Ted Saylor M.Photog. Cr,, FDPE,FSA

(July 2010 Speaker)

Currently retired, Ted Saylor has worked as an industrial photographer, candid wedding photographer, yearbook photographer and a commercial advertising photographer.

He spend years involved with the FPP (President 1973) and PPA (Board of Directors 1990/1994), has spoken at many Local, State, and National Conventions (5 times) and was an affiliated judge (Portrait and Commercial) for 16 years and taught at several photo schools including Winona.

Ted says “Retirement is great ! Although I feel sometimes I am working harder than when I was working to make a living. I got bored and decided I still had something to offer and want to give it back.”

Brian Idocks Photographics, Tampa FL

Don’t miss our May 19th program with Brian Idocks.

Let’s get real. As a professional photographer our day to day clients are not models. We don’t photograph perfect people in perfect light at perfect locations. We make the best images we can with what we have available to us. Brian strives to make EVERY ONE of his images top quality no matter what the situation. Watch and learn his photographic process in a live session with REAL people with less than perfect lighting. Let him teach you how to make it great, no matter what! You will learn valuable tips on posing lighting, composition, and how to work with real people.  Then…. Let’s take those images to the next step. Work with Lightroom to edit and process and make them even better. He will finish off with some Photoshop retouching to make the final image Brianized! It is a jam-packed, fun-filled time that you will not want to miss!

Brian is a Wedding Photographer based in Tampa Bay and has quickly become one of the most sought after Wedding Artists in his area.  He has photographed weddings for over 20 years.  Brian’s unique style of print finishing along with his romantic approach to photographing weddings have set him apart.  He speaks to guilds throughout the state as well as teaches classes on a variety of topics at his in home studio.  Brian strives to promote the profession of photography and has a website dedicated to sharing knowledge with other professionals.  Brian was named a 2009 Professional Photographers of America (PPA) International Photographer of the Year.  He was included in the FPP “Top Ten Florida Photographers” for 2008 and 2009.  The Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association awarded “Photographer of the Year” to Brian for 2007, 2008 and 2009.  He also received “Bay Professional Photographers Photographer of the Year” for 2008 and 2009.  In 2007 he received his PPA Certification.  He gave a Super Monday for PPA in 2008 and lectured at Fall Seminar 2009 for FPP.  Brian is a member of TAPPA, BPPA, PPGMF, FPP and PPA.  He serves as delegate for PPGMF, is an officer on the board of directors for BPPA and is a wedding advisor for TAPPA.

websites: www.Briancidocks.com and www.Brianized.com

Dana Lunden FSA, FED 2010 FPP Secretary-Treasurer

We all know the economic climate has had its share of hurricanes, droughts, nor’easters and pretty much whatever hardship one can think of for some time now. How long it will last is anyone’s guess. As business owners, there are numerous decisions we must make periodically, based upon our business model. Advertising and marketing dollars, especially in these trying economic times, must be invested wisely to ensure the best possible return. Notice that I said invested, not spent.

Whether that money goes towards print advertising in a magazine, business cards, radio ads, whatever, we need to make sure we are really aiming for our target market. If you don’t have a lot of experience in this area, check with another photographer who does pretty much what you do for work, but in another geographical area, someone you’re not competing with, and ask them what they are doing for marketing. Try to determine what’s working for them and see what hasn’t worked. Then try it in your area.

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