PPNC Convention 2010: VIVA PPNC!

PPNC (Professional Photographers of North Carolina) held their annual convention last week. Karen was in charge of the print competition this year. Friday we arrived and joined forces with the print committee to check in everyone's print cases. Each photographer is allowed to enter up to six images into the print judging.

Here we were showing off our white gloves (no one want fingerprints on their competition prints)...

Saturday after the judging was finished, we headed to the Saturday night party - VIVA PPNC! With a Vegas theme, we dressed up and decorated with lights, feathers, sequins and slot machines. 

Here is the IP crew with Ginger and Rachel from H&H Color Lab... 

Monday evening, the ladies of PPNC hosted a benefit dinner. They waited tables and all their tips were donations to the foundation. They raised about $3,100 in one dinner!!!! This was a memorial to the members of PPNC who passed in 2009.

Here are the ladies dressed to the hilt...

Then Tuesday night, the convention wrapped up with the awards banquet. Karen announced the awards as the photographers received everything from "3rd place" in each category to "best of show."

Karen received two merits for her competition prints this year, meaning she scored an 80 or above on each print. Take a look...

"Sassy Brass"

"These Boots"

To see more candids from the PPNC Convention, visit the PPNC album on our fan page.

We encourage all professional photographers to be members of PPNC. In addition to making great friends and connections with fellow photographers in your state, it's an educational opportunity you can't pass up. We attended classes throughout the convention and came home inspired to make changes and do different things. Inspiration is priceless. For more info about PPNC, go to http://www.ppofnc.com/.