Read more about the seminar by clicking here. Read more about Brooke at www.brookeshaden.com

For questions about the program, email to julie@ppgba.org

please see bottom of this page for a mail in form (online registrants will receive the fastest acknowledgment of payment, mail-in registrants will receive one notification about 1 week before the seminar)

IMPORTANT: if the student name is different from the payee name or credit cardholder OR you are registering more than one person, please send an email (subject line: BROOKESEM) to goldengateschool@yahoo.com and state both the student name/s and payee name. (You can also specify the student name/s in the “shipping address” if you are using PayPal.)

NOTE: You can choose to pay online by either one of the following methods:

a) use your PayPal Account (if you have one)

OR

b) use a credit or debit card – click the CONTINUE button at the bottom of the PayPal page “Don’t have a PayPal account?” to enter your credit card information. You do NOT have to log in to or join PayPal unless you wish to.

Please select the appropriate category below and click on the BUY NOW button under that category to submit your payment online.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR THIS WORKSHOP VIA OUR PAYPAL SHOPPING CART BELOW, YOUR ELECTRONIC RECEIPT IS YOUR TICKET THAT YOU ARE PURCHASING TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. A student may cancel 5 days or more before the seminar, with a $20 non-refundable administration fee. After that date (4/14/2012), no refunds are possible.

The credit card transaction will show up on your monthly statement as “Professional Photographers.”

Please read the program description carefully to ensure this seminar is a good fit for your needs. PPGBA facilitates the logistics of our programs but does not warranty information provided by the speaker/s, and as a small non-profit organization we do not have staff available for one-0n-one discussion of how this program might meet your needs.

$79 for PPGBA members Early Registration Special (THIS PRICE WILL GO UP on 5/20)

$129 for non-members Early Registration Special (THIS PRICE WILL GO UP on 5/20)

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7/20/2012 Seminar Registration Form

Amount Paid (check applicable item/s)

__      $____  PPGBA member - please PRINT OUT and mail in WEB PAGE ABOVE FOR APPLICABLE PRICING
__      $____  non-member - please PRINT OUT and mail in WEB PAGE ABOVE FOR APPLICABLE PRICING
__      $100     I would like to join PPGBA to take advantage of the member registration discount

First name: _____________________________________

Last name: _____________________________________

Daytime phone #: ________________________________

Mailing address: _________________________________

City: __________________________________________

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Checks should be made payable to “PPGBA” – check # enclosed: ____________

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Mail to: PPGBA * PO BOX F * San Mateo, CA 94402-0018

For More Info, please email to julie@ppgba.org

Founded in 1971, PPGBA currently has approximately 200 members, whose primary specialties are wedding and portrait photography, your target market! We are one of the largest local affiliates of the Professional Photographers of America. There are several ways that you and your company can make contact with our members.

Benefits include:

• listing in buyers guide in our Bulletin newsletter (visit www.ppgba.org and click in the lower right corner to see a recent issue)
• listing on sustaining member web page at www.ppgba.org/resources/sustaining-members/
• Ability to purchase at a nominal cost – a set of “snail” mailing labels of our membership
• Discounted advertising in our Bulletin newsletter
• Ability to book a display table ($25) at our annual “sustaining member night” – next event is likely to be 3^rd Thursday in November (not available to non-sustaining members)
• Listing in the sustaining member section of PPGBA’s annual membership directory
• We welcome your press releases that we can use in our industry news column in our monthly newsletter (subject to space availability). Please forward your information to the advertising coordinator at julie@ppgba.org
• Sponsorship of one of our monthly meetings is available for a minimum of $250* (minimum $350* if NOT a sustaining member). Sponsorship helps to us to provide the high quality of programming we present to our members each month. Benefits of monthly meeting sponsorship are:
• Display table for you to show/discuss your product/service, share literature, and visit with attendees. Please limit literature to your display table – flyers, etc. are not permitted on attendee chairs. (note: Sponsors do NOT address the audience at the meetings; their communication is to be given at the sponsor table.)
• We have networking (and sponsor visiting time from 7-7:30, then between the speaker and our monthly print competition, there is another break where they can visit with you
• Company logo will be placed/linked on the meeting web page to promote the program and on the program description page in the newsletter, provided sponsor commitment is confirmed at least 45 days before the meeting.

