2006 News
>>>December 2006...Another Christmas party
come and gone. It had been a while since we had all gotten together,
so it was really nice to see everyone that attended. Kathy Dabbs
invited us to her beautiful home for our party this year. We all
got to catch up with one another and to visit with those we seldom
get to see. We met some new members and got to learn about them and
they about some of us. It was really a relaxing enjoyable evening.
For that, we thank you Kathy.
Ken Strouth and Sam Hollis were made honorary members. Ken reminded
us to all enjoy what we are doing and to not forget to have some fun
along the way. Brenda Williams was presented her Associate
Fellowship.
We can never say it often enough...we are very lucky to have the
wonderful members we have and for all of them to be so giving of
their time and knowledge. Thank all of you for that!
November 2006>>>Congratulations to our own
Jody Smyers for having his photo on the cover of FAA Air Traffic
Organization FY2005 Annual Performance Report: Moving America
Safely.
Way to go Jody!!
We also want to welcome our new members,
Suzanne McFarland, Raenee Mata and Joseph Froeschle. We are glad to
have you in the guild.
September>>>>Our meeting was awesome!
Thanks to Trina and Bryan Fullingim who opened up there beautiful
home to all of us and cooked us all a fantastic chuck wagon meal!!
Our dinner was cooked on the ground with dutch ovens and open
flames. The open flame gave the food a wonderful flavor. And as we
all know, food always taste better when you are outdoors. We
couldn't have asked for a better night!
Trina and Bryan worked out of his chuck wagon that he took 2 years
to restore. And a beautiful job he has done. He was just this past
weekend, awarded the National Champion wagon at the National Cowboy
Symposium, right here in Lubbock. That is a huge honor, but
especially for a first year veteran. He also won 1st place in
the meat division at that same National competition. He has
been cooking on the ground with dutch ovens about 3 years. He
has cooked for some very high dignitaries, one of the highest being
hall of fame cowboys and the Base Realignment Committee (BRAC)
committee.
After dinner Jon Thompson was our guest speaker and he filled us in
on the world of corporate photography. He ran us through what
a typical day for him may be like and showed us some of the work
that they do. We all know that they put together the ads that we
receive, but they also have calendars, window coverings, menu boards
and promotional ads.
Jon even set up a shoot using the food that had been prepared, while
using the Fullingims chuck wagon in the background.
Jon was also our print competition judge. First place went to Cyndi
Dupont, second place to Jody Smyers and third to John Barnhart.
Congratulation everyone!!!
Print Competition Winners
1st Place Cyndi Dupont
2nd Place Jody Smyers
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3rd Place John Barnhart
August 6th & 7th>>>WOW!!! That is what we
are all still saying about the benefit. If you missed it, you missed
a very heart warming experience. I do not think any of us, in all
the planning ever dreamed that we would have the outcome that we
did.
Just let me say, Ken Porter can fill a room,
a big room. The Merket was full!! Full of people with love and
compassion. It was awesome to see that there are so many people
willing to reach out and help. Not just from our community, but from
all over.
We want to thank all of you that played a
part in Ken's Benefit! There was a lot of hard work that went into
it and that hard work paid off. Thank you all for the work, the time
and the donations that you contributed. Thank you too for those that
gathered up donations from other sources.
I can only speak for myself, but this was an
experience that made quiet an impression in my mind and in my
heart. Thanks to so many wonderful people!
It is really awesome to belong to such a
wonderful association!
Thank you all!
>>>On July 10th judging for Millers Print
Competition fourth annual Baby and Child Portrait Contest was conducted.
Professional photographers from virtually every state submitted over
3,000 entries. SPPPPA's very own Cory Sinklier received honorable
mention with his image "Untamed" of his and Jill's daughter Juliet.
Congratulations Cory!! Great job!! Look below and see some more of
Cory's winning images from Kerrville!
