Feb. 16th – “Embracing the Digital Revolution” by John Childress & print competition

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Professional Photographers of East Tennessee

Embracing The Digital Revolution - Serving Today’s Digital Savvy Customer

by John Childress

We buy image to share our life with others and now it the digital age sharing has become even easier. How do pro photographer fit into this new digital world. Everyone carries a camera with them everywhere but, they still love to have beautiful well light image to share as well, ART. Photographers in this new age are no longer print provides rather content provider. The good new is content is king and consumption is happening faster and faster. The need for new fresh content is only getting larger not fading away! Learn how to use this new tech and not fear it.

What we will cover.

Digital Work Flow from RAW to Sale and digital deployment
Photographers are Providers of Custom Content and why this is important.
Use the new tech to build buzz for your studio and keep your customer coming back more often.
A look at the not so distant digital future and WHY PRO PHOTOGRAPHY WILL PLAY A LARGE PART, NOT FADE AWAY!

I can’t wait to show you all the way tech can breath new life into your studio’s.

Check out John’s websites at photosrock.us or senioryearrocks.com.

We will be meeting at Calhoun’s on Bearden Hill at 6515 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 at 6:00 P.M. gathering, fellowship & Dutch dinner. 8×10 print competition starts at 6:30 P.M. Programs 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.

Monthly 8×10 Competition

The monthly 8×10 competition is starting off this month! Our “Photographer of the Year” is awarded bases on your monthly print votes, and this is the time to start working towards it! So make sure to bring your prints in for submitting. You might be this year’s “Photographer of the Year’!

PPETN members may bring 8×10 prints to the competition each month. The cost is $3 per print. Please remember to bring a CD or thumb drive of your submitted images (600 pixels on the largest side). Points towards our annual “Photographer of the Year” will be awarded once we receive digital versions for submitting on our blog. Any winning images will be posed on the website with back links to your website. This will help with your SEO (search engine optimization)!

Meeting Cost (excluding food):

PPETN Members: Free
Non-Members: $20.00 (first visit is free)

March 15th – Annual Image Salon

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Professional Photographers of East Tennessee

2012 PPETN Annual Image Salon

Thursday, March 15th

Calhoun’s on Bearden Hill at 6515 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

5:00 pm – digital submission deadline and all accompanying prints must be in; 6:00 P.M. gathering, fellowship & Dutch dinner. Competition starts at 7:00 P.M.

Yes, it is that time of year again. This is a fabulous opportunity for fine tuning your photographic skills, a great marketing opportunity (if you win), and can also help your websites search engine ranking (winners will be listing on the website with banklinks). We will have three professional certified judges that usually are very open with suggestions and thoughts on the submissions. You may also want to ask them further questions after the judging.

This year’s categories are: ANIMALS (subcategories Pets & Wildlife), COMMERCIAL (subcategories Architectural, Editorial and Industrial), GROUPS (Subcategory Couples), ILLUSTRATIVE (Subcategories Pictorial and Abstract), PORTRAIT (Subcategories Male, Female, and Child), SPORTS, WEDDING (Subcategories Bridal & Event), and ALBUM (Subcategories Open & Wedding)

Click here for the entire list rules.

All entrants must be in good standing and follow all the Salon rules linked above.

Fees are $50 for 4 submissions and $75 for 6 submissions if submitted by March 8th or 4 submissions for $60 for 4 submissions and $85 for 6 submissions if submitted between noon March 8th and March 15th at 5 pm when submissions close.

If you have any questions, contact the salon chairman Colby McLemore at 865-924-1455 or colby@colbysphotography.com.

Good luck!!!

January Monthly Print Competition Winners

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Professional Photographers of East Tennessee

As always the award winning professional photographers in PPETN submitted some amazing photos. There were numerous submissions and the winners this month were…….

Tied for 1st Place:

1st Place Winner – Professional Photographer Colby McLemore