A World of Destinations & Adventures

May 18 & 19, 2024

Place: H.O.G Barn at Doc’s Harley-Davidson

W2709 State Highway 29, Bonduel, WI 54107

Hotels:

Shawano Four Seasons Hotel,

201 Airport Rd, Shawano, WI, 54166

715-201-1501

Ask for WPPA Room Block

$99.00 and up, depending on the room.

Book Now!!!! There is a limited number of Rooms.

Ask for the WPPA Convention Block

Any rooms after May 8th will be released.

What to Bring:

Camera and notebook.

Meal Tickets:

Meals must be purchased on-site if you are eating with the group in the H.O.G. Barn with the group. Order your meal ticket when you order your Convention Ticket.

WPPA Meal Tickets are listed below.

You do have an option of going over to the Timeline Restaurant before our classes start and placing an order for you to pick up at lunchtime if you do not like what is being offered. We do not recommend doing this because of time constraints on the normal lunch crowd they have, but it is an option.

Full Meal Meat Deal – Include Saturday Meat Lunch (Sloppy Joes, Potato Salad, and Chips) Includes Saturday Night Dinner (Broasted Chicken, Tenderloin Tips, and Fixings) Includes Sunday Meat Lunch (Taco Bar)- @ $55.00 + fees

Saturday Meat Lunch (Sloppy Joes, Potato Salad, and Chips) @ $13.00 + fees

Saturday Night Dinner (Broasted Chicken, Tenderloin Tips, and Fixings) @ 29.00 + fees

Sunday Meat Lunch (Taco Bar) @ $13.00 + fees

Early-Bird Pricing – Tickets:

Early-Bird Pricing Ends April 30, 2024, at Midnight!

WPPA Member Early-Bird Pricing – Tickets:

WPPA Member 2-Day Ticket – @ $99.00 + fees

WPPA Life Member 2-Day Ticket – Free
Speaker or Sponsor 2-Day Ticket – Free
Spouse of a WPPA Member – Not a Photographer 2-Day Ticket – Free (Must be with Paid Member)

WPPA Member – All SATURDAY Events (Includes Day & Evening Programs) – @ $59.00 + fees
WPPA Member – All SUNDAY Events (Includes Morning and Afternoon Programs) – @ 59.00 + fees

Non-Member Early-Bird Pricing – Tickets:

Non-Member 2-Day Ticket – @ 169.00 + fees
Non-Member – All SATURDAY Events (Includes Day & Evening Programs) – @ $129.00 + fees
Non-Member – All SUNDAY Events (Includes Morning and Afternoon Programs) – @ 129.00 + fees

Doug & Laura Bennett

Landscape Photography: Achieving Technical Excellence and Crafting Artistically Expressive Images

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

9:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.”

Landscape Photography: “Achieving Technical Excellence and Crafting Artistically Expressive Images”

Join us for a great weekend with Doug and Laura Bennett as they share with us their techniques for achieving technical excellence and crafting artistically expressive landscape images.

What’s more, they will be sharing their photographic experiences from their many photographic ventures ranging from the UAE, Europe, South America, New Zealand, and Indonesia. What could be better for our theme of “A World of Destinations and Adventures!”

Instructors names: Doug & Laura Bennett, Colorado Springs, CO
Email address: BennettPhotography@ymail.com

Doug will speak to us about expressive landscape photography, i.e., how to craft images that will communicate and resonate with viewers and buyers. He will share elements of photographic craft and technique essential to landscape photography and to making high-quality large landscape prints for high-end sales and for PPA Competition entries.

In sharing these techniques, Doug will speak to the underlying “whys”.

Taking from their Texas School program, Doug will share many techniques and approaches essential to communicating emotions and artistic vision in landscape images.

Great landscape photography is about making images that connect with viewers making them feel something about the subject.

Doug will delve into “Dynamic Symmetry” sharing knowledge on how to design and compose your images. He will delve even deeper into composition outlining and demonstrating various visual transitions essential to landscape photography imagery to include the most important transition of all, the “progression of blacks”.

You’ll learn and will understand why the rule-of-thirds is not the approach Doug and Laura take in crafting their award-winning landscape.

Come find out all about that!

Doug Bennett has been a member of PPA since 2011. He earned his Master’s Degree in 2015 along with his Craftsman Degree and his first Imaging Excellence Award in 2016.

