No Kansas City Pug Meeting in April 2011

Kansas City PUG Meeting May 2011 – Speaker Jared Platt

Missed WPPI this year???

YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS

Jared Platt in person from Phoenix, AZ flying in to join us at our KC PUG Group!
May 9, 2011
7-9pm
Christina’s 14007 W. 150th Terr Olathe, KS 66062

Work Faster with Better Results

Take your photography portfolio and your individual events from good to great and save time in the process.

Come and learn the how to tap into the power of perception through positive selection.

Learn the power of positive selection to speed your workflow and improve your photography.
Learn how to become a better photographer durring post-production.
Learn how elivate your brand controlling public perception.
Learn some tips and tricks for increasing productivity inside of Lightroom 3.0.
Question and Answer Period – (bring your toughest post production delimas to discuss)

Door Prizes – We will be giving away one free workshop seat, must be present at the PUG to win!!!

If you feel bogged down in post-production or just need to boost your photography to the next level but don’t know where to start, then you need this time with Jared Platt. And you will learn the latest and greatest in Adobe Lightroom 3.0 at the same time!

Jared Platt’s full day Lightroom Workflow Workshop will be held the following day, May 10th at Christina’s, 9am-5pm, setting is limited so please register for this ASAP.

Discount Code: pictage
You will receive 1/2 off workshop cost, lunch is included in the price
Register now at www.jaredplattworkshops.com

Christina Blincoe
KC PUG Leader
christina.blincoe@gmail.com

Kansas City PUG Meeting March 2011 – Pictage and Shootq

Spring is in the air and its time to make the most out of our business this year!

March 15th – 6:30pm-8:00pm
LOCATION CHANGE: Meet at PeachWave 151st and Blackbob

If you have a Pictage membership you will want to come and see this Demo of Shootq. It is now included FREE in your pro membership so there is no additional cost. AWESOME!! If you are not a pictage member, please still come, we would love to hang out with you and show you this amazing product that could save you time and money on administrative tasks that none of us like to do!

Come out for a relaxing evening, peachwave is soft serve ice cream so we will enjoy that as well.

We will also have the new pictage albums so you can see and feel what they are all about.

Christina – KC PUG Leader christina.blincoe@gmail.com
www.cblincoephotography.com

Kansas City PUG Meeting February 2011 – Business Workshop

Our February KC Pug meeting will be at the aloft hotel for a business workshop you will not want to miss.

One Way to the Top Business Workshop for Photographers

To Register: http://www.saratafoya.com/journal
$99 if you register in December

Topics and Speakers Include:
Marketing and Biz Plan – Sara Tafoya
All About Branding – Kevin Keith
Video and Viral Marketing – Paul Rogers
Studio Organization – Kevin Brown
Accounting and taxes – Maureen Werner
Legalities and Contracts – Eric Kraft

Kansas City PUG Meeting January 2011 – Sara Tafoya

January 25, 2011
7-9pm
Spin Pizza Olathe, KS

Studio Spot Light – Sara Tafoya

Sara will share her business experience and new ideas from PPA this year.

We are excited to hear from Sara and just have fun hanging out and enjoy great pizza and wine.

Hope to see everyone there.

Christina – Pug Leader
christina.blincoe@gmail.com

Kansas City PUG Meeting November 2010 – Melissa Jill

Kansas City PUG November Meeting

Tuesday, November 16th
6:30-8:30 pm
Digital Labrador 125 Southwest Blvd.
(On the SE corner of Wyandotte & Southwest Blvd)
Kansas City, MO 64108

Welcome our Guest Speaker via Skype: Phoenix wedding photographer Melissa Jill http://www.melissajill.com

Melissa will talk about blogging and how to use it to grow your business. She will also present her Keynote from Pictage PartnerCon.

You will not want to miss this event!

*We did not have an October meeting and will also be taking another break in December for the holidays.

