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GALLERYGALLERY Each month, Southern Exposure magazine will featureimages from the annual affiliated judging. All images in the “Gallery” scored 80 or
higher and have earned a credit toward the SEPPA degree (SPF).Loan collection images earn one additional credit.
Julie HughesThe Homecoming
Mario MunozCelebrate
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Chairman of the Board Mary Alice Ross [email protected]
President Doug Peninger [email protected] 1st Vice-President George Singleton [email protected]
2nd Vice-President Anthony Rumley [email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer Kevin Jiminez [email protected]
Salon Exhibition Chair Jessica [email protected]
Executive Director Thomas McCollum [email protected]
Southern ExposureSouthern Exposure magazine is an
online publication of SEPPA and is published monthly.
EditorDoug Peninger
Ad Sales & Business ManagerThomas McCollum
Article & Ad Submission5th of each month
On-Line Publication1st of each month
SEPPA2712 Marcia Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30044888-272-3711
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Acceptance of advertising does not carry with it endorsement by the publisher. Opinions expressed by Southern Exposure or any of its
authors does not neccesarily reflect the positions of the Southeastern Professional Photographers Association.
Delaware ***Paula MignognoPeggy Parkinson
District of Columbia ***Anthony MarillBob Blanken
Florida ***Donna Campiz Kaye Newsome
Georgia ***Sally Jackson Jill Stringfellow
Maryland ***Vanessa Ard David Corry
Mississippi/Alabama ***Andrew Lamb Gil Brady
North Carolina ***Paul Wingler Janet Boschker
South Carolina ***Shannon Mercer Greg Martin
Tennessee ***Mac Brown Barbara White
Virginia ***Sharon YounceRobert Holman
West Virginia ***Brent KepnerChristie Kepner
***state president representative
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Additional information of state events within the SEPPA Affiliate can be found using the state links below. Please
view their websites by clicking on the web address and you will be re-directed.
Delawarewww.delawarephotographers.com
District of Columbiawww.ppsgw.org
Floridawww.fpponline.org
Georgiawww.gppa.com
Marylandwww.marylandppa.com
Mississippi/Alabamawww.ppma.net
North Carolinawww.ppofnc.com
South Carolinawww.ppofsc.com
Tennesseewww.tnppa.com
Virginiawww.vppa.org
West Virginiawww.ppwv.org
SEPPA is a regionalaffiliate of
ProfessionalPhotographers of
America and hosts an annual
District Image Judging.To learn more about PPA,
click the PPA Logo.
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Doug PeningerSEPPA PresidentEditor
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Doug Peninger: SEPPA [email protected]
Ahhhhhhh, Spring
Is your car green? Are your allergies kicking in?Are you mowing the grass every other day just to keep up with the rapid rate of growth?
If you answered yes to these questions, then you are well aware the season of spring has sprung. Of course, in my mind, I keep asking, where was win-ter? But, I digress. I love this season. So many new and exciting things happen. You see neighbors that have been locked up for months. The deck furni-ture gets a good cleaning as you prepare it for warm evening celebrations. All the early flowers make their appearnace as they welcome you down long walkways and terraces.
With so much happening, I want to encourage you to browse our pages. This month we feature four wonderful contributors with new ideas and products. There is something for everyone.
So, dust off the cobwebs of winter and get ready to learn. Be sure to try and implement at least one new idea this month. You will thank yourself!
Happy Spring!
The SEPPA Board of Governors, at the 2010 meeting in Franklin, TN,
approved the all new SEPPA Degree Program.
The Southeastern Photographic Fellowship
is now a reality!
You can earn your new SPF Degree in two categories.
The orange ribbon is earned with a concentration in print credits,
the purple ribbon with a concentra-tion in service to the organzation.
The requirements for both options are completed with
education and/or service credits.You may also achieve both Degrees,
signafied by a purple and orange ribbon.
SEPPA will post the Credit Chart and submission forms at a later date.
Be sure to check back. All events, beginning
April 1, 2010will be eligible to submit for credit.
