Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Mike Larsen December 5th!!


WHAT A FANTASTIC PUG! I enjoyed Mike's talk SO much! He hit home for many of us a we are planing and setting our own goals for 09! I know I was inspired - hope you were too!

Topic: Leadership & Influence: Lead Your Clients to You
Whether you run a big photography studio or a home photography business, leadership is a key part, yet all-too-often underrated element of success. Leading is 100% about your character, and on the surface will get you farther than your image quality. Most photographers spend more time, on average, color correcting or editing images, than they do with their leadership skills, growth and application of them. This session will help you in your day-to-day business decisions with tasks and people; it will help you to be a better leader during your shoots, thus resulting in better images, and a more interactive group of people who will appreciate you and refer you.

Guest Bio:
Mike is an international photographer who began his career traveling the globe in search of exotic locations, amazing surf, and beautiful other cultures to photograph. Since then, he discovered his passion for photographing people who are in love and enjoying life. Mike resides in Southern California, when not traveling. He is honored to be sought after to photograph spectacular weddings around the world. Mike's travels and exposure to diversity continue to inspire him to keep a fresh, fun and outside the box approach to wedding photography.

Visit Mike Larson's website.

Thanks to Mark Sorrow for taking the pic!



Wednesday, December 3, 2008

In The Moment Photography

Hello all!  We have some more shoot out images from the shoot out - I love these!  Great job Mike and Cat!
















Monday, November 17, 2008

Thanks for sending in your work!

Hello All!
Sorry for the delay in posting some of the images from our wild shoot out!  If you were not there - we basically had a challenge to shoot 2 couples after dark without the aid of flashes.  
We were challenged to discover what we could use around us to make great photographs!

Thanks for everyone's enthusiasm - even though traffic had us starting almost an hour behind schedule!

I love the images I have seen so far - GREAT WORK!  I would still love to see more images from the night so please send a few in if you have yet to do so!

Thanks!

Here are some images by Dean www.deanruiz.com

Here are a few images by Justin Hadley

Monday, November 3, 2008

Thursday night shoot out!

November's PUG is this Thursday, November 6th! We are back at Java Vino - UPSTAIRS!

JavaVino - Coffee & Wine House | 579 N Highland Ave | Atlanta | Georgia | 30307 |




OK everyone, we have talked about it at previous PUG's and now it is here. We are going to have our first Atlanta shootout this Thursday for our PUG. Here are the criteria to think about before the meeting Thursday at 7pm.

1. We will break into groups of three or four.
2. We will have models for you and you will have 45 minutes to go out and about photographing an impromptu portrait session.
3. Then we will process images (please bring your laptop's) and then present your top three from each group. (if you dont have a laptop we will try to share and help each other)


I think this is going to be a great experience and to throw a curve ball out there, the shoot will be at night with available light only. There are plenty of lights outside and it will make for some interesting challenges.

Things to bring: Camera, fast glass, laptop and way to load images on to your laptop.

A quick note about meeting at Java Vino! We are very fortunate to have such a cool, comfy spot to host our meetings! They are gracious hosts but we in turn need to be gracious guests!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a minute or two to grab some coffee, wine and or food before coming upstairs! We want it to be mutually beneficial for them to host our events so that we can be invited back again and again! Do some networking - buy a friend a coffee too! Make sure you let them know you are with the PUG when you pay so they can easily keep track!

Monday, September 29, 2008

October 2nd! It's All about Lightroom!!

Our next PUG is this Thursday, October 2nd! We are back at Java Vino - UPSTAIRS!

JavaVino - Coffee & Wine House | 579 N Highland Ave | Atlanta | Georgia | 30307 |

A quick note about meeting at Java Vino! We are very fortunate to have such a cool, comfy spot to host our meetings! They are gracious hosts but we in turn need to be gracious guests! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a minute or two to grab some coffee, wine and or food before coming upstairs! We want it to be mutually beneficial for them to host our events so that we can be invited back again and again! Do some networking - buy a friend a coffee too! Make sure you let them know you are with the PUG when you pay so they can easily keep track!

THIS MONTHS TOPIC IS ALL ABOUT LIGHTROOM!!

Adam (our Pictage pro rep for the southeast) is going to go over the new Lightroom plug in and how it can really speed up your workflow!
We can't wait to see you there!



Thursday, September 4, 2008

Thursday September 4th PUG Meeting!

We are having a PUG this evening! Tonight's pug is at 7-9pm back at our favorite spot Java Vino!

