July 15, 2009...Improve Your Business

PPANJ North Chapter

Date: July 15, 2009

Program: “Motivation, Marketing and New Ideas.”

Unique University 123 Route 46W Fairfield, NJ
$0.00 Members
$0.00 Guests

Speakers: Allan Reider (Allan Reider Studio)

Jan Press (Jan Press Studio)

Greg Riccardi (Multivision)

We all know that these are difficult times and sales are down. Clients are spending less and demanding more. We all love what we do but can sometimes struggle with the business part of our craft. It can be hard to run a business while focusing on the art of photography.

This is why we have put together a seminar that will help you improve your sales and structure your studio to increase your profit all while doing what you’re passionate about...capturing those special moments in the lives of our clients.

We’ve been fortunate enough to put together a team of established studios that have a proven record of doing "good business" during excellent and difficult economic times. These pros will share their strategies and unique approaches with the goal to help you improve your business.

You’ll have to opportunity to ask specific questions and get a real understanding to the steps you should take to improve your marketing strategy and the overall success of your business.

Join us for an exciting meeting and take a first step that will help your business.

Cell Phone Cameras..

Looking for a new camera?? How about your cell phone?? The NYTimes front page has a story about Shawn Rocco who's "making it" as a cell phone photographer. Even has a You Tube video "shooting" President Obama on Rocco's cell phone. His blog is great!What next??

Shawn Rocco

LENS BLOG

Shoptalk: Dial ‘P’ for Photo

Shawn Rocco, a professional photographer, is gaining renown for shooting with his cellphone.

Helen Yancey Paints with Painter..

Helen Yancey's presentation on painting and photography was a big hit with all the attendees at the statewide event on June 22nd at the Forsgate. She demonstrated the process of using Photoshop CS4 and Corel Painter 11 in unison to create either water color or oil "paintings" from photographs. What a valuable offering to clients and what a great asset to your business! Do you have to be a portrait or landscape artist to produce these images?  No...but I would say it certainly would be a tremendous advantage.  Ms. Yancey uses Burell (http://www.burrellcolourimaging.com) to produce her prints, which she sells--only framed-- for as much as $11,000. By the way, Burrell's web site is a very interesting site to visit and study.

Another Interesting Photography Exhibit...

Through July 12, 2009, you can see photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara (left) in a show called: Harlem, 1970-2009 at the New York Historical Society (170 Central Park West, NYC). Since he came from Chile to the US in the mid 60's, Vergara has been "haunted" by American cities.  The people and places of Harlem are the subject of this show.

Often, when one looks at photos or art work very different from their own, he/she can gain some new perspectives.  For me, it even works with dance. After working all day and night on a shoot yesterday, I went to a performance by the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater today. One thing that struck me was the use of diagonal lines in much of the choreography. How to bring those strong diagonals to my wedding photography will be something I think about on my next shoot.

Have you seen any good art shows lately? What was the 

connection to your photography?

Nancy

A Conference in Our Backyard--

PDN PhotoPlus Expo...Already got my e-mail for free registration to the PDN Show at the Javits Center this October 22-24. Right in our own backyard you can explore the trade show floor for free if you sign up now!

It's where I saw and tried the Canon 5d Mark II last year and fell in love with it!

You can get your free registration at the PDN web site (charge for workshops).

Nancy

http://www.photoplusexpo.com/ppe/5300/expo/index.jsp

Photo by Nancy Katz 2008

Helen Yancy at PPANJ Statewide June 22, 2009

TWO WEEKS TO HELEN YANCY!

What are you waiting for?

Register at: www.ppanj.com

Photography Exhibit in NYC

June is an especially very busy month for us all--between work and personal family events it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day! But...

Try and find time this summer for what looks like a great photography exhibit at The Museum of the City of New York from June 10-September 13 called: Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered. Great place to take out of town guests to see this exhibition that marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch in Manhattan

The exhibit features the works of contemporary Dutch photographers and should be inspiring and provide a few moments of relaxation in our busy lives! Talk about great lighting!

For more information, see the web site:  http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions

Getting Started with a Planning Meeting...

On June 1st, the new officers gathered at the studio of President David Derex in Rochelle Park to plan the year's meeting schedule. We brainstormed on what we can do to benefit our members and our organization. 

