Presented by Tennessee PPA

Schedule of Events

April 24th-27th 2015

Friday

2:00 PM Workshop Registration Opens (Main Lodge Office Lobby)

Folio and 11x14 Collage Print Images received/Registration opens (Print

Competition Deadline is Sat. 12 noon)

F/32 Photo Lab “Gear Shop” opens for lens and gear

rental! See April Love or a Board Member for signups!

3:00 PM Hotel Check In Begins (Main Lodge Office Lobby)

4:00-7:00 PM Workshop Begins! It’s a FOTO Fest Friday!

Program: “Into the WILD!” Instructor: Wilson Reynolds (Meet in the Main

Lodge Meeting Room-then travel by car for location shoot)

This workshop begins at the lodge and then

moves to the Great Smoky Mountains area for

an “on location shoot” so bring your camera

and gear of your choice! (weather permitting).

*PPA MERIT Program offering-accompanies

Monday class offering. Members should pre-

register in advance and must acquire a TOTAL of 6.5 hours of Wilson

Reynolds combined class time, within any three classes offered, or any

combination to total 6.5 hours of education in order to receive a PPA

merit.

7:30-9:00 PM “Sundown in the Smokies” Welcome Campfire Party! Come kick off our

first night in the Smokies with a campfire and enjoy s’mores, roasting

marshmallows and hotdogs by the fire. We’ll sit around the fire pit and

enjoy music, talk shop and relax. There will be limited seating around the

campfire, so bring a lawn chair if you can!

9:30 PM-? BONUS “Friday Night Lights”-Light

Painting/Long Exposure Program!

(Weather permitting- bring your

camera and a flashlight or light source

of your choice). We will travel by car to

the Cades Cove parking lot area and

walk a short distance for this workshop. Car pooling will be available.

Instructor: Wilson Reynolds

Saturday

7:30-9:00 AM Breakfast (Center Café in the Convention Center is open!)

9:00-11:30 PM The ART of Photography-Part 1.

Instructor: PPA Master Artist Kathryn

Rutherford

Kathryn Rutherford will show us how

important it is to understand the elements of

art within our photography and teach us

secrets of how to incorporate art into your work and elevate your

photographic skills! She is an incredible talent! You will be amazed!

12:00 PM 11x14 Collage Print Competition Entry Deadline

(Main Lodge Meeting Room). Pre-Registration

is available online under “Competitions” at

www.tnppaonline.com. (See sample images)

12-1:30 PM Lunch (See “Meal Hosts” for restaurant location for today).

1:00 PM Folio and Print Competition Judging (Closed to Members)

Who will win this year? You can’t win if you don’t enter!

1:30-3:00 PM The ART of Photography-Part 2-Inspire to new heights with your Imagery

Instructor –Kathryn Rutherford

3:30-4:30 PM Learn the Mystery of Image Competition and improve your overall

photography-led by PPA Judges Panel-we will talk about the folio

winners!

5:00-6:30 PM High School Senior Shootout-on location at the

Tremont Lodge with Professional models!

Instructor-Barbara Yonts

Bring your camera and photograph the models,

while you learn posing and lighting techniques!

6:30-7:30PM Dinner (Ask about the “Meal Host” for this restaurant location.)

7:30-9:30 PM What’s HOT-HEAD SHOTS! Instructor-Barbara Yonts.

Get your OWN PERSONAL head shot here! If you

need to update your head shot for your website or

marketing purposes, then this is just what you

need. Get your digital headshot file for FREE! Plus,

learn how to incorporate head shots for corporate

use or for models/actors and increase your studios

revenue! Learn something NEW!

9:30-? PM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE/Studio 54 Social-music, games and Photography

Auction! Over $1,500 to be offered!

LIVE from PHOTO X-treme

“It’s Saturday Night!” TNPPA will host this FUN social event with music, games and its much

anticipated Photographic AUCTION! Bring those props, gear or

backgrounds you don’t use any longer and sell at our auction! You keep

80 percent of the proceeds! Dress attire is casual.

Members interested in bringing props, backgrounds, gear, etc. to sell

should contact Carla S. Hoskins at (423) 871-2908 or email her at

classicimagesbycarla@comcast.net ahead of time, if possible, to get pre-

registered for the auction and avoid lines before the auction.

Sunday

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast (Ask about the “Meal Host” for this restaurant location).

