By Journal Editor on July 5, 2011
| July 13, 2011 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Paul Tsang was educated in the Bay Area majoring in Photography and Fine Arts and his scope of talent is wide-spread. He has directed his creative talents towards family portraiture and wedding photography for over 25 years.
During the last 10 years, as an animal lover, Paul has created some memorable, prize-winning pet portraits as well as delighting the many owners whose pet portraits he has done. He says, “Pets are family too!”
Paul’s technical ability and his creative gift for the art of photography are matched by few. He is a natural at bringing out the warm qualities of his subjects and capturing those priceless expressions that make treasured photographs for years of enjoyment. This unique gift combined with his creative eye and feel for design, page layout, form and color, have earned him wide recognition in his field.
Paul Tsang’s accomplishments include numerous awards, the most notable of which are: Kodak Gallery Elite and Kodak Gallery Award for Portrait, Fuji Masterpiece Award for Wedding Photography, Photographer of the Year – PPA and PPGBA, Best of Show in the Western States, First Place in the State of California, First Place in the Professional Photographer of the Bay Area, and Certified of Special Recognition in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community, from a Member of U.S. Congress.
You can see more of Paul’s work by visiting his website at Masterpiece Portrait Design.
Posted in Monthly meeting |
By Journal Editor on May 12, 2011
| June 8, 2011 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Laura Cottril
Fill Your Keychain with three keys to success!
- Rewarding client relationships
- Memory making hotographs
- Life balance tools
Learn Laura Cottril’s secrets for creating memories that go beyond just a photograph. Laura will share her vision for the ideal cleint relationship that leads to raving referrals. This testimonial speaks for itself! “Thank you so much for coming over yesterday and doing our photographs. Our memories are capture forever in your pictures.”
Great photographs are the other side of the scale to balance with the memory making. Laura will show the way she looks for light an texture to create stunning photographs. She’ll go over her process of the portrait session and what she looks for when working with her clients. Laura believes you need to put your own oxygen mask on first. The keys to success start with you! Laura will share her experience the revealed the path to overall success and clarity, Learn to re-frame your thinking for life balance with tips that Laura will share.
Award winning, certified professional photographer Laura Cottril specializes in creating emotional images with natural light portrait photography. Laura believes the portrait experinece can bring families closer and create lifelong memories. Her specialties are maternity, children and family images. Laura has been profiled in Rangefinder (PDF), Professional Photographer and ProPhoto West magazines. You can see more of Laura’s work at www.lauracphotography.com.
Posted in Educational Events, Monthly meeting |
By Journal Editor on April 26, 2011
| May 11, 2011 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Combo collage ©Rudy Pollak
Rudy Pollak, M. Photog. Cr., will discuss how he makes his images, what he does when he photographs the brides and why, what he does with the hot light lighting and how he creates the mood. Using Topaz he’ll show what his images look like with his own style of art work.
Rudy Pollak has been in photography since the age of 11. He was a student of Art, photography and composition during his school years. He was a Teacher of Art and Photography at Queens College and worked for an ad agency for 13 years before opening his own studio. He bought operated the famous Dino Studio in New York for over 30 years. His studio was the first in New York to do Video weddings in 1979, and the first studio to embrace digital photography. As a result of photographing many weddings for the Top studios in New York and those for his own studio, his work is very well known on the East coast.
Rudy is the inventor of the Digital Album in the USA for Classic. He also invented the hingeless album (the album with the many inserts) and the Lucite cover was a Rudy original along with many more products which are very common today.
He is a Past President of the New York PPA has received the National Award from the PPA as well as Photographer of the Year, and numerous other awards. Rudy has spoken to organizations around the country.
Rudy recently moved to California as a Representative for Fine Art Albums.
Posted in Monthly meeting, Print Competition |
Paul Tsang was educated in the Bay Area majoring in Photography and Fine Arts and his scope of talent is wide-spread. He has directed his creative talents towards family portraiture and wedding photography for over 25 years.
