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Photo by Aileen Harding, CPP

May 2014

May 2014

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Kim Christensen

Editor Nicki Evans Simpson

Commitee Members Tom Hathcock,CPP Karen Butts,CPP Francie Baltazar�Stonestreet, Cr., CPP Kim Christensen Kevin Falcon Vanessa Matthews

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2014 Board of Directors Chairman of the Board Greta J. Mee, CPP Email Greta

President Kim Christensen Email Kim

Executive Director Tom Hathcock, CPP Email Tom

Membership Director Karen Butts, CPP Email Karen

Vice President Belinda Higgins, M.Photog., Cr., CPP Email Belinda

Director at Large Kevin Falcon Email Kevin

Secretary Aileen Harding, CPP Email Aileen

Director at Large Sharon Chandler, CPP Email Sharon

Treasurer Teri Whittaker, CPP Email Teri

Director at Large Sherry Piche, CPP Email Sherry

All head shots by Belinda Higgins, M.Photog., Cr., CPP

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CONTENTS 6 7 8 9 10 11 12‐14 16 22‐23 24 25 26‐27 28‐31 32 33 36 35 36

The Q; Birthdays Calendar of Events May meeting information Committees and Action Teams Cowboy Hat with a Story by Cindy Crofford Connect with #PPGHouston April meeting recap and images Guild member gives back to Houston by Karen Butts Workshop: Weddings Made Easy with Mark McCall Workshop: The Basics of Family Posing with Belinda Higgins The Little Red School House Road to Success Requires 4WD with Steve Kozak The Portfolio of Members' Images Tips and Clips from the PPA PPGH membership information Guild news Last Laugh CPP

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May 8 Kimberly Hartz, CPP

May 11 Candace Byers, CPP Susan Busch

May 17 Don Carico, Past President

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Calendar of Events May 4 May 5‐19

May 20

2nd Annual Evening with the Judges (Mini Workshop) Super 1 Day ‐ May 5 ‐ Build a Better Brand and Profitable Business by Kim Hartz ‐ May 5 ‐ Studio and Off‐Camera Lighting Made Easy by Tom Hathcock & Curley Marshall ‐ May 6 ‐ The Three Amigos: Facebook, Twitter & Instagram by Kevin Falcon ‐ May 12 ‐ Light – Pose ‐ Shoot by Francie Baltazar Stonestreet ‐ May 15 ‐ Off‐Camera Flash My Way by Melanie Hall Monthly Meeting

June 17 June 22‐25

Weddings Made Easy, Monthly Meeting (All day merit program) by Mark McCall TPPA Summer Roundup‐ Kerrville, TX

July 13 July 15

Mall Crawl, by Carol Andrews Jensen (Mini Workshop) Monthly Meeting (All day merit program) by Suzette Allen

Aug. 2 Aug. 19

Family Portraits by Belinda Higgins (Mini Workshop) Monthly Meeting by Dave Cross

Sept. 7 Sept. 16

Knowing your Bottom Line by Greta Jacobs Mee (Mini Workshop) Road to Success, Monthly Meeting (All day merit program) by Steve Kozak

Oct. 12 Oct. 21

Seniors by Kim Milburn (Mini Workshop) Monthly Meeting (All day merit program) by Maria Bernal

Nov. 9 Nov. 18

Weddings by Francie Baltazar Stonestreet (Mini Workshop) Nuggets and Bits and Upscale Ritz by Karen Butts & Cindy Crofford

Dec. 7

Lightroom/Photoshop

Visit http://www.ppgh.org/calendar for more information or to register for events.

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Hear Eric Curry speak about his, “Hyper‐ photographic industrial art that everybody can enjoy looking at.”

Tuesday, May 20 5 p.m.

United Way 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX

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Committees and Action Teams

Standing Committees

Bylaws Chair, Tom Hathcock, CPP Alvin Gee, M.Photog., CR., CPP Kelly Willis

Nominating Chair, Kelly Willis Armando Chacon, M.Photog., CR. Tom Hathcock, CPP Leslie Cervantez Audit Chair, Vickie Longoria Shelia Richards Kathy Kinser

Ethics Chair, Janice Jones‐Bosnic, CPP Sunny Arrant, M. Photog.,Cr., CPP Carver Shivers, Cr., CPP Cindy Crofford, CPP

Action Teams

Welcoming Board Liaisons, Greta Jacobs Mee, CPP and Tom Hathcock, CPP Clean Up Board Liaison, Teri Whittaker, CPP Membership Board Liaison, Karen Butts, CPP Tom Hathcock, CPP Kevin Falcon Darla Guyton Shelia Richards Kathleen Kinser Laura Mansur Hallie Keller Kian Adkins

Sandy Buller Vanessa Matthews

Kevin Falcon Vanessa Matthews

Events Board Liaison, Belinda Higgins, M.Photog., CR., CPP

Librarian Board Liaison, Karen Butts, CPP Team Leader, Curley Marshall, CPP Booker Shelton

Fellowship Board Liaison and Team Leader, Karen Butts, CPP Kevin Falcon

Image Competition Board Liaison, Sherry Piche´, CPP Francie Baltazar Stonestreet, Cr., CPP Cat Dybala, M.Photog.