8:30-9:15 AM Devotional (Main Meeting Lodge Loft)

9:30-11:30 AM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part 1-

Children’s Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting Room) Instructor

Barbara Yonts.

12:00 PM CPP Test! CPP Ambassador Alisa Whitley/Proctor. (Testing location to be

announced). Advanced registration must be made two weeks prior to

date of test with Alisa Whitley. More information is posted online at

www.tnppaonline.com. Lunch will be available on site in the testing

room. Please RSVP to Alisa Whitley if you will want to eat so she can

make the reservations for delivery.

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch (Check with the “Meal Host” for the restaurant location.)

Past Presidents Meeting (locations to be announced-see Dorma Tabisz).

TNPPA Nominating Committee (location to be announced)

National and Seppa Awards Committee Meeting (location to be

announced)

2:00-4:00 PM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part

2-Family Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting

Room). Instructor Barbara Yonts-learn the joy of

photographing families!

4:30-7:00 PM Stylized Wedding Shoot Workshop with Professional MODELS!

Instructor: Scott Evans, PPA Wedding

Photographer with over 1,000 weddings

under his belt! All Professional models will

join us for the workshop including Miss

Tennessee 2014! (Main Lodge Meeting

Room).

7:00-8:30 PM Dinner (Check with the “Meal Host” for the restaurant location).

9:00-? PM Join us for some Wedding

Workflow from the day’s stylized

wedding shoot with Scott Evans!

See how he creates his inspiring

wedding images into works of ART

and learn about pricing and sales

tips!

Monday

7:00-7:30 AM The CENTER CAFÉ is open in the Convention Center for your convenience!

No need to wonder where to go for breakfast this morning! Grab some

granola, cereal or a quick breakfast at the Center Café before you head

off for your morning inspirational workshop! We have it covered, so you

can eat before the early morning shoot on location for our most

anticipated BONUS workshop on Macro Monday!

7:30-10:30 AM BONUS Sunrise Macro Workshop! It’s MACRO MONDAY!

Only $25! (Pre-registration is online and open to ALL!

Hurry before it sells out! Limited availability.)

The Bonus Workshop:

Wildflowers, Waterscapes and the

Wonder of Nature!

Get Back to Nature on Macro

Monday with Instructor-Wilson

Reynolds!

DO NOT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE WORKSHOP!

It will feed your soul and give you that inspiration for creation you have

been looking for!

This workshop is OPEN to everyone! This workshop will delight you with

incredible locations led by Wilson Reynolds, the area’s premier instructor

for wildflowers and those incredible waterfall and river shots with the

beautiful airy water effect! With all the rain we have had lately, this

should be the PRIME time for this photographic opportunity!

Attend this BONUS class and

learn how to create those

magnificent images and hang

some ART on your walls, or

capture a competition print

possibility!

Added PERK! If you have attended Wilson Reynold’s classes, and pre-

registered, you will receive a PPA MERIT after continuing 6.5 hours of

instruction with Wilson Reynolds! Classes can be in combination for a

total of 6.5 hours thru Monday.

If you are interested in this BONUS class, a $25 fee is required for

instruction, but it is WELL WORTH IT! Bring your camera and hiking shoes

for a mild, but inspirational, moderate hike. We plan to car pool along

the way. Contact Carla S. Hoskins (Secretary/Treasurer) for more details

at classicimagesbycarla@comcast.net or call (423)871-2908 to get signed

up!

10:30-12:30 PM Alternative Income Strategies Program-Instructor-Scott Evans

Learn how to increase your cash flow by implementing

some NEW product offering with your photographic

images such as posters, calendars, coasters, etc. You will

be surprised with the information Scott will give you on

how you can increase your “bottom line” when things are slow! This

class is just what you need!

12:30 PM “It’s a Wrap!” Photo Xtreme Spring Workshop concludes-hope you were

“INSPIRED” and enjoyed the Photo Xtreme 2015 X-perience! We hope

you learned a lot and got some great images to enjoy from the workshop!

See you at our Fall Conference in Murfreesboro, TN August 29th-Sept.

1st 2015!

Special thanks to go to our Sponsors Wilson Reynolds,

owner of the Tremont Lodge and Resort and F/32 Photo

Lab for Sponsoring the Photo X-treme 2015 Spring

Workshop. Your generosity is much appreciated!

This photographic educational workshop is brought to you by:

www.tnppaonline.com