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            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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Have you ever wondered the same thing? We have David Makar of the Referral Institute of Ithaca  for our May meeting to help us understand how to get referrals from friends and other small business owners. Other referral-based small business owners are invited to participate in this workshop. The cost is $30 through PayPal or $50...

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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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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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Join us on Wednesday, February 8th at Lumiere Photo for a program on Stock Photography presented by Monroe Payne of Ithaca Stock, LLC.   “This program doesn’t do a lot of things.  It doesn’t tell you how to begin and grow a successful stock business.  It doesn’t tell you all the bits and pieces of...

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              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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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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“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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                        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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“Weddings, Lighting, & Workflow – Streamlined” Date:  Sunday, January 29, 2012 Time:  9am – 4pm Where:  Green Lantern Inn, One East Church Street, Fairport, NY  14450 Hold on to your bow ties!  The Greater Rochester Professional Photographers are proud to present award-winning Master Photographer Walter van Dusen and Award-winning photographer and Digital Guru Chris Rioux....

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