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The WPS – What are we thankful for?

Over the past couple of years at the WPS, we have grown from a very small & local organization into now have almost 700 members in over 20 states and 5 countries.  One of the main fears we, the WPS board, had about the growth was loosing the true purpose behind our organization – which...

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Do you know what brides want? We do!

After wrapping up the March 2011 WPS meeting, a few things really struck home with me. First – what a cool meeting!!  Having former and future brides willing to answer ANY question from 62, yes, that’s SIXTY-TWO wedding and portrait photographers regarding how & why they booked a particular photographer, how did they find their...

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Christobal Perez - What an amazing meeting! It was great seeing everyone there and hearing what the brides had to say. Very informative.March 23, 2011 – 10:26 am

Diana - I look like such a nerd in the background! love it lolMarch 23, 2011 – 9:15 am

“Going Pro” – A mini seminar from Don Gianatti

The WPS was very fortunate to get a few hours of Don Gianatti’s time while he was in town for his Learn to Light seminar.  Don agreed to come out for our November meeting in Raleigh for what was supposed to be a 30-45 minute discussion but turned into 2½ hours of really great conversation...

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WPS May Meeting Recap – Wedding Panel Discussion

Our latest meeting of the Wedding Photographic Society was a huge success with over 50 people in attendance including wedding photographers, wedding planners, DJ’s, & florists!  It was an amazing meeting as many businesses in the wedding industry came together for our 1st ever “panel” discussion. We all learned and discussed how we can help...

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Farrah Slinger - Hello
I am putting together a panel discussion next mont as well and I am happy to know that you had such a great turnout! Can you tell me if you had to do it again… would you do anything differently? What I am doing is the panel is going to be engaged couples, a recently married couple, etc… and the attendees are fellow wedding vendors in the area. I hope it will be successful as well! Any advice or tips would be extrememly helpful! Thank you in advance,
Farrah SlingerSeptember 3, 2010 – 10:36 am

The Alien Skin Invades WPS – Raleigh, NC

And we are forever grateful for their sharing session with us. Jeff Butterworth, founder of Alien Skin Software, has been producing cutting edge graphic enhancement tools for photographers since 1993. He enlightened us this particular evening, March 23rd, at one of our favorite meeting spots, Hi-5, sharing his wares with us and by giving us...

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