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Eastern Seminar

Name: Eastern Seminar
Start: 2026-10-24
End: 2026-10-25
Location: Shell Island Resort

Oct. 24-25 2026, Wrightsville Beach, NC

Image by Keren Doody

Meet Our Speakers

Tom McCabe

Capturing the Landscape

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Barbara Bell

The Art of You: Building a Brand Around Your Vision

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George Joell III

Effective Off Camera Lighting – Modified

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Friday 3:30

Meet Tom McCabe in the hotel lobby for on location landscape. If you can't make it at that time, you can text him at 252-349-3184 if you do not receive a text from PPNC for where everyone ends up!

Friday night social

Join us Friday night for a meet and greet in the hotel bar at 7:00 pm. This is subject to change. We are unsure if this resort has a hotel bar. Check back here and emails/texts for any updates!

Event Schedule

Saturday

9:00 am: Tom McCabe – Capturing the Landscape

12:00: Lunch on your own

1:30: Barbara Bell – The Art of You: Building a Brand Around Your Vision

5:00 pm: Sunset on the beach with models

7:00 pm: Dinner on your own

8:30 – 10:30 pm TBD

Sunday

6:00 am: Sunrise Landscape – Tom McCabe

9:00 am: George Joell, III – Effective Off Camera Lighting – Modified

12:00 pm: Lunch on your own

1:30 pm: George Joell, III – Effective Off Camera Lighting – Modified

4:30 Event ends

2700 N Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480, USA

Seminar Location

Shell Island Resort, 2700 N Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480

Reservations must be called in to the front desk 910-256-8696 and use the event code ES2026

Group Rate $179/night October 23 & 24, $110/night October 25. There is an additional $25/night resort fee. Parking is free. Book your room by 09/24/26 to get your room rate! Please text Ann at 803-322-2701 if we run out of room block and she will try to get more added!