Learn10 Victoria Kelly
12 Kevin Newsome 20 Jamie Hayes
Attend6 Florida School
8 2013 SEPPA Covention 13 PPNC Spring Seminar
22 Lamarr School
23 TPPA
24 GPPA Convention
25 Georgia School
Shop7 Millers
12 Academy Productions
14 Photo Care
15 White House
18 Michel Company
“Gothic Wedding Night”by Gary Woods
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Victoria Kelly [email protected]
I always look forward to wandering the trade show floor at Imaging USA...there’s always something new tucked away in
a booth and I’m never disappointed.
This year’s little treasure is a graphics venture called “GingerMoss”, combining the best of both worlds: a designer with a love for all things vintage and a photographer interested in offering her clients new goodies they won’t find anywhere else.
I spent quite a bit of time talking with Jill, the graph-ics side of GingerMoss, about her designs and inspi-ration.
Turns out she has a fondness for OLD things: frames, doors, envelopes...and as soon as I saw the sample album in the booth I knew the collection had to be mine.
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Not only were they offering album templates and cards, they were offering textures in two color groups to complement the templates.
One of the things I liked right away about the al-bum templates is that I can rotate the selection if I need vertical frames instead of horizontal...and if I need to flip the entire page to better suit my im-ages, I can do that too without worrying about mis-placed text.Jill also uses a different technique to load images into the templates--instead of clipping masks, I used the “paste into” process to get my images into the frames.
The textures are also fun to play with--they are separated into color groups--blues and browns-yellows, and they’re sized appropriately so no wor-ries about losing the integrity of the texture when resizing for a specific image...and of course you can change the entire look of the texture with the blending mode you choose.
The collection I picked up at Imaging was very ro-bust: 35 album templates, 13- 5x7 card templates and 65 textures.
You’ll want to visit the GingerMoss website at http://www.ginger-moss.com to see the album templates and textures so that you can offer up something new to your clients this spring...because as we know, everything old is new again!
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Are you a “FACEBOOK LIAR?”Kevin is featured each month as he gives us his latest rant.
Some things may hit home, some may be surprisingly poignant. When it’s all said and done, it’s just Kevin’s opinion and he thought he should
share it. We, at Southern Exposure, hope you will enjoy this month’s installment of“A Few Moments With...”. This month, “FACEBOOK LIAR?”.
(Click on the title, FACEBOOK LIAR, and you will be linked to the video.)
Sadly, this will be the last installment from Kevin, unless we can really twist his arm.Let him know your thoughts and convince him to do more.It has been a true delight to have him as part of the team.
White House Custom Colour, Your Professional Photographic and Press Printing Partner
www.whcc.com
Stickers & MagnetsWHCC Stickers and Magnets are available in all of our flat card and postcard sizes including 2x3.5, 3x3, 4x5.5, 4x8, 5x5, 5x7, 5x10, 5.5x11, and 8x10. Add UV coating for extra protection and gloss. Also available in all of our boutique shapes.
Metal PrintsEnhance your images with a modern and edgy look by printing directly on metal! Display the Metal Print on an easel or on a wall with a gatorboard block that allows the print to float off the wall or with metal posts that provide a more sturdy and contemporary look. Add ¼" or ½" acrylic to the Metal Print for an impressive display!
Press Printed CardsB
ooks & A
lbums
Image B
oxes, Cases & Folios
Folded Boutique CardsTake your press printed cards to a new level of distinction with over 50 shapes of Boutique Cards. In a variety of sizes in both folded & flat shapes. Also use for custom stickers, magnets, ornaments, gift tags, and labels.
Image BlocksAdd dimension to your wall displays and design with Image Blocks! Image Blocks begin with a 1" thick base block. Then choose from one of the many multi-block configurations to add additional blocks on top of the base. Single image blocks are also available up to 24x36. Image Blocks are complete with a built in hanging system.
White House Custom Colour, Your Professional Photographic and Press Printing Partner
www.whcc.com
Press Printed Cards
What’s New!
