May 21st PUG meeting!

This Month's PUG - Thursday May 21st @ Java Vino!! Hello Atlanta PUG photographers! We are SO sorry that everything is topsy turvy this month! We have decided we will still have our May PUG no matter what! Wedding Season can't get us down! It can simply delay us a little and make us a little nutty thats all! I'm sure you guys are all busy too but hope that you will carve out a little time to spend with us! Lets get together to refocus, share and take a deep breath! This Month's Topics Shari will be speaking about.... "Marketing to Vendors: Making Contacts, Making Friends, Getting Business" PRODUCT UPDATES - Review order pricing for Wholesale Products prior to checkout • Know how much you’re spending before you submit your order. A preview for your order’s price is now available for wholesale products. Album Designer: Larger Editing View • The Pictage Album Designer can now scale to the size of your monitor. The larger view makes it easier to see the details! The NEW Pictage Upload Tool • Now you can create an event, upload the images, and have it auto-release to your clients without ever visiting the website. We guarantee this is the easiest way to manage an event on Pictage. Download it now. Make an Event ‘Not-Searchable’ - New Privacy Feature for Events • Under event settings you can now mark an event ‘not searchable’ so that the ONLY way to find it is for the photographer or owner to share the event url. Update your Credit Card Online • Update the credit card you have on file at Pictage under the Billing Preferences page of your account. (Billing Preferences can be found from the Studio Preferences page.) A little Info about Shari! How did you get into photography? Photography has been a part of me since childhood! I was given my first camera, a Kodak Instamatic, for my 7th birthday and it went everywhere with me. My first photography course was in elementary school and then I pursued more advanced courses during high school when I also got my first job at a local photo lab processing and printing B&W. Yet when it came time to go college, I chose to study Illustration and Graphic Design. While studying at the Atlanta College of Art, a freelance photographic opportunity convinced me that I was much happier behind a camera lens than sitting at the drawing table! So, I changed majors and found myself traveling to Greece and Turkey to study alternative forms of photography and of course, to photograph the beautiful landscape! When did wedding photography become your passion? I had started shooting weddings for friends and family around 1994 and eventually discovered a desire to pursue wedding photography full-time. I received a BFA in Fine Art Photography from ACA and in January of 2002, I left the photo lab industry and now enjoy providing wedding photography services full-time. I also enjoy the photo opportunities I encounter after the wedding - like maternity, children's, and family portraits! In April of 2002, the special events industry in Atlanta awarded me the 2002 Allie Award for Best Event Photography for my wedding photography of Joy and Eric Orme. It was an honor to be acknowledged by my peers for work that I am so passionate about. March 2003, I was given the same award againfor my photography of the wedding of Lisa and Anthony Czech! What makes you a good wedding photographer? Did I say I was passionate about wedding photography? I am a hopeful romantic - a necessity for capturing those intimate moments and creating the best images of your wedding. I realize that as your wedding photographer, we will have the longest relationship of any of your wedding professionals. You will want someone who LOVES wedding photography, to work with not only on that special day, but for sometime after the wedding to order prints and design your album. VISIT SHARI'S WEBSITE Upcoming Events!!! Jim Collins - Pictage CEO Jim Collins, the new CEO of Pictage is coming to our PUG!! He is planning on coming to our PUG on WEDNESDAY, June 3rd? We hope you will plan on joining us to hear what all he has in store! We hear rave reviews and look forward to extending a warm welcome to Jim! JAVA VINO 579 North Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 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! ©2009 The Decisive Moment | 1270 Caroline Street Suite D 120-136 Atlanta GA 30307

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