Welcome to the Greater Rochester Professional Photographers official website! We are an organization of like minded professionals dedicated to the advancement of the photographic arts in Upstate New York. We are one of eleven sections of Professional Photographers Society of New York State and we are an affiliate of Professional Photographers of America.
On this website you will find articles and links designed to help you find professional photographers for all your photographic needs. Whether you are getting married, looking for portrait work or just looking for some great pieces of visual artwork, you will find it here.
If you are a professional photographer who is interested in networking with other professionals, please join us every 2nd Wednesday of the month at Booksmart Studio, 250 North Goodman Street. Meetings start at 7:00pm with a social hour starting at 6:00pm.
Professional Photographer Society of New York State (PPSNYS) is proud to announce a free workshop for current PPSNYS members on Sunday April 18, 2010!
Glen Gray, Craftsman Photographer will present “Give your Senior Photography Business the Edge it Needs”
The Professional Photographers Society of New York State 2010 Executive Council Award was presented to Bruce Hahn in recognition of “the person, selected by the PPSNYS council for significant contributions toward the advancement of this society.” The award was presented to Bruce during the annual convention awards banquet Sunday night!
Bruce has been instrumental in the development and support of the Greater Rochester Professional Photographers! It is really awesome that the whole State feels the same way about one of our own!
Congratulations, Bruce from Hahn Photographic! THANK YOU for all that you do for Photographers all over! Photos and interview to follow….
March Focus on a GRPPster is with Bruce Hahn:
GRPP: Hahn Photographic is in a very interesting building, please tell me a little about the business and how it arrived in a fire house.
Hahn: The Firehouse was built around 1910 and there were horse drawn fire ‘trucks’ at the time. My father ran Hahn Photographic (opened 1952) and bought the building in 1982.
GRPP: What brought your Father to the photographic supplies business?
Hahn: He was a travel photographer and used slides, so was very interested in all things photographic.
GRPP: Did you follow in his footsteps?
Hahn: Well, I love to travel and have been to all of America’s lower 48 states and a lot of Europe. I think my next trip will be to either Alaska or Hawaii.
GRPP: What other hobbies do you have?
Hahn: Cooking and race cars
GRPP: Where have you not been that you would like to visit?
Hahn: Ireland
GRPP: Where would you live if you weren’t in Rochester?
Hahn: Out west
GRPP: You have been married for 9 years… do you remember who your wedding photographer was?
Hahn: Yes, we were very happy with him! We used Joe Pellingra Photography
GRPP: How many employees does Hahn Photographic have?
Hahn: We have 7 employees, including myself
GRPP: What is your favorite part of your job?
Hahn: The customer interactions. I enjoy solving photographer’s problems and helping them.
Hello to all,
Convention is just days away and everything has come together. Not only are we going to have great education, but great fun, parties, food and friendship. Why, we’re even having the largest trade show we have seen in many, many years. I’m excited and ready to be inspired!
Taking into account any errors or omissions which I may have made, I’d like to offer my opinion of what PPSNYS is and how we operate.
What is PPSNYS?
We are an organization dedicated to educating photographers and have been educating photographers for over 100 years! I know I don’t look that old but I’ve heard that we have some members that go back to charcoal, berries and cave wall drawings! All joking aside, PPSNYS is a dedicated group of members distributed across all of New York State and beyond. These members have grouped together in areas around the state to meet, learn and grow as photographers. These groups are called sections. Sections are self sufficient groups of PPSNYS members. There are not individual state and section memberships, there are only PPSNYS memberships. You participate with a group of PPSNYS members (sections) who have gathered together and established their own procedures and fees to regulate how their group is run. These procedures, generally called a constitution and by-laws, help guide how these members conduct the business of their group and are not allowed to conflict with the PPSNYS constitution. All members are required by the PPSNYS constitution to associate themselves with a group (section). Each section has delegates, the number of which are determined by the number of members participating in the section. Delegates, section chairs, workshop trustees, past presidents and the officers make up what is known as the Executive Council. The Executive Council meets 4 times a year to oversee the operations of PPSNYS. Daily operations are done by the officers and business service. Changes on how PPSNYS operates or the direction PPSNYS goes is controlled by the officers and council. The ideas or concerns of members should be brought to your council delegate for them to bring up at the next council meeting. By the way, I also highly recommend communicating your ideas and concerns to the president or another officer also. PPSNYS wants to represent its membership. Every year at convention the entire membership of PPSNYS (those in good standing and having met voting requirements) have the right to participate at two annual meetings of PPSNYS and vote on the proposed slate of officers, trustees and delegates at large (they represent all of PPSNYS not just their area) along with any other nominations or business presented at the meetings.
