Sometimes you just have to have some fun, especially when you’re a creative! Natalie is one of my awesome friends and fellow photographers and member of the CILPP with me. With our recent Headshot Swap we had decided to do some more head shots yesterday evening with her and our other friend Andrea. But with …
CILPP: October 2014 Meeting | Headshot Exchange
Fall, and October in particular, tend to be the busiest time of the year for us photographers! I haven’t been able to attend the past couple of CILPP meetings due to sessions (yay for my awesome clients). But the annual CILPP Headshot Exchange is definitely a meeting you don’t want to miss! Last year was …
April 2014 CILPP Meeting | SEO with Thyme for Design
This past Monday, the 14th, was our bimonthly meeting for the CILPP (Central Illinois Professional Photographers) group. I was really looking forward to this month’s meeting because it was all about SEO, and we were going to get to learn about this valuable online marketing tool from Gretchen and Trina of Thyme for Design. In …
February 2014 CILPPA Meeting | Pricing | Photography
Last Monday was our first CILPPA meeting for the new year! We always start the year off with a meeting on pricing, which is a huge topic for professional photographers and something that many new photographers struggle with. What I love about our group is how greatly supportive we are of one another. It’s a …
Central IL Professional Photographers November 2013 Meeting | Post Processiong: From Shoot to Finish
Well hello all! And Happy Wednesday to you! Today I thought I’d go ahead and share a little about this month’s Central IL Professional Photographers Meeting.We are so blessed to have such an awesome group of professional photographers who are members and regular attendees of our monthly meetings where we provide further education, inspiration, and …
October Central IL Professional Photographers Meeting | Decatur, IL
Fall, and October in particular, tend to be the busiest time of the year for us photographers! We still wanted to have our monthly meeting since it’s so nice to take a break from work this time of year, but we wanted to be sure it was a fun break. So what do photographers do …
September Central Illinois Professional Photographers of America Meeting | Decatur, IL
Monday this week was our monthly CILPPA (Central Illinois Professional Photographers of America) meeting. We had a little group but it was an amazing meeting! We were blessed with the presence of Kat Smalley of Thrive Magazine and Showcard Studio. Kat came to talk to us about branding. We had Josh Hendricks come to introduce …
August CILPPA Meeting | Getting Certified as a Professional Photographer by Pamela Cather
Well Monday night was our August Central Illinois PPA Meeting. This month’s meeting was all about getting certified! (Insert Woot! Woot! and Cheers here!) Huge thank you to Pamela Cather of Reflections Etc for presenting on this topic! As someone who went to school, studied photography and graduated with a BFA in Photography and Design …
June Central Illinois Professional Photographers Meeting | CILPPA | Family Photography Posing
Monday was our monthly meeting for our Central Illinois Professional Photographers group. I look forward to these meetings every month! But this month I was SUPER nervous. Sarah and I had talked at one point about the different ways we shoot sessions. Sarah is very pose intensive – she positions every portion of a persons …
CILPPA April Meeting | Off Camera Flash “After Dark” with Sarah Jane Photography | Decatur, IL
Last week on Monday, we had our monthly meeting of the Central Illinois Professional Photographers. April’s meeting was dedicated to off camera flash and shooting after dark. As always we started the meeting by briefly discussing where we are at with the group as well as plans for next month’s meeting and our print competition! …