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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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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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                        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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Several photographers from Greater Rochester Professional Photographers (GRPP) took part in documenting the national day of remembrance that captured the resiliency and unity of the country  on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  As part of  “Project 9.11″  forty members of the the Professional Photographers of New York State (PPSNYS),...

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What do you think writers do when they get “writer’s block”?  They branch out and do something different to spark a new idea.  Photographers can get blocked also.  Creativity takes effort, and when the effort produces lackluster performance, you get blocked. GRPP member D. Brent Walton will speak to GRPP on September 14th on “The...

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As most of the other chapters in PPSNYS have done in the past, we are planning on having our monthly meeting coincide with this free program on the eve of the PPSNYS Summer Workshop at Hobart College in Geneva. On Sunday evening, all PPSNYS members are invited to attend this free program in Scandling Center...

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Because of the prevalence of video capabilities in digital SLRs and the low price of digital video cameras, many photographers are incorporating video footage into their bag of tricks when photographing weddings and portraits. This month’s featured speaker is Dave Duprey from Duprey Video Productions (http://dupreyvideo.com/) Dave is a veteran videographer with over 20 years...

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