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Thursday July 29th, 2010at 6:30pm

Mesa Verde Country Club 3000 Club House Road Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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This month’s meeting features Joe Photo and he will be speaking about albums. It’s also “Album Show-n-Tell Day,” so bring in a few of your samples to share.

Hot Albums + Cool Designs = Happy Clients and More Money
Do your sample albums suck? Are they old, outdated and boring? Do you make excuses for your albums? What do your sample albums say about your photography style? Are you ready for some new, killer albums? Do you want to make bigger album sales? Do you need to learn how to sell albums after the wedding? Are you ready to feel good about your album designs?

When you get excited about your albums, your clients will get excited and happy clients spend more money. The albums you show are the albums you will sell. Isn’t it time to show your clients bigger and more beautifully designed albums that show off your style? This program will showcase the hottest album companies and the coolest design solutions available. Joe will show his entire system for upgrading after each wedding. Get ready to make more money!

When I decided to take my passion for photography into a business, I decided that I wanted to do family portraits. They were more fun than an inanimate object and made my blog more interesting than a picture of a tube of chapstick.

Around this time I also started to shoot models as a way to practice for paying clients. I revelled in creating images that looked like an editorial spread in Vogue.

When I started second shooting a few weddings, I realized that my true calling was wedding photography. The rush of a wedding day, the emotions of a father who was giving his daughter away, the joy in a couples face as they turned around and faced their family and friends for the first time as husband and wife, the romance…I love it all.

And so I found my niche ~ a melding of my two passions ~ fashion and love. It wasn’t an easy road, but I knew as soon as I was there that I would no longer be happy shooting inanimate objects.

The June SoCal Photog Shootout was held in Seal Beach at the amazing Old Ranch Country Club. The theme was “Finding Your Niche” and it featured many areas of photography from babies to editorial and basic to very technical. Special Thanks to our vendors, leaders attendees and models for an amazing day!

THE VENDORS:

~ Event Coordinator ~ Kim Lefavbre kim@six2sixevents.com

~ Make-up & accessories ~ Nicole Enjoli  http://nicolenjolijewelry.com/

~ Flowers ~ French Buckets www.frenchbuckets.com

THE GIVEAWAYS:

Special thanks to these companies for donating a few giveaways!

~ See Spot Shoot www.seespotshoot.com

~ Pixel 2 Camvas www.pixel2canvas.com

Weddings:
~Led by Joe and Mirta Barnet  http://www.barnetphotography.com
~ Models: Tony & Crystal

Commercial/Fashion:
~ Led by John Mireles http://www.photographerstoolkit.com
~ Model: Evan

Family:
~ Led by Bobby Brown – http://www.bobbybrownphotography.com
~ Models: Skelton Family

Seniors:
~ Led by Amber Fox http://www.amberfoxphoto.com
~ Models: Richard and Hannah

Babies:
~ Led by Jen Disney – http://www.jendisney.com
~ Models: Kaya, Rhett, Austin

Additional Photography by: Matthew Saville

Our next SoCal Photog Shootout is in late August. Join this group for more details. Our newest group the Los Angeles Photog Shootout will be holding it’s first event in Long Beach at the Ebell Club on July 21st. For registration details click HERE.

What is SmugMug?

SmugMug is where you can host your images, have online galleries and fulfill your clients album orders.

What is a Smug User Group?

A SMUG is a place where you can learn, teach and meet up with other photographers who share your passion. It’s also how we can tell you what’s happening in our world and discover what’s happening in yours. SMUGs are a great way to connect with other photographers and add a few weapons to your creative arsenal.

Things to Expect at a SMUG

We Talk: You’ll get the naked truth straight from the source. We’ll preview stuff in the pipeline like new features, bug fixes, and promotions.

You Talk: Guest speakers will light up the room with their wisdom for shooting great images and making money with photography.

We Listen: We hear your opinions about features and potential business deals we’re considering. It’s a bulletproof way to know we actually get your message, the way you wanted us to hear it, unfiltered and face-to-face.