Image BoxesNew closures allow Image Boxes to stay closed and inside image panels provide one more place to customize the box with imagery. Black Styrene mounted prints and CD/DVD Inserts and Risers are also new.
Combo CoversCreate a Combo Cover by mixing and matching a fabric or leather option with a Custom Photo Cover. Finished with your choice of white or black stitching.
Printed DVDsCreate a Printed DVD to match a Custom CD or DVD Case or present it in a matching Image Box with CD Insert. Your design is printed directly onto the disc for a high quality, finished look.
Sample ProgramReceive studio samples at 25% off for both Books and Albums! Sample products include a
“Sample, Not for Resale” stamp on the inside front & back covers. Include Boutique Bags with your order and receive the same discount!
Wall D
isplays
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Jamie Hayes
Fixing the Droopy EYESure we can use
PhotoShop to correct facial
irregularities, but it’s more fun to use good old fashioned posing and lighting instead!
A simple facial analysis of your subject will tell you everything you will need to make any face more symmetrical. I have a little ritual I do before I take the first exposure.
First, I place my subject directly in front of the camera, shoulders parallel with the plane of the camera’s sensor, at a height so that the center of the camera’s lens is even with the center of the nose. This allows me a view of the face that is not influenced by camera perspective. In other words I want to see the face with all flaws unbiased by camera or subject angle. In Photo 1 of Mr. Jacobs you will notice that his right eye is droopy and much smaller than his left. Also for this camera height he has a pretty significant receding hair line.
Next I turn the subject to the right, my left, and look at how proportional the eyes, ears, nose, lips, cheeks and the jaw line are to one another. It’s all about making as many facits of the face as even or proportional as possible. I repeat this process again with my subject turned in the opposite direction and again look for symmetry. The results are shown in Photos 2 & 3. Although turning Mr. Jacobs to the right, his left, helped open up his smaller right eye, it is not as symmetrical as I would like in relationship to his other eye. Neither of these camera angles cor-rected his hair line issue.
Lastly I choose both a slightly higher and lower cam-era perspective to check the relationship of the size of the forehead to chin ratio. Usually a slightly higher camera angle is always better than a lower one as a lower camera angle usually adds weight to the face. This, in my opinion, was the best cam-era angle for Mr. Jacobs as it opened his right eye the most, allowing both catch lights to reflect off of the moisture of the eye, thus making the eyes look more even and again symmetrical. In the final Photo 4 not only are his eyes even but from a higher camera angle I have given him a little more hair on the top of his head. This was my favorite camera angle and perspective.
There is nothing wrong with having your retoucher do a little adjustment to different planes of a face to make it more even, even perfect, but its more rewarding knowing that you can use good posing and lighting techniques before technology.
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Fixing the Droopy EYE
Want to learn more posing and lighting techniques? Join Mary Fisk-Taylor and myself at East Coast School in July, we will solve any problem live in class, hope to see you there!
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Photo 3 Photo 4
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Business, pleasure, and a lot of learning!Classes start July 15th 2012 on the campus of the
University of South Carolinain the capital city of Columbia South Carolina.
Register now at:
www.thelamarrschool.com
Hanson FongJen Hillenga Ken Sklute
Louis Tonsmeire Jr.Phil Scarsbrook
Clark Berry
July 15th ~19th 2012
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Business, pleasure, and a lot of learning!Classes start July 15th 2012 on the campus of the
University of South Carolinain the capital city of Columbia South Carolina.
Register now at:
www.thelamarrschool.com
Hanson FongJen Hillenga Ken Sklute
Louis Tonsmeire Jr.Phil Scarsbrook
Clark Berry
July 15th ~19th 2012
Robert HarperGrandview Great Blue
Sandra PearceEasy Prey
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GALLERYGALLERY Each month, Southern Exposure magazine will featureimages from the annual affiliated judging. All images in the “Gallery” scored 80 or
higher and have earned a credit toward the SEPPA degree (SPF).Loan collection images earn one additional credit.
Jeff GulleHomeward Bound
John Michael LaneyLoved by a Little Girl
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