July's Meeting>>> We gathered at JQT Studio and
worked on getting some structure and a final game plan for the Ken
Porter Benefit. This will be a two day event to help out Ken and his
family. The Benefit will be August 6th and 7th. There will be a lot of
fun going on, so come and join us!
We also have another meeting to set things in motion for the Benefit
planned for July 31st at JQT Studio.
We want to welcome our new members!! Jody Smyer and Kathy Wright.
We also added an event calendar to our website. Be sure and check
it out. We will add to it from time to time. If you have any information
that you would like us to add to it, just contact me and we will get it
on there.
Congratulations!!
Here are a few of our members and their achievements at Kerrville this
year! Great job to everyone!!
2006 Kerrville Print Ribbon Winners.
Congratulations to SPPPA's Mark McCall and Val Tharp!
Cory Sinklier received 80 or above
with his "Restrain Yourself". Great job Cory!!
Cory Sinklier also received 80 or above
with "Dog on it" Congratulations Cory!!
Another 80 or above received by Cory Sinklier!
Congratulations Cory on a job very well done!!!
 Val
Tharp received an 80 or above
on the "Runaway Bride".
Congratulations Val!!
Val Tharp received a Distinguished Print
Ribbon on "Timid Seduction".
Great job Val!
Val also won a Distinguished Print Ribbon on
her Wedding Image.
Another great job Val!!
Mail Call scored a 94 for
Mark McCall.
Great Job Mark!
Congratulations!
Victory over Yangon scored a 91
for Mark McCall
Great Job Again!
 We
even have our own Robert Suddarth and
Jim Cunningham having some fun!!
Information on the Ken Porter Benefit.
>>>May 15, 2006 Burnie Glenn
Personal Information:
"As
a full-time photographer in Dallas, specializing
in weddings, portraits and glamour, Burnie
has been a member of PPA and the Texas PPA for
many years. He was on the Dallas PPA's Board of
Directors for six years, and was President of
their guild in 2004. He is PPA Certified, and
will complete requirements for his Craftsman
degree this fall.
Burnie photographed his first wedding in
1963 while in college, and he and his wife
have operated a successful residential
studio on a full-time basis for the past 15
years, the past four of which have been 100%
digital.
His
academic background includes a Bachelor's in
Civil Engineering, and an MBA, both from the
University of Texas at Arlington. Burnie also
holds an advanced Toastmaster's degree, and has
enjoyed public speaking for the past several
years.
He
conducted two very successful and enjoyable
day-long PPA "Super Monday" programs at his
studio during 2005, and in April of this year.
Another program, focusing on weddings, will be
held in this coming November.
Program Description:
"Put
a little Glamour into your Work " -
show by example, how to adopt glamour posing and
lighting techniques acquired through years of
experience, into your everyday portrait work,
whether it be brides, couples, families, or
executives. Also included are recommendations
on how to find prospective clients interested in
glamour photography, how to handle the initial
telephone contact, plus conducting the in-person
studio consultation, and the session itself.
A digital slide show with examples of this style
of photography will be included. In addition,
these posing and lighting techniques will be
demonstrated with a volunteer model, and the use
of a background and a couple of simple props.
Our print competition
winners for May were as follows.......
!st Place went to Mark
McCall
 2nd
Place went to Cory Sinklier
3rd Place went to Cory
Sinklier
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>>>Monday, April 10, 2006 at Drake Design
Photography
Dusty and Cory Caswell gave us a lot of tips on
marketing our products and images. Dusty says to "Make sure your style
stands out and to put a little flair in your style." Get involved in
your community and take advantage of all opportunities that come along.
It was a high energy evening with lots of information!
Our print competition winners were !st Place...Mark McCall, 2nd
Place...Cyndi Dupont and 3rd Place...Jon Thompson. Congratulations
everyone!!!!