* Costs can vary, if a “big name” speaker is desired, the speaker may require a higher rate of compensation or travel costs that would require additional support from the sponsor. If you don’t have a particular speaker you wish to sponsor, many speakers come with pre-established sponsorship/s, but please let us know of your interest and we’ll see if we can find a date and an “un-sponsored” speaker who would be a good fit for you.

IMPORTANT: if the student name is different from the payee name, please send an email (subject line: Four Nights) to goldengateschool@yahoo.com and state both the student name and payee name. Four Nights registrations are NOT transferable to another person.

THIS IS THE REGISTRATION PAGE FOR THE JUNE 2012 FOUR NIGHTS SERIES

Please select the appropriate category (member or non-member) below and click on the ADD TO CART button under that category to make your online payment/registration.

NOTE: You can choose to pay online by either of one of the following methods:

a) use your PayPal Account (if you have one) OR

b) click the CONTINUE button at the bottom of the PayPal page and click on “Don’t have a PayPal account?” to enter your credit card information. You can pay online by credit card and do not have to log in to PayPal (or sign up to be a PayPal member) unless you wish to.

NOTE: The credit card transaction will show up on your monthly statement as “Professional Photographers or PPGBA.”
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$98 for PPGBA members JUNE 2012 FOUR NIGHTS SERIES

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$148 for non-members JUNE 2012 FOUR NIGHTS SERIES

To serve our members and the industry, Four Nights has been designed to be a very affordable program in a small group setting. Sign up early! Four Nights series often fill to capacity and sell out! Four Nights registrations are NOT transferable to another person.

Four Nights instructors volunteer to present their programs and are also busy working photographers. Please do NOT contact instructors regarding their session. Their only obligation is to prepare for and present their evening program. All inquiries about Four Nights programs should be directed to the Four Nights coordinator (contact information is below).

A student may cancel 5 days or more before the start of the series, with a $20 non-refundable administration fee. After that date, no refunds are possible. Cancellation notices should be sent to julie@ppgba.org

Cost: $98 for PPGBA members, $148 for non-members

Augie Chang: San Francisco, April 3, 7-9 pm
Augie will help you with things you need to know before deciding to go full time. Plus, success is a relative term. How to be a successful photographer and stay in today’s competitive world. http://www.augiechang.com

Amy Lunden: San Jose, April 10, 7-9 pm
Top ten things I wish I had known…Amy specializes in children & family portraitures in the Rose Garden of San Jose. Topics will include price structuring, studio location, product marketing, client behavior, and business policies. http://www.amylyndenphoto.com

Paul Tsang: Redwood City, April 17, 7-9 pm
Paul will help you set up singles, couples, and groups with simple posing and lighting techniques to bring out the best in your clients. http://www.aboutmasterpiece.com

Annie Rowland: Santa Cruz, April 24, 7-9 pm
Off camera lighting on location. Annie will discuss off camera flashes with remote triggers for on location lighting, for family, weddings & high school senior sessions. She will also touch on lighting for beach shoots. http://www.akrowlandphotography.com

Partial registrations will not be accepted. Class size is limited. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Those who register after the workshop is full will have their checks returned. Please make checks payable to PPGBA, or use Visa/MasterCard.

April FOUR Nights – $98 for members, $148 for non-members

REGISTRATION INFO:
register and pay online by clicking this link  

OR – send mail-in registration (form below) with payment to:

Lori McIntosh
5060 Fallen Oak Drive
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

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APRIL 2012 Four Nights Mail-in Registration Form

Amount Paid

_____ PPGBA member ($98)
_____ non-member ($148)

First name: _____________________________________

Last name: _____________________________________

Daytime phone #: ________________________________

Mailing address: _________________________________

City: __________________________________________

Zip Code: ______________

E-mail address: _____________________________________

Checks should be made payable to “PPGBA” – check # enclosed: ____________

Mastercard/Visa/Amex credit card #: ________________________________________

Credit card expiration date: ____________

3-digit credit card security code: ______________

Zip code for your credit card billing address (if different from above): ________________

Signature of credit card holder: ________________________________

Mail to:
Lori McIntosh
5060 Fallen Oak Drive
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Friday, July 20, 2012, 10 am – 5 pm

location: Mills College (Bender Room), 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland

sponsor:

Please read the program description carefully to ensure this seminar is a good fit for your needs. PPGBA facilitates the logistics of our programs but does not warranty information provided by the speaker/s, and as small non-profit organization we do not have staff available for one-0n-one discussion of how this program might meet your needs.

