We hope to welcome you at our next event!
Program Description:
Soon, our 2025 MPPA Image competition will be upon us! Are you ready? Would you like some feedback on your images? Join us in our upcoming image critique night. Send your own images or, if you prefer, just listen and learn from other's images. We'll have 3 Judges - Natalie Breton, Dean Bugaj and James Flaschbart.
Please email "Info@maineppa.com" up to 4 images with the following naming convention and maximum dimensions by Saturday, February 22:
The Critique will be recorded:
For those who register, we will be recording the critiques and it will be made available for a full 30 days after the date of the critique. So, if you cannot attend 'in person' via Zoom, please register and you can watch it until March 29th.
About this class:
The business side of being self employed isn't glamorous but it's a necessity for success. Figuring out Pricing your Services, Cost of Doing Business, Financial Goals for your business, and factoring in all your personal finances is a daunting task. We've got a spreadsheet for that! (I told you it wasn't glamorous.)
Brittany has used this method of operating a full year ahead & spreadsheet to know exactly when to drop the day job and dive head first into being a full time business owner. It also helped her, 7 years after going full time, make it through the COVID shutdown with very little impact to business and personal finances. In Brittany's "Business Bootcamp" class you'll get all the tools you need to understand all the numbers to make your business & life tick - if you put in the hard work.
It's the million dollar question asked on national forums: "How do I know when it's time to go full time?" Whether you're just starting out, thinking about when is the right time to leave the "day job", or a seasoned professional looking to really dial finances in for your business, this class will have something for you.
Grab your favorite caffeinated beverage (or two) and prepare to take a deep dive into your finances to set yourself up for success.
Special note: There will be some homework before the class! You'll be given a list of information about your business & personal finances you'll need to have on hand the day of. NONE of that will be shared with the class publicly. During class you'll be given a copy of the spreadsheets Brittany uses (excel & numbers versions) and all the hands on help to figure out all the info you need to be able to price yourself for profit! Bring your computer, info and caffeine!
About Brittany:
Brittany is the owner and lead photographer of Two Adventurous Souls - a wife and husband photography team. Some would say she’s the cuter half of the team.
A graduate of art school with a focus on graphic design and photography, Brittany has been working as a wedding & family photographer for 16 years, 11 of those full time, while raising two kids, several cats, and recently a new puppy. Brittany’s work has been published in local, national and international publications as well as winning awards & Merits through the Maine PPA and Wedding Photojournalists Association.
Brittany has always had a passion for art and photography growing up with a hobbyist photographer father and a mother who is renowned through New England for her quilting skills. Both instilled in her a sense of wonder and desire for travel, a strict work ethic but also a practical sense of running a business. While art school helped her be more creative and spend her days daydreaming, her parents helped her have a practical approach as well. Instilling in her very early the ideas of budgets, projections, and creating a safety net to become successful - something that helped their business survive the COVID-19 shutdowns and come back even stronger on the other side.
She’s taken her passion and turned it into a career and helping others achieve the same through teaching classes, 1 on 1 mentoring, and consulting for other businesses throughout the wedding industry. Brittany has served on the Maine PPA board working her way up to President, has served on the council for the PPA, and was the First President of the NACE Maine Chapter - the local chapter of the National Association for Catering and Events.
Join us IN PERSON for 2025 Image Competition Watch Party (Club 79) at Smitty's Cinema in Topsham!
SEE YOUR PHOTOS ON THE BIG SCREEN! Stuff your face with food and full bar menu! Yell at the screen when the judges don't merit the image! Let's have some fun together! Did we mention that there's an arcade available during lunch as well?
Please register so we can plan ahead! See you all soon!
2025 Maine PPA Photographic Image Competition
Why participate? You’re good at what you do, and we know it. Don’t wait for others to realize it on their own - go for it!
Participating in MPPA’s annual image competition gives you the opportunity to show your work. It also provides an opportunity to get better at what you do. After all, the critiques that are given offer ways to improve your images. You’ll walk away filled with ideas and inspiration to fuel your creative soul. Below are some helpful links to help you get started.
Submit your images at printcompetition.com.
JUDGING WILL BE DONE REMOTELY ON SATURDAY, MARCH 29th, 2025 AT 10AM
Stream the competition on the Print Competition Game Day app:
http://printcompetition.com/event/gameday
OR IN PERSON ON THE BIG SCREEN at Smitty's Cinema in Topsham
Please contact Allen Small at allen@flutterfocus.com with any questions.
Join us for 3 days (and 1 BONUS day) of fun, education, and networking!
Registration includes classes (except Bonus day) and welcome/after parties. Attendees earn 1 PPA Merit
Learn more here: https://maineppa.com/convention
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Social Media Bootcamp
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Welcome Party at Hotel Suite TBA
9:00 am - 9:30 am
MPPA Annual Meeting
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Barbara Peacock
Creating Your Passion Project
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Marketing + Publishing Your Passion Project
6:00 pm
Convention & Speakers Group Photo
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
MainePPA Award Ceremony & Banquet with DJ Rob Burnell
$TBA
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
After Party at Hotel Suite TBA
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mandy Wright
Destination Weddings
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lindsay Adler
Posing to Flatter Everyone
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Chris Knight
Color: Directing the Eye & Influencing People
+ The Psychology of the Portrait
MPPA $249 / PPA $299 / PUBLIC $399
(PPA Merit Class)
Lunch Buffet Included
Color: Directing the Eye and Influencing People
Color is one of the most important elements in photography. As it’s been said, “It’s easier to make color look good, but harder to make it service the story.” In this class, Chris explores color from hue, saturation, and luminosity to harmonies, discordance, why we feel certain ways about color and where that comes from. He demonstrates how color helps tell your story and how to create and use it in a variety of ways. Color strengthens, binds, and elevates imagery - after this class, you’ll be able to harness it more effectively in your own work.
The Psychology of the Portrait
If you think that a portrait is primarily about lighting and apertures, then you are missing out what makes a portrait truly great! Join Chris Knight in a deep dive into the powerful interplay of the psychological and technical elements of portraiture that can help your images be more than skin deep. You’ll learn how to find the best angle, optimal lens choice, top posing tips, the power of composition, wardrobe guidelines, and (of course) lighting. Whether working with streamlined, 'beginner' gear on location or a studio packed with professional gear, this class will help you improve how you think about and execute your portrait work.
ABOUT CHRIS KNIGHT:
Chris Knight was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and hardened by the sweaty, nearly chewable, humidity of Florida. He combines his unconditional love of art history with his conditional love of technology, topping it off with a flair for the cinematic and an uncompromising eye for detail.
His work has appeared in or on Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, L Official, GQ, People, MSNBC, ABC, Oxygen, Ocean Drive, and others.
Chris is the author of The Dramatic Portrait, a Profoto Legend of Light, Fujifilm Creator, and an instructor at Pratt Institute as well as the New York Film Academy.
https://www.chrisknightphoto.com/