August Program: Inter-Guild Competition  Date: Wednesday August 17, 2005 Time: 7:00 pm for print entries. No exeptions. Location: Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale 1799 S.E. 17 Street Ft. Lauderdale, Florida August marks the month of the Inter-Guild competition between the West Palm Beach Guild and the Miami Guild. Historically, the competition has been spirited, featuring the works of some of the best photographers in the State. The deadline for submitting entries is 7:00 pm. Come out and represent your Guild. We need to present our best images because it is certain that the Palm Beach photographers will bring theres. We hope to see you there. Membership David Blevins and Monte Zucker have applied as members to the Professional Photographers Guild of Florida. The Board of Directors has passed a motion to publish the names of these applicants and will vote to accept these applicants as Active Members at the next board meeting. Also, welcome Joe Gallegher back to PPGF. Joe has been away for the last couple of years but is currently enthusiastic about participating regularly in PPGF events. Downloads Membership Application Competition Print Labels Competition Rules Competition Entry Forms Adobe Acrobat Reader

President's Message Print competition helps to make us better photographers. It causes us to pay attention to the details which allow us to perfect our craft. It is always nice when our images win ribbons. But more important is the impact that competition has on the images that we will create in the future. We have been blessed in the past with great judges. They go to a tremendous amount of effort to serve as our judges. They give of themselves selflessly, often providing critique for anyone who request it. This month's competition is no different. Our judges will be Al Gordon, Michael Landes, and Jerry Perkins. I want to thank these gentlemen in advance. Truely, we could not have quality print conpetions without their dedication. I thank you and the membership thanks you. Lou Gillard

June Program - Suzanne Maitland

Many thanks to Suzanne Maitland, from Marietta, Georgia, for the informative presentation last month. Suzanne's approach to shooting school portraits is innovative and this is reflected in the photographs that she delivers to her customers.

Suzanne also left us with a pearl of knowledge. She revealed how she is growing her business by holding exhibits in local retail stores. As it turns out, getting permission for a store to set up an exhibit may be easier than you might think - if you pick the "right" store.

Membership Chairperson, DeeDee Rowe also thought exhibits would be a good way for Guild members to promote their businesses. She is currently having discussions with a national retail chain to allow our members to display their work in their stores. Stay tuned for more information.

Notice To Members - Darlene Rowe, Membership Chairperson

New telephone number, email, website address? Send member updates to Membership Chairperson, Dee Dee Rowe. Also, send your areas of specialty for our new Member Referral Program. One of the best sources of referrals is our fellow Guild members. If you receive an inquiry for a date that you are already booked for, a type of job that you do not do, a job that just does not fit you for one reason or another, refer the prospective client to another Guild Member. We have a great group of photographers here and we should refer, refer, and refer...

Please bring a stack of business cards to our next meeting. On the back of each card write the top three types of work that you do. For example, weddings, business portraits, commercial, etc... Pass out the cards to every photograph you see at the next meeting. See you there!

Member Spotlight

Each month, PPGF will shine the spotlight at one of its' members. This month's spotlight shines on Larry Capdeville.

Larry Capdeville is an active member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI).  He holds the "Master of Photography" degree and the Photographic Craftsman degree, through the Professional Photographer of America. He also holds his Master of Photography degree through Wedding and Portrait Photographers International, and several accolades above the Master including the Accolade of Highest Photographic ability. 

 He has been a professional photographer since 1973.  His first capacity as a professional photographer was for the United States Marine Corps.  Larry served six years on active duty as a Marine Corps Combat Photographer and earned several military citations for his work.

 Larry has received many awards such as; Fuji Masterpiece award, 3 Loan Collections, as well as having his images printed in Photographic Collections.  He received the "Robert W. Becker" Photographer of the Year award for both 2000 and 2001. He has received the "Top Ten" Photographer of the Year award for ten consecutive years from the Professional Photographers Guild of Florida.  He lectures on the PPA circuit as well as judges for statewide competitions and is often called upon as a guest speaker at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for future photographers.  He also sits on the advisory council for the Art Institute.

Today, he specializes in Social Event and Environmental Portraiture.