A student may cancel 5 days or more before the seminar, with a $20 non-refundable administration fee. After that date, no refunds are possible.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO REGISTRATION/PAYMENT for this seminar

About the Seminar

This workshop will help you to find your very own best creative path and to more deeply embrace the exciting options available to you in the digital world. Brooke will share her insights about art vs. photography, discovering your personal style, sources of inspiration, and various ways to “read images.”

The class will be a mix of lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on. The day will begin with a presentation of  “before and after” images as well as several guides to inspire you. Attendees will participate in some exercises to get their creative sparks going. Brooke will also talk about business issues and review how you can obtain gallery representation, how to print your images and edition them, as well as how to submit your work to various publications.

After the morning’s classroom session, there will be several different shooting demonstrations. Everyone will have a chance to step in and capture their own image for editing later. These demos will cover Brooke’s techniques of image compositing and combining multiple images to create the effects that have made her a sought-after artist. Attendees will learn about the camera settings that she prefers, composition and why she makes specific choices, and the significant importance of storytelling.  She will show setups that involve levitation techniques, how to shoot “plates” for seamless edits, and using various props and elements to create a dynamic scene.

Two hours in the afternoon will be dedicated to editing techniques, where Brooke will post-process at least one of the images shot earlier in the day from start to finish. You’ll learn how she creates a seamless edit in post-production, as well as various ways to put your own creative stamp on what you’re editing. She will also show a series of previously completed images with Photoshop by peeling back the layers that went into creating the image.

About the Speaker

Brooke Shaden is a fine art photographer living and working in the Los Angeles area. Her passion lies in creating new worlds through photographs. Her vision extends beyond the realm of the camera, creating images that resemble paintings and speak of an era that is not our own. Each image is a story.

Brooke was born in March 1987 in Lancaster, PA, USA. She grew up near the “Amish Country” until attending Temple University. Brooke was photographically born in December 2008 after graduating from Temple with two degrees: film and English. She now resides in Los Angeles with her husband and three cats.

She began creating self-portraits for ease and to have full control over the images, and has since grown into a self-portrait artist. Self portraiture for her is not autobiographical in nature. Instead, she attempts to place herself within worlds she wishes we could live in, where secrets float out in the open, where the impossible becomes possible.

Brooke works to create new worlds within her photographic frame. By using painterly techniques as well as the square format, traditional photographic properties are replaced by otherworldly elements. Brooke’s photography questions the definition of what it means to be alive.

Exhibitions/Awards

Media/Publications

Education

• ’05-’08: B.A. in Film, Temple University
• ’05-’08: B.A. in English, Temple University

Networking and hors d’oeuvres begin at 7:00 P.M. Program starts at 7:30 P.M.

Grosvenor Best Western Hotel, 380 S. Airport Blvd., S. San Francisco.
For directions, please call the hotel at 650/873-3200 or click on this link.

PPGBA members – no charge
Non-members – $25 at the door
APA, ASMP members – $15

(non-member difference may be applied towards PPGBA dues if redeemed within 30 days)

Modern and High End International Weddings

Join us as we welcome Asia’s most decorated and celebrated wedding photographer, Master Photographer, LITO SY (WPPI-AOPA), for a compelling look in his fresh and inspiring techniques used to produce award-winning (multiple 1st place finishes at WPPI) wedding images. Lito will share his 21 years of experience in wedding & portrait photography business.

His energetic attitude will not only keep you engaged throughout the program, it will also motivate you to take a new perspective and approach with your weddings, workflow and photofinishing process. You will become inspired to make art and be proud of the finish product you hand on to your clients.

Lito will share his approach and techniques for:

Posing – how I make individuals and groups look natural and genuine
Location – Turning ordinary into extra-ordinary
Creativity – Unlocking your creative side
Post processing – how to digitally enhance your photos into a work of art

To see more of Lito’s international award winning work, goto: http://www.litosy.com

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