Christina Blincoe – KC PUG Leader
cblincoephotography@gmail.com

Kansas City PUG Meeting September 2010 – Photoshoot downtown KC

September’s meeting will be a casual group photo shoot. We’ll have a few models and be going to some fun downtown KC locations. We will be playing around with tips and techniques from Bob and Dawn Davis at the August meeting.

We’ll be starting at Digital Labrador to hear all the details for the KC Pictage members image showcase opportunities they’ll be presenting and then head to our first location at 6:30. Feel free to invite your friends.

Digital Labrador
125 Southwest Blvd
Kansas City, MO

See you all there,

Christina Blincoe
Kansas City PUG Leader

The PUGs mission is to facilitate communication and education among professional photographers at a regional level around the nation in order to allow photographers to learn from each other and share experiences. It is not required to be a Pictage member.

Pictage User Groups are a way for you to:
Network and build valuable relationships with other photographers in your local community, Share expertise with your peers, Enhance your photography skills and marketing strategies in a learning environment and Have fun!

Kansas City PUG Meeting August 2010 – Bob and Dawn Davis

We did not have a July meeting so I am looking forward to seeing everyone again for this month’s meeting. You will not want to miss this free PUG event.

August Speaker: Bob and Dawn Davis, an amazing husband and wife team in Chicago, will be with us via skype helping you master your flash. Bob is a member of Canon Explorers of Light and they both teach multiple workshops that can be viewed at www.davisworkshops.com. We’re honored to have a chance to learn from them completely free!

Digital Labrador will be hosting us once again and have a very generous announcement to help showcase the local Pictage photography. Don’t miss this meeting to hear all the details.

Feel free to invite your photography friends. BYOB

The PUGs mission is to facilitate communication and education among professional photographers at a regional level around the nation in order to allow photographers to learn from each other and share experiences. It is not required to be a Pictage member.

Pictage User Groups are a way for you to:
Network and build valuable relationships with other photographers in your local community
Share expertise with your peers
Enhance your photography skills and marketing strategies in a learning environment
Have fun!
What’s more, as a PUG member, you will be the first to know about the latest Pictage products and services! PUGs give you a way to consolidate your voices into a more influential force to drive change in your industry!

See you there,
Christina Blincoe
Kansas City PUG Leader
RSVP: info@cblincoephotography.com

Kansas City PUG Meeting June 2010 – TotallyRad Tra Party

For those of you that missed last month’s meeting, it totally ROCKED! Thank you to Paul Rogers and Jasmine Star for being our guest speakers!
It is never to late to come and meet some new friends. It was Malachi Lee’s first time coming to our PUG group and he was our winner of the ipad! We are so excited for you Malachi!

We look forward to seeing everyone at our June KC PUG meeting:

Next meeting is June 30th Wednesday 7-9pm
We will be having a TOTALLYRAD TRA HOUSE PARTY

Location: Digital Labrador KC, MO
125 Southwest Blvd.
(On the SE corner of Wyandotte & Southwest Blvd)
Kansas City, MO 64108

**Come ready to learn for FREE some tips in using actions with www.gettotallyrad.com

**Bring something to share, it is a Italian theme

** We will also have a photobooth there for everyone to enjoy! Thanks Kevin and Ashley for bringing your photobooth!
LIGHTBOX photobooth is www.lightboxphotobooth.com

Please RSVP on facebook or email at info@cblincoephotography.com

Christina Blincoe – Kansas City Pictage User Group (PUG) Leader
Bringing Kansas City Photographers together

Kansas City Pug Meeting May 2010 – Jasmine Star and Paul Rogers

Kansas City PUG meeting in May
May 19, 2010
7-9pm
Speaker: Paul Rogers from PhotographersReel.com
Conference Call Guest Speaker: Jasmine Star
**ipad giveaway – Must be present to win

Location: 14007 W. 150th Terr Olathe, KS 66062
Please RSVP : info@cblincoephotography.com
(We want to get a count of people coming to make sure we have enough drinks/snacks for everyone)

We are very excited to have Paul and Jasmine as our guest speakers.
Please feel free to bring a friend and post to your photography friends on facebook to promote this event.