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Christmas Party

Tom Sergent — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:00:55 +0000

Our Annual Christmas Party will be held at Marlo Collin’s studio the “Gallery” located at 2501 Austin Avenue. It will begin at 7 pm on the 13th of December. RSVP to Julie Burleson at jburleson1@hot.rr.com and mail your check ($15 per person) so that she gets it by Thursday the 8th of December. Mail checks to Julie Burleson 505 North 33d st Waco Tx 76707.

November Meeting 2011

Tom Sergent — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:29:04 +0000

Our guest speaker this month (8 November) will be Angela Gonzales. Take a look at her beautiful photography at Angelalynnportraits.com. Angela specializes in portraiture and her work is spectacular! We will meet at Bob Smith’s studio at 2112 Washington Avenue. This month we will have elections to determine the 2012 Guild Officers, so please come and place your vote! Competition images must be turned in no later than 6:45 and the meeting will start promptly at 7:00. SEE YOU THERE!!!

Margaret Bryant – August speaker

Tom Sergent — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:40:05 +0000

Program description:
Millions of people consider dogs a valued member of their families. Some
of those families are probably your clients. You take the time to pose the
families or the high school senior, but how much time did you spend with
the dog? You may be a dog owner and love dogs, but do you know how to act
around a client’s dog? Or how to prepare your studio for a dog? These
questions will be answered when Margaret Bryant tells us how to work with
dogs to incorporate them into your existing family, senior and even wedding
portrait business
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GUILD GOSSIP

Tom Sergent — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:31:35 +0000

Two of our members were recently recognized by outside agencies. Steven Ruud was chosen as a semi-finalist in the “project imagin8tion” photo contest; project imagin8tion was hosted by Canon and Ron Howard. Tom Sergent was awarded a “distinguished print” award from the Big Texas Shootout at Texas School. You can view their images at youtube.com/imagination and bwc.net/bwc/news.aspx.

2d Annual Shootout

Tom Sergent — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:40:58 +0000

Fun – Excitement – Prizes! The 2d annual HOTPPG Shootout (AKA the “Sarah Hess Shootout”) will be held 14 June instead of our regular monthly meeting. Everyone is encouraged to participate. Even if you don’t shoot, please come to socialize/watch. The location is once again at the Earle Harrison house on 5th street; the shootout will begin at 6PM and last approximately 2 hours. As soon as we are done shooting we will move to the tent area and hold a print competition – so please bring your competition print entries. Feel free to bring whatever equipment/snacks/helpers you feel you will need. The models will include a local Doctor his wife and three children, a petite blonde bride, a high school senior model, a nine month old and Mom and a two year old with Mom and Grandma. You will be encouraged to take photos of all of the models and you can use them in any combination that you feel will give you a winning image (for example you could shoot the 2 year old by herself or with Mom or even a “three-Generation” photo using Grandma as well). Those of you who want to compete, can enter an image in a special contest at the July meeting. Images will be judged by Doug Box who will be our guest speaker. Although no “shootout” points will be awarded towards the Guild Photographer of the Year Award, there will be 1st, 2d and 3rd placed ribbons as well as some prizes awarded (as well as the admiration of all your fellow photographers). Please try to be at the Earle Harrison house at 6pm for a quick rules meeting and to start shooting. Any questions? Call Tom Sergent at 716-7813. See you there!

Texas Professional Photopgrapher’s Magazine coverage

Tom Sergent — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:01:44 +0000

We are proud to announce that our monthly meetings will once again be covered in the Guild news section of the TPPA’s magazine. If you have an item you feel is news-worthy, please contact our publicity chair – Sarah Simpson.

HOTPPG show at the Arboretum

Tom Sergent — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:52:49 +0000

The HOTPPG Arboretum show will be May 16th to June 27th. Entries must be turned in between 9Am and Noon an the 16th. All entries must be a minmum of 16×20 and no larger than 24×36. They must be framed and have a wire hanger and be ready to hang. They must be taken at the Arboretum or feature some aspect of the Arboretum. There will be a show opening reception on the 22d at 5:30-7:00PM. You can have guest’s names added to the Arboretum mailing list by turning in their names and addresses to Darrell Vickers by the end of April. The following members have indicated that they will participate (if you wish to be added to the list contact Tom Sergent at 254.716-7813):

Rhonda Williams

Cecy Ayala

Billy Lauderdale

Julie Burleson

Bob Smith

Sarah Simpson

Deena Richardson

Wendell Samford

Darrell Vickers

Steven Rudd

Tom Sergent

May 2011 Speaker – Bill Ramsey

Tom Sergent — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:11:37 +0000

Bill Ramsey of Beyond-photography.com will speak with us about how to BUILD A BUSINESS THAT YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS LOVE.

From Bill:

“I love my business . . . the same business that drove me to the edge of bankruptcy, and once demanded 17 hours of each day. The same business that formerly occupied more square feet than my home is now the business that sends my family to homes in Colorado and Florida - and beyond. I am one of the only Photographers I know who honestly admits: “I have found BALANCE in my personal and professional lives”.

My clinets love my business. I spend less im marketing than any full-time Photography business I know, yet my clients hug and kiss me for my marketing efforts!

I’ll walk through the ups and downs of our Photography business, gladly sharing our proven methods of destroying a business. I’ll explain the best moves we ever made, including:

*How we learned to take control of our cashflow

*How we market ourselves without mass-marketing, and are EXTREMELY effective

*How we spend our humid, blazing-hot Arkasas summers on the beaches of Florida

*How we make our business the most MEMORABLE one (much more imortant that being the “BEST”)

*How we have learned to enjoy marketing (gasp) even more than Photography

All this and much more!

See you soon in Waco!

Mr Bill

Hotppg Meeting August 10th

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:59:12 +0000

Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 10th because you won’t want to miss Tim Flanagan! Tim is a wonderful photographer who specializes in portraiture. He has been published locally and nationally. Don’t miss an opportunity to pick the brain of someone who really knows what they are talking about!! See you at the Lake Brazos Steakhouse at 6 for dinner and 7 for our speaker and print competition. Please bring your image for competition on a small drive or a CD. Don’t forget to title it too!

Tuesday April 13th, 2010

Admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:20:55 +0000

Ok, get ready for it! This month at the guild meeting we’ll be using Adobe Lightroom together. Be sure to tighten your laces cause this program is going to knock your socks off! I look forward to seeing all of you and chatting about one of the best non-destructive photo editing programs on the market!