the indianhead photographer
TRANSCRIPT
IndianheadPhotographers Inc
Officers ampBoard of Directors
PresidentKirk Kolpitcke1903 N Mountain Rd
Wausau WI 54401715-842-5946
amountainstudioverizonnet
Vice PresidentTreasureGinny Otto
1217 Water StreetStevens Point WI 54481
715-341-9001ottophotographysbcglobalnet
SecretaryKatie Scott866 115th StreetAmery WI 54001
715-268-9363kmc_photoyahoocom
Past PresidentProgram ChairPaul Hafermann
130 8th St NWisconsin Rapids WI 54494
715-424-3979hafermannphotocharternet
Published by the Indianhead Photographers Inc Editor Tom Blomlie F-IPPA
April 2007
february Gold Arrows
Directors Dave Ambers Rick McNitt Jane Bores Bill Nieman
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
Lori Wysocki
Ill Always Love you When You Leave
IndianheadPhotographers Inc
Appointed Chairs
The Presidentrsquos MessageKirk Kolpitcke F-IPPA
Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Tom Blomlie
Print ChairmanMarilyn Graveen
45 Burns StreetWausau WI 5440
75-675-9757photomdgyahoocom
NewsletterEditor
Tom Blomlie798 54th Ave
Chippewa Falls WI 547975-73-636
tblomliecharternet
MembershipTom Giles
4 S Hastings WayEau Claire WI 5470
75-834-993tomgilesphotocom
Aloha
Irsquom writing you all from the Tiki Bar overlooking the beau-tiful azure waters of the Pacific Ocean on the island of Maui Sorry about the tardiness of this message but as soon as we boarded the plane at CWA island time kicked in Itrsquos a good thing our plane connections were efficient State convention was just a month ago But now sitting under the gently swaying palm trees the blizzard we had is hard to imagine We had very few Indianheaders there Maybe it was the weather sure was not the speakers Hats off to the convention committee I attended many of the pro-grams and they were all terrific Special mention goes to Gerd Ludwig of National Geographic His images of Chernobyl were riveting Michele Celentanorsquos program was very refresh-ing and Irsquom sure wersquoll see more from her Unfortunately the
Bull decided to change his place of residence We gave it our best shot but the southern folks were gunning for us
Our incoming president Ginny Otto will be hosting the April meeting She had mentioned having an open house at her new studio Helen has been there and was quite impressed Irsquom looking forward to see-ing her new place near downtown Stevens Point Paul has arranged a very timely program on wedding photography with the Heinzelmanrsquos from Madison
Let me send out a big thank you to Paul Hafermann for all the great programs he booked this past year and for being such a big help as past president Thanks to Ginny and Katie for getting it done Thanks also to my board of directors Jane Dave Rick and Bill for their ser-vice Thanks to Tom Giles for being there to answer my many ques-tions Thanks to Marilyn for taking care of the prints And the biggest thank you goes to Tom Blomlie for putting together the best newsletter Thanks for your patience as I tried sending things to you and for your expertise in converting Mac to PC And an equally big thank you to Diane Blomlie for all the behind the scenes help And very best wishes to Ginny Otto for a very successful year as your new IPPA president
Well the beach is beckoning and the water is warm so for now Irsquoll say Aloha and Mahalo to all for a great year
Kirk
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Hi everyone
Wow this is my last newsletter Its hard to believe that two years have already gone by It seems like just a month ago that Paul Hafermann asked me
if I would be willing to do the newsletter It has helped me to learn In-Design so I can do all of my own marketing brochures It is a lot like Photoshop The learning curve is quite large The only difference is since I dont use it every day retaining what Ive learned is tough By the time I get back to doing the newsletter I have to get the old notebook out to see how I did it the last time
I have enjoyed doing the newsletter for you and would like to thank everyone who con-tributed the In-Focus articles Its great to see how everyone got their start in this business I dont know if Candy will continue with this however I hope she does There is still a lot of people in Indianhead we havent heard from yet I would also like to thank my wife Diane for all of her help editing the grammar She is responsible for this newsletter getting an A+ if any English teacher read it
If you havent figured it out yet Candy Anderson will be taking the newsletter over starting with the May issue I appreciate her stepping up to take this on I know she will do a great job Please help her out by getting your information to her on time or even early This
is one of the tough parts of this job The news-letter editor is just as busy as the rest of us
On a different subject I hope everyone that went to the convention had fun and came back charged I wasnt able to attend this year This was the first one Ive missed in some time I heard from some of you that it was a great time even though we didnt win the Bull But there was lots of great education and cama-raderie I would like to thank John Hartman Roy Meronek and Matthew Bennet for the photos they sent me
Now our next big educational event will be Treehaven If you havent signed up yet you better get going Im sure the classes will fill fast if they arent already I will be taking Colleen and Darty Im really looking forward to them I think they are two of the top senior photographers in the nation and hope to come away with a lot of great ideas I remember seeing them at state They had a packed house for their program I cant imagine getting to spend four days with them If they fill up (which Im sure they will) there are enough other instructors to choose from so there is no reason not to go If you have never been to Treehaven you should really consider it I have attended every year since they started I know Paul Hafermann has attended all of them too Last year he even attended both weeks It is a great experience and I would like to thank the whole Treehaven Board for all of their hard work
Hope to see you at the April meeting in Stevens Point
From the EditorTom Blomlie F-IPPA
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Directions to Sky ClubTo Sky Club from Studio Take Water St South to Church St or Bus 51 (See water on both sides of the road and a junkyard ahead) Turn right towards Plover Sky Club on left