We are looking forward to serving you and helping the PPANJ North Chapter grow and have its best year yet! We encourage the participation of all of  our members in helping us make this a year of learning and building new relationships.

We welcome your ideas and suggestions to help improve the meetings, the speakers, membership and attendance. 

What's on your mind?? Drop us a note via the blog comments area.

PS. This is Mario's  last post for the blog. He says, " It has been a privilege to start this blog and share some ideas and inform our members what's new. I hope in the future all of our members can benefit from this informative media."

Nancy Katz, our 3rd VP, is now in charged of the blog administration.

Photos by Nancy Katz

Thanks.

Mario Cornejho 1st VP

New Officers for 2009 - 2010

L-R  Jim Roselli, Mario Cornejo, KathyHarris, David Derex, David Fishbein, Nancy Katz

Photo by Nancy Katz

Effective June 1st 2009 we have a new set of officers:

President - David Derex

1st VP - Mario Cornejo

2nd VP - Jim Roselli

3rd VP - Nancy Katz

Secretary - Kathy Harris

Treasurer - David Fishbein

We would like to thank Jackie Koscinski for her efford, dedication and leadership towards North Chapter. Thank you Jackie!!

About Our May Meeting ...

For the for people who did not get a chance to attend the May meeting, we had Joe Brady as a speaker showing the new products for Pocket Wizard. It was very educational and interesting. The program was a success; we never had so many people attending one of our regular meetings.

The attendance of this program is due to the combined effort by Unique University and PPANJ North Chapter.

We have six new members and many more prospective members who attended this meeting.

Thanks... until next time.

Photos by Nancy Katz

Information about our May meeting

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to forward additional information regarding our Wednesday Meeting. In addition to our program which will be given by Joe Brady we will also be voting in our new officers. The nominations are now closed. Below please find our final slate of nominated officers, schedule for the evening as well as a list of Members who will be receiving PPANJ Credits. Please try to be there to receive them.
See you all there,

Jackie D. Koscinski
PPANJ-Norht President

Final Nominations:
Pres: David Derex
1st VP (Programs): Mario Cornejo
2nd VP (Membership): Jim Roselli,
3rd VP (Newsletter): Nancy Katz
Secretary: Kathy Harris
Treasurer: David Fishbein

Schedule for the evening:
5:00pm dinner at Jose Tejas (647 US Highway 46 West, Fairfield, NJ) phone: (973)808-82016:00pm - mingle with guests & members.6:30pm - business meeting7:00pm - program.
Members receiving PPANJ Credits:
Victor Vera
Keith Hopkins
Izabela Kopec
Mario Cornejo
David Fishbein
David Derex
Dean Mattalian
William H. Martin
Ed Reuter
Robert Lombardy
Kurby Brown
Kathleen Harris
Manny Bebimbas
John Mainieri
Jim Roselli
Kathy King
Patricia Goya
Lea O'Shea
Thomas DiGella
Alice Roche
Patrick Cox
Flint Gennari
Pep Anazco
Joe Galioto
Antal Koebli
Loretta Janis
Gene Lucas
Anthony Maddaloni
Diane Lizza
Charles Palmissano
Debbie Patterson
Jeffery Steccato
Pawel Rokita
Frank Paterson
Ann Marie Sciascia
James Savas
Aileen Tweekter
Best Regards,

Jackie D. Koscinski CPP, AFP
PPANJ-North PresidentElite Photographers4B Wilmot StreetMorristown NJ 07960(973) 540-9650jackie@elitephotographers.comwww.elitephotographers.com

JOE BRADY

Joe Brady is the Field Marketing Manager at the MAC Group in Elmsford NY, including X-Rite Color Systems, EIZO Monitors and Sekonic Meters. He is an active member of the PPA and has been involved in wedding, portrait and commercial photography for over twenty years. An award winning photographer and recipient of both the Fuji Masterpiece Award and PPA Photographic Craftsman Degree, Joe has been teaching digital imaging and Photoshop since 1992.

