March Recap and WPPI Product links

Thanks to everyone for the great turnout for the March PUG meeting and judging by the response so far in the dc pug blogosphere sounds like everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Kudos to Sarah "Social Committee" Hodzic for sharing with us her struggles and recent successes in building her photographic career. Loved the video!

I also want to give a shout-out to my March birthday mate, Jess and thank Armin, Jenn, Sarah, Paul and Ralph for a great pre-PUG dinner.

In case you weren't taking notes, here are links to the best stuff I found @ WPPI:
Pictage Art Books - best new product (not just cause they told me to say so.)
www.Couturebooks.com - Amazing hand-made art books
www.liveretouch.com - 24hr turnaround at competitive rates
www.finaoonline.com - awesome albums to rival other leather album makers
www.digineg.com - film archiving of digital images. confused? learn more here
www.waxworksphoto.com - unique creative artwork from your images

Thanks and look for an announcement shortly about the April PUG meeting.

- Geoff

Rock Star Road Trip Dinner

The Rock Star Road Trip post workshop dinner, drinks and festivities will be taking place at...

Bailey's Pub and Grille

2010-A Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202

703-416-0452

We will gather as a group, form a line and hold hands as we walk down the block the the restaurant. :)

Please do drop me or Jess and email to let us know if you will be joining us!
Thanks!
See you all on the 31st.

Great March PUG Meeting!

Thank you to everyone who came out for the March PUG meeting. It was great to see everyone and be able to share our excitement and enthusiasum from our WPPI high.
And a big thank you to everyone who stayed to listen to my Studio Spot Light chat.
It was great to share a bit of my story with so many amazing photographers!

Just wanted to let you all know that Jess and I are working on finding a place for the post Rock Star Road Trip workshop lets see if we can get Amber to pass out festivities! :)
Ok, well we really don't want Amber to pass out, but she did put forth a pretty great drinking challenge...
We would love all of you who are going to be at the workshop to join us afterwards for drinks and general merriment.

We will post the details on the DC PUG Blog very soon.
Stay tuned.

And in the mean time... you can enjoy these lovely photos of Jess, Geoff and I in Vegas.
Photos taken by the fabulous Justin Marantz.

WPPI Recap + Celebrating Geoff and Jess's birthdays!

What a time we all had at WPPI!
I can't wait for our meeting on Monday, there is so much to share.
Not to mention the fact that we have at least 2 March birthday's to celebrate.
Geoff's birthday was on the 20th and Jess's birthday is actually on Monday!

We will be getting together Monday the 24th at Cafe Deluxe to celebrate our March babies.
5:30pm sharp, be there or be square.
And please do let us know if you will be coming so we know how many people to make a reservation for. :)

Can't wait to see you all on Monday!

Photo Nights for Charity Lecture Series

Jennifer Domenick and Mary Gardella of Love Life Images have started a lecture series that they host at their studio in Savage, Maryland. The Photo Nights for Charity Lecture Series kicks off on April 9th with Rita and Joel Wiebner - check it out!

- Geoff

See you Monday for Vegas recap

What a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas for WPPI this week. Michael and I enjoyed every minute of the seminars and fun events, including two events hosted by Pictage. It was great to see so many familiar faces from the area!

So many amazing photographers, such great seminars, and cool new products. My head is still spinning. We'll have a complete wrap-up at Monday's meeting including: lessons learned, exciting new offerings, and news about upcoming events for the pug.

- Geoff

For Future Reference

We have received a number of inquiries about bringing guests to the meetings. I want everyone to know that this should be encouraged so we can expand the community. We will continue to focus on finding good information to help you run your business and the ways that Pictage can be your partner in those efforts. Everyone is welcome.

-Geoff