Professional Photographer’s Guild Of The Palm Beaches, Inc. President Bill Barbosa Vice-President Newsletter James “Jim” Stafford
President’s Message As the Incoming President of the Professional Photographers Association of the Palm Beaches I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the PPG Board for a job well done for the “WE SURVIVED THE HOLIDAYS” Party.
Program Director Helen Haruben Secretary Melissa Fuller Treasurer open Adervertising Past President Director Rhea Lewis Marketing Director Ray Haruben Vasi Seidman Marty Grivjack
Membership Director Peter Gorman
Director Rudy Clement
Director Nellie Quiros
FPP Rep
Director Stacy Toeniskoetter Newsletter Information The PPG Newsletter is the official publication of the Professional Photographer’s Guild of the Palm Beaches, Inc. It is published as a service to its members as well as interested colleagues and suppliers. Article submissions should be provided as computer generated text document files. Photographs and other graphic files must be provided as a high res file, preferably in TIFF, High Quality JPG, or RAW format. The right to edit for content, length, or style is reserved. Information in the PPG Newsletter is taken on good faith to be accurate. Opinions and advertisements are not endorsements of the PPGPB. This organization is dedicated to the support of the professional photographic industry in Palm Beach and Martin County. Membership is open to all persons regardless of race, creed, gender or color. The PPGPB is an affiliate of the PPA and FPP. However, membership in these organizations does not constitute membership in the PPGPB. PPGPB.INC is an IRS-registered nonprofit organization. Financial information is available upon request. www.ppgpb.com
All 2013 Guild Correspondence should go to this address: Pro Photo Guild c/o Rhea Lewis 6887 Cypress Cove Circle Jupiter, FL 33458
A special thanks to our Past President Rhea Lewis for outstanding leadership during her tenure. Vasilena Balabanova for decorating Panama Hattie’s and taking photos during the year. Your award for Rising Star is well merited!.. Marty Grivjack for Audio Visual support and just being uncle Marty! Peter Gorman for taking great formal/ informal portraits. Ray and Helen Haruben for collecting monies at the door and arriving super early to help Vasi decorate. Melissa Fuller and Marty Grivjack for calling all past and present members to invite them to the party! We have an extremely supportive and dedicated Board for 2014 and I am humbled to accept the Position of Guild President for 2014 and 2015. We are going to have an amazing successful year with great speakers, educators, competition but most importantly camaraderie between fellow professional and aspiring photographers. We are looking forward to seeing everyone this year as we start off the year with 2 GREAT PROGRAMS!!!! Now for some business; 2014 is looking fantastic for our Guild! Starting the year off with a Great Party, then Hybrid Photography by Betty Huth and Ed Booth, right after that we have an amazing program on lighting. Yes! Everyone’s favorite Painting with light with Landon Day, this event is being held at the exclusive venue, “Out of The Blue”, this is a great wedding venue located inside of Jonathan’s Landing in Jupiter. February we will have on of the Top 10 Photographers of the year, Randy Van Duinen. Randy will have 2 different programs, one at our Palm Beach Guild and another program at the Miami Guild the next day!.... Maybe a few of us can get together and take a ride down. Let’s make 2014 a year of growth financially and educationally. Join or re-join the PPG today and start that journey that will make you prosper in the New Year. Bill Barbosa, FED www.BillBarbosaphotography.com 561-704-4200 Info@BillBarbosaphotography.com
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