To qualify for the scholarship, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must have been a PPETN member for at least one year.
• You are a member in good standing.
• You have attended at least seven meetings in the last year.
• You are not a “Master of Photography”.

Michael Laughlin Memorial Scholarship Application

Price:          $10  per person
Make check to:   PPETN
Deadline:   August 2 to make payment

Please call Lynn Austin if you plan on attending. You may pay Ambler at the meeting or mail payment to Lynn Austin.  We will need a definite head count and payment before I order the food on August 2. We will only order food for the amount of people who have prepaid.  If you want to pay by credit card, contact Jerry Godolphin. Then call Lynn.

Lynn Austin
10613 Riverlake Drive
Knoxville, TN  37922

865-675-5464
email:  lynnaustin@charter.net
c: 865-292-3236

The Best Part!!!!    Bring your camera!

The light is beautiful that time of day at The Cove.

Get inspired to shoot something for yourself for a change.  You can shoot as soon as you arrive and then again after dinner.

Directions: from downtown – take I-40 West. Exit Campbell Station Rd.  Turn Left onto Campbell Station Rd at light.  Stay on Campbell Station  (you will cross over Kingston Pike) till it merges with Concord Rd. at stoplight.  Then follow Concord Rd to Northshore Drive.  Yield to Right at Circle (headed West on Northshore) Follow to The Cove, on Left.

See you there!

This may well violate photographers’ copyright and usage licenses. There doesn’t seem to be an full opt-out option, but there are ways to block these different photo companies from having access to your images.

Plus, most photographers post low-resolution images to Facebook, which would mean people printing from these apps might have extremely low quality prints.

The Digital Wedding Forum has a great write-up in their blog, along with links to the known photo printing applications on Facebook. It only takes a few minutes to go to each link and block them from printing. So, jump on over to their article and click through the links.

If you would like to participate, we will be meeting up in front of the Crown & Goose at 5:30PM. Gary Woods will have models available. The models will be working for digital files, so you will need to provide a disc of images along with usage licensing.

Some of us will be gathering at thw Crown & Goose for dinner afterwards.

With the TNPPA spring seminar taking place in April, the photo safari will be instead of the standard monthly meeting.

TOPIC: Little Postage Stamp of Earth: Creative Solutions for Your Business Situation

“Too often we look at other situations and decide that either we can’t do that or if we only had X or Y we would do much better. However, rather than taking the “Grass is Greener” approach, we learn to see ways of expanding our business and our creative energy using what we have at hand.  This program touches on business practices, marketing, and photography.”

Mac Brown calls himself an accidental photographer.  He began his interest in photography in high school when a friend told him that taking pictures was a good way to get out of class.  In college, he worked as a yearbook photographer, and worked for the local newspapers.  After graduating from college, Mac worked part time as a wedding and portrait photographer.   During the years in education, he returned to school, earned his doctorate in American literature, and planned to become a college professor.  By the time his daughter, Rebecca, entered high school she was also hooked on photography and so Mac retired from education and went into photography full time.

Since 2001, Mac has won numerous awards including three Best of Shows at the state competition as well as three first place awards.  In 2006 he won first place in the Senior Girl category at Senior Photographers International and second place for Senior Boy in 2007.  He has placed in the Top Ten photographers in Tennessee for three out of the past four years, and won the 2008 Buddy Stewart Award at SEPPA for the highest for a first time entrant.  He has entered national competition for the past two years and has earned one Loan Print, one general book print, and last year hung four prints at Nationals.  In January 2010, Mac placed second in the Senior girl portfolio competition at SYNC in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Mac Brown Photographers is a full service studio, which specializes in children and senior portrait photography. They do about 500 seniors per year and several hundred children’s sessions per year.  Their school division, IMPACT School & Sports Photography, currently services 15 schools and several sports leagues.

Monthly 8×10 Competition:

We will be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month. PPETN members may bring as many 8×10 prints to the competition each month. The cost is $3 per print. Please remember to bring a CD 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.

Seminar Cost (excluding food):

- PPETN Members: Free
- Non-Members: $20.00

Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

6:00pm – Meet & Greet
7:00pm – Seminar

There are two changes made to the by-laws:

• The Michael Laughlin scholarship winner will be voted on by the board. If a board member submit an application for the scholarship, they cannot vote for themselves.
• We are adding in pro-rated fees for new members (by quarter). If we have someone who wants to join later in the year, they can pay dues of $20 per remaining quarter (so, if they join in May, they would pay $60 for the remaining year, August would pay $40…). Full dues would be required for all following years.

The scholarship change is due to Mrs. Laughlin’s health. This will allow us to continue to award the scholarship on a timely basis. We hope that by pro-rating the membership fees, we may be able to welcome more new members throughout the year..

The new by-laws won’t go into affect until the member vote on the changes. We will be voting on February 11th before the Salon competition.

PPETN members in good standing may enter the print competition. We welcome photographers to come and watch the judging.

• You must be a PPETN member to enter the competition.
• Rules for entries are based on the PPA Regional Competition Rules.
• Up to a total of four prints or albums may be entered for a fee of $50.
• A total of six prints (or albums) may be entered for a fee of $75.
• Checks should be made out to PPETN.
• Include a CD of your submitted images for displaying winners on the PPETN website. Cases will not be acceptwd without check & CD
• Print Categories are “Portrait”, “Illustrative”, and “Wedding”
• Album Categories are “Event” and “Non-Event”
• Each submission should include an Entry Form.

Judges will be critiquing entries based on PPA’s Twelve Elements of a Merit Print. Judges will score prints as if they are entered into national print competition. Based on the number of prints entered, and allotted time, the judges may critique prints and give suggestive critisism to help entrants improve their prints for national competition.

Salon entries should be submitted by 6:45pm. we will not be holding our monthly 8×10 competition this month.

With SEPPA being hosted by TPPA this year, it is anexcellent opportunity to get critiques and improve your competition entries.

February 11, 2010
Mandarin House Restaraunt
314 Merchants Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912

6:00pm – Meet, Greet, & Eat
7:00pm – Salon Competition Begins

Here are some of the things we offer PPETN members!

Benefits of Membership:

• Monthly Seminars: Up to ten speakers from across the country discuss new trends, techniques, and marketing topics throughout the year. These seminars are included as part of your annual membership.
• Print Competition Support: We hold seminars and workshops to help prepare images for entering into PPA competition. Every February, we have a board of PPA judges come to review and score prints in our Salon Competition. If you enter prints into competition, this is the perfect opportunity to hear judges opinions before submitting the prints to PPA.
• Backup Photographers: Members are available to assist in case of illness or emergency, ensuring your clients receive professional coverage.
• Camaraderie with other professionals, keeping the enthusiasm and fire alive in your own work.
• Competition: We hold a monthly 8×10 portrait competition. Winners of each competition are tabulated to name our Photographer of the Year based on each photographer’s own work. Members strive each month to do better, which helps to keep improving on your work throughout the year.
• Michael Laughlin Scholarship:A scholarship is awarded each year to go towards continuing photographic education. One PPETN member will have up to $500 towards the photography class of their choice.

Annual dues are $75.00.

PPETN Membership Application