TPPA Summerfest

Summerfest is a premier educational event for photographers who want to elevate their craft while enjoying a laid-back social setting for families.

The new Summerfest brings back the social and networking experience we all enjoyed with the former Summerfest while providing the outstanding education you have come to expect from TPPA.

Enjoy the relaxing social and networking experience along with the outstanding education you have come to expect from TPPA.

Two Outstanding Programs
Our featured speaker is Julie Savage from Madison, Alabama. Her program is brought to you by Bay Photo. We are thrilled to have her presenting Creating Personal Art on Saturday. Julie will guide you through the process of finding inspiration for your photography and art in your own life and surroundings.

The Summerfest Schedule

Saturday, June 24

8:30am – Registration Desk Opens

9:00am – Creating Personal Art – Presented by Julie Savage – Sponsored by Bay Photo

This Is An Interactive Class
Julie Savage will guide you through how to find inspiration for your photography and art in your own life and surroundings. She’ll talk about where and how she has found inspiration for her own art, how to inject something personal into every single image, and improve the impact and storytelling in your images. Do some homework before class and think about who your favorite artist inspirations are…you may have a chance to share that artist and how they inspire your work.

Bring your cameras, a small OCF light if you have it (no biggie if you don’t), and your laptop with Photoshop and a raw editor if you have it. It isn’t a big deal if you don’t have or don’t want to bring these items because you can follow along and still be part of this interactive class. This will not be a class where you sit and listen all day. This will be a class where you listen and process some and then we will get up and collaborate together in teams to create art pieces together based on a guided concept. You will have the opportunity to model, shoot, and edit or stand aside and help with creative direction or just watch and learn.

This class will have energy and laughter along with some personal digging and technical nuggets. You will leave this class with the opportunity to create something that you haven’t created before. You’ll have the opportunity to even model and star in an image. You’ll learn some editing techniques. You’ll evaluate your processes for creating (versus client work). Hopefully you will walk away bursting with ideas about what you need to create next.

Meet Julie Savage
Julie Savage is a quirky fine art photographer in Madison, Alabama. She started her photography business on Kwajalein in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in 2013 creating lasting portraits for families, seniors, dancers, maternity, children, and pets. In 2018, after moving to the U.S. she focused on digital art creating images that tell stories from her personal life with a feminist perspective. Julie is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP), PPA councilor for the state of Alabama, PPA juror, with her Master Artist, Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees through the Professional Photographers of America. She teaches workshops on art inspiration, photoshop, and photography and enjoys collaborating on creative images with fellow artists. She is an active member of the Professional Photographers of Hawaii and Professional Photographers of Huntsville, Alabama. Awards include 2016 PPA Platinum Photographer, 2017 PPA Bronze Artist, 2018 Silver Artist, 2018 Bronze Photographer, and 2022 Gold Photographer.

REGISTER NOW https://tppa.wildapricot.org/event-5234432

10:15 – Break
10:30 – Program Resumes
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Creating Personal Art – continues
2:45pm – Break
3:00pm – Program resumes
4:30pm – Program ends
Dinner on Your Own
7:00pm – TPPA Poolside
8:00pm – Night Skies Program with Alison Carlino (First 20 to register)
9:00pm – President’s Hospitality Open

To register https://tppa.wildapricot.org/event-5234432.