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Inside: Creative Compositing Print of the Month Winners Photoshop Tips
The TAPPA Tribune Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association
Contents President’s Message
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This Month’s Program
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Next Month’s Program
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Upcoming Events
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Print of the Month Portrait 8 Print of the Month Social Function
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Print of the Month Commercial 12 Print of the Month Unclassified 15 Print of the Month Electronic Imaging
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Message from the outgoing Salon Chair
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Delegate’s Report
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Committees 23 Board of Directors Visit TAPPA on FaceBook
On the cover: Photo by Elvin Velez
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President’s Message
Round Two Comes to a Close
A little back story... TAPPA was formed in my camera room in June of 1996 with about 30 enthusiastic photographers. My wife, Kaye, was the first Secretary, and served in that position the first two and a half years. Being the organizer she is, she was perfect for the job and now serves as the Executive Director for the Florida Professional Photographers, our state association. I was serving on the FPP board at the time, and didn’t want to take on any board duties for TAPPA, but I did serve as the Salon chair for those same two and a half years. I eventually did join the TAPPA board in 1999 and served as President in 2004. We had a great board, we always have, and I was very proud of all that was accomplished in the years I served on it. We went from a small band of homeless photographers (we moved our meetings around a LOT in those first few years) with no meals and only a $5 meeting fee, to finding our current home at the Doubletree with a full plated dinner. That move alone, increased our membership in one year, from about 35 to over 80 members. I rejoined the board about four or five years ago because I wanted so badly to just “hang out” with my friends one more night a month (the board meets at the Doubletree on the FIRST Tuesday of every month). Not only do I get the pleasure of their company, but I get to have a bit more involvement in the direction TAPPA goes in its efforts to educate our membership. This is vital to my growth as a professional. I’ve always been a bit attached to TAPPA and its membership, and as my second round as President comes to a close, I’m confident that TAPPA is in good hands in 2015. I’ll still be on this board for one more year, and who knows, maybe in another ten years I’ll make a third trip around the Sun. See you Tuesday! Kevin E. Newsome TAPPA President
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This Month’s Program
Lissa Hatcher Lissa Hatcher has been quietly making waves for the past thirteen years of her artistic career with her mysterious imaginings and dreamlike hauntings.
Honored with Photographer of the Year year after year, winning many Fuji and Kodak awards. She has been published many times in magazines, the PPA Loan Collection and PPA Showcase book and has even been honored with a Kodak Elite Award. Her award winning work is highly conceptualized and sentimental with a surrealistic flair. Working as an art director and editor, she finds herself leavng behind the traditional world of photography and portraiture. Conceptualizing and photographing all of her images, preferring to blend pixels and paint in post production. Don’t get confused by impossibility however, only a tiny bit of her work is created in post, in fact it is often whispered that her shoots look like tiny movie sets where characters play out scenes like actors. It’s very important to understand it’s as much about process as it is the final image, after all many of her images come to her while she’s asleep and dreaming. If a bed has to be floating in water, you had better believe someone close to her (usually her husbnad) will be building that bed! Lissa often feels her pieces are like children with their own stories to tell, which is why on her off time she will be writing short stories and snippets about her little figments. You will never find her repeating herself, choosing instead to create new worlds as she goes along. She would call it “portal jumping”. Lissa is currently living her dream after many military moves and a ton of support from all around the globe. You can find her in Tampa, Florida making thoughts into things in the land of fine art - no so quietly might we add.
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Meeting Details Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Social 6:00 Dinner 6:30 Program 7:00 Member with PayPal RSVP by Noon November 7: $25 After the 7th $35 Register online at TAPPA.org Doubletree Hotel 4500 W. Cypress St., Tampa
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Next Month’s Program
TAPPA’s Annual Awards Banquet Mark your calendars NOW, for Sunday, December 7th! TAPPA DOES NOT have a regular meeting in December - the Annual Awards Banquet serves as our monthly get-together. Same time - 6:00pm, with a full dinner, awards, and scholarships to be given. Cost to attend the banquet is $35 per person. RSVP for the banquet is a MUST, and MUST be received no later than Thursday, December 4th!
On the SCHOLARSHIPS... • You MUST be present to win • Your name goes in the drawing bowl once for every meeting you’ve attended, and once for every Mini Seminar you’ve paid to attend • There will be ONE full scholarship to the FPP Florida School awarded (value $599) • There will be FOUR half scholarships to the FPP Florida School awarded (value $300 each) • There will be ONE annual membership awarded (value UP TO $75 - depending on membership level) • All scholarships are non-transferable (if you can’t go, you can’t give it to anyone else. Please let us know immediately, and we will draw another name on the spot - that means check your
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calendar NOW for June 7-10, 2015 and know if you can attend). • All scholarships must be used for the 2015 FPP Florida School • No “cash value” meaning, if for some reason you can’t attend the 2015 FPP Florida School, you cannot sell back, or redeem the scholarship for money • It is the responsibility of the recipient to register for the FPP Florida School. TAPPA will send the appropriate scholarship funds to the FPP. The scholarship recipient is responsible for any difference between the school tuition and the amount of their scholarship (if any). Good luck! And may the odds be ever in your favor!