To Sky Club from North Take I-39 South to Cty B exit by Plover water tower Take B right to third stop light Turn right (Bus 51 N) to Sky Club on right
To Sky Club from East Take Hwy 10 West to 39 South to B Same as above
To Sky Club from West Hwy 10 East to Bus 51 South to Plover Sky Club on left
To studio from North I-39 to Bus 51 exit Turn on 10W in town Get into left lane and stay to left at The Castle This puts you on Main St At the very end of Main St is the old Point Bakery Building which now houses an Art Museum I am in the north end of that building
To studio from East Hwy 10 West exit from I-39 Stay on Hwy 10 west if coming from Waupaca Go all the way to downtown Main St The routing has changed a bit so when you see The Castle building stay left (wrought iron sign says Downtown) and it will take you to the downtown Main St Go to end of Main St where it meets Hwy 10 Turn right There is an art museum on right at corner This is our building You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
To studio from West Hwy 10 East cross over bridge and turn left on Water St at stop lights (see building on right with paintings of history-) Get into right lane One block down see sign on right for Star Works We have just moved into this building (known as the old Pt Bakery Bldg) Hopefully by then we will have our sign hung You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
Click on map for map quest directions
Directions to Studio
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RSVP BY 12 PM April 5Indianhead MeetingReservation Form
Contact the host to reserve a placefor lunch You can pay the host at the
meeting but we need to know how many people are attending
Monday April 9thLunch No_____
$15 RSVP or $17 at the door
Name_________________
Studio_________________
Ginny Otto1217 Water Street
Stevens Point WI 54481715-341-9001
ottophotographysbcglobalnet
Indianhead Websitewwwindianheadphotographersorg
A Step aboveand Beyond
the OrdinaryPPA Certification
For application package ContactPatricia Brunner 920-803-8880
APR MeetIng InFoRMAtIonIPPA Meeting April 9 2007
Hosted by Ginny OttoSky Club
2202 Post RoadPlover WI 54467
715-341-4000
Schedule85 Open House 7 Water St Stevens Point
930 Board Meeting at Sky Club030 Regular Business Meeting
00 Print Competition Pre State ( prints)30 Lunch
00 Program Dave and Sharon HeinzelmanLunch Menu
Chicken Cordon Bleu baked potatoe and vegetable with tossed salad bread and coffee
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IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
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Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
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Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
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2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
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Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
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Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
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A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
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Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
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Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
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Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
IndianheadPhotographers Inc
Appointed Chairs
The Presidentrsquos MessageKirk Kolpitcke F-IPPA
Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Tom Blomlie
Print ChairmanMarilyn Graveen
45 Burns StreetWausau WI 5440
75-675-9757photomdgyahoocom
NewsletterEditor
Tom Blomlie798 54th Ave
Chippewa Falls WI 547975-73-636
tblomliecharternet
MembershipTom Giles
4 S Hastings WayEau Claire WI 5470
75-834-993tomgilesphotocom
Aloha
Irsquom writing you all from the Tiki Bar overlooking the beau-tiful azure waters of the Pacific Ocean on the island of Maui Sorry about the tardiness of this message but as soon as we boarded the plane at CWA island time kicked in Itrsquos a good thing our plane connections were efficient State convention was just a month ago But now sitting under the gently swaying palm trees the blizzard we had is hard to imagine We had very few Indianheaders there Maybe it was the weather sure was not the speakers Hats off to the convention committee I attended many of the pro-grams and they were all terrific Special mention goes to Gerd Ludwig of National Geographic His images of Chernobyl were riveting Michele Celentanorsquos program was very refresh-ing and Irsquom sure wersquoll see more from her Unfortunately the
Bull decided to change his place of residence We gave it our best shot but the southern folks were gunning for us
Our incoming president Ginny Otto will be hosting the April meeting She had mentioned having an open house at her new studio Helen has been there and was quite impressed Irsquom looking forward to see-ing her new place near downtown Stevens Point Paul has arranged a very timely program on wedding photography with the Heinzelmanrsquos from Madison
Let me send out a big thank you to Paul Hafermann for all the great programs he booked this past year and for being such a big help as past president Thanks to Ginny and Katie for getting it done Thanks also to my board of directors Jane Dave Rick and Bill for their ser-vice Thanks to Tom Giles for being there to answer my many ques-tions Thanks to Marilyn for taking care of the prints And the biggest thank you goes to Tom Blomlie for putting together the best newsletter Thanks for your patience as I tried sending things to you and for your expertise in converting Mac to PC And an equally big thank you to Diane Blomlie for all the behind the scenes help And very best wishes to Ginny Otto for a very successful year as your new IPPA president
Well the beach is beckoning and the water is warm so for now Irsquoll say Aloha and Mahalo to all for a great year
Kirk
3
Hi everyone
Wow this is my last newsletter Its hard to believe that two years have already gone by It seems like just a month ago that Paul Hafermann asked me
if I would be willing to do the newsletter It has helped me to learn In-Design so I can do all of my own marketing brochures It is a lot like Photoshop The learning curve is quite large The only difference is since I dont use it every day retaining what Ive learned is tough By the time I get back to doing the newsletter I have to get the old notebook out to see how I did it the last time
