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Author Archives: Lukefoto

May 2012 President’s Newsletter

            May Day! May Day!  I have to apologize for the lateness of this newsletter.  May is only a week old, and it’s already gotten away from me.   New GRPP Members We’ve kept up our trend of the most rapidly growing section in the state by welcoming three new...

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April 2012 President’s Newsletter

    If you didn’t make the Photo Northeast (PNE) convention, you really missed out on something special.  This joint convention between the Professional Photographers of NY State (PPSNYS) and Professional Photographers Association of NJ (PPANJ) was another rousing success.  Our own Deb Woodard, President of PNE, and her fantastic team of directors from NY and NJ...

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March 2012 GRPP President’s Newsletter

February is the shortest month of the year, and usually brings in some of the first feelings of cabin fever over the usually long winter.  Although we were granted one more February day this year through the astronomical magic of the Leap Year, thankfully it’s been a very mild winter, so we’ve not all been...

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Yes…It’s Business as Usual at Kodak

On our way down to the PPA national convention in New Orleans in January, several GRPP members were sitting in Rochester’s airport awaiting our connecting flight to Washington D.C.  As we were sitting there, up walked Tony Kehoe, an Account Manager at Kodak.  Tony has long supported the Professional Photographers of NY State and GRPP....

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Lightroom v3 for $69…Seriously?

If you have heard about the magic of Lightroom 3, but couldn’t quite justify the price (which you should have…even at full price), now is the time to jump. B&H Photo & Video is now offering Lightroom with an instant savings of $200…so the price is only $69.  Rummage through your couch cushions, break open...

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OK….so what apps do I need?

              Admit it.  You crave them.  If you say you don’t, you’re lying. Apps. If you don’t know what one is, there’s an app to help you find out. Many of you may have gotten brand new “iToys” from iSanta recently. Thanks to smart phones, we are digitally connected...

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Being a Princess: Behind the Scenes

This year, we’ve decided to re-visit a popular activity from several years ago.  Our end-of-the-year celebration will include a “night at the theater”.  However, this is no ordinary night. To celebrate the year’s end, we will be taking in a showing of “Disenchanted – The Bitches of the Kingdom” at the Downstairs Cabaret Theater.  You...

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Set Your Business Up To Be Financially Sound

“If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail” – Unknown Wouldn’t it be great if you could take all the information that you’ve collected while running your photography career and be able to plan for a bigger, brighter, richer future? What?  You don’t have a plan? You haven’t collected any data? For November’s...

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Photographers: Let’s Heat This Winter Up!

The Greater Rochester Professional Photographers (GRPP) is thrilled to present a fantastic full-day seminar with award-winning photographers Walter van Dusen and Chris Rioux.  They will be bringing their high-energy program here to warm up the winter month of January here in upstate New York. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been photographing weddings for 2 years...

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There’s No Better Time to Join PPA

                        As if there weren’t enough reasons to join the Professional Photographers’ of America (PPA), now they are offering $15,000 of equipment insurance for the rock-bottom low price of…..FREE.  Yeah, you can afford that. The PPA annual membership price is $323, which can be...

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