He achieved his second Imaging Excellence Award in 2021. He is a five-time Diamond Photographer of Year, Platinum Photographer of the Year, and a two-time Gold Photographer of the Year. Lastly, Doug is a two-time Grand Imaging Award Finalist finishing 1st in 2017 and 2nd in 2015 in the Landscape/Nature Category. In 2022, Doug achieved his ASP Fellowship.

Laura Bennett most notably is the 2023 World Photographic Cup Winner, Gold Medal in the Landscape Category.

A PPA member since 2012, earned her Master’s Degree in 2015, Craftsman Degree in 2017, and her first Imaging Excellence Award in 2018 and her second Imaging Excellence Bar in 2022. She is a three-time Diamond Photographer of the Year, two-time Platinum Photographer of the Year, and two-time Gold Photographer of the Year and a Bronze Photography of the Year. Laura is a seven-time Grand Imaging Award Finalist winning 1st Place in Illustrative Category in 2013. Laura achieved her ASP Fellowship in 2020.

Awards Dinner

Image Competition and Grand Awards

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

5:30p.m. to 8:00p.m.

Image Competition Roundtable and Social

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

8:00p.m. to ……..

Social & Image Competition Roundtable

Join the Image Competition Chair, Jamie Steeno, along with the Crew, Krystal Stankowski, Chris Rugowski, and Tim Koll for an informal roundtable and social.

We will be joined by speakers Laura and Doug Bennett, judges, and any competition entrant who would like to share.

Let’s talk about a lifetime of experiences – the obstacles, failures, and victories – in the world of Print/Image Competition to inspire and motivate you.

No matter your experience level you will leave challenged and motivated to enter your next image competition.

WPPA Members Annual Meeting

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

8:00a.m. to 8:50a.m.

WPPA Members Only

Denise Watrous

“Destination Client Photography”

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

9:30a.m. to 4:00p.m.

“Destination Client Photography”

Denise Watrous, CPP

This program will go into what it takes to become a Destination Client Photographer who travels the world.

Morning Program:

Marketing
Scripts
Planning
Arrangments

Afternoon Program:

We are at the destination, Doc’s Harley-Davidson

Scouting out locations for the shoot
Performing the Destination Photoshoot

About Denise:

Denise has been a professional photographer since 1988.

Growing up, there were only ever two things I wanted to do in life, to be a mom and be a photographer. I won, I got both! But seriously, I knew in first grade that I wanted to be a photographer.

I love summer and flip flops, fancy dresses, and high heels. I am a girly girl and can name just about every Miss America (in order!).

But… I am also a tom-boy who LOVES football, baseball, Indy Cars, and heavy metal (I’m a life-long Cubs and Bears fan, I kiss the bricks at Indy every May and I’ve seen Metallica 16 times!). Despite the fact that most people call me crazy, I’m an avid runner and always training for something. If you see me out running in the early morning hours, make sure you honk and wave hi! I am married to my high school sweetheart and the mom of three amazing kids.

Photography is a way of life for me. I firmly believe that God has blessed me many times over with the gift of photography and how he has made me to see things. I have a strong Christian faith and give Him all the glory for my abilities and blessings.

I see things differently than most, and I’m always looking for the perfect light. My family will tell you how every family vacation gets turned into our own private photo shoot (a fact that they don’t always enjoy). I like to have fun, and I like to laugh, so be prepared to have a great time during your session! I tell people all the time that I have the best job in the world, and I really believe that I do!

Tickets:

Regular Priced Tickets

Starting May 1, 2024

WPPA Member Regular Priced Tickets:

WPPA Member 2-Day Ticket – @ $149.00 + fees

WPPA Life Member 2-Day Ticket – Free
Speaker or Sponsor 2-Day Ticket – Free
Spouse of a WPPA Member – Not a Photographer 2-Day Ticket – Free (Must be with Paid Member)

WPPA Member – All SATURDAY Events (Includes Day & Evening Programs) – @ $79.00 + fees
WPPA Member – All SUNDAY Events (Includes Morning and Afternoon Programs) – @ 79.00 + fees

Non-Member Regular Priced Tickets:

Non-Member 2-Day Ticket – @ $219.00 + fees
Non-Member – All SATURDAY Events (Includes Day & Evening Programs) – @ $149.00 + fees
Non-Member – All SUNDAY Events (Includes Morning and Afternoon Programs) – @ 149.00 + fees

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