TAPPA Tribune _ March, 2017

March, 2017

The TAPPA Tribune Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association

Contents President’s Message

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Creative Compositing

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This Month’s Program

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How to Paint Your Own Canvas Photography Backdrop 24 Advertise 28 Print of the Month - Portrait

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Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging

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Print of the Month - Unclassified

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Board of Directors

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Upcoming Events

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Print of the Month Rules

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Classifieds 39 Renew your dues by March 1st

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On the cover: Photo: Randy Van Duinen Visit TAPPA on FaceBook

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Photo: Lee Burgess

President’s Message

We are almost ¼ of the way through 2017. All those New Year’s Resolutions. I was having a difficult time determining what I wanted to share with you this month. So I started reflecting on my own motives and motivations. I asked myself, why am I a photographer? Not because it is an easy way to make money, because it isn’t. The world is not beating a path to my doorstep. There is a lot of competition out there. The mobile devise has made it so easy and convenient to take pictures that everyone questions why should I give you money to do what I can do myself? Not because it is not hard work, because it is. Marketing is a full time job that gets more complex every day.

How do I make myself stand out from the crowd?

Certainly not because it is inexpensive, because it is very expensive.

I am a photographer because a smile crosses my lips every time I show a mother the beautiful result of capturing a moment in time to give her forever.

I have the privilege of giving Mom a priceless gift.

Every one of you are photographers for your own reasons. I would hope that your reason is not just to make money. There is so much more value to the art of photography than just money. Each image is a masterpiece creation. Most of the time, I think you would agree that is true for your work also. There are always those images that we need to go to school on to figure out what went wrong.

We also experience the image that we thought was outstanding, but our peers find mistakes that we have overlooked. The more often we allow our colleagues the opportunity to help us identify those little mistakes that make our images less than perfect, the faster we get better. That is why we have Salon each month. That is why we enter competition to gain merits. It is not the merit, it is the improvement in our skills - that is the goal of competition. Listen to the critique, not only of your image, but all of the images. You’ll be amazed how much you can learn. I have not heard a single

photographer ever say that they were worse off because they competed. I have heard hundreds of photographers say that they really started to create better images when they started to compete. This is one of the great benefits of being a member of TAPPA. Don’t waste it.

One last thought. We have reached the point when it is time to pay the piper. In order for TAPPA to provide the great programs to keep you informed what is happening in the world of photography, we need the support of our members. The time to pay for membership for 2017 has passed. If you have already paid your dues, thank you. If you have not yet paid, you can pay with PayPal or you can bring a check to the next TAPPA meeting on March 14th. The value that you get for such a small investment is tremendous. Remember, if you want to be an eagle, you need to fly with the eagles.

TAPPA has nationally recognized photographic eagles. Come fly with us.

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This Month’s Program

Creative Compositing Go Beyond the Normal!

By Randy Van Duinen, M.Photog., M.Artist, Cr. CPP, FDPE, FSA, AIA

If you are looking to kick start you creative photography or add new options to your studio, you will and to attend his program on composting with internationally award winning photographer Randy Van Duinen. He will show you his process of creating stunning and unique composited images. Learn different ways to cut out images and then put them together to create seamless images. He will teach you some processes that will allow you to quickly put together a composite that will make your clients come back for more.

Meeting Details Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Social

6:00-6:15

Print of the Month entries must be in by:

6:15

Print of the Month voting and announcements 6:15-6:30 Meeting and Awards Â

6:30-7:00

Speaker

7:00-9:00

$20 RSVP at:

http://tappa.org/r-s-v-p-meeting/

NEW LOCATION Holiday Inn 700 N Westshore Blvd Tampa, FL 33609

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Randy Van Duinen A nationally and internationally awardwinning architectural photographer, speaker and trainer. His art photography is in private collections around the country and in the permanent collection at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Randy is recognized for his digital imaging skills that he uses with his architectural and art p hotography. Randy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Photography from Grand Valley State University.

Professional Photographers of America Awards & Degrees World Photographic Cup Silver Medal, 2014 World Photographic Cup USA Team, 2016, 2014 1st place in the commercial category, 2014 Grand Imaging Awards 2nd place in the commercial category, 2013 Grand Imaging Awards Top 10 Commercial photographer: 2013, 2014 and 2015 Master of Photography (M.Photog.)

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photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

photo: Randy Van Duinen

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photo: Randy Van Duinen

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How to Paint Your Own Canvas Photography Backdrop

By Amanda Pratt, CPP

As a photographer, I like to have creative control over as many aspects of my work as possible.