On the AWARDS... This is the night we find out who TAPPA’s leading image competitors are. The Photographer of the Year, as well as First Place in all the appropriate categories. Being a TOP TEN Photographer in TAPPA is a badge of honor you can carry for a year. Join us, and let’s end the year on a high note!
Upcoming Events
Print of the Month Rules - Prints are to be mounted. - Size: 8x10.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Lissa Hatcher
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Annual Awards Banquet January 13, 2015
Kira Derryberry February 1st thru 3rd
Imaging USA 2015 imaginguse.org
New MeetUp Group:
Morean Photographic Arts Meetup Group Let’s get together for photo walks, photo talks and everything photographic. Everyone is welcome, from beginner to professional, iPhone to large format, film or digital. The only requirement is that you love photography. http://www.meetup.com/Morean-Photographic-Arts-Community/
- Electronic Imaging size can be two 8x10 taped together on the back and spread open for viewing. - Three entries per member each month. - There must be at least three entries in a category for that category to be included in the monthly competition. - All entries MUST have your name and the category you wish to enter on the back of the print. - Prints must be turned in before 6:25 pm. Prints received after 6:25 will not be accepted!
Winners: - Please send your winning files to POM@TAPPA.org for the newsletter as soon as Possible. Deadline for publication is one week after the meeting. - Name your files by your last name-place-category. For example Smith-1st-Portrait.jpg - Any resolution 1000 pixels on the longest side or greater is acceptable. JPEG format is preferrable.
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Print of the Month - Portrait First Place: Elvin Velez
Print of the Month - Portrait Second Place: Michael Landes
Third Place: Lou Bedinotti Photo not available
Print of the Month - Social Function First Place: Booray Perry
Second Place: Lou Bedinotti Photo not available
Print of the Month - Social Function Third Place: Pedro Carillo
Print of the Month - Commercial First Place: Randy Van Duinen
Print of the Month - Commercial Second Place: Elvin Velez
Print of the Month - Commercial Third Place: Randy Van Duinen
Print of the Month - Unclassified First Place: Lisa O’Geary
Print of the Month - Unclassified Second Place: Michael Landes
Print of the Month - Unclassified Third Place: Randy Van Duinen
Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging First Place: Elvin Velez
Second Place: Lee Burgess Photo not available
Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging Third Place: Lisa O’Geary
Message from the outgoing Salon Chair Constance Avellino
Hey everyone. I wanted to take a couple of moments and talk about Salon. I have been the salon manager now for 3 years and this month will be the last time I run the POM and then my last official duty as salon manager will be handing out the awards at the Christmas Banquet. This has been an interesting 3 years. And I have learned A LOT! I have learned about myself and I have learned quite a bit about photography and what it takes to merit. I have grown as a person but mostly I have grown as a photographer. For the first time ever during this 3 years of salon management - I merited, and then the next time I merited 5 of 6. I completely attribute that to what I have learned while doing salon. I love the forum of critique. It has helped me so much and even though I only merited one at our last salon, I knew going in that my most of my photos weren’t merit worthy and I knew going in that the one that merited would. That is from being on the front lines as salon manager. You can’t help but learn.
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I love that I was the salon manager in charge of bringing us from the print salon to digital salon. It was tough to do and thankfully I have had great help in Chuck Vosburgh, Randy Van Duinen and Lee Burgess. The salon is not easy - keeping track of the points and being there dealing with issues that come up. I love what it has given me; a sense of self as a photographer. I really had little or no confidence before doing salon. Now I am more confident and a stronger photographer and person. I love salon. Nothing is more rewarding and frustrating at the same time than listening to judges critique your work. I have had one judge give me a 72 and one give me a 86 for the same image. But that is what is so great, you never know what they might be thinking. That feeling that I got when I got my first merit, nothing beats it. I want to say that Print of the Month is important. I have heard over the course of 3 years that Print of the Month is just a popularity contest but I disagree. I can tell almost immediately when I set
up every month which ones will win becasue they should win. This is what my salon manager eye now sees. I also want to say please participate. It’s important to get feedback and see what wins. Everyone should participate no matter how advanced you are. Veterans, show the newcomers what seasoned professional photography is. How better to lead then by positive example? I want to wrap up by saying a special thank you to Suzanna Meadows. Suzanna showed up by my side one night when I was first starting as salon manager and has been there almost every month since. That means so very much! She also reworked all the tags for the Print of the Month, the ballots and log sheet. She made my life as salon manager so much easier. So thank you Suzanna, I love you! So that’s it, thanks for putting up with this crazy outspoken salon manager for 3 years. Who knows what I might be up to next?
