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Welcome to the new online journal of Professional Photographers of North Carolina (PPNC). You can find out more about what is going on and coming up with PPNC as well as more information on the members of PPNC and the photography industry.

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: Backgrounds by Cole A stop by to meet Dennis Cole of Backgrounds by Cole, is a must at this year’s PPNC Western Seminar.  Be sure and ask about their iDrop backdrops.  They are so cool and perfect for high school seniors.  Their wonderful backgrounds are made in America. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: NC TriColor Imaging North Carolina’s own professional photography lab, NC TriColor is sponsoring Mike Brantley and Rhonda Lester’s program, “How Not to Turn Your Business into a Hobby” on Sunday.  Locate just outside of Raleigh,… Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: Proofcast With a professional photographer as a brother, Jeff at Proofcast knows the needs photographers have for their website.  Each site is designed based on each photographer’s specific needs.  Proofcast also provides web hosting services to photographers and other small businesses.  Proofcast will be at the Western Seminar to answer any questions you may have and there will be a goody in your goody bag from them. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: Magnolia Frame Customer service is the number one job at Magnolia Frame.  Their variety of frames and panels is just an extra.  Dean will be back with a load of frames and panels you can purchase at the… Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: Midwest Photo Nikon or Canon?  It doesn’t matter which camera system you use.  Midwest Photo has what every photographer is looking for and the knowledge to answer questions about the latest equipment. The crew from Midwest Photo is coming in to join us at the PPNC Western Seminar.  They will have on hand lots of equipment for you to check out and we all know how sweet Stu is.  Well, he is sending some goodies for us too. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: GW Moulding In addition to sponsoring Renda Ayscue’s Trash to Treasure program on Sunday morning, GW Moulding will be at the PPNC Western Seminar with a large selection of frames.  Known for their distinctive frames, GW Moulding has been a supporter of PPNC and has worked with photographers with their framing needs for years.  Stop by and see George and all of the frames in the GW’s Mobile Moulding Showroom while you are at the Western. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar: Capitol Color Imaging Ed Belinsky is coming up to see us at the PPNC Western Seminar.  Ed will be able to answer all of your questions about CCI in Georgia.  The full service lab has products for every professional photographer, regardless if they photograph portraits, weddings, schools or any other type of photography. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina’s Western Seminar:  Burrell Colour Imaging No stranger to many of the PPNC members, Burrell Colour will be at the PPNC Western Seminar.  Gary Kennett will be here to answer any questions and to show us some of the products Burrell offers.  And he is bringing some goodies for us as well. Burrell has been serving professional photographers for over 50 years as a full service lab.  Be sure to stop by and say hi to Gary. Read More

Meet the vendors of the 2010 Professional Photographers of North Carolina's Western Seminar: Academy Productions Charlie from Academy Productions will be coming up the mountain to meet the PPNC family.  Based out of Charlotte, Academy Productions is a full service professional photographic lab.  If you are a school, sports, daycare, church or other large volume studio, then be sure to stop by and see what they have to offer you. Academy Productions specializes in such large volume professional photography Read More

[caption id="attachment_98" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hear Janice's amazing story of surviving breast cancer"][/caption] According to Breastcancer.org, 1 in 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.  Janice Clewis became that 1 in 8 when she learned she had a tumor the size of a baseball.  She was facing level 3 breast and lymph node cancer.… Read More