Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Thursday April 2nd, 2009 PUG with Denis Reggie



A warm welcome, a fantastic new venue and a legendary speaker! This month's PUG is going to be one to remember!
This very special PUG gathering features Denis Reggie up close and personal as he shares favorite images and stories from behind the scenes. He will detail his techniques, offer industry insights, and answer questions in a casual, living room style format. This is a Canon Explorer of Light event and is open to all working and aspiring wedding photographers.

This event is FREE and open to all professional photographers we just ask that you RSVP

RSVP HERE

Welcome

We will be starting off the evening a little earlier than usual with a wine and cheese welcome reception sponsored by ShootQ! Please join us to take a few minutes to relax, unwind and catch up with fellow photographers that you may know or may meet!


An Evening With Denis Reggie

Hailed by Town & Country as “the great wedding photographer of our day” and by Oprah Winfrey as “the best in the business,” Denis Reggie and his impact on wedding photography have become legend. Sensing the frustration of many brides with the posed look of traditional and pseudo-fashion wedding photography, he set out in the early 1980’s to refine and popularize the truly natural, editorial style he termed “wedding photojournalism.” The wedding photography industry has never been the same.

In the American PHOTO cover feature naming “The 10 Best Wedding Photographers in the World,” Denis Reggie was listed first.

At the request of the Smithsonian Institute this year, several Reggie photographs will become part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History in Washington.

His images have been featured on the cover of LIFE, and named in “Photographs of the Year” by People, LIFE, People, and Newsweek among other publications. He has been interviewed at various times as a guest on NBC’s Today show as well as Oprah! A Denis Reggie photograph of Oprah Winfrey and Jackie Onassis was featured on a program highlighting “Oprah’s favorite things.”

He has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, VH-1, E! Entertainment Television, CNN, and Fox in national broadcasts. He has also been the subject of feature stories in each of the major wedding and photography magazines, and in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications. His photographs are frequently used in books on weddings, etiquette, and photography including titles by Vera Wang, Letitia Baldridge and Town & Country.

Denis Reggie’s celebrity client list reads like a Who’s Who among America’s elite and includes Vera Wang, John Kennedy, Jr., Susan Lucci, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, Rudy Giuliani, Peter Jennings, James Garner, television anchor Campbell Brown, Alan Greenspan, Ted Turner, and Don Henley to name a few.



We will be meeting at the fabulous new
Samuel L. Golden Retreat at...

Callanwolde Fine Art Center

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
980 Briarcliff Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30306


Callanwolde is one of the most photographed locations in Atlanta. Built in 1920 as the home of Charles Howard Candler, eldest son of Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler, the 27,000 square-feet Gothic-Tudor style mansion has been featured in books, television and motion pictures, and has hosted hundreds of weddings, galas and private events over the years.

Directions

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is located between the Virginia-Highland and Druid Hills neighborhoods of Atlanta, approximately 2 miles east of Midtown. Situated on 12 acres of lush, landscaped grounds on Briarcliff Road, Callanwolde is only 1 mile from Emory University and approximately 3 miles west of Decatur.

Monday, March 2, 2009

YES! There is a PUG this Thursday March 5th 2009!

Hello PUG members! Sorry for the delay in posting this week's meeting - WE ARE MEETING! - 7pm at Java Vino on Thursday! It should be a GREAT meeting! We are speaking about

MARKETING IN A RECESSION
How have you changed your approach?
Should we as an industry be making changes?
How can we offer our clients some relief without taking it from our bottom line?
How can we save money by marketing in creative ways that help our budgets!

I hope you will join us this week and share your experience with us! The greatest tool in meeting is to share our variety of ideas and perspectives!


I will be speaking a little about SHOOT Q 2.0 and how it has been an awesome tool for The Decisive Moment during this recession!

I will do a brief demo and attempt to answer any questions you may have about the program! I can't wait to see you there!

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!