ASMP Colorado Newsletter

October 1, 2020

Monthly Update

ASMP Colorado Social Media contest: Congratulations to Bill Cotton for winning our Facebook and newsletter cover contest! If you have an image you'd like featured here, go to ASMP Colorado Photo Chat on FB and upload your photo. The image that gets the most likes will be featured here and on the Facebook banner. You must be an ASMP member.

The Creatives Business: A Round Table Discussion

An online event discussing business basics for creatives. In concurrent rotating sessions, four groups will learn about:

Business Insurance
Business Taxes
Finding Your Niche
Contracts

When: Thursday, November 5, 5:00PM-8:30PM

Where: Join us on Zoom

Cost: ASMP Members Free

ASMP Student Members Free

Non-members Free

More information: Here

Have Questions? Email Howard Paul: howard@howardpaulphotography.com

ASMP Member Feature: Bill Baum

Bill brings a wide range of experience to his photography. The early days were newspaper and commercial advertising photography to global events like World Cup skiing, Formula One and the Americas Cup working with Eastman Kodak and Pentax. Then 17 years as a professional alpine ski coach with Canada, Austria, and the U.S. including the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games with the U.S. Olympic Team. He reignited his photography business specializing in events, portraits and sports in 2004 and has been an ASMP member since 2012.

Bill resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and in addition to his photography business he also runs unique photo workshops in Italy and Nepal.

Thank you for your membership, Bill!

Above Image: ©Gloria Bordi

Below image: ©Bill Baum

Virtual Brews & Business: Ask a Pro

When: Monday, October 5, 2020

Time: 6:55PM - 9:00PM

Cost: Free

Where: Join Brews & Business on Zoom

Meeting ID: 825 5225 8218

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+13462487799,,82552258218# US (Houston)

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More information: Brews and Biz

Our October topic is “Ask a Pro”. Ask any photography, business or ASMP-related questions you may have. This can be about getting and keeping clients, insurance and liability, marketing and self-promotion, how to set up a business, gear, reasons to be an ASMP member and other similar questions.

We’ll also be discussing perks of ASMP membership that can put more cash in your pocket and more clients on your contact list. BYOB!

Headshot photographer and ASMP Colorado president Katie Warnke, food photographer Rick Souders, corporate and portrait photographer Paul Weinrauch and commercial corporate photographer Paul Trantow, will be available to answer your questions. Over 100 years of combined professional photo experience to answer your questions!

FREE TO EVERYONE!

Coffee & Conversation

An open discussion about the business of photography. Have a success story you want to share or questions about ASMP? Have tips about keeping your business running smoothly? Pour yourself a cup of coffee and join us virtually on Zoom through your laptop, tablet or phone.

Virtual Boulder Coffee Meetup via Zoom

Profoto sponsored photographer Tony Corbell will be our guest in October, talking about Profoto gear and how he uses it to create his images worldwide.

When: Monday, October 12, 2020

Time: 7:30AM - 9:00AM

Where: Join our Coffee on Zoom

Meeting ID: 865 6376 2343

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+16699006833,,86563762343# US (San Jose)

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More information here: Boulder Coffee Meetup

Virtual Loveland Coffee Meetup via Zoom - Cancelled

Above image: ©Ella Dascalos

The CASE Act: Join the Fall 2020 Senate Clicks Campaign!

Calling all photographers: Please click here to help the ASMP National Fall CASE Act campaign by using ASMP’s easy online tools to send emails to Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner asking them to support the CASE Act. Then call to tell them their constituents want them to cosponsor the CASE Act, S. 1273. If we don't get this passed now, we'll need to start all over from scratch.

Senator Cory Gardner (202) 224-5852

Senator Michael Bennet (202) 224-5852

Above Image senate.gov

Master Class with Dave Black

Mike's Camera is very excited to host Nikon Ambassador and world-renowned photographer Dave Black for a 3-part Masterclass this October!

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Join us for 3 sessions over 3 weeks, where Dave will discuss:

1) Game Day: A Shooter's Guide for Sports Photographers (Saturday 10/10)

2) Action Images with High-Speed Sync Flash (Saturday 10/17)

3) Lightpainting Essentials (Saturday 10/24)

Inspiration

Life Magazine Photographer Bob Gomel: Eyewitness

Fall: A Photographic Appreciation: Magnum Photos

Support Our Sponsors

In this difficult business climate, please support our ASMP CO sponsors: Mike's Camera, Chimera Lighting, Profoto, Mega Pixels Digital, Agency Access, PowerEx by Maha Energy, Sony and Shiny Red Copy. Direct links included below.

ASMP Buy/Sell/Trade group on Facebook

ASMP Colorado Photography Equipment Exchange

This group is for ASMP Colorado members and their friends for a convenient way to buy/sell/trade to people in the community. This is a private group. You'll need to request to join first.