I have enjoyed doing the newsletter for you and would like to thank everyone who con-tributed the In-Focus articles Its great to see how everyone got their start in this business I dont know if Candy will continue with this however I hope she does There is still a lot of people in Indianhead we havent heard from yet I would also like to thank my wife Diane for all of her help editing the grammar She is responsible for this newsletter getting an A+ if any English teacher read it
If you havent figured it out yet Candy Anderson will be taking the newsletter over starting with the May issue I appreciate her stepping up to take this on I know she will do a great job Please help her out by getting your information to her on time or even early This
is one of the tough parts of this job The news-letter editor is just as busy as the rest of us
On a different subject I hope everyone that went to the convention had fun and came back charged I wasnt able to attend this year This was the first one Ive missed in some time I heard from some of you that it was a great time even though we didnt win the Bull But there was lots of great education and cama-raderie I would like to thank John Hartman Roy Meronek and Matthew Bennet for the photos they sent me
Now our next big educational event will be Treehaven If you havent signed up yet you better get going Im sure the classes will fill fast if they arent already I will be taking Colleen and Darty Im really looking forward to them I think they are two of the top senior photographers in the nation and hope to come away with a lot of great ideas I remember seeing them at state They had a packed house for their program I cant imagine getting to spend four days with them If they fill up (which Im sure they will) there are enough other instructors to choose from so there is no reason not to go If you have never been to Treehaven you should really consider it I have attended every year since they started I know Paul Hafermann has attended all of them too Last year he even attended both weeks It is a great experience and I would like to thank the whole Treehaven Board for all of their hard work
Hope to see you at the April meeting in Stevens Point
From the EditorTom Blomlie F-IPPA
4
Directions to Sky ClubTo Sky Club from Studio Take Water St South to Church St or Bus 51 (See water on both sides of the road and a junkyard ahead) Turn right towards Plover Sky Club on left
To Sky Club from North Take I-39 South to Cty B exit by Plover water tower Take B right to third stop light Turn right (Bus 51 N) to Sky Club on right
To Sky Club from East Take Hwy 10 West to 39 South to B Same as above
To Sky Club from West Hwy 10 East to Bus 51 South to Plover Sky Club on left
To studio from North I-39 to Bus 51 exit Turn on 10W in town Get into left lane and stay to left at The Castle This puts you on Main St At the very end of Main St is the old Point Bakery Building which now houses an Art Museum I am in the north end of that building
To studio from East Hwy 10 West exit from I-39 Stay on Hwy 10 west if coming from Waupaca Go all the way to downtown Main St The routing has changed a bit so when you see The Castle building stay left (wrought iron sign says Downtown) and it will take you to the downtown Main St Go to end of Main St where it meets Hwy 10 Turn right There is an art museum on right at corner This is our building You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
To studio from West Hwy 10 East cross over bridge and turn left on Water St at stop lights (see building on right with paintings of history-) Get into right lane One block down see sign on right for Star Works We have just moved into this building (known as the old Pt Bakery Bldg) Hopefully by then we will have our sign hung You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
Click on map for map quest directions
Directions to Studio
5
RSVP BY 12 PM April 5Indianhead MeetingReservation Form
Contact the host to reserve a placefor lunch You can pay the host at the
meeting but we need to know how many people are attending
Monday April 9thLunch No_____
$15 RSVP or $17 at the door
Name_________________
Studio_________________
Ginny Otto1217 Water Street
Stevens Point WI 54481715-341-9001
ottophotographysbcglobalnet
Indianhead Websitewwwindianheadphotographersorg
A Step aboveand Beyond
the OrdinaryPPA Certification
For application package ContactPatricia Brunner 920-803-8880
APR MeetIng InFoRMAtIonIPPA Meeting April 9 2007
Hosted by Ginny OttoSky Club
2202 Post RoadPlover WI 54467
715-341-4000
Schedule85 Open House 7 Water St Stevens Point
930 Board Meeting at Sky Club030 Regular Business Meeting
00 Print Competition Pre State ( prints)30 Lunch
00 Program Dave and Sharon HeinzelmanLunch Menu
Chicken Cordon Bleu baked potatoe and vegetable with tossed salad bread and coffee
6
IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
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Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
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2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
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Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
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Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
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A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
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Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
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Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
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Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
3
Hi everyone
Wow this is my last newsletter Its hard to believe that two years have already gone by It seems like just a month ago that Paul Hafermann asked me
if I would be willing to do the newsletter It has helped me to learn In-Design so I can do all of my own marketing brochures It is a lot like Photoshop The learning curve is quite large The only difference is since I dont use it every day retaining what Ive learned is tough By the time I get back to doing the newsletter I have to get the old notebook out to see how I did it the last time