Creating props and backdrops helps make my work unique and even inspires me when I am out of fresh ideas.

Step 1: Prepare your painting area

I started painting my own canvas backdrops because a) hand painted backdrops are expensive and b) it helps inspire new work and, at the very least, offers new options for my clients. I shoot mainly high school seniors so it is important to my clients that each year I am able to provide unique images that aren’t the same as the year before.

To get started on this project, here is a list of items you will need:

Supplies: One sponge roller One package of mixed sponges One 64 oz container of white gesso One 9 x 12 canvas drop cloth One 10 x 25 plastic drop cloth 4 quarts of Behr (I like premium plus) flat interior house paint: Supernova Liquid mercury Orion Gray Blackout Total Cost: $146.55 (I already had regular paint rollers and pans on hand)

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Lay out your plastic drop cloth and cut it in half so you have two 10 x 12.5” plastic sheets overlapping each other.

Tape down drop cloth to the floor to secure it and make sure there are no wrinkles or they will leave wrinkles in the canvas. I worked in my garage.

Lay out your canvas onto the plastic drop cloth.

Step 2: Priming Your Canvas

Step 3: Apply the Base Coat of Paint

Mix your Gesso in a bowl one cup water, one cup gesso and pour into paint pan.Â

I used the middle two colors as my base coat - Applying Liquid Mercury in the center of the canvas in an oval shape & then Orion Gray on the outer edges. I then mixed the two colors together and blended the middle color between the edges of the two.

Apply gesso mixture with a roller, working your way from the center outward.

Make sure every inch of the canvas is thoroughly covered - this step took me a whole day and several mixtures of gesso Let dry - it helps to put a couple fans pointed at the backdrop

The paint dried very quickly for me, so I had to work fast - The whole job of painting only took me a few hours. You can add water to this paint since it is acrylic, which can help the paint stay wet enough to blend properly. This is what I did with my most recent backdrop and it worked well. You can also add water to the paint to thin it out. Be creative and play around with these techniques!

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Step 4: Sponge Away!

Once you have worked your way into the center of the canvas and have covered most of it with the sponge dabs, mildly wet your sponge roller and dab into the dark and middle base paints and roll excess off. LIGHTLY roll over the dabs to blend through and take the sharp look out of the textures.

Do this repeatedly until you have reached a texture level you are happy with.

Step 5: To Store First, place the lightest and darkest colors on separate paint pans.

Next, Use the sponge roller for the darkest color and roll on outer corners and edges.

Third, Take a very textured sponge from your miscellaneous sponges and stand in the dry center of your canvas. Hand dab the light color all around the rough lines where the colors transition. Be free with this - place dabs of light all over the canvas focusing on center areas and use the same dabbing motions repeatedly for consistency.

Fourth, switch to the darkest color and repeat the step above.

Fifth, switch back to the mixed base color and repeat steps above.

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Leave dry and roll to store when finished - you can roll it on an old seamless paper cardboard tube or aluminum conduit pipe if you have a backdrop support system you use already.

The finished canvas background. Photo: Amnada Pratt

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Stay on top of your prospects with contact groups

By Chuck Vosburgh, CPP

Your contact database is gold! The best way to stay on top of potential business is to divide them into groups. Diffierent graoups get different kinds and frequency of communication. Get organized and see your business grow!

Active: People you are presently doing work for Contact these people at least once a week Engage: People who are ready but have not comitted Contact these people at least once a week until they commit, decline or go with someone else A List: Likely to work with you in the next 12 months Contact these people at least twice a month B List: Likely to work with you eventually Contact these people at least once a month Everyone Else

Contact these people at least once a month

Lost: Ones that got away Contact these people 30 days after the lost sale and every quarter thereafter

Visit us on the web at TAPPA.org

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For information and rates, contact Chuck Vosburgh at Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com or call 727.743.1740

Print of the Month - Portrait First place: Kathryn DeYoung

Print of the Month - Portrait Third place: Michael Landes

Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging First place: Randy Van Duinen

Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging Second place: Amanda Pratt

