Professional Photographers of the Wine Country

Don't forget to upload your "CIRCLES" image this Wednesday, April 28th for our Happy Hour and SIP Photo Challenge on Thursday! :)

PPWC Proudly Welcomes Photographer Allison English of English Photography, Master Photog., Craftsman, CPP Tuesday, April 20th at 6:30pm via Zoom PPWC Members (and PPSV, PPSCV) are Free... Guests are $35: https://www.ppwc-online.org/online-registrations "Strengthening your family portrait skills and sales" This program is specifically designed to strengthen your family portrait skills with the ultimate goal to increase your portrait sales. Allison will teach you how to communicate with your clients so they are always focused on creating a spectacular final portrait to display in their home. Learn how to get the whole family dressed for success with Allison's family portrait clothing guide. You will walk away from this webinar understanding WHY clothing is such an important factor for investment worthy portraits. Come learn the 3 essential poses you need to create at every family session. Allison will break down an actual family session, step-by- step, so you can learn to create beautiful, flattering and emotionally impactful portraits for your own clients. Allison's webinar is designed to help you increase loyalty with your own clients by providing a great customer experience every step of the way. View Allison's website here: https://www.englishphoto.com/

Hi Everyone! PPC Welcomes Bryan Welsh to the CA Workshops Series. Especially if you're working towards a PPA Masters degree...you might consider taking advantage of the various CA Workshops series classes that include a Continuing Ed/Service Merit attached to it! This weekend on Sunday, April 18th PPC is offering such a class. Bryan Welsh's class is going to be very interesting! This time he is speaking on the topics related to psychology, productivity, meeting life challenges with confidence and creativity..... :) Fascinating discussion points! Click here to register for Bryan's Class: https://ppconline.com//bryan-welsh-developing-your-soft-s/

Hey Friends! We had a slight switch in our April plans, but that just means that we are bringing Allison to you a few months early! Lucky you! Allison is a great speaker, human and photographer. You'll enjoy her talk member attendance is free guest fee is $35 See our blog for details or check your email https://www.ppwc-online.org/blog-posts/april-speaker

Share With Us "Your Life" In the Past 30 Days This week's SIP (Shelter in Place) Challenge is titled "YOUR LIFE" and is brought to us by your VP Norah Burrows. This challenge includes, but is not limited to: photojournalistic image of your life in the past 30 days. We'd like to hear a story about what you've been up to in the past month over the holidays. You may also interpret YOUR LIFE any way you like.... You do not need to be a member of PPWC to participate in and enjoy our SIP Photo Challenges....all you need to do is like us enough to join us for our Thursday Happy Hour! Please reply here if you are not currently on our email list...so we can send you all the details! Must submit your image by this Wednesday, Jan 6th to enter. :)

Join us on New Year's Eve for a quick toast from 5:00-6:00pm to check in and wish each other a Happy New Year! We all wish for better days ahead. What better way to do this than with your friends of PPWC! :) Wear a fun party hat, grab a drink, and join in a for a quick dose of fun! No photo challenge. Just fun with your friends. See you soon! Contact us here or through our website if you are not currently a member and aren't receiving our emails. We will send you the zoom link! :)

Hello PPWC Friends! Our Virtual Holiday Party is drawing near..... (Tuesday, Dec 15th @ 6:30pm PST) An email went out tonight with all the details! If you did not receive an email and would like to attend our party, please reply here to this post or send us a message via our Contact Us page on our website! https://www.ppwc-online.org/blog/2020-virtual-holiday-party

Sonoma Splendor Gallery by Dr. Jules Jaffe Norah and I would like to take a moment to let you know something wonderful about our dear member Dr. Jules Jaffe. He might never mention this to others but he has a current gallery showing at the Dovetail Collection in Healdsburg, CA. Julius’ photography celebrates the beauty of Sonoma County, focusing on nature and wildlife subjects, especially birds. True to his photojournalistic style, his pictures go beyond landscapes and animal... portraits they capture a moment in time, a feeling, an emotion. they tell a story. Throughout my professional career as a doctor, photography has continued to be an important part of my life. Sonoma County is a photographer’s paradise and it is my pleasure to share my work. Dovetail is very successfully selling his work with a portion of proceeds going to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Foundation's Residential Hospice House, a community undertaking to build a home-like facility for patients and families. Please take a moment to look through Dr. Jules' collection of incredible Sonoma County nature photography. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and may we be inspired by the beauty Dr. Jules sees the world around him. https://www.shopdovetail.com//Sonoma_Splendor_by_Julius_Ja

