A huge thanks to Zack Arias who allowed us to use his downtown Atlanta studio for the event!

Here are a few images from the day:

Starting with theory and presentation:

Each participant was given the chance get some hands-on experience and review:


And our patient (and beautiful) model, Nicole:

Walter will be receiving his PPA Master’s Degree at the PPA National Convention in Tampa, FL in 2008.

The theme for this contest is:  Motion.   Contest images may be from any event or situation (wedding, portrait, or even personal work).  Images submitted will be judged on technical merit and how well they demonstrate the theme of the contest. 

Prizes for this contest have been generously donated by Blurb Books 

1st Prize:  A coupon good for two 40-page Large Format 13×11 Landscape hardcover books with dust jackets.
2nd Prize:  A coupon for two 40-page 10×8 (landscape or portrait) hardcover books with dust jackets.
3rd Prize:  A coupon for two 40-page 7×7 hardcover books with dust jackets.

Blurb is a creative publishing service that enables professional photographers to quickly create beautiful, commercial-quality books, both for clients and for business promotion. Blurb’s free bookmaking software works on a Mac or PC and features hundreds of professionally designed magazine-style layouts and backgrounds, including elegant wedding themes. Books come in four distinct sizes, including gift-sized 7×7, Standard 10×8 Landscape or 8×10 Portrait, and Large Format Landscape 13×11. Hardcover books come with fully customizable dust jackets, and both hardcover and softcover book bindings are built to last. Blurb’s service includes a free bookstore where you can market and sell books via email invitations, book previews, and more. Set your own price, and then sell your books to clients in the Blurb Bookstore keeping 100% of the markup. There’s no minimum order quantity and books are delivered in 7 to 10 business days. 

I wanted to thank you all for an awesome seminar, it exceeded my expectations 100 fold and I really enjoyed it. The extra time you took to answer my questions and cover the topics is really appreciated. Anytime you come guys come to Austin let me know, I’d love to provide hospitality and return the value. Cutting out of work for the day was so worth it, the day was an incredible value and mentoring. [Eric Glover]

We really enjoyed our time in Austin and are looking forward to coming back with other events!

1.) Kenneth Mason

2.) argo (Johnny Arguedas)

3.) Amy Pezz

4.) chr15w (Chris Williamson)
5.) Stephen Seward
6.) mintyeyes (Megan Dupuis)
7.) Heather Mason
8.) Stephen Seward
9.) StudioVitae (Crystal Wedel)
10.) MikeD (Mike Dickson)

The top three winners will be receiving generous packages from ProDPI.

All top ten placements are offered a PWP t-shirt or contest image credits to be used in the next year.

You may view all the winning images here: Q2 Pro Contest Winners.

Congratulations, all!

Atlanta, GA - August 21, 2007
Atlanta, GA - August 22, 2007
Manassas, VA - November 13, 2007

For more information or to register for this workshop, check out the page in the PWP Seminars area:
http://www.pwpforums.com/seminars/neil

Check out the article and some of Greg’s amazing images here:
A Look Back at the Dawn of Digital

Each Pro Photographer may enter up to 5 images per Quarter. Contest credits are $5 each. To buy your contest credits, use this link: http://www.pwpforums.com/forum/payments.php and select “Image Contest Credits”.

Susan and Melissa are both full time professional photographers running independent studios. They are also wives and moms who juggle work and family on a daily basis, just like thousands of other working women around the world. Come listen to these dynamic and talented women from very different backgrounds and locations talk about building a photography business from the ground up. They’ll discuss marketing and branding, finding your clients, managing your time, and the work involved for everyone, male and female, in running successful photography businesses.

The seminar will begin with Susan and Melissa each speaking separately about their individual businesses and paths. They’ll then panel together to answer questions from the audience.

For more information or to register for this event ($300 for PWP members and $350 for everyone else), visit the seminar webpage:  http://www.pwpforums.com/seminars/susmel/

See you in Chicago!

We’re pleased to announce our next Workshop series:

Practical Lighting with Neil van Niekerk
Atlanta, GA - August 21, 2007
Atlanta, GA - August 22, 2007

This one-day workshop will focus on practical how-to advice in achieving the best results when using on-camera flash. Using a combination of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice for the attendees, this workshop will help photographers refine their flash technique so that they achieve more consistent and predictable results.

For more information or to register for this workshop, check out the page in the PWP Seminars area:

http://www.pwpforums.com/seminars/neil