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Images of local natural wonders on display at Mass Audubon's North River …
He recalled one photographer taking a long exposure that generally required a filter who waved her hand in front of the camera instead. “At the time I thought there was no way that would work, but it did and it was an amazingly creative technique,” he …
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Jackson Trappett captures local birds in perpetuity
To read his latest E-bird entry online, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12992963. …. Jackson said he learned a great deal about photography by taking classes with Grand Junction photographer Steve Traudt. “That was in the days of …
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Rotary Club hears from local photographers
Lompoc Rotary Club — The Lompoc Rotary Club was privileged to have Mahius Concord and his wife Kristina as our guests and speakers. They own and operate Evolving Photography in Lompoc, which is a Google-trusted photography business.
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Photo Nights Boston plans local photography festival – RAW – an amateur …
JOIN THE RAW DAWGS. Welcome to your community for New England's amateur photographers. Take pictures … get published … win money … have a blast! E-mail with questions and suggestions …
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Virginia Beach, VA (PRWEB) December 14, 2012

“Its a bird! Its a plane! No its Aerophoto America!” is what the locals of Hampton Roads are saying as they watch the plane buzz over their heads.

This plane has been buzzing over the locals throughout Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, and the rest of the seven cities of Hampton Roads for over eight years photographing much of the construction progress, development, and events of the surrounding areas. However, now with the launch of a new website, Aerophoto America hopes to educate their repeat customers and new prospective clients about all the photography services they provide with a much fresher appearance.

“Its time to take our web presence to the next level,” stated Ronald Brown, Owner and pilot of Aerophoto America. “We want to keep it simple, interesting and easy for our clients to love, just like our photos.”

The new site, the first major redesign since 2006, is envisioned to create a simple explanation of all the aerial photography service packages that Aerophoto America has to offer to patrons. The homepage opens with enticing large colorful energetic aerial photographs followed a helpful menu bar that leads potential clients to an easy understanding of how they can use aerial photography for their business, progress, or residential purposes.

In addition to the refreshing design these photographs plan on expanding their photography services to ground commercial architectural photography to all new clients. All the information can be found at the new website http://www.aerophotoamerica.com. Look out Hampton Roads because this local aerial photography service is breaking ground!

Alba welcome local photographer and starts beginners classes
This Mr Hamilton is a wonderful landscape photographer from Motherwell. Bob is a widely traveled man all the same and takes a great delight in landscape work. He was bitten by the bug when he saw the works of another landscape photographer by the …
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Garden City, NY (PRWEB) October 23, 2012

Members and guests of the NAPW Los Angeles, CA Local Chapter met for a breakfast networking meeting on October 10th. Chapter member and Branding and Productivity Coach Ruth Klein, this months guest speaker, shared the latest industry tips with members and guests through her informative presentation, Successful Marketing Strategies for Your Business. More than 20 members and guests attended the October breakfast networking event.

NAPW Los Angeles Chapter President Ruth Garcia-Corrales took the floor and warmly welcomed the attendees to the monthly meeting. She invited everyone to take a few minutes to introduce themselves to the crowd and talk about their careers, professional goals, interests, etc.

The room was filled with professional women from a variety of industries and professions, which allowed for a lively and stimulating networking session, said the Chapter President. They were also the perfect audience for our guest speaker, Ruth Klein, who is an expert in branding and marketing.

Ruth Klein is a Branding and Productivity Coach with her company, The Marketing Time Source. Her presentation Successful Marketing Strategies for Your Business was the topic for the meeting. She emphasized to members and guests that each brand should reflect their individual essence. Branding is an active and conscience process requiring credibility and a following.

If your brand is able to portray your essence, it will allow potential clients to immediately connect to your service/product, she told the crowd.

After she thanked Ms. Klein, Chapter President Ruth Garcia-Corrales made the announcement that Chapter members and guests had been invited by member Felicia Gutierrez to a networking social event on Tuesday, October 23rd. The event will be held at one of the TOUS stores (in Century City) and is free to all attendees.

We will have hors doeuvres, cocktails, free swag bags, a raffle for a free handbag valued at $ 500, and free makeup touch-ups by a licensed industry artist, said Ruth. It promises to be another excellent networking opportunity, so please try to attend!

The attendees were at the October breakfast meeting:

Martha Wheelock is a Filmmaker and President of Wild West Women and Ishtar Films. She creates distinguished films about women and womens history. She is currently promoting her most recent film named California Women Win the Vote.

Daphne Germaine is the CEO of G&D Survival Kits. She urges all of us to take steps toward being prepared because its not a matter of IF, its a matter of WHEN. She offers a variety of food options along with survival kits for adults, families, children, pets, schools, offices, cars, and boats. For prices, please visit her web store: gdsurvivalkits.com

Lorri Herman is a Health/Wellness Coach who strives to help others feel their best on a daily basis. She invited the group to a Halloween event she is hosting where she will be discussing products that will help you feel your best! She also loves to share her business and offered the opportunity to those who may not have a specific career path.