I know this description is very basic but there are a lot of members who really don’t know how PPSNYS operates. I want them to know that PPSNYS is about fulfilling their needs and goals. PPSNYS is my inspiration, teacher and social network of friends.
I’ve heard the economy is tough out there! (I speak from direct experience!) That’s why we need to “Learn More to Earn More”. Whether it’s by convention, workshop, seminars, local programs or my best choice, an experienced PPSNYS member who has become my newest or oldest friend, we all need to learn, grow and adapt in order to prosper.
I look forward to seeing you at our first Northeast Regional District Convention (history in the making) and our last PPA regional print judging of PPSNYS and PPO (Ontario, Canada).
Sincerely,
Craig
Craig Hutchings
PPSNYS President
Photos by: Denise Batiste (GRPP Event Photographer)
Guest speaker, Margaret Boecker from the Community Darkroom, is an assistant instructor for the Adobe program “In Design”. She will be sharing basics and tips on the professional album designing software.
Adobe In Design is currently the industry standard for page layout programs. It is designed to be compatible with other Abode products and contains many of the features
found in programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator. In Design is a powerful tool for graphic designers and creative professionals looking to publish graphic materials.
Class Objective
1. Create multi-page documents containing pictures, text and other graphic elements.
2. Preparing photos and graphics for use with InDesign.
3. Saving your documents to be published or viewed on the web.
Date and Time:
Wednesday, March 10th
6-7 is networking, print critique
7-7:30 is GRPP and PPSNYS updates (Conference, Workshop, etc)
7:30-9 will be Margaret’s presentation
Hope to see you there!
February’s meeting was action packed… Before the main event with Tim Toal ( www.tjtphoto.com ) and Patrick Luke (www.lukephotography.com), the evening started out with the swearing in of the new GRPP officers. PPSNYS President Craig Hutchings made the trip to officiate the proceedings ( Craig is the only one that knows the secret handshake, plus, he wanted to hang with some of the best photographers in Upstate New York ), the new GRPP officers for 2010 are… President, Heather McKay ( www.mckaysphotography.com ). Vice President/Programs, Sue Egan ( www.seganphoto.com ). Treasurer, Patrick Luke ( www.lukephotography.com ). Membership/Website, Scott Crist ( www.scottcrist.com ). Secretary/Website, Terri Parthum (www.terriparthumphotography.com)
Heather McKay unveiled the new GRPP logo that was created by Erin Perrotta ( www.erinperrotta.com ). Look for members with our new logo, it’s a graphical update that brings a modern and regional feel, representing today’s Greater Rochester Professional Photographer. If you are a current GRPP member and would like to add the new logo to your website, blog, or marketing collateral, please contact Scott Crist or Terri Parthum for the proper files.
Tim Toal and Patrick Luke gave a great seminar with “Get a Grip on Lighting”, covering everything from lighting techniques to the proper tools to get that award winning portrait that your clients demand from a professional photographer. Tim’s studio was packed with all the latest and greatest toys that puts a smile on the face of any studio photographer and Patrick brought his knowledge and expertise for the “improvised” tools that can be found in daily life. (we’re still not sure if Patrick’s wife knew he had their shower curtain)
Photos by: Denise Batiste, GRPP event photographer
Hahn Photographic will be sponsoring a Photoshop class this month for $199 (Lunch included). The class will be limited to 15 students! If you have ever attended one of Bruce Hahn’s workshops, you’ll know that the folks over at Hahn Photographic put together some very knowledgeable programs. For more details, please contact Hahn Photographic at 585-787-2152 or by email bhahn@frontiernet.net
We have a very exciting announcement to make about an upcoming meeting through ‘Rochester Wedding Artists’ lead by Erich Camping.
