Barb Gordon earns Photographic Business Degree
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Barb is one of eleven professional photographers who earned the Business Impact Zone Degree (BIZ) from Professional Photographers of Iowa (PPI) at this year’s PPI Winter Convention.
Earning the BIZ degree involves four days of core competence of business management classes and the submission of a detailed business plan for a photographic studio.
PPI is the first and only state offering a business program such as this.
Iowa photographer Aletha Speaker, also a 2012 BIZ degree recipient, is responsible for getting this business program into action. The program has also been supported by four sponsors: American Color Imaging, Christian Photo, Colormaster Inc., and JB Frames & Design.
Photographing Cats
By · CommentsFun Photo Friday-A Cat’s Healing Touch
I have never seen my cats sleep like this. Nelix, on the bottom, had hurt his leg and has been limping. It looks like Spot is giving him touch therapy.
I moved slowly and was able to climb onto the hay bales to get a good angle.
Kids Say the Funniest Things
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While I was setting up a background, chair, and accessories for a three month portrait, I was chatting with her six and ten year sisters. Well, they were chatting at me, I was in work mode.
I couldn’t find my small white baby fabrics and wondered out loud if I sold them at my yard sale. Then I was looking for ribbon, couldn’t find it. Talking to myself again, I figured I sold that also. Then it was a lamp. You know little kids, they pick up on everything. “Did you sell that at your yard sale too?”
Soon the ten year old asked if someone used to live in the studio, as it is an old Victorian home. “Yes, a long time ago it was a home for a family.”
“Finally! Something you haven’t sold!” I had to burst out laughing as the building (not the business) actually is for sale.
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Soft Landing
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This is one of those great imags that the background color can be changed to coordinate with a theme or decor. For this one, I just matched the stripe on the butterfly wing. This would be a nice kitchen image, or little girl’s room!
Rainbow Eucalyptus tree
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The Rainbow Eucalyptus tree in Hawaii was certainly a surprise to an Iowan.
Images of My First Vineyard
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My first grape harvest is also the beginning of a vineyard series of photographic art images. Enjoying the outdoors, cutting grapes, and photographing on my back deck was a perfect morning.
If only this was a scratch and sniff! The aroma from these wine grapes (concord I think) was so amazing I wish I could share that with you too.
Equine Special Olympics
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I accompanied this group to the Equine Special Olympics. I played “pit crew” and “gopher” and shot a few pictures. It was a blessed experience.
Mitch (on the right) rode Billy Willy, the 28 year old gelding, to a silver medal victory in the Western Pleasure Walk class and a gold medal in the Walk/Trot class! Mitch’s coach, horse trainer Jan McDonald is pictured on the left. She was amazing at getting Mitch and Billy ready for the competition.