The TAPPA Tribune is published monthly for the membership of the Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association. Its purpose is to share knowledge and insight with the photographic industry. The deadline for submission of articles and ad changes is the 15th of the month. Permission is hereby granted to reprint the contents of this newsletter, provided the authors and The TAPPA Tribune are recognized as the source. The ideas and views expressed do not necessarily reflect the policies of the Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association; they are solely those of the author.
Editor: Chuck Vosburgh 300 62nd Street North St. Petersburg, FL 33710 Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com 727.743.1740
Advertising: To advertise in the TAPPA Tribune, please contact the editor for rates and distribution information.
Meetings: TAPPA monthly meetings take place the second Tuesday of the month at: Doubletree Hotel 4500 W. Cypress Street Tampa, FL (one block east of Westshore Blvd). Networking Dinner Meeting
6:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:30 pm
Register online at TAPPA.org
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Notes from FPP Delegates meeting November 3, 2014 The November 3, 2014 FPP Delegates meeting was held, in conjunction with the FPP Board Meeting, at The Florida Hotel on the Monday following the Fall Seminar, which featured Steve Kozak. Marty Grivjack called us to order and got us started on our prepared agenda before turning us over to interim Chairman Robin Phillips. Marty has accepted a position on the Board and we will vote to finalize our chair position at our next meeting. Robin asked us to all set a goal of getting our Sections to do their end of year paperwork on time. I know that TAPPA is always on top of this but here is another reminder: Due by Dec 1, 2014 to FPP Executive Director: -‐Corporate Annual Report (tax report filed the previous May) -‐Membership List -‐Affiliate Dues of $125 per Section -‐(Merit Request Forms now online) Due by December 31, 2014 to PPA: -‐Section By-‐laws (if changed); application for affiliate membership; a copy of your Articles of Incorporation; a signed copy of your Principles of Affiliation; your Federal Tax info (tax ID and letter of determination); proof of your published financial date (a copy of the guild newsletter with the financials published in it is acceptable); check for affiliation dues ($300, check with PPA to confirm). We worked on updating the information about each Section and each talked about things that have worked or not worked for getting new members and keeping existing ones. Some groups have cut back on the number of speakers they can bring in each year and are using the other meetings as activities to bring in new members and do creative shoots. When we talked about bringing in new members I offered that each of our Board members could invite 2 new potential members to a dinner meeting at the clubs expense. I was asked if we had an invite card and I told them I would check on that but believed it to be by word of mouth. The many different tiers of membership and different price structures were discussed. Most groups are putting the spouse, associate, student, retired, and other business professional memberships at a step lower price but with all benefits,
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Board of Directors
2014 Officers President
Kevin Newsome
813 968-2810
Kevin@NewsomesStudio.com
Vice President
Susan Black
813 230-6472
Susan@Bespics.com
Secretary
Carol Hackman
727 867-9254
HackmanC@tampabay.rr.com
Treasurer
Christine Reynolds
813 760-0831
ChristineR@aol.com
Past President
Benjamin Todd
813 431-2873
Benjamin.Todd@Verizon.net
Directors
Constance Avellino
813 600-8152
Me@ConstanceAvellinoPhotos.com
Lee Burgess
813 245-3320
Lee2810@verizon.net
Booray Perry
813 728-7110
Booray@BoorayPerry.com
Melissa Sewell
813 230-7092
Melissa@DontBlinkllc.com
Chuck Vosburgh
727 743-1740
Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com
Committees Delegate
Julie Johnson
Membership
Melissa Sewell
813 230-7092
Melissa@Dontblinkllc.com
Program
Susan Black
813 230-6472
Susan@Bespics.com
Salon
Constance Avellino
813 600-8152
Me@ConstanceAvellinoPhotos.com
Door Prize
Amber Wilkes
605 351-5865
ambi57106@yahoo.com
Scholarship
Susan Black
813 230-6472
Susan@Bespics.com
Audio Visual
Lee Burgess
813 245-3320
Lee2810@verizon.net
Newsletter Editor
Chuck Vosburgh
727 743-1740
Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com
Photographer
Booray Perry
813 728-7110
Booray@BoorayPerry.com
Web Master
Lee Burgess
813 245-3320
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