He is working on bringing Jason Groupp here and it will be an open meeting to anyone interested.
He doesn’t have the dates available just yet as it’s in the works, but we know that it will be around $100 per person to attend.
Watch the video (link above) and go through their website to see what you think, and if you have an interest in it, please let Erich know directly at : erich@campingphoto.com with a subject line of something like “Jason Groupp RSVP”
Erich will also be joining us at a GRPP meeting in the next few months to share his insight on client meetings which is going to be something you don’t want to miss. If you haven’t joined GRPP yet, you definitely need to consider it for this year…lots of great stuff!
Please let Erich know if you’re interested very soon so that he can start getting the dates together knowing how many people are likely to attend.
Thanks everyone!
Tim Toal has been a GRPP member for 10+ years. He has been an active board member in a “Special Projects” role. He is the owner of TJT Photo.
Q: How did you know you were “successful”?
Tim: Every time I see a published piece with an image I captured in it.
Q: Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Tim: Alive and still shooting.
Q: How did you get into photography?
Tim: I could not become am engineer so the next thing that came real easy to me was photography. I had some cool parents that let me go to RIT for photography not knowing what will happen.
Q: Do you have any formal education?
Tim: I attended RIT and received a Bachelor of fine art in photography.
Q: What has been your greatest achievement?
Tim: In 1992 I thru hiked the Application Trail from Georgia to Main.
Q: How do you stay fresh and creative?
Tim: By attending workshops, test shooting with models and looking at good magazines.
Q: What is the best piece of gear in your camera bag?
Tim: My experience.
Q: What do you wish you knew when you began?
Tim: More about how to run a small business.
Q: Three favorite non-photo hobbies?
Tim: Woodworking, Climbing, traveling with my wife.
Q: Best piece of software?
Tim: Lightroom.
Q: What is the best business tip you have been given?
Tim: You can always stop and come back to a negotiation.
You can see more of Tim’s work and read his blog at: http://www.tjtphoto.com/blog/
THIS MEETING IS FOR GRPP MEMBERS ONLY: We will have membership forms at the door if you’d like to join. It’s going to be a great year and we’d love to share it with you!
February 10, 2010
6:00 p.m sharp
Tim’s studio: TJT Photography, Suite 4-3, 250 North Goodman Street, Rochester. That’s the same building as BookSmart, opposite end of the building on the fourth floor. Enter through the big yellow door on the northeast side of the building, behind Good Luck restaurant.
We’re getting some pizza too!
That’s a grip—not GRPP. Webster’s Dictionary defines the grip as:
grip n. A member of a film production crew who adjusts sets, lighting, and props and sometimes assists the camera operator; responsible for moving equipment such as reflectors, gobos, dolly tracks, etc., about on the set. Confused?
Come join us on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, for a ‘members only’
(GRPP and PPSNYS) program, when Tim Toal and Pat Luke will introduce us to a variety of lighting techniques and review gripping. For those of you who claim that you only shoot in ambient light and you don’t need to know about lighting: you’re basically saying that you don’t care how your subject looks. Remember, ambient light is still ‘light’. You can never know too much about light!
The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 p.m. That’s 1 hour earlier than usual, so mark your calendars now and don’t be late! Our February meeting location will be Tim’s studio: TJT Photography, Suite 4-3, 250 North Goodman Street, Rochester. That’s the same building as BookSmart, opposite end of the building on the fourth floor. Enter through the big yellow door on the northeast side of the building, behind Good Luck restaurant.
Tim and Pat will cover:
Studio and location lighting equipment (purchased and improvised);
Proper lighting setups;
Safety on the set;
Gripping techniques;
Light meter use;
Gray card use;
Portrait lighting: butterfly lighting, short lighting, fill lighting, window lighting, and more…
Bring a notebook instead of your camera. There is no charge for this meeting. Join your fellow photographers and brush up on the important details that will separate you from Uncle Charlie.
**Thanks Tim and Pat for sharing your expertise ~ we hope to see our members come and benefit from this extremely beneficial information from two of our expert photographers!
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