November 2011 – From SPPA President, Lara Grauer
Welcome to SPPA’s new website! You should find that the new site is easier to navigate. Our new structure will keep you up-to-date withSPPA happenings, it will put you in touch with trusted Seattle photographers, and it will showcase our members’ awesome talents with its strong visual impact!
As 2011 comes to a close, SPPA celebrates its many achievements. To provide continuing education for all of our membership this year, we brought numerous experts to our monthly meetings. Guest speakers included Bob Dunn, who helped us with our awesome new website; Winston Hall, who shared his stunning HDR techniques; and Willow Eskridge, who demonstrated her bestkept secrets for great boudoir images, among others.
As a part of our photographic skills development focus, we presented the 2011 Prestige Award to Marv Heston for his exceptional entries in our annual print competition. We look forward to revealing the SPPA 2011 Photographer of the Year award to one of our members in December!
To highlight SPPA’s many networking opportunities, we established a slogan for the year: “Disconnect to reconnect!” To bring this idea to life, we stepped back from our virtual worlds and connected with each other face-to-face in order to learn new ways to approach our craft. We’ve focused on building relationships among photographers to support a sharing and supportive community of photography professionals.
The excitement at SPPA is building! As our membership grows, we anticipate more connections and community among Seattle area photographers. As an organization, we will continue to strive toward our goals of educating and promoting our members in order to maintain excellence in their creative endeavors, while better serving their customers. Thanks to everyone who has supported SPPA this year!