Daphne Vandegri – Daphne Chocolatier. These delicious chocolate treats contain 70% cocoa, no dairy, and no added sugar. The natural dried fruits in many of her chocolates burst with sweetness. She is excited about the upcoming holidays and her handmade chocolates are unique in quality and taste due to the high-end dark chocolate she uses. All of her chocolates are personally delivered and are a great addition for parties, whether personal or corporate.

Ruth Klein is a Branding and Productivity Coach. Her company, The Marketing Time Source, has the undeniable tools and ability to help you attract your ideal clients with less stress and hassle.

Eileen Maxwel is a Solution-Focused Therapist and her goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can’t change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. She applies complimentary therapy approaches and techniques that will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

Daisy Marks is Executive Secretary at Westside Regional Center, whose mission is to empower people with developmental disabilities and their families to choose and access community services that facilitate a quality of life comparable to persons without disabilities. She invited the group to an Achievable Clinic benefit concert on November 17th at 8:00pm. The concert will be held at Saint Augustine-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church.

Jamie Jackson and Susan Hardwick are NAPW members and Co-owners of Belles Voyage, a wardrobe- planning business and online consignment shop. Do you want to update your style, re-organize your closet, or make some money? Belles Voyage can assist you with those endeavors and help you make money, too, by selling your unwanted designer clothes, handbags, jewelry, and shoes on their website. Please visit the Belles Voyage website at bellesvoyage.com. Belles Voyage means beautiful women on a journey who believe that wherever life takes you, you should Go Beautiful!

Lisa-Catherine Cohen has finished the first draft of her book called The Loaded Cufflink: How To Survive and Forgive a Parents Rage. She is an oft-published editor. She assists people in writing their own autobiographies, having been trained in The Birren Method that produces a non-chronological page-turner. She performs locally doing spoken word with live music. Lisa-Catherine.com

Ruth Garcia-Corrales (President of NAPW Los Angeles Local Chapter) is the Advertising and Marketing Manager of La Curacao. Curacao caters specifically but not exclusively to the Hispanic market. Each store is as big as Best Buy, Staples, Frys Electronics, Ikea, and Costco combined. Major aspects to Curacao are the credit plans that help people buy the necessities of life without being crushed by the vicissitudes of fathomless debt. As if all this werent enough,

Ruth is also an Author and is in the last stages of writing a biography of one of Curacaos owners, who came to America with $ 20 in his pocket!

Dora Lau, President of Curvy Couture, informed the group that her company specializes in bras and undergarments. The collection includes bras, panties, and corsets with signature details of classic haute couture Hollywood. Dora Lau is also the designer and creator of Curvy Couture and is inspired to make every full-figured woman proud to be curvy!

Lorna Cass is a Representative of Medical Consulting Plus, LLC, which is a billing, collection, and management service company. They specialize in ASC Facility and Professional Surgeon billing.

Celia Goldman is a Print Manager at Liberty Paper. Our primary business is supplying corporate America and government agencies with good quality copy paper and printing services.

Additionally, we supply specialty papers, toners, and direct mail services to our customers. My education and background is in manufacturing, production, purchasing, communications, graphic design, and advertising. I am the Print Concierge to our customers and I look forward to getting to know you and your business.”

Alicia Gargaro-Magana is an Executive Producer for Pictures of Los Angeles, which is a full-service production and publishing company working in film, television, photography, advertising, and written work, providing both original content and show-for-hire. She mentioned that her company also produces videos for personal and company websites, whether its introducing a service and/or product.

Alana Roshay is a Certified Distressed Property Expert/Realtor. Her specialty is in assisting homeowners who are experie

Local seniors see outside the box
Following an interactive workshop in which they learned about the more prominent forms of composition found in photography, the seniors manned with cameras and enthusiasm, proceeded to explore and photograph the world around them.
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Garden City, NY (PRWEB) October 09, 2012

Members and guests of the NAPW Essex County, NJ Local Chapter gathered for their second professional networking meeting on September 21st. The group met in a private dining room at Rio Rodizio Brazillian Steakhouse in Newark, a perfect venue where attendees enjoyed great dining and great service. In her welcoming address, Essex County, NJ Local Chapter President Tashanisha N. Murray-Lopez acknowledged the newly appointed Board Members as well as the evenings guest speaker Ngozi Emenyeonu from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Future plans for the Chapter, including suggestions for charities the Chapter may support, were also discussed.

After announcing the new Board Members: Michelle Hamer, Chapter Vice President: Coretta Grant, Director of Communications; Heather Small, Fundraiser Manager; and Sheba Jordan, Media Relations/Production Manager, the Chapter President invited members and guests to introduce themselves and share with the group their interests, expertise, and understanding of NAPW.

The room was filled with powerful women of diverse backgrounds who shared the common goal of wanting to help others, said Tashanisha.

Freddie William of Manhattan, the photographer for the evening, took many wonderful pictures for the Chapter. He, too, was awed by the women in the room. The only male present, he spoke about how impressed he was seeing so many powerful women come together for a cause.

There is nothing more impressive than a woman with a mission! said Freddie.

A main topic of discussion at the meeting was how the NAPW Essex County, NJ Local Chapter could help each other and the community.

