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VPPA Blue Ridge Newsletter
March 2013
In This Issue
From the
Governor
From the Lt.
Governor
Upcoming
Events
Quick Links
Blue Ridge Board
Governor
Sharon Davidson, CPP
Email Sharon
Lt. Governor,
Michael Corbin
From the Governor
Hello Blue Ridge! I hope you are feeling rested after a fantastic convention! Jim Carpenter
did a wonderful job. It was so good to see everyone! Hopefully you are feeling more
inspired and ready to implement some of the things you learned into your business.
Our district did a great job in print competition! Here is a list of those receiving blue ribbons
and any additional awards the images received, plus scholarships and degrees received
my our members:
Teresa Bernard 4 Golden – HS Senior, Court of Honor
William Garrett 3 Stuck to the Glass – Best Art/Restor.
Elegance of the Past – Art/Restor., Court of Honor
Kevin Hurley 2 Move Over Rover – People’s Choice
Jeff Loope 1 Elements of Taste – Commercial Court of Honor
David Lee Michaels 3
Melissa Morgan 2 Dora the Explorer – Child Court of Honor
Location, Location, Location – Justice Award
Jennifer Stoneman 1
Shannon Turner 6 Model RSR – Best Commercial
Maimed – Best Pictorial
The Worley Family – Virginia CPP
Colin – Best Portrait Album
Lisa Carter CPP Scholarship
Melissa Morgan O'Neal Scholarship
David Lee Michaels, Sharon Davidson AFP
Kevin Hurley 2nd star
Secretary, Lisa Akers
Email Lisa
Treasurer, Brian Muncy
Email Brian
Quick Links
VPPA
PPA
Congratulations to everyone!! I apologize in advance if I missed anyone! If I did, please let
me know.
I am attaching a link to a PPA webinar that we in the Blue Ridge have access to. It is "Post
Capture: Textures Using Photoshop" with Michael Barton. We will have access to this
webinar until the end of 2013. I hope you enjoy it! You will be asked to enter your name and
email address.
Michael Barton – Post Capture: Textures Using Photoshop (https://ppaevents.webex.com/ppaevents/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=5205552&rKey=0dfcd45a9bd32488)
I do hope that you will begin immediately implementing something that you learned into
your business, and it is important to start immediately. By now we have all had time to digest
what we learned. We should have some idea of what we want to do and how we can work
that into our businesses. I have my list, and I am working on accomplishing those things.
However, there is one thing I am going to try to keep in mind as I do so.
Have you ever heard the saying, 'If you chase two rabbits, you are likely to catch none?'
I have several ideas and I know that I personally must focus on one if I have a chance of
"catching" the idea and making it work. Think of your ideas as rabbits, which are very quick
and agile. You aren't likely to catch any of them if you try to chase them all at the same time.
You will end up exhausted, frustrated, and right back where you started.
If you do have several rabbits that you want to chase, try to catch one at a time. Chase the
one that will do you the most good in the short term. You will be excited and motivated by
reaching your goal, and you will be even more prepared the catch the next one.
I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!
Happy Catching!!
Sharon
From the Lt. Governor
It seems like only last week we had the VPPA annual convention, with knowledgeable
expert speakers from whom I trust all of us learned things needed to improve our photography,
increase our motivation, and supercharge our businesses. Wait, it WAS last week! So here
we are, time for the Blue Ridge regional meeting, and we are planning to top the convention
experience. Tall Order, you say?
I say, let’s go for it.
On Monday, March 11, from 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM, Sue Rakes comes to Roanoke for
the meeting at David Lee Michael’s studio.
Who is Sue Rakes, you ask? She’s the principal of Sue Rakes Photography and one
of the few who’ve earned Master of Photography as one of the top 3% of photographers in the
country. Her work speaks for itself -- look below and judge for yourself.
She will improve your lighting outdoors and take you step-by-step through the process
from location choice to final output. Beginning with a discussion about choosing outdoor
locations before we head over to Wasena Park, she’ll show us how to find the perfect spot
and how to light and photograph it. She will then lead us through her workflow in
Lightroom after dinner at Big Lick Barbeque.
I know that Winter 2013’s Snowmagedon is happening this week. But you know
how snow is around these parts. It’ll be gone in a few days, in fact a special request has
been put in with The Powers That Be for Monday, and the Weather Guessers currently say
mostly sunny and 62 degrees (as I write this). So there is no excuse for you not to be there.
Spending the afternoon in the company of someone with so much to share is the best use
you could possibly make of the afternoon.
David Lee’s studio is at 905 Winona Avenue. His phone number is 540-342-9129,
and it is important folks RSVP by calling him or emailing him at
davidleemichaelsphotography@cox.net to let him know how many chairs to set out.
Unless you dig sitting on the floor, of course.
Upcoming Events
* April 8-Meeting, Speaker Michael Corbin, Lynchburg, VA
By popular request, I will be doing a walk-through on how (and why) to register your
copyrights. Besides letting folks watch as I register my own, bring your laptop and we'll get
everything you've shot since the first of the year registered, too. Way too few of us do
register our work, and then we whine when it gets stolen because there's almost nothing we
can do about it. Registration gets you the leverage to actually do something about the blatant
theft of your photographs.
*SEPPA April 13-16, 2013, Athens 4seppa.com
If you have any suggestions or if you have an article you would like to be published in the
newsletter, please email Lisa Akers (lisacakers@yahoo.com).
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