1st Place.. Mark McCall
2nd Place.. Cyndi Dupont
 3rd
Place.. Jon Thompson
>>>March"s SWPPA Convention
If you did not attend the convention, you missed out on a lot of
information. We are only going to touch on one subject though. Just to
help those out that are in the dark, as I was. We are going to add the
Print Competition Rules, some of the judges more frequent comments made
on prints, and our guilds entries that merited. We will also add a few
of the images taken at the Convention.
Here are some of our merited guild
winners!
Untamed
A Brush With Disaster
Look out Below!
Great job on all three Cory Sinklier!!
Jones S B C Stadium scored 82
Flyin' High scored 81
Great job on both Mark McCall!!
Hopefully this will give us some idea as to
what the judges are looking for in our prints! So, is everyone ready to
enter some at Kerrville??
Here are some fun shots that were taken of some of our members at the
Convention.
Val Tharp, Terry Osborn, Mark McCall,
Shelly Rice, Jill and Cory Sinklier
Robert Suddarth toasting with past presidents.
Mark McCall and Jim Cunningham. Mark is a new
Director at Large for the TPPA. Congratulations Mark!
Cory receiving his award from Sharon Baker.
Congratulations Cory!
 Don
Dickson and Dwayne Lee receiving recognition for their help in the
Katrina Relief Program.
>>> February's Photoshop Class
This month we had two of our members Cory Sinklier and Robert
Suddarth working with us on techniques in Photoshop. Cory worked
with us on the beginners level and Robert on the advanced level. There
was a lot of information gone over in our all day workshop. We worked on
things from changing the color of an article of clothing, actions,
changing images to black and white, grouping several images into one, to
covering blemishes in our subjects complexion, stretching our background
and batching. Our thanks to Cory and Robert for taking the time to teach
us such a useful program!
We had several new members to join yesterday also. We want to
welcome them. They are Terri Bennett, Rocky Hamilton, Pamra Culp
and Don Race.
>>>January16th Meeting
Our guest speaker was Mike Scalf. Mike gave us a lot of things to
think about with his topic of " The 80% of Photography we love to hate."
He went over such things as time management, goals, operations, policies
and procedures, work flow, basic digital rules, sales and many other
things we should apply and think of in our own businesses. It was a very
informative meeting.
We also elected officers for the year of 2006. They are as follows:
President
Kathy Dabbs
Vice President Brenda Williams
Secretary
Lauren Clark
Treasurer
Tina Thompson
Director
Corey Sinklier
2nd Director Terry Osborn
Mike Scalf was our print judge this month. !st and 2nd place went to
Mark McCall. 3rd place went to Terry Osborn.
1st Place Mark McCall
2nd Place Mark
McCall
3rd Place Terry Osborn
\>>>January is almost here.
Most of you should have received your new Texas School
information book.
Now is the time to look over it and decide which class you may want to
take. Be ready!!
>>>December...Christmas Party..Everyone had a great time at this
years Christmas Party at the Canyon House at Escondido Canyon Event
Center. We enjoyed seeing faces that we don't get to see at some of our
meetings. We were so glad to see these members. We had a great meal and
afterwards there were several awards given. Mark McCall was
awarded a Full Fellowship Award. The following members were all awarded
SPPPA Associate Fellowship Awards; Harley Bynum, Kathy Dabbs, Don
Dickson, Trina Fullingim, Cory Sinklier, Robert Suddarth and Tina
Thompson. Congratulations to those who earned these awards. Great
work!! Kathy and Tina had put together a slide show of photos,
some older photos of the longer standing members and some newer ones of
things the association had done this year.
It was announced that several members have and are opening new studios or
are moving existing ones. Brenda Williams gave us an insight on some of
the things we can look forward to for next year. One thing that we all
agreed on last night, was how lucky we are to be active members of an
association of people that we all respect and can depend on. It is
wonderful to know that if at anytime we need help, we know that someone
will be there with a helping hand and will gladly give of their time and
knowledge. For that we are all very thankful and fortunate. Thank you
all for making the SPPPA what it is. Wonderful!!