I have enjoyed doing the newsletter for you and would like to thank everyone who con-tributed the In-Focus articles Its great to see how everyone got their start in this business I dont know if Candy will continue with this however I hope she does There is still a lot of people in Indianhead we havent heard from yet I would also like to thank my wife Diane for all of her help editing the grammar She is responsible for this newsletter getting an A+ if any English teacher read it
If you havent figured it out yet Candy Anderson will be taking the newsletter over starting with the May issue I appreciate her stepping up to take this on I know she will do a great job Please help her out by getting your information to her on time or even early This
is one of the tough parts of this job The news-letter editor is just as busy as the rest of us
On a different subject I hope everyone that went to the convention had fun and came back charged I wasnt able to attend this year This was the first one Ive missed in some time I heard from some of you that it was a great time even though we didnt win the Bull But there was lots of great education and cama-raderie I would like to thank John Hartman Roy Meronek and Matthew Bennet for the photos they sent me
Now our next big educational event will be Treehaven If you havent signed up yet you better get going Im sure the classes will fill fast if they arent already I will be taking Colleen and Darty Im really looking forward to them I think they are two of the top senior photographers in the nation and hope to come away with a lot of great ideas I remember seeing them at state They had a packed house for their program I cant imagine getting to spend four days with them If they fill up (which Im sure they will) there are enough other instructors to choose from so there is no reason not to go If you have never been to Treehaven you should really consider it I have attended every year since they started I know Paul Hafermann has attended all of them too Last year he even attended both weeks It is a great experience and I would like to thank the whole Treehaven Board for all of their hard work
Hope to see you at the April meeting in Stevens Point
From the EditorTom Blomlie F-IPPA
4
Directions to Sky ClubTo Sky Club from Studio Take Water St South to Church St or Bus 51 (See water on both sides of the road and a junkyard ahead) Turn right towards Plover Sky Club on left
To Sky Club from North Take I-39 South to Cty B exit by Plover water tower Take B right to third stop light Turn right (Bus 51 N) to Sky Club on right
To Sky Club from East Take Hwy 10 West to 39 South to B Same as above
To Sky Club from West Hwy 10 East to Bus 51 South to Plover Sky Club on left
To studio from North I-39 to Bus 51 exit Turn on 10W in town Get into left lane and stay to left at The Castle This puts you on Main St At the very end of Main St is the old Point Bakery Building which now houses an Art Museum I am in the north end of that building
To studio from East Hwy 10 West exit from I-39 Stay on Hwy 10 west if coming from Waupaca Go all the way to downtown Main St The routing has changed a bit so when you see The Castle building stay left (wrought iron sign says Downtown) and it will take you to the downtown Main St Go to end of Main St where it meets Hwy 10 Turn right There is an art museum on right at corner This is our building You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
To studio from West Hwy 10 East cross over bridge and turn left on Water St at stop lights (see building on right with paintings of history-) Get into right lane One block down see sign on right for Star Works We have just moved into this building (known as the old Pt Bakery Bldg) Hopefully by then we will have our sign hung You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
Click on map for map quest directions
Directions to Studio
5
RSVP BY 12 PM April 5Indianhead MeetingReservation Form
Contact the host to reserve a placefor lunch You can pay the host at the
meeting but we need to know how many people are attending
Monday April 9thLunch No_____
$15 RSVP or $17 at the door
Name_________________
Studio_________________
Ginny Otto1217 Water Street
Stevens Point WI 54481715-341-9001
ottophotographysbcglobalnet
Indianhead Websitewwwindianheadphotographersorg
A Step aboveand Beyond
the OrdinaryPPA Certification
For application package ContactPatricia Brunner 920-803-8880
APR MeetIng InFoRMAtIonIPPA Meeting April 9 2007
Hosted by Ginny OttoSky Club
2202 Post RoadPlover WI 54467
715-341-4000
Schedule85 Open House 7 Water St Stevens Point
930 Board Meeting at Sky Club030 Regular Business Meeting
00 Print Competition Pre State ( prints)30 Lunch
00 Program Dave and Sharon HeinzelmanLunch Menu
Chicken Cordon Bleu baked potatoe and vegetable with tossed salad bread and coffee
6
IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
4
Directions to Sky ClubTo Sky Club from Studio Take Water St South to Church St or Bus 51 (See water on both sides of the road and a junkyard ahead) Turn right towards Plover Sky Club on left
To Sky Club from North Take I-39 South to Cty B exit by Plover water tower Take B right to third stop light Turn right (Bus 51 N) to Sky Club on right
To Sky Club from East Take Hwy 10 West to 39 South to B Same as above
To Sky Club from West Hwy 10 East to Bus 51 South to Plover Sky Club on left
To studio from North I-39 to Bus 51 exit Turn on 10W in town Get into left lane and stay to left at The Castle This puts you on Main St At the very end of Main St is the old Point Bakery Building which now houses an Art Museum I am in the north end of that building
To studio from East Hwy 10 West exit from I-39 Stay on Hwy 10 west if coming from Waupaca Go all the way to downtown Main St The routing has changed a bit so when you see The Castle building stay left (wrought iron sign says Downtown) and it will take you to the downtown Main St Go to end of Main St where it meets Hwy 10 Turn right There is an art museum on right at corner This is our building You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
To studio from West Hwy 10 East cross over bridge and turn left on Water St at stop lights (see building on right with paintings of history-) Get into right lane One block down see sign on right for Star Works We have just moved into this building (known as the old Pt Bakery Bldg) Hopefully by then we will have our sign hung You may park along our building or turn right at light and park in JC Penney parking lot Use north door
Click on map for map quest directions