Print of the Month - Electronic Imaging Third place: Randy Van Duinen

Print of the Month - Unclassified First place: Michael Landes

Print of the Month - Unclassified Second place: Lee Burgess

Print of the Month - Unclassified Third place: Randy Van Duinen

Board of Directors

2017 OďŹƒcers President

Glenn Nielson

813 540-4200

glenn@picsintheglenn.com

Vice President

Amanda Pratt

727 308-9200

pratt1ak@gmail.com

Secretary

Karen Barnett

727 267-8296

crestproductions@tampabay.rr.com

Treasurer

Brad Hall

727 386-9610

brad@hotlavastudios.com

Past President

Benjamin Todd

813 431-2873

Benjamin.Todd@verizon.net

Directors

Lee Burgess

727 724-1022

lee@leeburgessphoto.com

CJ Moment

813.244.6716

CJ@AnointedProductions.com

Randy Van Duinen

727 577-5172

randy@rvdphotography.com

Chuck Vosburgh

727 743-1740

Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com

Committees Delegate

Julie Johnson

Membership

CJ Moment

813.244.6716

CJ@AnointedProductions.com

Program

Amanda Pratt

727 308-9200

pratt1ak@gmail.com

Salon

Michael Landes

863 512-2637

landesmr@yahoo.com

Door Prize

Glenn Nielsen

813 540-4200

glennln@verizon.net

Scholarship

Carol Hackman Terri Daunic

727 867-9254 813 839-2860

HackmanC@tampabay.rr.com terridaunic@yahoo.com

Newsletter Editor

Chuck Vosburgh

727 743-1740

Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com

Photographer

Booray Perry

813 728-7110

Booray@BoorayPerry.com

Web Master

Booray Perry

813 728-7110

Booray@BoorayPerry.com

Hospitality

Pat Vosburgh Chuck Vosburgh

813 220-4898 727 743-1740

Pat@VosburghandVosburgh.com Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com

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Upcoming Events

Print of the Month Rules - Prints are to be mounted.

Mar 14

Randy Van Duinen Creative Compositing

- Three entries per member each month.

May 9

- There must be at least three entries in a category for that category to be included in the monthly competition.

Pete Wright Preparing prints for competition

June 4-7

Florida Workshop Jun 13

Salon Annual Image Competition

Jul 11 -

Rhea Berkley-Lewis Boudior Photography

More information on all of these events can be found in this newsletter and at TAPPA.org

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- Electronic Imaging size can be two 8x10 taped together on the back and spread open for viewing.

Apr 11

Gina Barca

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- Size: 8x10.

- All entries MUST have your name and the category you wish to enter on the back of the print.

- Prints must be turned in before 6:25 pm.

Prints received after 6:25 will not be accepted!

Winners: - Please send your winning files to POM@TAPPA.org for the newsletter as soon as Possible. Deadline for publication is one week after the meeting.

- Name your files by your last name-place-category. For example Smith-1st-Portrait.jpg - Any resolution 1000 pixels on the longest side or greater is acceptable. JPEG format is preferable.

The TAPPA Tribune is published monthly for the membership of the Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association. Its purpose is to share knowledge and insight with the photographic industry.

The deadline for submission of articles and ad changes is the 15th of the month.

Permission is hereby granted to reprint the contents of this newsletter, provided the authors and The TAPPA Tribune are recognized as the source. The ideas and views expressed do not necessarily reflect the policies of the Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association; they are solely those of the author.

Classifieds Submit your classified ads to Chuck Vosburgh at Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com by the third Tuesday of the month to run in the next issue. Ads are free for TAPPA members.

Editor: Chuck Vosburgh 300 62nd Street North St. Petersburg, FL 33710 Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com 727.743.1740

Advertising: To advertise in the TAPPA Tribune, please contact the editor for rates and distribution information.

Meetings: TAPPA monthly meetings take place the second Tuesday of the month at:

NEW LOCATION Holiday Inn 700 N Westshore Blvd Tampa, FL 33609 Networking Meeting

6:00 pm 6:30 pm

Register online at TAPPA.org

Renew your dues by March 1st go to TAPPA.org to renew now!

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Benjamin Todd 813.431.2873 bwtodd75@gmail.com Chuck Vosburgh 727.743.1740 Chuck@ChuckVosburgh.com Lee Burgess 727.724.1022 lee2810@verizon.net Rob Moorman 727.527.1237 cameradude1@earthlink.net Randy Van Duinen 727.577.5172 randy@rvdphotography.com Karen Barnett 727.267.8296 oakcrestproductions@tampabay.rr.com Susan Black 813.230.6472 suzi@suzibee.com Carol Walker 727.5775626 carol@thomasbruce.com Robert Sargent 813.930.7390 robert@sargentphotography.com Michael Landes 863.512.2637 landesmr@yahoo.com Ginny Otto 715.252.3195 ottophotography@icloud.com Booray Perry 813.728.7110 booray@boorayperry.com CJ Moment 813.244.6716 cj@annointedproductions.com Amanda Pratt 727.308.9200 pratt1ak@gmail.com

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