Newsletter May 2010
The Finger Lakes Section of PPSNYS, Inc. will hold it's monthly meeting on
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
at **ABIGAIL'S**
1978 Routes 5&20 in Waterloo, NY. 315-539-9300.
www.abigailsrestaurant.com
Business meeting will start at 2:00PM
Program will start at 3:00pm. Dinner will follow the program.
Please plan to stay for a great meal and good conversation.
A reminder: The June Meeting will be held at a different location.
We will meet on June 16th at Monroe Payne's special location, the village of "Thornhill", on the Payne Estate in Ithaca, NY.
There are characters coming who will provide entertainment and hopefully will model for our photo session. This meeting will be unique and FUN.
Please bring a dish to pass - roast beast will be provided.
Save the date! More info and directions will be sent next month!
May Program - 'Lightroom'
This month we are very pleased to present Doug Hansgate, of Advantage Media Productions.
He will share his expertise with tips and tricks from the acclaimed photo editing software 'Lightroom' by Adobe.
Doug will touch on some of the marvelous things Lightroom can do including:
- Easily process high-volume events
- Automatically apply metadata stamps
- Simple categorizing
- Automatically rename files
- Easily group photos
- Quickly find any photo
- Create virtual copies
- Manage offline photos
- Nondestructive editing
- Enhance specific areas of a photo
- Work smoothly with Adobe Photoshop
- Edit large numbers of photos at once
- Professional presentation
- Share more easily, Print more efficiently
- Create web galleries
- Publish to your website in one click
- Stamp your photos
- Compose sophisticated slide shows
*Come prepared to learn! You won't want to miss this.*
Message from the Editor
Giving Back
So much emphasis is put on our photography businesses to grow and be more profitable that sometimes it's nice to step out of the business man mode and give from the heart. For the month of May, my studio is doing free sessions for cancer survivors, with 15% of any orders from the session being donated to the Relay for Life being held in Canandaigua in June. Having lost my father to cancer in 2001, I'm always looking for ways to kick cancers butt.
I like doing charitable work to be able to touch someone else's heart who is in need, not to expect anything in return, but to strengthen them to be able to pay it forward.
My brother Rich did such a thing out in Massachusetts a few weeks ago with our New England studio by covering a wedding for free for a bride who had to move her wedding way ahead to have her terminally ill father be with her. She didn't have enough time to save what she needed for the wedding, so Rich stepped up to the plate for her. You can read the full story on our New England blog at http://cheslerphotographynewengland.blogspot.com.
As photographers, we have the ability to use our gift in incredible ways. We can use it to not only inspire, but to strengthen and heal those in need around us.
- Steve
Steve Chesler
Chesler Photography
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes of the April 21, 2010 Meeting:
Attendance: George May, Cynthia Leidlein, Craig and Linda Hutchings, Eric Hoyt, Russ Graham, Roger Koss, Bruce Hahn, Neil Sjoblom, Herb Jones, Vince & Lyn Aiosa, Steve Chesler, Honey DeLapa, Paul Freeman, Karl Joyce, Bob and Linda Crowley, Kevin Carlson, Ameka Cooper, Tom Hanning, .
Speaker: Deb Woodard on church directories, dance, sports, and other specialties.
Call to order at 2:15 by Vince Aiosa, Chairman
Secretary's Report: Addition by Craig: Neil added Craig and Linda to March attendance (must have missed the attendance sheet). Motion to accept by Herb, second by Craig, Approved.
Treasurer's Report: Motion to accepted as read on a motion by Craig, second by Herb, Approved.
Old Business: Honey and Craig reported on the free PPSNYS member benefit seminar by Glen Grey. Neil commended Honey on her hard work in putting it together. Craig announced that he was disappointed by the low attendance of 50 people. Honey said the program may have resulted in a new member.
Convention Report: 1st Annual The Northeast Regional District of Professional Photographers of America Convention:
Past President Craig Hutchings reported that 2010 attendance
was up from last year’s convention. While attendance form NY members was down
20%, forty attendees from PPANJ boosted overall attendance to 160 and NJ vendors
“played a big roll in the success of the trade show”. Craig reported a profit of about
$2,000 so far, but added that “bills were still coming in”. Craig would like to see that
Pennsylvania and possibly Connecticut are included in the 2011 Convention to be held
March 26-29, 2011 at Hilton Woodcliff Lake 200 Tice Blvd. Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
Craig gave credit to Deb and Owen for their hard work on convention.
