A few random things

Hey everyone!
First I wanted to double check and make sure we will see you at the picnic...I hope everyone is going to come hungry because the dessert competition is always worth starving yourself for the day. :) We will see who wins this year!

Second, if you are signed up for SNAP with Allison Watkins next month make sure you know that the time is from 2 to 7:30ish and we are meeting at P2 in Old Town Lansing.
So make sure you line up that babysitter for later in the day. You don't want to miss anything Allison has in store for you.

Third and lastly, take a day off or go home early soon...you work too hard!

SNAP with Andrew Jenkins

SNAP #3 with Andrew was great! Thank you to all of you who attended. I have to admit, Andrew was a little nervous about the weather before SNAP started. It was forcast to rain all day. And since we had 13 people here, he was trying to figure out how he was going to entertain all of you crammed inside all day. But, we were blessed, the clouds parted and we fit in our downtown, loft and garden shoot all before the rain came. We had two great models who we would like to thank! They did a great job working in the heat all day! Here are some images and a show of the images we took from that day!

Click on the play button to play a slideshow of the models!

David Jay! What a night!

Thank you to all of you who came out for the first stop on PPM's ON TOUR! We had David Jay as our speaker and he was fantastic! From what I'm hearing from all of you, is that it was a life changing seminar and that you came away inspired and ready to work on your businesses!
A very special thank you to David Jay who continues to help photographers all over the world. Thank you for your amazing heart and devotion to this industry!

Visit DJ at davidjay.com and his forum and his products at showitfast.com

Have you signed up yet? David Jay

If you haven't signed up for the PPM on Tour meeting for July 14th...YOU NEED TO!
The deadline for signing up for dinner or golf is the 7th! The program is free and you can just show up...but if you want to let us know your coming that would be great too :)

Just a little about about our speaker: David Jay
Now, those of you who know me.. know that I really like David Jay. You also know that I'm really excited that he is coming here to speak. But, what you may not know is that he deserves every bit of what he has earned. He is a great speaker, talented photographer, has a great philosophy on life and business, and has influenced a lot of people for the good. He has put himself out there to help photographers get their lives back and create businesses that work for them. (not being enslaved to your business)
We are blessed to have him speak to us and I know that you will leave feeling empowered and lifted up!
I'll see you Monday, July the 14th!
Jackie

Be yourself

"In the end, the only steps that matter are the steps you took all by yourself." -The Weepies

How many of you out there are spend hours looking at photographs each day? Whether it be magazines, commercials, books, or other photographers work...there is so much to look at. I spend a lot of time looking at other work, from peers to photographers I don't know. Like many of you, I love looking at photographs. We should, that's what we do.
I look for inspiration, ideas, to learn lighting and new posing ideas. And although I do get inspired...most of the time it does the opposite....it blocks me creatively.

Why may you ask?
Well, I become less content with my work and actually start to dislike what I do. I wish I could be more like them, do work like them, live like them, have what they have, and be less like me.
Then, I'm not happy with what I have. My studio doesn't have this, I'm not near a beach, no one would do that here, it's too conservative, it's too liberal, it's too hot or too cold! Why am I even doing this? What I am going to do? I'm terrible.
I can't make that work! If only I had this! Blah blah blah!

The thing is, you can't live like that. BE YOURSELF! No matter who you are, there are qualities you possess that other people wish they had. You are the only one that can create like you. The only one that can love like you and you are the only one that can live like you!
Trying to be someone else is basically a waste of time...you will never be them no matter what.

Find the greatness in you and work on making you even better!

One more day!

Hey everyone! I hope you are all as excited as I am to see Dan Broullette's program tomorrow night! Check out his website www.danbrouillette.com
Dinner is at 6 and his program is at 7!
We'll see you there!

SNAP with Denise!

A huge shout out to Denise and David of Boyce Photography for hosting the 2nd SNAP! I have heard only great things from this event and I'm sure you all got great images from their workshop! Here is everyone in action!
Thank you for Jason Aten (our newest member) for the pics!