering prints into the regional and national competitions!

PPETN members in good standing may enter the print competition. We welcome photographers to come and watch the judging.

• You must be a PPETN member to enter the competition.
• Rules for entries are based on the PPA Regional Competition Rules.
• Up to a total of four prints or albums may be entered.
• Entry fee is $50 per case (checks should be made out to SMPP).
• Print Categories are “Portrait”, “Illustrative”, and “Wedding”
• Album Categories are “Event” and “Non-Event”
• Each submission should include an Entry Form.

Judges will be critiquing entries based on PPA’s Twelve Elements of a Merit Print. Judges will score prints as if they are entered into national print competition. Based on the number of prints entered, and allotted time, the judges may critique prints and give suggestive critisism to help entrants improve their prints for national competition.

Salon entries should be submitted by 6:45pm. we will not be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month.

February 12, 2009
Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

 
5:30 pm - Short PPETN Board Meeting
6:00pm - Meet, Greet, & Eat
7:00pm - Salon Competition Begins