>>>November Meeting...If
you missed this months SPPPA Meeting, not only did we miss you, but you
missed a really great meeting packed full of a lot of information.
Our guest speaker was Waldo Berry. Waldo covered everything from wireless
uploads, archiving your work, presentation cd's to Folio Portrait
Mounts. He also went over advertising yourself, making your own music,
work flow, computer drives, levels of redundancy and programs to make
your job easier for you.
He really stressed the importance of knowing exposure, lighting and
posing. He also said get it right the first couple of shots and don't
work your customers to death.
Waldo also was the judge for our print competition. We were all anxious
to hear his opinion of our images. !st place & 2nd place winners were
images that were submitted by Mark McCall. And 3rd place winner was an
image by Trina Fullingim.
Waldo Berry
Print Competition Winners
 1st Place
"Lady In Wait" Mark McCall
2nd Place "The Eyes Have It" Mark McCall
 3rd Place
Trina Fullingim
>>>October 23rd & 24th....Website Design was the subject of Mark
McCall's class on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 23rd & 24th. Mark is the
webmaster for a variety of photographic and wedding websites including
SWPPA
and
BSA.
Mark went through everything from how to pick out your template to
adding buttons, photos, information and personalizing your own website.
He showed us how to change the colors, add our email and website
information and download our price list. There was a lot of helpful
information on everything that he went over. And as usual, he made it
look easy! We all know different though, don't we. Thanks Mark for
sharing all of this with us!!
>>>October Meeting....At this meeting we critiqued our shots
that we took at the Shoot Out last month. We went through all of the
images and someone from that group would answer any questions that were
asked about the image. We really had a lot of good images. A
lot of good ideas and suggestions come from this meeting. After we went
through all the images, Mark Umstot put his touches to one of the bridal
portraits and showed us how we can rework the photo and make it look
quite different.
We also had a new member to join. We would like to welcome Anne Hinds.
Our October print competition
was swept my Mark McCall, taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons. Way to
go Mark!
 
>>>September Meeting...Our
Shoot Out was a great success! We had a lot of members to turn out for
it! We even had a special guest, Dwayne Lee. Dwayne is the new TPPA
President. We also had several new members. We want to thank you all for
being there and we want to welcome our new members! They are Patty
Brand, Cyndi DuPont and Linda Taliaferro.
We were divided into 4 teams for our shoot out, moving every 30
minutes, through 4 stations. Our 4 stations consisted of the following:
Bride- Inside Sanctuary
Child- Inside play area
Family- Courtyard and porch area
Seniors- Boy & Girl- Gazebo area across the street.
We used different types of lighting, worked on posing and communication
skills with the clients.
At next months meeting we will be taking a look at all the images. We
hope to see you there!
>>>August Meeting...Hi everyone! It has
been awhile since our last meeting. Everyone was busy with Kerrville in
June and the Swim Party at The Dickson's in July. I hear that both were
a big hit! We had a really good meeting this month.
Guest Speaker Dinah Hodges came and spoke
with us on graphic design, color selection and type style.
Dinah graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Design Communications
in 2001. After graduating she worked as a graphic designer for
the agency Fellers, now known as R C and P. A position at Texas Tech in
the Marketing and Promotions office followed. In the fall of 2004 she
opened Hodgepodge Design Studio and Boutique where she now
freelances and focuses on custom invitations and announcements. Her work
has won several local Addy's awards and has been featured in CMYK
magazine. We want to welcome our two newest members! They are John King
and Johathan King.
Here are the winners for this month's Print Competition. 1st place was
Corey Sinklier, 2nd place Terry Osborn, and 3rd place Mark McCall.