Directions to Studio
5
RSVP BY 12 PM April 5Indianhead MeetingReservation Form
Contact the host to reserve a placefor lunch You can pay the host at the
meeting but we need to know how many people are attending
Monday April 9thLunch No_____
$15 RSVP or $17 at the door
Name_________________
Studio_________________
Ginny Otto1217 Water Street
Stevens Point WI 54481715-341-9001
ottophotographysbcglobalnet
Indianhead Websitewwwindianheadphotographersorg
A Step aboveand Beyond
the OrdinaryPPA Certification
For application package ContactPatricia Brunner 920-803-8880
APR MeetIng InFoRMAtIonIPPA Meeting April 9 2007
Hosted by Ginny OttoSky Club
2202 Post RoadPlover WI 54467
715-341-4000
Schedule85 Open House 7 Water St Stevens Point
930 Board Meeting at Sky Club030 Regular Business Meeting
00 Print Competition Pre State ( prints)30 Lunch
00 Program Dave and Sharon HeinzelmanLunch Menu
Chicken Cordon Bleu baked potatoe and vegetable with tossed salad bread and coffee
6
IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
5
RSVP BY 12 PM April 5Indianhead MeetingReservation Form
Contact the host to reserve a placefor lunch You can pay the host at the
meeting but we need to know how many people are attending
Monday April 9thLunch No_____
$15 RSVP or $17 at the door
Name_________________
Studio_________________
Ginny Otto1217 Water Street
Stevens Point WI 54481715-341-9001
ottophotographysbcglobalnet
Indianhead Websitewwwindianheadphotographersorg
A Step aboveand Beyond
the OrdinaryPPA Certification
For application package ContactPatricia Brunner 920-803-8880
APR MeetIng InFoRMAtIonIPPA Meeting April 9 2007
Hosted by Ginny OttoSky Club
2202 Post RoadPlover WI 54467
715-341-4000
Schedule85 Open House 7 Water St Stevens Point
930 Board Meeting at Sky Club030 Regular Business Meeting
00 Print Competition Pre State ( prints)30 Lunch
00 Program Dave and Sharon HeinzelmanLunch Menu
Chicken Cordon Bleu baked potatoe and vegetable with tossed salad bread and coffee
6
IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
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Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
6
IPPA General Meeting MinutesFebruary 5 2007 Eau Claire WI
President Kirk Kolpitcke Called the meeting to order 1033 AM
Introductions
Treasurers Report Ginny Otto gave verbal report copies available if wanted or needed Treasures report was accepted as presented
Secretaries Report Katie Scott ldquoreport was publishedrdquo Rick McNitt made motion to accept Ginny Otto seconded motion carried
Newsletter Tom Blomlie New advertiser Unique Photo Equipment from Omaha NE
Membership Tom Giles We have members Some members did not renew and we are still waiting for some to renew There is a PDF application on website for new membership
WPPA Convention Feb 22 We are strongly encouraged to stay at hotel to keep all other costs down--Marriott Inn West FUN night is Halloween Dawn Lemerond is fun night chair
PPA None
Fellowship Tom Blomlie Reminder----Take care of your own points and send in at the end of the year IPPA website has form and point system Due Dec 31 to Tom Blomlie
Special Service award deadline is April 15th for nominees Award will be given at June meeting
Old business Joint meeting with Foxeshelliprecap on cost for pre state judging per printhellipcost per print was less and there were more prints Travel is biggest expense We would like to
have combine Jan meet again in 2008 rumor has it that its in Green BayhellipShould we go every other year for location or keep it in one central location
Print Rules Proposed Print Rules were e-mailed outHere are the changes that were discussed in length
Under Mounting 1 add No masonite glass stretcher or conventional frames are allowedUnder Print entries add 2 Critique only prints will be interspersed with the prints entered for scores They will be treated as scored prints until it is time to announce the maker when
critique only will be announced instead of the makess name A print can be entered as critique only as many times as the maker wants No record will be kept of critique only prints
Under Scoring 4 add ldquoor printed in newsletterrdquo
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
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Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
7
Tom Giles made a motion to accept print rules as proposed with the changing of Photographer of the Year be from Jan to Dec (calendar year)Motion carried with votes of 22 yes and 1 nohellipmotion carried
New business Talked about state and fun nightMotion to accept 2007 Slate of Officers as a unanimous ballot by Tom Giles seconded by
Pat Clifton
Next meeting April 9th in Stevens Point speakers Heinzelmans
Rick McNitt made motion to adjourn Ginny Otto second
Adjourn 1130 AM
Respectfully SubmittedKatie Scott IPPA Secretary
Jonathan AccardoPortrait City Account Representative
ldquoWhat I love most aboutPortrait City is the personal one-on-one relationships that we develop with eachof our clientsrdquo
Personal Care Is Our Finishing Touch
wwwportraitcitynet a Custom Color Company
Next Newsletter DeadlineApril 27 2007
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
8
Proposed Print Rule ChangesQualifications for print entry
1) Current IPPA membership 2) The maker must be present at the meeting except when attending a PPA sanctioned educational event3) Aspiring and sustaining members may enter prints to be scored and critiqued but ribbons will not be awarded
eligibility
1) The entry must have been captured and created by the maker using either silver-based processes or electronically with a digital camera or scanner2) The makerrsquos name shall not appear anywhere on the face of the entry3) No entry will be eligible that has been made under the direct supervision of an instructor4) Entries previously merited at any PPA Competition are not eligible including any images from a merited album5) All images must be marked on the top of the reverse side as to the category title special pronunciation of the title (if needed) and maker6) A maximum of two entries may be submitted per regular IPPA meeting in the specified andor open category7) A maximum of four prints may be submitted at the two special meetings preceding the state convention Mounting
