HOTPPG http://www.hotppg.org Heart of Texas Professional Photographers Guild Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:18:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Tom Sergent – 2011 Photographer of the Year http://www.hotppg.org/2012/01/tom-sergent-2011-photographer-of-the-year/ http://www.hotppg.org/2012/01/tom-sergent-2011-photographer-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:14:39 +0000 Don White http://www.hotppg.org/?p=1824 The winner of the Photographer of the Year for 2011 is Tom Sergent.  Tom scored an impressive victory over his fellow Professional Photographers of the Heart of Texas Professional Photographers Guild located in Central Texas.  Tom demonstrated a high degree of excellence in his photography throughout the 2011 season.  Judging of the monthly entries in image competition is accomplished by the HOTPPG membership and shows their appreciation of the entrants skills and efforts.   You can see some of Tom’s excellent images below and you are encouraged to visit his website at Tomsergent.com.

 

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Tuesday night, January 10th at 7:00pm our speaker is Beaver Randolph. Beaver is a professional photographer who’s main line of interest consist of wildlife and landscapes throughout Central Texas. He does business as CSIT Photography or “Creation Stopped In Time”. Beaver is skilled in portrait and family photography. He also does assignments for ministries, bands and church camps. See some of his work at csitphotography on smugmug

Its the first meeting of the year. The slate is clean! Bring an image for the competition and start working towards the HOTPPG’s Photographer of the year for 2012. Images MUST be submitted by 6:45 on cd or thumb drive. One image only on the disk or drive. Title the file.

As usual, the meeting is at Klassy Glass, 723 Austin Ave.

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]]> http://www.hotppg.org/2012/01/january-2012-meeting/feed/ 0 Julie Burleson – 2010 HOTPPG Photographer of the Year http://www.hotppg.org/2011/12/julie-burleson-2010-hotppg-photographer-of-the-year/ http://www.hotppg.org/2011/12/julie-burleson-2010-hotppg-photographer-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:04:52 +0000 Tom Sergent http://www.hotppg.org/?p=1777 The winner of the Photographer of the Year for 2010 is Julie Burleson.  Julie scored an impressive victory over her fellow Professional Photographers of the Heart of Texas Professional Photographers Guild located in Central Texas.  Julie demonstrated a high degree of excellence in her photography throughout the 2010 season.  Judging of the monthly entries in image competition is accomplished by the HOTPPG membership and shows their appreciation of the entrants skills and efforts.   You can see some of Julie’s excellent images below and you are encouraged to visit her website at jburlesonphotography.com Always-MY-Valentine-1024x753 AngelUnawareWeb Beach-Kisses Empty-Chairs-1024x682 March-2010-_The-Eyes-of-Grace-copy21-731x1024 MY-HERO-1024x731

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First Place - Bor..ing by Tom Sergent

Second Place – Run Baby Run by Billy Lauderdale
Third Place – Once Upon A Tree by Cecy Ayala
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Photography and creative arts has always been a passion of mine. While studying in school and starting my career I realized that photography was my true calling. I am able to openly and vividly express myself to making portraits that will be remembered for a lifetime!

Knowledgeable in Weddings, Children, New Borns, Sports, Graduations, Proms, Portraits etc. I am very diverse when it comes to photography, I’m not biased towards one field. I am eager to learn more tips of the trade and extend my vocabulary when it comes to me being a photographer.

 

Cecy Ayala
254-548-2229
www.photographybycecy.com

 

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First Place - Babe on a Bench by Tom Sergent

Second Place – Downtown Cattle Drive by Billy Lauderdale
Third Place – Monarch Rest Stop by Darrell Vickers
]]> http://www.hotppg.org/2011/10/winners-in-the-october-print-competition-2/feed/ 0 Randy Kerr speaks in October 2011 http://www.hotppg.org/2011/09/randy-kerr-speaks-in-october-2011/ http://www.hotppg.org/2011/09/randy-kerr-speaks-in-october-2011/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:18:23 +0000 Tom Sergent http://www.hotppg.org/?p=1557 Randy Kerr will be our October guest speaker.  Randy is the kind of speaker that if we had to pay him what he’s worth, we couldn’t afford him.  It through His dedication to photography and the continued improvement of all photographers and the kindness of his heart that we will have him as our monthly speaker.  Randy has photographed Texas and National public servants along with grand opening of events such as The National Wildflower Research Center, The Bob Bullock State history museum of Texas history, The Austin Convention center along with many Texas families and friends.  Randy’s photographs hang in 27 countries and have been seen on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings as well as the NBC Today Show.  Randy wrote the “Game of Light” and developed the global award winning Westway Method of Photography, which he taught for four years at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Cenbter in Austin.  Randy’s focus is to educate film-makers and photographers on how to achieve quality light in image capture, while exposing meaningful humanitarian topics and the environmental neccesity of green living.  His recent work includes the “Light of Congo” documentary and book.  Everyone is invited to come see this vibrant and interesting speaker.  Click on this link,  WWW.Worldphotographic.org, to go to the World Photographic Organization, where Randy is an instructor, to read his bio and learn more about the organization.

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