Presented by Tennessee PPA. Schedule of Events. April 24 th -27 th Friday. 2:00 PM Workshop Registration Opens (Main Lodge Office Lobby)

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1 Presented by Tennessee PPA Schedule of Events April 24 th -27 th 2015 Friday 2:00 PM Workshop Registration Opens (Main Lodge Office Lobby) Folio and 11x14 Collage Print Images received/registration opens (Print Competition Deadline is Sat. 12 noon) F/32 Photo Lab Gear Shop opens for lens and gear rental! See April Love or a Board Member for signups! 3:00 PM Hotel Check In Begins (Main Lodge Office Lobby) 4:00-7:00 PM Workshop Begins! It s a FOTO Fest Friday! Program: Into the WILD! Instructor: Wilson Reynolds (Meet in the Main Lodge Meeting Room-then travel by car for location shoot) This workshop begins at the lodge and then moves to the Great Smoky Mountains area for an on location shoot so bring your camera and gear of your choice! (weather permitting). *PPA MERIT Program offering-accompanies Monday class offering. Members should pre-

2 register in advance and must acquire a TOTAL of 6.5 hours of Wilson Reynolds combined class time, within any three classes offered, or any combination to total 6.5 hours of education in order to receive a PPA merit. 7:30-9:00 PM Sundown in the Smokies Welcome Campfire Party! Come kick off our first night in the Smokies with a campfire and enjoy s mores, roasting marshmallows and hotdogs by the fire. We ll sit around the fire pit and enjoy music, talk shop and relax. There will be limited seating around the campfire, so bring a lawn chair if you can! 9:30 PM-? BONUS Friday Night Lights -Light Painting/Long Exposure Program! (Weather permitting- bring your camera and a flashlight or light source of your choice). We will travel by car to the Cades Cove parking lot area and walk a short distance for this workshop. Car pooling will be available. Instructor: Wilson Reynolds Saturday 7:30-9:00 AM Breakfast (Center Café in the Convention Center is open!) 9:00-11:30 PM The ART of Photography-Part 1. Instructor: PPA Master Artist Kathryn Rutherford Kathryn Rutherford will show us how important it is to understand the elements of art within our photography and teach us secrets of how to incorporate art into your work and elevate your photographic skills! She is an incredible talent! You will be amazed! 12:00 PM 11x14 Collage Print Competition Entry Deadline (Main Lodge Meeting Room). Pre-Registration is available online under Competitions at (See sample images)

3 12-1:30 PM Lunch (See Meal Hosts for restaurant location for today). 1:00 PM Folio and Print Competition Judging (Closed to Members) Who will win this year? You can t win if you don t enter! 1:30-3:00 PM The ART of Photography-Part 2-Inspire to new heights with your Imagery Instructor Kathryn Rutherford 3:30-4:30 PM Learn the Mystery of Image Competition and improve your overall photography-led by PPA Judges Panel-we will talk about the folio winners! 5:00-6:30 PM High School Senior Shootout-on location at the Tremont Lodge with Professional models! Instructor-Barbara Yonts Bring your camera and photograph the models, while you learn posing and lighting techniques! 6:30-7:30PM Dinner (Ask about the Meal Host for this restaurant location.) 7:30-9:30 PM What s HOT-HEAD SHOTS! Instructor-Barbara Yonts. Get your OWN PERSONAL head shot here! If you need to update your head shot for your website or marketing purposes, then this is just what you need. Get your digital headshot file for FREE! Plus, learn how to incorporate head shots for corporate use or for models/actors and increase your studios revenue! Learn something NEW! 9:30-? PM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE/Studio 54 Social-music, games and Photography Auction! Over $1,500 to be offered! LIVE from PHOTO X-treme It s Saturday Night! TNPPA will host this FUN social event with music, games and its much anticipated Photographic AUCTION! Bring those props, gear or backgrounds you don t use any longer and sell at our auction! You keep 80 percent of the proceeds! Dress attire is casual.

