Post on 10-Jun-2020
Presented by Tennessee PPA
Schedule of Events
April 24th-27th 2015
Friday
2:00 PM Workshop Registration Opens (Main Lodge Office Lobby)
Folio and 11x14 Collage Print Images received/Registration opens (Print
Competition Deadline is Sat. 12 noon)
F/32 Photo Lab “Gear Shop” opens for lens and gear
rental! See April Love or a Board Member for signups!
3:00 PM Hotel Check In Begins (Main Lodge Office Lobby)
4:00-7:00 PM Workshop Begins! It’s a FOTO Fest Friday!
Program: “Into the WILD!” Instructor: Wilson Reynolds (Meet in the Main
Lodge Meeting Room-then travel by car for location shoot)
This workshop begins at the lodge and then
moves to the Great Smoky Mountains area for
an “on location shoot” so bring your camera
and gear of your choice! (weather permitting).
*PPA MERIT Program offering-accompanies
Monday class offering. Members should pre-
register in advance and must acquire a TOTAL of 6.5 hours of Wilson
Reynolds combined class time, within any three classes offered, or any
combination to total 6.5 hours of education in order to receive a PPA
merit.
7:30-9:00 PM “Sundown in the Smokies” Welcome Campfire Party! Come kick off our
first night in the Smokies with a campfire and enjoy s’mores, roasting
marshmallows and hotdogs by the fire. We’ll sit around the fire pit and
enjoy music, talk shop and relax. There will be limited seating around the
campfire, so bring a lawn chair if you can!
9:30 PM-? BONUS “Friday Night Lights”-Light
Painting/Long Exposure Program!
(Weather permitting- bring your
camera and a flashlight or light source
of your choice). We will travel by car to
the Cades Cove parking lot area and
walk a short distance for this workshop. Car pooling will be available.
Instructor: Wilson Reynolds
Saturday
7:30-9:00 AM Breakfast (Center Café in the Convention Center is open!)
9:00-11:30 PM The ART of Photography-Part 1.
Instructor: PPA Master Artist Kathryn
Rutherford
Kathryn Rutherford will show us how
important it is to understand the elements of
art within our photography and teach us
secrets of how to incorporate art into your work and elevate your
photographic skills! She is an incredible talent! You will be amazed!
12:00 PM 11x14 Collage Print Competition Entry Deadline
(Main Lodge Meeting Room). Pre-Registration
is available online under “Competitions” at
www.tnppaonline.com. (See sample images)
12-1:30 PM Lunch (See “Meal Hosts” for restaurant location for today).
1:00 PM Folio and Print Competition Judging (Closed to Members)
Who will win this year? You can’t win if you don’t enter!
1:30-3:00 PM The ART of Photography-Part 2-Inspire to new heights with your Imagery
Instructor –Kathryn Rutherford
3:30-4:30 PM Learn the Mystery of Image Competition and improve your overall
photography-led by PPA Judges Panel-we will talk about the folio
winners!
5:00-6:30 PM High School Senior Shootout-on location at the
Tremont Lodge with Professional models!
Instructor-Barbara Yonts
Bring your camera and photograph the models,
while you learn posing and lighting techniques!
6:30-7:30PM Dinner (Ask about the “Meal Host” for this restaurant location.)
7:30-9:30 PM What’s HOT-HEAD SHOTS! Instructor-Barbara Yonts.
Get your OWN PERSONAL head shot here! If you
need to update your head shot for your website or
marketing purposes, then this is just what you
need. Get your digital headshot file for FREE! Plus,
learn how to incorporate head shots for corporate
use or for models/actors and increase your studios
revenue! Learn something NEW!
9:30-? PM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE/Studio 54 Social-music, games and Photography
Auction! Over $1,500 to be offered!
LIVE from PHOTO X-treme
“It’s Saturday Night!” TNPPA will host this FUN social event with music, games and its much
anticipated Photographic AUCTION! Bring those props, gear or
backgrounds you don’t use any longer and sell at our auction! You keep
80 percent of the proceeds! Dress attire is casual.
Members interested in bringing props, backgrounds, gear, etc. to sell
should contact Carla S. Hoskins at (423) 871-2908 or email her at
classicimagesbycarla@comcast.net ahead of time, if possible, to get pre-
registered for the auction and avoid lines before the auction.
Sunday
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast (Ask about the “Meal Host” for this restaurant location).