1) Print entries must be mounted on standard mount board material 2) Images of any shape and size are allowed but must be mounted on 16x20 rectangle mount board Recommended thickness is 18 - 38 inch3) Only PPA Master degree holders may submit images of any shape and size on a mount board a minimum of 80 square inches to a maximum of 480 square inches with the larg-est dimension no longer than 24rdquo Same thickness recommendations apply
Print entries
1) A print may be entered only twice and have the scores count toward the Photographer of the Year award If the print scores an 80 or higher on its initial entry it may not be reentered for the purpose of Photographer of the Year scoring A print may be reentered before a different set of judges at any time but the score will not be recorded nor will a ribbon be given after the second entry Photographic Categories
1) The upcoming print chair will determine the specified categories for the following year The categories will be announced at the January meeting and published in the February news-letter These categories will pertain to the April May June October and November meetings
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
9
2) For the January and February pre-state meetings prints shall be entered under Portrait Wedding Commercial or Illustrative categories Scoring
1) A jury of at least five judges no less than two holding a PPA Master of Photography degree shall score the prints A jury foreman shall moderate the judging2) The Print Chair has the sole responsibility of contacting and securing judges for all meet-ings Members are encouraged to judge at meetings and to give suggestions for possible judges 3) Images are judged utilizing PPArsquos The Twelve Elements of a Merit Image4) A point scale (100-0) will be used with ribbons being awarded according to thefollowing scale Blue 78 or higher Red 74-77 No ribbon 73 or below5) The Gold Arrow ldquoBest of Showrdquo ribbon may be awarded to the highest scoring print in each category provided it receives 80 or more points If there are no prints scoring 80 or more the Gold Arrow may be awarded to the highest scoring blue ribbon print Provided there are 10 or more prints entered in that category
Indianhead Photographer of the Year
1) To qualify for the Indianhead Photographer of the Year prints must be entered in at least five of the seven meetings during the year To ensure equity in the averages for those who bring prints at each meeting the scores of the best ten prints will be used and must include a minimum of three scores from at least two of the specified categories In the event of a tie for Indianhead Photographer of the Year the total number of Gold Arrows will determine the winner Use of the Indianhead Photographer of the Year in any advertising andor press release must include the year such as Indianhead Photographer of the Year 2006 The year runs from January though December
Print of the year award
1) Print of the year award will be chosen from the qualifying prints at the pre-state judging either at the January or February meeting Qualifying prints will be from the previous calendar year (January through December) To qualify the print has to have been awarded a Gold Arrow or been the highest scoring blue ribbon print in its category or received a score of 80 or more
The Indianhead Print Chair has the authority to decide any questions not specifically covered by these rules and hisher decision will be final
References
IPPA Print rules published in IPPA 2003 directory Jury Foreman Handbook wwwPPAcom Twelve elements of a merit print wwwPPAcom 2006 Affiliated rules wwwPPAcom 12-18-06
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
0
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
Indianhead Board 007-008
President Ginny Otto Vice PresTreas Katie Scott Secretary Jane Bores Past President Kirk Kolpitcke year Director Bill Nieman year Director Ken Noesen year Director Dave Ambers year Director Rick McNitt Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor Candy Anderson Membership Chair Tom Giles Print Chair Jim Bayliss Historian Pat Clifton Service Award Paul Hafermann Fellowship Chair Tom Blomlie
Use these labels for your print entry
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
IPPA PRInt CoMPetItIon( 2 prints total)
Circle one Illustrative-Still Life Open
Title__________________________
Maker________________________
Score________
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
3
Print Competition ndash February 5 2007eau Claire Wisconsin ndash Host tom giles
Judges Ken noesen tom Blomlie Pat Clifton Kirk Kolpitcke and Dawn Lemerond Alternate ginny ottoJury Foreman tom giles Print Crew Chris Budd and Dave Ambers Score Keeper Rick Mcnitt
Category Portrait
Welcome Home Sweetie Rick McNitt 75 The Look Roy Meronek 76 Special Delivery Candy Anderson 80 So Thatrsquos Your Story Rick McNitt 76 Bailey Tom Giles 78 Lady Lavender Lori Wysocki 79 Waiting To Hear From You Tom Blomlie 76 I Could Listen To You All Day Rick McNitt 75 Dough Boy Candy Anderson 80 Twaanngg Lori Wysocki 83 Sad Eyed Sadie Tom Blomlie 78 Irsquoll Always Love You Lori Wysocki 86 GA Little Miss Sunshine Jane Bores 76 M J Pat Clifton 77 It Must Be Love Roy Meronek 77
Category Illustrative
Journeyrsquos End Below Rick McNitt 78 Flame Broiled Jim Bayliss 76 Dawnrsquos Early Light Ken Noesen 79 Gone Dormant Tom Blomlie 76 Over The Hill Candy Anderson 81 A Run For The Money Pat Clifton 79 Hangnrsquo In There Tom Giles 78 When You Leave Lori Wysocki 82 GA Best Friends Candy Anderson 80 Molly And Her Friends Ken Noesen 78 Strawberry Field Forever Tom Giles 77 Winter Storm Ken Noesen 78 Life Goes On Tom Giles 77 Swept Away Jane Bores 79 Stranded Jim Bayliss 77 Frigid Waters Tom Blomlie 76 Texas Economy Car Jim Bayliss 79 Canyon Rider Ken Noesen 78 Rose Tea Fantasy Jim Bayliss 77
Category Wedding Sunset Romance Pat Clifton 76
Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - When You Leave Golden Arrow - Lori Wysocki - Ill Always Love You
Note After today five red ribbons still need to be awarded when they become available
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
4
A Burning IssueBy JD Wacker PPA Certified MPhotog MEI Cr API F-WPPA F-IPPA
wwwphotobyjdcom
Lately much attention has been drawn to the question ldquoHow will we survive now that everyone can be a photographerrdquo I can summa-rize the solution in one word professionalism Itrsquos one thing to call yourself a professional but itrsquos another to actually be one What it takes to be a professional isnrsquot always clear but it is when it comes to properly archiving your image files