Robert Brayton, CPP

Mini Workshops Board Liaison, Alieen Harding, CPP Tom Hathcock, CPP Rhonda Floyd, CPP Sharon Chandler, CPP Kathleen Kinser Vanessa Matthews Brenda Logan Vicki Longoria

Photographer Board Liaison, Kevin Falcon Team Leader, Orpha Labohm Rena Inglehart

Telephone Board Liaison, Teri Whittaker, CPP

Procedures and Controls Board Liaison, Teri Whittaker, CPP Greta Jacobs Mee, CPP Vicki Longoria

Mentor Program Board Liasion, Greta J. Mee, CPP Certification Team Leader, Curley Marshall,CPP Image Competition Team Leader Sherry Piche, CPP

FotoFest Board Liasion, Kim Christensen Alvin Gee, M.Photog., Cr.Photog Tom Hathcock, CPP Aileen Harding, CPP Rhonda Floyd, CPP Cindy Crawford, CPP Sharon Chandler, CPP Vanessa Matthews Eric Ernst

Viewfinder Board Liaison, Tom Hathcock, CPP Team Leader, Nicki Evans Simpson Karen Butts, CPP Francie Baltazar‐Stonestreet, Cr., CPP Kim Christensen

Web Site Board Liasion and Team Leader, Kevin Falcon Tom Hathcock, CPP Marvin Labohm Vicki Longoria

Social Media Board Liaison and Team Leader Kevin Falcon

Chaplain Dr. Don Frazier, Ph D.

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Cowboy Hat with a Story

By Cindy Crofford, CPP

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Connect with #PPGHouston

Sandy Buller posted this photo to Facebook: Having some fun

with Kim Christensen and Kevin Falcon during the break of Ann Monteith's "Get Down To Business!"

On the web: www.ppgh.org Email: admin@ppgh.org YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePPGH LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PPGH_ORG On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/houstonguild Kevin also posted this photo to Instagram: Attending Ann Monteith's "Get Down To Business" workshop. Also trying to recruit new PPGH members!

On Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PpghOrg

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May 2014

April covered money and business, while May will cover art

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Pictures of You

Ann Monteith

PPGH members and other photographers from all over the US meet for Ann Monteith's "Pricing for Profit" workshop April 15.

Sandy Buller, Bengisu Abramsky and Jeff Grass

PPGH Membership Director Karen Butts, CPP, and PPGH Photographer of the Year Kim Hartz, CPP

Photos by Orpha Garcia‐Labohm

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Marvin Labohm and Jim Ferguson

Ann Monteith and PPGH President Kim Christensen

Shelia Herbert, Irineu Silva and Kathy Kinser

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Armando Chacon, M.Photog., Cr., and PPGH Membership Director Karen Butts, CPP

PPGH Photographer of the Year Kim Hartz, CPP, and PPGH President Kim Christensen

Cindy Crofford, CPP, and Randal Stanford, MPhotog., CPP

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May Image Contest Winners First Place - Active Division Budding Beauty

By Karen Butts, CPP

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May Image Contest Winners First Place - Active Division Wanna Play?

By Kim Hartz, CPP

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May Image Contest Winners Second Place - Active Division Sinuous Bliss

By Karen Butts, CPP

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Guild member gives backto Houston

By Karen Butts, CPP

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Are you certifiable? Become a CPP

Register now: www.ppa.com/cpp

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Weddings Made Easy with Mark McCall

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Photos By Mark McCall, M. Photog. Cr., CPP, F‐TPPA, F‐SPPPA

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The Basics ofFamily Posing with Belinda Higgins

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Blue Bayou

By Tom Hathcock, CPP

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Bella

By Kelly Willis Behind the Scenes: It was imperative that her dolls be in the portrait. As soon as she put the dolls in the chair, she turned around and posed perfectly.

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By Aisha Khan

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By Carol Andrews Jensen, M. Photog., Cr.

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Tips and Clips from the PPA

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PPGH Membership

Categories and Rates

http://www.ppgh.org/join

Active ‐ $95 An active member is defined as: • A professional photographer/visual artist creating work in various mediums, still or motion, within the scope of the professional photography industry.

• A photographer who is available for a minimum of 30 hours per week for consumer assignment during a normal work week.

Active member applicants must submit a copy of their D/B/A and sales tax certificate, both current and in good standing.

Aspiring ‐ $75 An aspiring member is defined as: • A person who is not yet considered a professional photographer/visual artist as outlined in the active member level and wishes to join PPGH for educational purposes and to build association with other working professionals.

Aspiring members may at any time apply to the membership director to move their membership to active status upon meeting all prerequisites of that classification and submitting any necessary materials to the membership director for board review.

Associate ‐ $50 An associate member is defined as: • Either an owner, partner or spouse of a member.

• An employee or member of a member’s studio or firm.

• A person owning or working with a company who supplies services or products for the photographic industry.

OR any of the previous by definition who retires with five (5) years of membership status (notwithstanding retirement due to disability or early retirement before age sixty‐five).

Student ‐ $25 A student member is defined as: • A current active student at a school, college or university with a current school ID.

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Guild News and Member Tips

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The Last Laugh

By Sherry Piche, CPP

The Last Laugh is a new feature for 2014. This is a page where you can share your photo bloopers from your sessions. The Last Laugh is not intended to offend or poke fun at anyone, more to bring a smile with something like those adorable funny faces of children or crazy mishaps during pet portraits. To submit a photo for The Last Laugh, email viewfinder@ppgh.org.

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