New Business:
Programs:
- June: Photography session involving costumed models at Monroe's Farm.
- Chris Wunder, and Bob Hancock were names suggested for future programs.
- Herb announced that Heather McKay, president of GRPP will present a one and a half hour program on Facebook at the May 17 and 18th council meeting in Binghamton.
- Workshop: July 18 - 23. Registration forms are available through Linda or online.
Please check website for the latest workshop information: www.ppsnysworkshop.com
On behalf of TopFlight Labs Roger Koss, offered to do the prints for workshop. His offer was enthusiastically accepted by Neil on behalf of the Workshop. Craig mentioned that he is beta testing Photoshop CS 5 for his class at Workshop. Linda said attendance was slightly ahead of last year at this time.
- Picnic: Turkey by Craig. August 18th at 2:00 PM at Cheerful Valley Campground
For the Good of the Order:
Honey circulated a card to be signed for Hank who was back in the hospital.
Honey announced that Lois has an upcoming birthday.
Roger from TopFlight made a brief presentation on new templates for “value added composites”.
Respectfully submitted,
Neil Sjoblom, Secretary.
Photography by Sjoblom
30 Linden St.
Geneva, NY 14456
(315)789-1082
website: www.neilsjoblom.com
TIP OF THE MONTH:
News and Notes:
This is a new section of the newsletter for anyone who wants to share something of interest. It could be a birthday, a milestone, something new you're doing that you want to share, the sky is the limit. Send your News and Notes items to Steve@Cheslerphoto.com.
PPSNY Forum:
The new PPSNY Forum is off to a running start. Don't to forget to sign up at www.ppsnysforum.com. This is one of your new member benefits, so take advantage of it and share ideas and inspiration with friends and colleagues across the state.
FINGER LAKES FORUM:
If you haven't signed up for the Finger Lakes Forum, now it the time. By signing up with an e-mail, automatic reminders of upcoming events will be sent to you. There is also a calendar listing all events. Sign on and see what's happening. There are listings for jobs and equipment also. If you have something you would like to sell please feel free to post it there. Several members have uploaded photos for you to look at. There are also a few photos from Conference.
Thank you Steve Chesler for getting this started. I hope it will become a place where our members will get together to share information.
CONTACT INFO:
Finger Lakes Officers
| Name |
Title |
Phone |
Email |
| Vincent Aiosa |
Section Chair |
(607) 564-3560 |
valleyviewphoto@juno.com |
| Monroe Payne |
1st Vice President |
(607) 351-8076 |
monroe@paynefamilyphotographers.com |
| Steve Schwarz |
2nd Vice President |
(607) 962-1333 |
steve@schwarzprofoto.com |
| Sjoblom , Neil |
Secretary |
(315) 789-1082 |
nsjoblom@aol.com |
| Ameka Cooper |
Treasurer |
(585) 343-2823 |
ameka@carlsonsstudio.com |
Delegates to PPSNYS:
- Roger Smith
- Monroe Payne
- Steve Schwarz
PPSNYS Business Service:
Karen K. Dyer
PPSNYS Business Manager
121 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-434-9500
Toll Free: 877-907-7769 (877-90PPSNY)
Fax: 518-436-4751
E-mail: headquarters@ppsnys.com
PPA (404) 522-8600
The Finger Lakes Section is a section of the Professional Photographers' Society of New York State, Inc. (PPSNYS) which is an affiliate of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA).
The PPSNYS is a not for profit association formed in 1905 solely to instruct its members and the general public in photography; and to create, foster, promote and encourage the exchange of information among its members and the public.
The PPA is a worldwide association that exists to assist its members in achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals; promote public awareness of the profession; and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science and a visual recorder of history.
PPSNYS (518) 434-8830
PPA (404) 522-8600
E-letter contact info:
Honey DeLapa
thelakehouse@mac.com
(585) 392-3886
Steve Chesler
steve@cheslerphoto.com
(585) 393-9242