8:30-9:15 AM Devotional (Main Meeting Lodge Loft)
9:30-11:30 AM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part 1-
Children’s Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting Room) Instructor
Barbara Yonts.
12:00 PM CPP Test! CPP Ambassador Alisa Whitley/Proctor. (Testing location to be
announced). Advanced registration must be made two weeks prior to
date of test with Alisa Whitley. More information is posted online at
www.tnppaonline.com. Lunch will be available on site in the testing
room. Please RSVP to Alisa Whitley if you will want to eat so she can
make the reservations for delivery.
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch (Check with the “Meal Host” for the restaurant location.)
Past Presidents Meeting (locations to be announced-see Dorma Tabisz).
TNPPA Nominating Committee (location to be announced)
National and Seppa Awards Committee Meeting (location to be
announced)
2:00-4:00 PM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part
2-Family Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting
Room). Instructor Barbara Yonts-learn the joy of
photographing families!
4:30-7:00 PM Stylized Wedding Shoot Workshop with Professional MODELS!
Instructor: Scott Evans, PPA Wedding
Photographer with over 1,000 weddings
under his belt! All Professional models will
join us for the workshop including Miss
Tennessee 2014! (Main Lodge Meeting
Room).
7:00-8:30 PM Dinner (Check with the “Meal Host” for the restaurant location).
9:00-? PM Join us for some Wedding
Workflow from the day’s stylized
wedding shoot with Scott Evans!
See how he creates his inspiring
wedding images into works of ART
and learn about pricing and sales
tips!
Monday
7:00-7:30 AM The CENTER CAFÉ is open in the Convention Center for your convenience!
No need to wonder where to go for breakfast this morning! Grab some
granola, cereal or a quick breakfast at the Center Café before you head
off for your morning inspirational workshop! We have it covered, so you
can eat before the early morning shoot on location for our most
anticipated BONUS workshop on Macro Monday!
7:30-10:30 AM BONUS Sunrise Macro Workshop! It’s MACRO MONDAY!
Only $25! (Pre-registration is online and open to ALL!
Hurry before it sells out! Limited availability.)
The Bonus Workshop:
Wildflowers, Waterscapes and the
Wonder of Nature!
Get Back to Nature on Macro
Monday with Instructor-Wilson
Reynolds!
DO NOT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE WORKSHOP!
It will feed your soul and give you that inspiration for creation you have
been looking for!
This workshop is OPEN to everyone! This workshop will delight you with
incredible locations led by Wilson Reynolds, the area’s premier instructor
for wildflowers and those incredible waterfall and river shots with the
beautiful airy water effect! With all the rain we have had lately, this
should be the PRIME time for this photographic opportunity!
Attend this BONUS class and
learn how to create those
magnificent images and hang
some ART on your walls, or
capture a competition print
possibility!
Added PERK! If you have attended Wilson Reynold’s classes, and pre-
registered, you will receive a PPA MERIT after continuing 6.5 hours of
instruction with Wilson Reynolds! Classes can be in combination for a
total of 6.5 hours thru Monday.
If you are interested in this BONUS class, a $25 fee is required for
instruction, but it is WELL WORTH IT! Bring your camera and hiking shoes
for a mild, but inspirational, moderate hike. We plan to car pool along
the way. Contact Carla S. Hoskins (Secretary/Treasurer) for more details
at classicimagesbycarla@comcast.net or call (423)871-2908 to get signed
up!
10:30-12:30 PM Alternative Income Strategies Program-Instructor-Scott Evans
Learn how to increase your cash flow by implementing
some NEW product offering with your photographic
images such as posters, calendars, coasters, etc. You will
be surprised with the information Scott will give you on
how you can increase your “bottom line” when things are slow! This
class is just what you need!
12:30 PM “It’s a Wrap!” Photo Xtreme Spring Workshop concludes-hope you were
“INSPIRED” and enjoyed the Photo Xtreme 2015 X-perience! We hope
you learned a lot and got some great images to enjoy from the workshop!
See you at our Fall Conference in Murfreesboro, TN August 29th-Sept.
1st 2015!
Special thanks to go to our Sponsors Wilson Reynolds,
owner of the Tremont Lodge and Resort and F/32 Photo
Lab for Sponsoring the Photo X-treme 2015 Spring
Workshop. Your generosity is much appreciated!
This photographic educational workshop is brought to you by:
www.tnppaonline.com