‘NAPW is about taking control of our lives and our future; networking, sharing ideas, and helping each other gain success professionally and socially says Star Jones, NAPWs National Spokeswoman, Tashanisha told the crowd. That being said, a large part of the NAPW Essex County, NJ Chapters mission is to help one another and others in the Essex County community gain and maintain success.

Guest speaker Ngozi Emenyeonu of UNCF kicked off the evenings discussion of giving back by speaking about her organization and the important work it does. She encouraged Chapter members to support UNCFs mission by sponsoring a student and inquiring about diversity programs in the workplace.

She gave handouts to members with important information about the program and ways to help, said Tashanisha.

The President announced that UNCF would be one of the charities the NAPW Essex County, NJ Local Chapter would support. Members and guests recommended a number of other charities and fundraisers that the Chapter could help through volunteering, fundraising, etc.:

Dress for Success (recommended by member Belinda Gail Fladger-Tax Consultant and former Chapter President and Maria Afsharian, Communications and Media) is a program that provides clothing, training, and other support/resources to working women who need it. Although the Essex County branch is no longer in operation, there is at least one Dress for Success program currently operating in New Jersey.

Children Born w/HIV (recommended by guest Platinum Jordan-Task Force Security Sergeant) is a cause that anyone with a heart should be sympathetic toward. Many of these children are abandoned at birth. Unaware of an existing fund for people born with HIV, the Chapter will conduct further research.

Fathers and Sons (recommended by guest Demeta DeCosey-Co-author of Brick City Blues). Ms. DeCosey informed the group that Fathers and Sons is a program where men work with children providing clothing, book bags, food, life skills, and other resources as needed. Further research about this program is needed.

FP YouthOutcry Foundation (recommended by Chapter Vice President Michelle Hamer) is an organization that helps families in Newark, New Jersey. It provides mentorship to youth and families. The organization is known for its coat drives and other initiatives designed to help underserved residents of Newark become successful, productive members of society.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk (recommended by member Kia Macklin-CPA) is an American Cancer Society event in which millions of people across the world participate each year in October. It was agreed at the meeting that NAPW Essex County, NJ will participate in this years walk in Newark, New Jersey.

Empowerment Symposium with Life Coach Noela (recommended by member Robyn Cassidy, Sr. Manager of the Vision Team and Riette Gouws, Associating Partner and member in progress). Robyn was unable to attend the meeting physically so she provided input via phone and email messaging. She informed us that Noela has built a multi-million dollar business in the health/wellness industry based out of South Africa and that shes spent 37 years traveling around Africa speaking on womens empowerment. Noela plans to visit the U.S. in November and will be delighted to speak to us. The symposium would be offered at a nominal fee and the money raised would be donated to a Chapter- designated charity. Chapter President Tashanisha announced that this event will be the Chapters first fundraiser. Heather Grant, Fundraiser Manager will research all fundraising ideas to make sure legal protocols are met.

Theatre Workshops (recommended by Chapter PresidentTashanisha). The idea is to help children in the community cope with their issues by nurturing their interest in the arts. These workshops will teach them the fundamentals of theatre performance, script writing, and staging plays. Participants will engage in meaningful conversations with the Program Director to come up with ideas for scripts that are significant to their lives. At the end of the workshop, participants will demonstrate skills learned by casting, producing, and starring in original plays they helped write. NAPW Essex County, NJ members will also be featured in these plays. Each workshop will teach participants how to be classy, professional, productive leaders. Member Sheba Jordan is a successful Writer/Producer/Theatre Director. She has agreed to conduct the workshops for us. We will charge a nominal fee for the plays and the money we raise will go toward a Chapter-designated cause.

House Parties (recommended by member Heather Small, Essex County, NJ Fundraiser Manager). House parties are becoming a more popular way to raise funds. They are cost effective and foster strong relationships. Heather recommended inviting members from the chosen organization to be present at the party and the money raised will be given to them before they leave the event.

During the meeting, Heather shared some of her knowledge concerning the dos and donts of associating funds raised with NAPW. She recommended hosting workshops for each of our professions and inviting the public whenever acceptable under NAPW guidelines.

Our fundraisers must match NAPWs mission as well as our own passion, said Heather.

The benefits of social networking were also discussed at the meeting. The Chapter President encouraged members to link their NAPW profile pages to the Essex County, NJ Chapter. Coretta Grant, Director of Communications for the Chapter, informed everyone in attendance about the Chapters networking pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google, and LinkedIn.

I encourage everyone to like our Facebook page and interact with us on all of our social networking sites, said Coretta.

Members were asked to email Corretta any pictures or other relevant content they feel should be posted on either of the Chapters social sites (correttag(at)gmail(dot)com). Please be sure to cc Chapter President Tashanisha in all email messages (tashanisha(dot)murray(at)yahoo(dot)com).

Other meeting highlights included when member Robyn Cassidy (an expecting mom) was presented with a basket for he

Granby's Indigo Images Photography Studio A Truly Involved Local Business
The studio, open in its current location at 25 Hartford Ave. since November 2006, is the result of Van Welie combining her passion for photography and existing home studio with a desire to operate a successful and community-oriented business. Her two …
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