JavaVino - Coffee & Wine House | 579 N Highland Ave | Atlanta | Georgia | 30307 |


A quick note about meeting at Java Vino! We are very fortunate to have such a cool, comfy spot to host our meetings! They are gracious hosts but we in turn need to be gracious guests! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a minute or two to grab some coffee, wine and or treats before coming upstairs! We want it to be mutually beneficial for them to host our events so that we can be invited back again and again! Do some networking - buy a friend a coffee too!

Make sure you let them know you are with the PUG when you pay so they can easily keep track!

TONIGHTS TOPIC!!!!

We have had so many great speakers in the last 5 weeks! Tonight we are going to take a deep breath and discuss what they have all shared and look at how it can effect our individual studios! I will have points and topics from each of the past 5 meetings and plan on asking for your thoughts and experiences on them!

Are we coming each week and learning things that make our studios successful?
Are we actually finding new ideas and tactics to put into practice?
How are your fellow PUG members benefiting from our recent speakers advice?

Lets all talk, share and be ready to take a good look at our own studios tonight!

I look forward to seeing you and having a great PUG!

Jenn

Michael and Anna Costa Event!!!





Thank you to everyone that showed up at our Bonus PUG Event with Michael and Anna Costa! It was awesome to have 48 people participate in our PUG and we hope they continue to help us form a community of photographers here in Atlanta! Here are some shots from the event! Thank you Michael and Anna! Also, thank you to Adaptation - what a cool space!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Michael and Anna Costa AUG 25th at 7pm

Hello All!

Here is the information on our bonus PUG this month! It is

MONDAY, AUGUST 25th at 7pm

BECAUSE OF THE FANTASTIC RESPONSE WE ARE NOW MEETING AT
Adaptation Floral Design
316 N. Highland Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30307


Michael and Anna are an awesome team and will no doubt inspire....read below and start inviting your fellow photogs - we want to have a great turnout!!

Thank you!

Michael and Anna Costa have been recognized by some of the most prestigious companies and publications in the photography industry and will be seen in the fall of 2008 on the We Network TV show "Platinum Weddings." Michael and Anna are honored to actively speak at international conventions - previously at Pictage Partner-Con 2006-7 in Chicago & Los Angeles, in 2008 as Platform presenters sponsored by Fujifilm for Wedding & Portrait Photographers International in Las Vegas and have been invited to be presenters in January of 2009 for Professional Photographers of America. Michael has been published in Photo District News, winning a spot in their "Top Knots" wedding photography competition in 2007, has won "The Knot – National" Magazine's 1st Place Best Wedding of the Year for 2007, and has recently been recognized by the prestigious WPJA & [AG]WPJA placing top 10 in their international competition & winning several other accolades. Amherst Medias’ “The Best of Photographic Lighting Vol. II” & the best-selling Adobe Photoshop training publication Lynda.com have also used Michael’s imagery. Michael and Anna and have won a combined 10 awards from Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. They have been published in "The Knot – Southern California" as well as "The Knot – National," can be seen in this year's issue of "Grace Ormond's Wedding Style" magazine, and are one of few photographers to be featured on their exclusive Platinum List. Michael and Anna were featured in 2007 for the WPPI Monthly Newsletter titled, "Image (and Images) is everything." Michael and Anna are proud to be sponsored by Fujifilm, leading the industry to be among the first implementing a hybrid photography workflow where they offer their worldwide clientele the best of both film and digital capture.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Thank You Shari!!!

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Special thanks to Shari Zellars for speaking at tonights PUG!
She proved that she is indeed a rockstar! It was so great to hear how she got started and how she keeps things running day to day! Her 16x 24 Canvas was BEAUTIFUL - what an awesome image! Fantastic job Shari - you are a rockin Pictage ambassador!

It was great to see so many faces - familiar and new!! We are going to need a bigger space soon!
Thank you to all who attended!

Jenn

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Tonight's PUB August 7th 2008!!!!

Tonight's pug is at 7-9pm at our new hotspot Java Vino!
JavaVino - Coffee & Wine House | 579 N Highland Ave | Atlanta | Georgia | 30307 |

We will be talking about a myriad of things including new products, prices and website changes! We also want to take some time to get to know a little more about each other's studios so come ready to chat and share!!



Sharri Zellers is going to be our studio spotlight tonight! Shari has an awesome studio here in Atlanta and does beautiful award winning work!
Shari also uses Pictage as a true partner in her business taking full advantage of many of the things they have to offer! I look forward to hearing how it works for her and how she puts Pictage to work!

Check out this great article about Shari from the national PUG blog!!