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
>>May's Meeting was Trina
Fullingim telling about her experience at Texas School. "I
took Fuzzy Dunkel's class and loved it. It was entitled "Go Away!"
and was about doing senior photography on location only. He uses
reflectors and natural light almost exclusively, and only uses flash
when absolutely necessary. Some of the program was very in depth,
and then some of it was pretty basic. He showed us different ways to
build reflectors and how to "tie down" our reflector stands. I would
recommend the class to anyone interested in getting out of the
studio on a regular basis. He charges $800 upfront, which includes
the session, a 20" portrait, unlimited clothing changes, and an 8
image folio. Very low volume...high end sales. I wouldn't recommend
his style for anyone wanting to build a business. But for me, it was
exactly what I like."
Print Competition Winners..
1st and 2nd place went to Lauren Clark, while Mark McCall won 3rd
place.
 1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
>>April Meeting High Lights
It was announced in the meeting that the position of
Executive Director was appointed to Robert Suddarth. It had previously
been decided that the SPPPA would benefit by having an established
person that knows the history of the guild and previous experience to
help the stability of the guild.
Tina Thompson was also appointed as Historian.If you have photos from
previous events or activities, please send a copy of them to her.
Trina Fullingim was given the Texas School Scholarship as Lauren Lee
will not be able to attend.
The Print Competition was a hit! Great Prints! ....1st Place went to
Jason Johnson....2nd Place went to Cory Sinklier....3rd Place was a tie
between Cory Sinklier and Robert Suddarth Congratulations!!!!
1st Place Winner Jason
Johnson
2nd Place Winner Corey
Sinklier
3rd Place Winner
Corey Sinklier
Everyone is fired up about
Texas School! Next months meeting will be Trina telling us what all she
learned. Have fun everyone!
>>SPPPA Awarded an honorable mention
The SPPPA website was awarded an honorable mention at the 2005 PPA An-Ne
Awards for PPA Affiliate websites. This was SPPPA's first entry into the
competition, which included entries from across the nation.
>>SPPPA
Historian/Webmaster
During the December SPPPA Meeting, the Board of Directors agreed to
assign website duties to new SPPPA Member, Terry Osborn.
Terry has offered to do all she can to assist SPPPA. Special thanks to
her.
The Board also discussed the possibility of creating a new board
position, that being Historian.
The Historian's duties will include keeping a photographic record of
the guild history. A book or photo album can be created and kept in the
historian's care.
More to come on this issue as Board members move forward.
Board Members for 2005 are:
Kathy Dabbs / President
Brenda Williams / Vice President
Mark Umstot / Secretary
Tina Thompson / Treasurer
Jean Suddarth / Director at Large
Lauren Lee / Director at Large
Cory Sinklier / Director at Large
Tina Thompson / Historian
Robert Suddarth / Executive Director
Terry Osborn / Webmaster
>>2006 & 2007 PPA Convention
PPA has announced that the 2006, 2007 conventions will be held in Austin
& San Antonio respectively.
This is a once in a lifetime chance to visit the National Convention, if
you have never been to one.
The trade show is absolutely amazing.
>>Christian Sinklier ill
Christian Sinklier, son of former SPPPA President, Cory Sinklier,
has been involved in a bicycle accident and has just been released from
Covenant hospital. He has suffered a spleen laceration, but is
recovering nicely.
>>What ever happened to Sunshine Sally?
>>Texas School 2005
If you plan on attending Texas School at Texas A&M, on April
24th-29th, carpooling is available. Several members get together
to make the trip together. Advantages are: shared gas for a cheaper
trip, and great fellowship with fellow photographers.
Ask around at the next SPPPA meeting to see who's carpooling.
>>TPPA Website redesign
Ben Ellison has worked hard to redesign the TPPA website. Visit the
site, and let Ben know that you appreciate all the hard work.
www.tppa.org.
>>Jim Cunningham comes to SPPPA
Jim Cunningham, one of the nation's premier Painter instructors, put on
a seminar in Lubbock on January 16th-17th. Several members stated that
it was the best Painter instruction they've ever had.
Here's a few photos from the seminar:
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