Here are five guidelines to how you can avoid digital disasters and lost images
1 When archiving images be afraid of anything that moves External drives are great and are very handy when your computer is up to its eyeballs in pixels Irsquove had great luck with LaCie firewire hard drives But Irsquove had plenty of internal hard drives die to con-
vince me that they are not ldquolong-termrdquo storage options So if it has moving parts inside chances are it will eventually break itrsquos just a matter of when Just ask anyone who has dropped a microdrive (some-thing Irsquove never used and never will) Besides will anyone know what USB or IEEE 1394 mean in ten years
2 Use quality media This is big Did you know that cheap disks can become unreadable in less than five years Hmmm assuming the couple from your last wedding sticks together for awhile what are you going to tell them when they need prints made for their 25th anniversary What will you tell them when their childrenrsquos portraits are lost in a fire
This is not a place to try to save money or cut corners You might say ldquoIrsquove never had troublerdquo Well cheap disks are made by several manufacturers and marketed under the same brand So they will be consistently inconsistent
Several factors may cause a disk to fail corrosion fading scratches etc Fight these villains by us-ing recordable disks that have recording layers made with the highest quality dye and are coated with protective layers of silver or gold Luckily for me after some pain and suffering with recordable media in the late lsquo90rsquos I found Colorado based MAM-AMitsui ( HYPERLINK httpwwwmam-acom) Thousands of CDR later Irsquove barely ever had a disk failure and the few I did (lt10) were probably due to operating system issues and not the media itself MAM-AMitsui uses their patented Phthalocyanine dye (no I canrsquot say it either) which is the highest performing dye available and silver or gold protective layers MAM-AMitsui gold CDR disks are estimated to be archival to 300 years So when ancestors fifteen generations after your wedding clients need some reprints yoursquoll be covered Also lucky for me I found out about an excellent media source Media Supply Inc Contact their sales rep Joe Navalance at 800-681-9214 to order He has some special packages available (CDs protective sleeves pens etc) available for professional photographers (Hint mention this article to get discount pricing)
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
5
3 To CD or to DVDhellip A Timely Question Up until about a year ago most DVDs available did not possess the same archival qualities as archival CDRs This was very unfortunate especially when I heard several wedding photographers ldquoarchivingrdquo wedding images to DVD because ldquoDVDs are so big theyrsquore great for storing my thousands of wedding shots I took this weekendrdquo Well if you like re-burning all your data every year to back it up I guess yoursquoll be fine But I say ldquono thanksrdquo The good news is that Mitsui and Verbatim are now offering archival silver and gold DVD media (rated for up to 100 years or more) You can afford $150-$200 for a gold DVD (also available from Media Supply) to safely record your clientsrsquo precious memories
4 Practice safe media handling Here are a few musts you must handle disks on their edge You must write on them with solvent-free pens You must store them in archival sleeves or cases If you must use labels you must use archival labels with solvent-free adhesive and shrink-free paper
5 If you sell your images on a disk make it a double Multimedia DVDs are a big hit with portrait clients especially for weddings and seniors But who can remember what drawer theyrsquore in a year from now Such items should be out for all to see and ready to grab and pop in a drive and view PhotoCD or DVD albums from Topflight or Tap easels (available from Wn Albums amp Frames wwwwnalbumscom) are perfect for this task They hold both a disk and a portrait together Theyrsquoll be seen and get used But kids and other disk-destroyers happen So provide your clients with a second disk in an ar-chival case for safe storage Your clients will be impressed with your concern for the well-being of their images
So if you plan on being an ldquoold prordquo do the right thing and use the best means available to archive your media files
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
6
IPPA Print Critique OnlyMembers may bring up to two prints for ldquocritique onlyrdquo at the April May June October and November meetings The ldquocritique onlyrdquo period is allowed time-permitting only after the regular print judging and critique Regular print specifications will apply
The purpose of ldquocritique onlyrdquo is to give the maker some sense of a printrsquos potential in regular print judging Each print is critiqued by one judge only in turn Comments may include the judgersquos score of the print as presented suggestions for improvement or any other constructive criticism The foreman shall budget the ldquocritique onlyrdquo time (if any) so that it will not interfere with lunch or the program The maker must remain anonymous to protect impartial-ity in case the print is subsequently presented in regular print competition No record will be kept of ldquocritique onlyrdquo prints
Any exception to the above is at the discretion of the jury foreman 12-18-06
And The Winner isCongratulation to the following Indianhead members on their achievements
WPPA FELLOWSHIP GOLD BARSRobert Zettler Thirteenth
PRINT AWARDSCOURT OF HONORS
Dawns Frozen LightKen Noesen
I Will Always Love YouLori Wysocki
BEST OF SHOWILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
CLEAN SWEEPCandy Anderson
OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT
Lori Wysocki
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARCOMBINEDLori Wysocki
3rd Runner-UpCandy Anderson
5th Runner-UpPaul Tishim
KODAK GALLERY AWARDSILLUSTRATIVE
When You LeaveLori Wysocki
WPPA GRAND AWARDSSPECIAL APPRECIATION
Pat Cahill
HALL OF FAMERobert Zettler
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
7
Being in control amp customizing your own albumsDave amp Sharon will share with you their approach in designing digital wedding albums Since Dave amp Sharon start-ed designing the digital wedding album they have received numerous thank you notes such as this recent one
