Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild
|
|
Greetings and a very Happy New Year to you all! I couldn't be more excited to start serving you as your president. As you know, building and maintaining a positive culture of learning, fellowship, and professionalism is at the forefront of this wonderful guild. 2018 will be no exception. With our commitment to growth, you can expect the same great programming and learning opportunities with some new and exciting twists and turns!
Please know, if you ever have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me directly and I will do all I can to help you in any way I am able. It is my pleasure to serve you and uphold the integrity of this great profession we all call Photography.
Stay tuned and watch your inbox for your 2018 event and program announcements!
Sincerely,
Roben Bellomo, CPP, M.Ed.
619.569.6709
|
|
Join us at Imaging USA 2018 in Nashville!
|
A large number of our members plan to come together at this year's annual PPA Imaging USA conference in Nashville, TN with Pre-Convention classes starting on Thursday, January 11. The Conference begins on Sunday, January 14 and runs through Tuesday, January 16. You can expect your days to be packed with learning, fun, good food, and friends, new and old.
If you haven't attended, it's not too late and we suggest you do!
We are more than happy to help guide you along if this is your first time. Your first VP, Sarah Crail, is putting together a Facebook Messenger Group for all IPPG members attending. If you'd like to get on the list, send us a message or reply to the post on the
IPPG FB page
.
Lastly, for all those attending, we'd like to have an informal gathering on Saturday evening at The Falls Bar & Lounge inside the Opryland Resort (where the convention is taking place). We will be there from 6pm-7pm to share an appetizer and answer questions to ensure an enjoyable and productive experience for all of our members! Please text Roben Bellomo if you plan to join so I can keep an eye out for you! 619.569.6709.
See you in Nashville!
|
|
|
Meet your Board- 1st Vice President~ Sarah Crail
|
Hi IPPG friends! Here's a little about me...I grew up in West Lafayette and then went off to college out of state. I am a second career photographer. My first love was always art, but my parents encouraged me to pursue a "marketable degree" so I went into secondary English Ed with TESL as my undergrad and Counseling as my master's. I served as a missionary teacher in Puerto Rico for 10 years before my husband and I met online. I came back to IN in 2010, and Roger and I were married that December. Because I was never licensed to teach in IN, and Roger's work schedule is such that we would never see each other if I were working a traditional job, I decided not to pursue my teaching license here, but work part time at JCPenny portrait studio. After a year, I left to pursue my own business. All of my photography education has been with IPPG, PPA, other affiliates, some online courses, and working alongside others. I spent the first couple of years trying to figure out what I was doing and had no intention of pursuing weddings. However, after assisting on a few weddings with Joe DeFabis and a couple of other photographers, I found that to be one of my true passions. I continue to work with portraits and weddings and am working to grow both my technical skills and my business, and I am happy to serve the Guild as first vice president this year. In my "spare time" I enjoy working on personal projects and would like to invite you all to attend the gallery opening of my next show THIS MONDAY Jan 8th from 5-7:30 at the Danville IN public library. The theme is "Historic Barns of Hendricks County."
To see my more of my work online, feel free to check out my website
www.sarahcrail.zenfolio.com
and/or follow Photography by Sarah Crail on Facebook and Instagram.
|
|
Featured Member of the Month- Lisa Jamison
|
I was born and raised in Indianapolis and still reside in the suburban outskirts of my hometown. Monday through Friday I am a commercial insurance underwriter. My husband and I have successfully (and sometimes miraculously) raised a son and daughter to be contributing members of society. I am an avid reader, a nature lover, a life-long learner and a perpetual daydreamer.
My journey into photography is rooted in the Indiana State Fair. As Hoosier tradition dictates, our family made the annual pilgrimage to stuff ourselves with fried foods and tour barns full of livestock we city kids considered exotic. It was at the photography exhibit at the fair that I really started to fall in love with the art. I swore one day I would buy a camera and one of my photos would hang on those walls. Fast forward many years to my daughter’s senior year in high school - she took a film photography class, and I was finally motivated to buy my first DSLR and give photography a try myself. I decided the best way to learn how to use it was to do a year-long project where I took and posted a photo every single day for a year. That was a year of transformation for me and I could literally write a book (ok, maybe just a pamphlet) on the many ways my life was changed by that year, but if you’re a photographer, you may already know.
My favorite types of photography are nature, abstract, macro and still life. I started making still life photos as a means of taking photos in between traveling or hiking plus it’s a relaxing escape from reality. I didn’t really think of myself as a still life photographer until I decided to enter a couple of my photos into the fair, and they did well. Photography is a journey with no end for me, and I enjoy that it challenges me to keep growing and learning new skills. This year I hope try my hand at some portraiture and finally master using flash.
IG: @lisabellphoto
|
|
Renew your Membership for 2018 NOW!
|
|
For those who were unaware (or forgot), all 2017 memberships are now expired. But don't fret! You can fix that right now by renewing for 2018
HERE
. In order for us to maintain more high quality programming, events, and opportunities, we ask you to please renew promptly! Thank you for your continued membership! We are what we are because of all of you. Expect more great things with your 2018 membership!
|
|
Roben Bellomo, President
Sarah Crail, 1st Vice President
Joe DeFabis, 2nd Vice President
Stacy Workman, Secretary
Jamie Simpson, Treasurer
Laura Arick, Membership Director
Ed Stewart, Registration Director
Todd Fuqua, Committee Member
Kip Shawger, Committee Member
JJ Kaplan, Immediate Past President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