Share With Us A "PANORAMIC" View For our Nov 5th Happy Hour, this week's SIP (Shelter in Place) Challenge is titled "PANORAMIC" and is brought to us by Dr. Jules Jaffe. This challenge includes, but is not limited to: (of a view or picture) with a wide view surrounding the observer; sweeping. You may also interpret PANORAMIC any way you like.... You do not need to be a member of PPWC to participate in and enjoy our SIP Photo Challenges....all you need to do is like us enough to join us for our Thursday Happy Hour! Dig into your old photos and share your favorite with us, or take a walk and create a new one! :) We are most interested in you sharing your photograph and telling us a good story. :) Please submit ONE image. **Reply to this post with your email address so we can add you to our list and receive the link to upload your image! Come have some fun with us! It's always a great event. :) Must upload your image by Tuesday, Nov 3rd before you go to sleep! :)

Hey PPWCer’s and friends! You know I love a good themed party! Tonight’s Happy Hour will be MASK optional - wear your SPOOKY Halloween masks ... or wigs or hats or shirts or whatever tickles your spooky bone. ... See you tonight at 5:00! Check your email for the link.

Show Us A "SPOOKY STILL LIFE" This week's SIP (Shelter in Place) Challenge is titled "SPOOKY STILL LIFE" and an amalgamation of several folks suggestions. This challenge includes, but is not limited to: something that is sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease and possibly as it relates to an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware. You may also interpret SPOOKY S...TILL LIFE any way you like. You do not need to be a member of PPWC to participate in and enjoy our SIP Photo Challenges....all you need to do is like us enough to join us for our Thursday Happy Hour! Please reply to this email to be added to our mailing list to receive the link to upload your photo for this photo challenge! :) Upload your image by October 27th for our October 29th Happy Hour :)

Upcoming Events: -No Happy Hour this week on Oct 22nd -Happy Hour "SPOOKY STILL LIFE" on Oct 29th -Image Competition: Nov 17th

The email just went out at 4:30pm with the link for our 5:00 Happy Hour! Check your email. See you soon! :)

Create An "ILLUSION" This week's SIP (Shelter in Place) Challenge is titled "ILLUSION" and is brought to us by Dr. Kelley Dolan. This is in preparation for our Thursday, October 15th Happy Hour at 5:00pm. This challenge includes, but is not limited to: a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses, or a deceptive appearance or impression. You may also interpret ILLUSION any way you like.... You do not need to be a member of PPWC to participate in and enjoy our SIP Photo Challenges....all you need to do is like us enough to join us for our Thursday Happy Hour! Dig into your old photos and share your favorite with us, or take a walk and create a new one! :) We are most interested in you sharing your photograph and telling us a good story. :) Please submit ONE image. **Please reply to this post if you are not already on our mailing list and would like to participate. We can't wait to see you on Thursday! :)

Show Us Your "SYMMETRY" (for Oct 8th, 5:00 PST Happy Hour) This week's SIP (Shelter in Place) Challenge is titled "SYMMETRY." This challenge includes, but is not limited to: the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis, or correct or pleasing proportion of the parts of a thing. You may also interpret SYMMETRY any way you like.... Please reply to this post if you are not currently on our mailing list and would like to join us on Thursday, Oct 8th at 6:30 for a LOT of fun! :)

Check out our video of Kent Porter talking with Norah Burrows and Karna Roa about his upcoming talk on October 20, 2020 with PPWC. We can't wait to hear from this Pulitzer Prize winning photographer as he speaks on over 30 years of photojournalism experience in the field. Don't miss it! :) https://youtu.be/GF3OR3_2Mkg

October's Meeting: PPWC presents Kent Porter! See Blog for details. https://www.ppwc-online.org/blog-posts

Two Updates: 1) Zoom now requires a password to enter our meetings. Please respond here if you're not on our email list so we can send you the password. 2) You have a little extra time to upload your LOVE image this week. You now have until Noon, 12 pm, tomorrow, Thursday Oct 1st. Thanks for joining us tomorrow. :)

Big announcement coming very soon! We have a special guest speaker planned for October 20, 2020. Please Save the Date: Oct 20, 2020 6:30-9:00 pm YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS! :)... More info coming soon! :) Your Fearless Leaders, Norah Burrows & Karna Roa