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I just received the album we ordered for Denise and Mike. They went onto Finao’s website (www.finaoonline) and chose a brocade cover with the chocolate leather spine. It really looks awesome. I don’t usually show the brocades – but was pleasantly surprised at how terrific it looks. This is only a 28 sides album – so this shows it can be done! (I am known for albums in the 50-70 sided category) – and it certainly tells the complete story of their day with their favorite images.

This is a link to the slideshow of the album design

SLIDESHOW – Denise and Mike – album design

We just got back from PPM – Professional Photographers of Michigan Fall Training Camp at Chrystal Mountain resort in Northern Michigan. Had a great time and learned so much. We had 5 girls sharing a great house on the grounds.
LOVED Scott and Adina and all the speakers and vendors who made it so
special. Wally won the folio competition in the open category for the Glacier photo and Julie won in the wedding and Children’s. We received beautiful plaques in the shape of the state of Michigan.
You should have seen Julie in the TOGA we made out of a sheet
from our bed! Priceless! More Pics to come!
This is the group shot of all of us. I’m going to try to get a larger version of this and also add some of our photos taken.

We enjoyed a great wedding weekend in Louisville Kentucky for our friends Chris and Selam. The rehearsal dinner was at Churchill Downs, with a tour and the wedding and fun reception at their local Orthodox Church.
It was also great to see Kelly and… Mike, we photographed their wedding last month.
I worked with Jim VL and his daughter Taylor and we had a lot of fun also. Taylor loves horses and follows the Kentucky Derby every year – she really loved to tour of Churchill Dpwns. It really was interesting. The images in this album were only taken by Wally Spice.
Jim took a lot also, setting up his studio lights for the formal alter returns and his Photo booth that Taylor ran all evening, etc.

The album on my facebook profile, that anyone can see is at:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=630682&l=06b1778a75&id=1417072807

This is the video from some of my favorite images.

Julie is so is excited and proud to have been slotted to be Vice President next year to the Detroit Professional Photographers Association!! That means she will be President in 2012-2013. “I look forward to helping DPPA grow! It is such a great association to be a part of!! ”

This is already her 3rd year on the board of directors. Her term as vice president officially starts in June of 2010, but this gives her the opportunity to start lining up some great speakers now, since that will be her main duty. She already has some great ideas. Then she will be President elect to work with the speakers she brought in the following year, and then she will be our president in June 2012 – June 2013.

She will do a fantastic job and I am so proud of her. She was such a great support to me when I was the president 2007-2008 and I will be so proud to support her through this amazing journey. 2 generations of DPPA presidents! What an honor!!
I am SO proud of her!!!

Along with her official duties as a board member every year, Julie has been our smiling friendly “raffle Girl” at DPPA for many years, she has perfected this position – this is her in charge of choosing the winners for the 50-50 and winners of the many donations we received from our vendors at the last meeting in August with David Humphry on senior high school photography.
It is going to be a fun adventure that she and all the members of the DPPA will enjoy.