Looking for a New Leader

The Baltimore PUG is currently on hold while we are looking for a new leader. If you are interested in being the next Baltimore PUG leader please email community@pictage.com and we will let you know how that works.

Dane Sanders is coming to the Baltimore PUG!

“Standing Out From the Crowd”

In a two-hour compelling conversation, Dane will share how to get clear on the gifts and talents you bring to the table as a unique individual. He will help you discover what’s inside you as a creative and will help you become the photographer that you were created to be. How do you stand out from a crowd? What makes your work unique? If you are in the mindset to start or re-start your photography business, this is a PUG that you cannot miss.

Dane Sanders is a photographer, author and speaker. He has been invited to be a platform speaker at Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), Imaging USA and as a sponsored speaker at PhotoPlus East in New York City. He has been featured in numerous publications including Rangefinder and Professional Photographer. Fast Track Photographer: the definitive new approach to successful wedding photography is Dane’s first book. Dane and Tami, along with their four children, make their home in Newport Beach, California.

Dane will be hosting a workshop the day after the PUG –

For more information and to sign-up, go to http://store.fasttrackphotographer.com/products/workshop

Get clear on who you are as a photographer & witness a world open up that you’ve never dreamed of! Join in for two days of training that will have more impact on your bottom line and professional satisfaction than any other investment you will make this year – facilitated by Dane Sanders!

Let Dane help you….

•    Get clear on your critical competitive advantage.
•    Unlock the mystery of real change in your life and business.
•    Crystalize what you need to do to get your photo house in order.
•    Give you personal coaching on how to get the most from your subjects.
•    Catalyze your growth as a photographer.
•    Empower you with a proven game plan for success.
Meeting Location:
Love Life Images
8600 Foundry Street
Savage, MD

Meeting Date:
Tuesday, April 27th
7pm

Details:
For more information on Dane Sanders, click here.

Baltimore PUG Studio Spotlight Tour for March

It’s that time again.  Our next studio spotlight tour is with Michael Clark Photography in Baltimore, MD. Come meet Micheal, check out his studio diggs, learn something new,  and hang out with some great folks.

March 3, at 7pm – whenever.

Michael Clark Studio
3000 Chestnut Ave. Studio #102
Baltimore, Maryland 21211

get lost? call 410-365-2187 or 410.570.6741

questions?  mary@lovelifeimages.com

Happy New Year and our studio tour begins!

Over the next few months we’ll be doing a studio tour of some of our member’s studios in the Baltimore area. We hope to connect with some of our members on their home turf. Our first stop is Wendy Hickock of Wendy Hickock Photography and we’ll meet at her house/studio at noon (light lunch provided) on January 26th. Her address is 1704 Nimitz Drive Annapolis, MD 21401.

We’d love to hear from you if you are interested in hosting a studio tour, so please email us at jennifer@lovelifeimages.com.

We hope you can join us!

Jennifer and Mary

Holiday Party

Details coming soon!

PUG meeting Monday at 7:30PM

Our next PUG meeting will be on Monday evening at 7:30PM at the Love Life Images Studio. We’re going to talk a little about finding inspiration, which is key during the busy season. Please be prepared to share something that keep you inspired. There will be munchies and drinks. It is only a Baltimore PUG this time, so we look forward to seeing everyone and getting some motivation from you all!

Jennifer Domenick

Joe inspires us with messages from his heart

Check out the Love Life Images blog to see my note about Joe’s visit last thursday. He was amazing! Here are some photos from his visit. Join us for the next Baltimore PUG on September 14th at 7:30PM. Details to follow!!!

Joe Buissink at August’s PUG!

Joe Buissink will come and give a discussion about the psychology involved behind shooting weddings. Who we are when we shoot an event and how it shows in the work!

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009

Time: 7:30pm

Location:
The Great Room at Savage Mill
address: 8600 Foundry St.
Savage, MD 21044

About Joe:
Joe’s photography is about capturing the moments, and the essence of the person in those moments. His work redefines wedding photography, and has been described as Fine Art by his most notable celebrity clients. Joe has become a world-renowned teacher in the photographic field. His teachings have taken him on an international platform from Japan and Australia to England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as in the United States. Joe has been profiled by Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Lifetime Television’s Wedding of a Lifetime, and E!. His work is published regularly in InStyle Weddings, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, and People Magazine.

For Canon’s full calendar of events, go to www.usa.canon.com/dlc

PUG meeting with GigBooks July 13th

Meeting Info: ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME!

Date: Monday, July 13th

Time: 7:00PM

Address:
Love Life Images
8600 Foundry St. Suite 217C
Savage, MD 20763
MAP

We will have Justin Kifer here (all the way from Pennsylvania!) to give us an overview of Gigbooks, an online studio management software designed for professionals in the wedding industry that desire to implement efficient and intelligent systems into the frontline of their business.

Jim Collins at our PUG – June 11th

Hello Pug Friends,

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009

Time: 7:00pm

Location:
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814

@ Bethesda Metro Center

Info:
This month’s meeting will be another combined DC/Baltimore meeting and will feature a visit from the new Pictage CEO, Jim Collins. We’re excited to have Jim back in town after meeting him in April. We are very excited about some of the changes he has already implemented and the promising developments he has in store for Pictage in the months to come. Come meet Jim and pick his brain, or give him some feedback.