4 Members interested in bringing props, backgrounds, gear, etc. to sell should contact Carla S. Hoskins at (423) or her at ahead of time, if possible, to get preregistered for the auction and avoid lines before the auction. Sunday 7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast (Ask about the Meal Host for this restaurant location). 8:30-9:15 AM Devotional (Main Meeting Lodge Loft) 9:30-11:30 AM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part 1- Children s Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting Room) Instructor Barbara Yonts. 12:00 PM CPP Test! CPP Ambassador Alisa Whitley/Proctor. (Testing location to be announced). Advanced registration must be made two weeks prior to date of test with Alisa Whitley. More information is posted online at Lunch will be available on site in the testing room. Please RSVP to Alisa Whitley if you will want to eat so she can make the reservations for delivery. 12:00-1:30 PM Lunch (Check with the Meal Host for the restaurant location.) Past Presidents Meeting (locations to be announced-see Dorma Tabisz). TNPPA Nominating Committee (location to be announced) National and Seppa Awards Committee Meeting (location to be announced) 2:00-4:00 PM Lighting Techniques, Marketing and Posing Part 2-Family Portrait Program-(Main Lodge Meeting Room). Instructor Barbara Yonts-learn the joy of photographing families!

5 4:30-7:00 PM Stylized Wedding Shoot Workshop with Professional MODELS! Instructor: Scott Evans, PPA Wedding Photographer with over 1,000 weddings under his belt! All Professional models will join us for the workshop including Miss Tennessee 2014! (Main Lodge Meeting Room). 7:00-8:30 PM Dinner (Check with the Meal Host for the restaurant location). 9:00-? PM Join us for some Wedding Workflow from the day s stylized wedding shoot with Scott Evans! See how he creates his inspiring wedding images into works of ART and learn about pricing and sales tips! Monday 7:00-7:30 AM The CENTER CAFÉ is open in the Convention Center for your convenience! No need to wonder where to go for breakfast this morning! Grab some granola, cereal or a quick breakfast at the Center Café before you head off for your morning inspirational workshop! We have it covered, so you can eat before the early morning shoot on location for our most anticipated BONUS workshop on Macro Monday! 7:30-10:30 AM BONUS Sunrise Macro Workshop! It s MACRO MONDAY! Only $25! (Pre-registration is online and open to ALL! Hurry before it sells out! Limited availability.)

6 The Bonus Workshop: Wildflowers, Waterscapes and the Wonder of Nature! Get Back to Nature on Macro Monday with Instructor-Wilson Reynolds! DO NOT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE WORKSHOP! It will feed your soul and give you that inspiration for creation you have been looking for! This workshop is OPEN to everyone! This workshop will delight you with incredible locations led by Wilson Reynolds, the area s premier instructor for wildflowers and those incredible waterfall and river shots with the beautiful airy water effect! With all the rain we have had lately, this should be the PRIME time for this photographic opportunity! Attend this BONUS class and learn how to create those magnificent images and hang some ART on your walls, or capture a competition print possibility! Added PERK! If you have attended Wilson Reynold s classes, and preregistered, you will receive a PPA MERIT after continuing 6.5 hours of instruction with Wilson Reynolds! Classes can be in combination for a total of 6.5 hours thru Monday. If you are interested in this BONUS class, a $25 fee is required for instruction, but it is WELL WORTH IT! Bring your camera and hiking shoes for a mild, but inspirational, moderate hike. We plan to car pool along the way. Contact Carla S. Hoskins (Secretary/Treasurer) for more details at classicimagesbycarla@comcast.net or call (423) to get signed up! 10:30-12:30 PM Alternative Income Strategies Program-Instructor-Scott Evans Learn how to increase your cash flow by implementing some NEW product offering with your photographic images such as posters, calendars, coasters, etc. You will be surprised with the information Scott will give you on

7 how you can increase your bottom line when things are slow! This class is just what you need! 12:30 PM It s a Wrap! Photo Xtreme Spring Workshop concludes-hope you were INSPIRED and enjoyed the Photo Xtreme 2015 X-perience! We hope you learned a lot and got some great images to enjoy from the workshop! See you at our Fall Conference in Murfreesboro, TN August 29 th -Sept. 1st 2015! Special thanks to go to our Sponsors Wilson Reynolds, owner of the Tremont Lodge and Resort and F/32 Photo Lab for Sponsoring the Photo X-treme 2015 Spring Workshop. Your generosity is much appreciated! This photographic educational workshop is brought to you by: