September Program: Dale Farkas, Jr.
The September Program will feature Dale Farkas, Jr. of Dale Labs, located
in Hollywood, FL. Dale's program will provide hints and tips to photographers
for working with the digital lab.
Dale is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of technology. He currently
works in the lab established by his father, Dale Farkas, Sr. more than twenty
years ago.
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 President's
Message
I hope everyone has weathered the storm and we all made it with little
damage and no lost jobs. I know for me, Hurricane Frances turned my business
into a shambles for over a week. First we had to deal with several canceled
events. Clients were frantic and much had to be done to get ready for the
storm. I suspect that most of us did not have an emergency plan for what
we were about to deal with. I quickly figured out what really was important
to my business. For the most part I was most concerned with data. It's
the data, files, CD's, DVD's and drives that store irreplaceable items,
my clients images. I put together an additional set of back ups and got
my files to several locations so if one house was destroyed I would still
have everything somewhere else. With digital files, creating 3 complete
sets of data was a great solution. Obviously a film shooter would need
a different type of emergency storage to keep the only original set safe
under any circumstances. The bottom line is that we act is a way to keep
our businesses secure and make sure no matter what we can deliver what we
need to for our clients.
The next issue I had to deal with was power, I had none. It was over
a week before electricity was restored to my studio and that meant it was
virtually impossible to get any work done. I had to make sure that I knew
about every shoot I had to be at and my clients knew I was going to be there.
Not as easy as it seems without land based, or cell phones that worked.
Everything worked out fine in the end but it sure made for a lot more
pressure to stay on top of everything.
I also wanted to take some time to thank everyone who has supported
me over this past year. It's almost over and the new year is about here.
The PPGF, as always, has room for new faces on the board of directors.
The more members that help, the better the PPGF is. With more people on
the board we can put together better programs, more programs, come up with
more benefits and make the PPGF better for everyone. The board of directors
has a position for everyone from new members just starting to explore the
world of professional photography to the most seasoned professional who
may have served for years in the past to build the PPGF. In either case,
if you have been thinking about ways to improve the PPGF and want to get
involved, just let me know and we'll make it happen.
Jon Laye |
Inter-Guild Competition
The August program was the Inter-Guild Print Competition between PPGF
and the Palm Beach Guild. I am sad to report that this year, the competition
was won by the Palm Beach Guild by the slimmest of margins. Overall, the
judges were very critical and merit prints were few and far between. Below
are the merit prints from the PPGF.
| Pictorial Portrait |
The Last Tango |
Giancarlo Frasca |
84 |
1st Place - Best of Show |
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Feels Like Home To Me |
Domingo Sanchez |
80 |
2nd Place |
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| Digital |
Art Body |
Tom Collins |
81 |
1st Place |
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