Sunday, October 29, 2006

Studio Spotlight - Austin Images Photography

November's studio spotlight will be on Sue Austin of Austin Images Photography. She is a wedding, senior, and portrait photographer based in Eden Prairie, MN. At the next PUG meeting (Tuesday - November 14, 2006), she will be showcasing some of her work and discussing her business. Be sure to come and check her out!

Here are a few of her images from a wedding in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.



Thursday, October 12, 2006

Argente Photographie Open House

One of our members (Argente Photographie) will be having an open house on the 21st of October from 6-11pm. There will be art, music, refreshments and some food.

Chris Prideaux wanted to make sure that everyone knows they are welcome. The address is below.

Argente Photographie
2800 Lyndale Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408

It sounds like a good time!

October 10th Wrap-up

All in all, I think our October meeting was a success. To start things off, everyone got acclimated to the new surroundings. This was followed by an Art Leather presentation conducted by Stacey Goodell, which appeared to be well received by everyone. It was nice to have someone come in and give us a demonstration of some new products that are available.

With all of the changes that are taking place, we felt it would be good to get an idea of what everyone would like to accomplish with our monthly meetings. We are going to be conducting studio spotlights which will be a great chance for everyone to learn more about each member and how they conduct their business. In addition, some good ideas that were brought up included:

Bringing in more vendors (Canon, Nikon)
Business speakers (West Photo, an accountant, contract lawyer, etc.)
Group Photo-shoots
A Couples Roundtable
Media and Technology segments (monthly to quarterly)

Any additional ideas are gladly accepted. The more active our members are, the more informative and informational the meetings will be. Rounding out the nights festivities was our first Pictage raffle where Erin Johnson of Erin Johnson Photography won $100 in lab credit. Congratulations Erin!

Overall, it was good a good meeting and is always fun to see everyone.

Stay tuned for details about our next meeting and who will be speaking.