Program 1. Color Workflow for Photographers
Get Prints from your Lab that match what you see on your display!
Tired of getting prints back from your lab or off your inkjet printer that don’t match what you saw on your screen? Then you really need to learn how learn how to easy it can be to set up your computer and monitor to keep this from happening. We’ll show how to soft-proof in Photoshop and apply correction to images before sending them to be printed. While were at it, we’ll take a quick look at some of the great new tools in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 to give our images the finished look we all want.
Stop wasting time and money and learn how to get great prints the first time!

Program 2. Light Metering & Wireless Photography
Get perfect exposure every time with handheld meters!
Using the meter in your camera to determine correct exposure is a hit-or-miss activity. Using a handheld light and flash meter will ensure perfect exposure every time and raise the quality level of your photography. We’ll discuss why and how to use a light meter with ambient light and flash photography as well as using flash outdoors as fill light.
Following the use of meters, we’ll show how to control your camera and lights wirelessly so that you don’t have to be behind the camera to get great photographs. This technique will benefit all who photograph children and pets, as these subjects can be much more relaxed when you can interact with them without a camera in the way.
Joe Brady is the Field Marketing Manager at the MAC Group in Elmsford NY, including X-Rite Color Systems, EIZO Monitors and Sekonic Meters. He is an active member of the PPA and has been involved in wedding, portrait and commercial photography for over twenty years. An award winning photographer and recipient of both the Fuji Masterpiece Award and PPA Photographic Craftsman Degree, Joe has been teaching digital imaging and Photoshop since 1992.

Nominations for Officers

During our business part of the meeting we will vote in new officers. Below you will find the find list of nominees. Again I would like to thank everyone who helped run our chapter for their time, talent and effort. It was a pleasure working with you all. I will also be giving out PPANJ credits. I encourage all members to attend so that you can receive them. See you next week.

PPANJ-North Nominations for the 2009-2010 Officers

Pres: David Derex
1st VP (Programs): Mario Cornejo
2nd VP (Membership): Jim Roselli,
3rd VP (Newsletter): Nancy Katz
Secretary: Kathy Harris
Treasurer: David Fishbein

May 20, 2009

Attention PPANJ-North Members
We are coming to our 2008-2009 year end. In May we will vote in new officers for the 2009-2010 year. Below you will find nominees for the various positions. I would like to take this time to Thank all the officers who have unselfishly given their time and worked hard to put together various programs and workshops this past year. Some of them will continue on and some are moving on. I will step down since we have David Derex who graciously accepted the nomination to step up to the President's position. Jim LaSala is moving on to the State executive board. Mario Cornejo is nominated for the 1st VP position and David Fishbein who has been filling the Treasurer's position agreed to continue on. Jim Roselli, Nancy Katz and Kathy Harris are nominated for the other various positions. Thank you all.
I encourage all of you to consider donating your time to help run our chapter. We are very excited about the upcoming year. Our membership is up and we plan to continue to grow and keep bringing informative programs to you. As this is a trying time for most, it is of outmost importantance to be part of a great organization.
If anyone is interested in running for any of the positions please let me know asap so that your name can be added to the list.

PPANJ-North Nominations for the 2009-2010 Officers

Pres: David Derex
1st VP (Programs): Mario
2nd VP (Membership): Jim Roselli, Nancy Katz
3rd VP (Newsletter): Kathy Harris, Jim Roselli
Secretary: Kathy Harris
Treasurer: David Fishbein

Remember... Our Convention is next week and Wednesday, May 20th we have Joe Brady bringin us another great program at Unique. I look forward to seeing all of you there.
Warmest Regards,

Jackie D. Koscinski CPP, AFP
PPANJ-North PresidentElite Photographers4B Wilmot StreetMorristown NJ 07960(973) 540-9650jackie@elitephotographers.comwww.elitephotographers.com

Attention PPANJ-North Members

Attention PPANJ-North Members

Due to our Statewide which will be held on
Monday March 16, 09
we can not hold a regional meeting that close to a
State Program
Don't forget to register for this State Wide
It pormisses to be a great Seminar

See you all there!!
March- Statewide (No regional meeting)
April- PPANJ Convention (No regional meeting)
May - Regular Meeting

Best Regards,
Jackie D. Koscinski CPP, AFP
PPANJ - North PresidentElite Photographers4B Wilmot Street
Morristown NJ 07960(973) 5409650
jackie@elitephotographers.comwww.elitephotographers.com