ldquoDear Sharon amp Dave I want to thank you again for your outstanding photography and incredible wedding albums Katie and Andrew were thrilled beyond words when they saw their album over Christmas It was heartwarming watching them relive their special day Every photo seemed to bring back some treasured memory or special story Sharon and Dave you are truly artists and I cannot begin to tell you how much we appreciate your talent and skill Your photography is flawless and your albums are masterpiecesrdquo
hellipand the thank you note goes on If you are interested in wowing your clients check out Dave and Sharonrsquos pro-gram on digital wedding albums
Dave has achieved an Associate Degree in photography from MATC Dave has also accomplished his Bachelorrsquos degree in business with minor in economics from Edgewood College In the Fall of 2005 Dave achieved certifica-tion from PPA and in January 2006 Dave received his Masterrsquos in photography Dave was awarded Photographer of the Year 2007 Combined Second Runner up Sharon has achieved her Bachelorrsquos degree in Interior Design with a minor in Art from UW-Madison During the past ten years they have continued to further their knowledge in por-trait and wedding photography by attending one week a year at MAIPP and Treehaven Dave amp Sharon have been involved with photography for the past 25 years In the 80rsquos they were best known for doing art fairs of which several awards where achieved in hand tinting BampW fiber prints In the 90rsquos they moved onto weddings and portrait photography
They served on the Board of Directors of the SCPA and are now both Past Presidents They are members of the WPPA and PPA for the past ten years
They have won numerous awards from the WPPA Fuji Masterpiece award in Wedding for the years 2000 2002 2004 and 2005 In 2001 they merited their first album They have been in the WPPA Elite Collection 2001 2002 2004 and 2007 for merits in Wedding Print Wedding Album and Illustrative They won Best of Show in Illustrative at the 2003 WPPA fall convention and Court of Honor in Wedding at the 2004 spring convention They received Best of Show (wedding category) at the 2005 WPPA fall convention Best of Show in Wedding at the 2004 fall con-vention and a Court of Honor in Illustrative at the 2007 WPPA Spring convention
Digital Wedding albums
Sharon amp Dave Heinzelman
CPP M Photog
April Program
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
8
Who is Unique Photographic Equipment Let me introduce myself My name is Mark Higgins In 970 a passion for photography and the desire to help those in the business grew into a full-time career In 996 I received an Honorary Fellow of Photography Degree from my home state of Nebraska and other awards while in the profession The last 8 years I worked for The Stock House Inc as an outside sales rep selling professional pho-tographic equipment packaging products and attended pho-
tographic conferences all across the country While I was employed by The Stock House we supplied the instructors of Treehaven and the Kansas School of Photography Most of you may know our friend Harold Johnson who was at Treehaven for the last thirteen years Harold recently retired and in doing so recommended me to help in regard to supplying lighting equipment for the instructors at Treehaven That came about because I was already working with the Kansas school since 999
In 005 I started my own company called Unique Photographic Equipment We are a full line dealer for Photogenic Professional Lighting Norman Bogen Imaging Products that includes Manfrotto Tripods Lastolite Reflectors Backgrounds Gossen Flash Meters RotaTrim Kata Specialty Bags SkyRail Lighting Track Systems Lindahl Smith Victor Larson Soft Boxes Mamiya and Pocket Wizard to name a few This year Unique Photographic Equipment will be supplying the lighting equipment used in your classrooms at The Wisconsin Professional Photography School at Treehaven May 8-6 007 and The Kansas Professional Photographers School in Newton KS from June 3-7 007 Special Prices will be in effect for those attending
We have ldquoGreat Prices for Quality Name Brandsrdquo Join the many satisfied customers that trust our sug-gestions We look forward to a long and valued relationship with our clients Please email any ques-tions to Mark at upequipcoxnet
I hope to get to know your membership better as time goes by Thank you Unique Photographic EquipmentMark Higgins HonFPh
In-Focus
ByMark Higgins
HonFPh
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
9
ZIeSeMeR ADDReSSeS PHoto ConVentIon
Merrill resident Phillip Ziesemer addressed the annual conven-tion of the Professional Photographers of Iowa The presenta-tion took place in Des Moines Sunday February 3 2007
Ziesemer who runs Phil Ziesemer Photography Ltd with his wife Mary in Merrill was one of the opening presenters of the convention that was attended by about 300 photographers His program ldquoSurvival Skills for Small Town Photographersrdquo ad-dressed the four main topics many artists ignore in running their businesses
Prior to his program Ziesemer who is a Certified Professional Photographer and Master Photographer spent the day judging prints and albums entered in the Iowa state photography com-petition with five other judges from the Mid-West
0
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
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Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
Meeting Dates and Locations for 007-008
April 9th Stevens Point Ginny Otto
May 7th Wausau Kirk amp Helen Kolpitcke
June th Cameron Jane Bores
October 8th Abbotsford Dick amp Cindy Standeven
November th Wisconsin Rapids Paul Hafermann
January 7th Green Bay Pre State with Foxes
February 4th Eau Claire Tom Giles
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads
Indianhead Schedule of eventsPRInt CAtegoRIeS 2007-2008
Any Questions contAct Jim BAyliss Print chAirmAn
January Pre-State (4 open)February Pre-State (4 open)April Illustrative-Still Life
May Children or Pet or Child with pet
June Bride (No groups)
October Seniors
November Families
Host Programs
Feb 5 tom giles Dawn Lemerond Eau Claire Marketing Apr 9 ginny otto Dave and Sharon Heinzelman Stevens Point Wedding album design
May 7 Kirk Kolpitcke to be announced Wausau
Jun 11 Jane Bores to be announced Cameron
The Indianhead
PHOTOGRAPHERIn the Spirit of Cooperation Not Competition
798 54th Ave Chippewa Falls WI 5479
Uniting Photographersfrom the Mississippito the Wisconsin River and Beyond
No people animals or scenics Either old people or high school grads