Mission Possible Weddings:
Creativity, Quality, Profitability, and Efficiency!
WHEN : Sunday July 13, 2008 12:00pm-5:00pm
WHERE : University Plaza Hotel 3110 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus , Ohio
COST : $35 Coffee and snacks served
CONTACT : Lynn at Midwest Photo Exchange 614-261-1264
SPONSORS : Midwest Photo Exchange Mac Group Tamron
Join Master Photographers Stewart and Susan Powers, two of the most awarded and successful wedding photographers in this country, as they share their strategies for building business in the digital age. They will reveal their methods for pre-selling the larger wedding collections as well as presentation and sales procedures to maximize your dollars from every job. They will discuss being proactive in the critical planning phase and how the wedding day "sequence of events" impacts your success on the job.
Other topics include:
The Editorial Wedding Style ** Album design software ** Quick & Easy Dimensional Lighting
Creative portable lighting ** Color control and raw capture û Lightroom ** Websites and Blogs
Editorial Style Romantic Flow Posing ** Questions & Answers and much more.
They will demonstrate advanced camera and lighting techniques to create exquisite images that will thrill and flatter your clients. Don't miss this fast paced program packed with real world solutions.
Power's Website: www.powersphotography.com Power's Blog: www.powersmerrygoround.blogspot.com
STEWART AND SUSAN POWER'S BIOGRAPHY
Susan & Stewart Powers are wedding photography and environmental portraiture specialists. Together, they own Powers Photography in Gainesville , Fl. Their credentials and awards in wedding album competition are unmatched. Their wedding albums have consistently scored 95 and higher in international competitions; with five perfect 100 scores and the First Place Award at their annual state competition eleven times. They are the only image makers in America to win the WPPI Grand Album Award three times and also have three prestigious Kodak Gallery Elite Awards.
In 2006 the Powers' were honored at the PPA annual convention with the International First Place Portrait album and in 2007 they were both Diamond Photographers of the Year for their Four Loan Collection entries. Many of their recent album awards are in the dual-maker category plus Susan Powers is an accomplished Photoshop retoucher and album designer. She has won multiple First Place awards for her portraiture and the Becker Award for Creativity - Florida 's most prestigious competition honor.
The Powers are internationally renowned for their warm, approachable teaching style. They have taught at 27 state conventions and over 28 PPA affiliate week long schools and classes in Spain , Canada , Puerto Rico , England , Mexico and the Bahamas . Visit their blog to see what's up with them this week.
Stewart was the first wedding photographer to receive the International Photographic Council Leadership Award at the United Nations. He has been honored with a Fellowship from the American Society of Photographers and is both a PPA affiliate judge and a PPA Approved Photographic Instructor. He received the prestigious PPA National Award in 1994 for his roll as the founder and first director of the Florida School of Professional Photography. Other notable awards include:
PPA Diamond Photographer of the Year û 2007
WPPI Grand Album Award - three
Kodak Gallery Elite Award - three
Ten Kodak Gallery Awards
PPA "Four in the Loan Collection" Award - twice
PPA "Top Five" Loan Collection Album - three
Sixteen PPA Loan Collection Albums
Fuji Masterpiece Award - six
Fuji New Approach Award û twice
Florida Top Social Event Album - Eleven times including 2004 and 2005
SEPPA PPA Regional First Place Album - 7 times including 2005
SEPPA PPA Regional Best of Show Six times including 2005
Lifelong residents of Gainesville , Fl. Susan and Stewart were friends in high school. They started Powers Photography in 1977. Stewart and Susan both have earned advanced college degrees: Susan a Masters of Building Construction and Stewart a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in photography.
