Boston Press Photographers Association

At the Royal Sonesta Hotel overlooking the Charles River (40 Edwin H Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA 02142)

• Cocktail reception 6pm to 7pm
• Dinner will be served approx. 7:15pm
• Award ceremony for Man of the Year , Sports Personality of the Year, and winners of the picture of the year contest pictures at 9PM.
• Followed by coffee and desert our famous ice cream make-it-yourself sundae.

RSVP and buy your tickets via PayPal:Member tickets are 75.00 and non-member tickets are 90.00

Man of year Cardinal O’Malley

bostoncatholic.org

Co sportspersons of year local gold medal winners Aly Raisman and Kayla Harrison

teamusa.org

teamusa.org

BPPA Photographer of the Year Bill Greene of the Boston Globe will show his winning portfolio.

Dinner, beer, and wine will be served at 6:30 ($10 per person), meeting will being at 7pm.

EP Levine’s 219 Bear Hill Road, Waltham.

Have you paid you 2013 Dues??

Please pay your 2013 membership dues ($60) by April 30 by clicking the paypal button on the home page or sending a check to:

BPPA, PO Box 51477
Boston, MA 02205

Remember…only paid members can enter the annual contest.
Thanks

POY 2011 Gallery Opening March 9

Winning images from the 2011 POY Contest will be hanging at the Clock Tower Gallery, 45 Pauline St in Winthrop, MA, from March 9 to April 30. The opening reception is March 9 from 2-5 pm. Gallery hours are Thursday 6-8 pm and Saturdays 2-5 pm.

Contest Survey

Thank you to all who entered the BPPA Annual Photography Contest. Please click the first link below and take a moment to fill out a survey regarding the contest so that we can make improvements for next year.

POY 2012 Contest Survey

POY 2012 Contest Results

Judging for the 2012 contest will begin approx. 3:00 pm Sunday Jan 27 and all day Monday the 28th at Calumet Camera on First Street in Cambridge.

The judging is open and all are welcome. The contest committee’s only request is that there can be no comments while in attendance.

The results will be posted live on the website during the duration of the judging. Also, follow #bppa2012 on Twitter to join the conversation as results come in.

New Bylaws Passed

The proposed changes to the bylaws were approved by the membership.

Thank you everyone who voted – the BPPA continues to thrive because of its active membership.
2012 Pictures of the Year Contest is Now Open

The BPPA is accepting entries for the annual picture contest through Friday January 18 at midnight.

Please click here for contest rules and entry forms.

Join us for the annual BPPA holiday party on Wednesday Dec. 5, 7 pm at JJ Foley’s, 117 East Berkley Street in Boston’s South End.

Featuring a raffle and buffet dinner, this is always our most well attended event. Come meet some new friends and spread some holiday cheer!

The buffet dinner ($10) will be served from 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm. Cash, credit card, or naming rights to future children accepted.

Please RSVP by via email to info[at]bppa.net

Also, make sure your TriCard gets renewed. They expire in January, and applications will be available at the party.

Please join us on Tuesday October 9 at the new Calumet Photographic store in Cambridge for a presentation of 2012 Olympic coverage by our members.

In addition to checking out the expanded facility Calumet has to offer, images from the 2011 BPPA POY contest will be on display in the store’s gallery space.

Dinner at 6:30pm, program at 7 pm.

Calumet Camera 150 1st Street Cambridge, MA 02141

Free parking is available in the Calumet lot.

From the NPPA:

“The 2012 NPPA Business Blitz will help its students develop the fundamental building blocks for creating a sustainable business in a changing marketplace. Lectures will build on basic business principles to address challenges faced by freelancers as they navigate a brave new digital realm. Topics will cover methods for monetizing and negotiating new media projects, long-term legal and business considerations in the year 2012, and marketing methodology for reaching new clients. These topics will be covered with a heavy sprinkling of business basics that were as relevant to Andrew Carnegie at the turn of the century as they are to entrepreneurial photojournalists 100 years later.”

For registration and more information visit the NPPA announcement

Please join us on Saturday evening June 2 for our annual awards banquet and gala at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge.

Along with our 2011 Pictures of the Year and College Contest winners, we will honor 2011 Person of the Year Stephen Coan, Massachusetts State Fire Marshall, and 2011 Sports Personalities of the Year New England Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski and Jerry York, Head Coach of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey champion BC Eagles.

Prints of the winning 2011 Pictures of the Year will be on display during the open bar cocktail reception starting at 6:30 pm.  Dinner will follow at 7:30 pm.

Ticket purchase is requested by Tuesday May 29.

Members and their guests please click the button below to purchase tickets using a credit card through PayPal ($75 each).

Non-members please click the button below to purchase tickets using a credit card through PayPal ($90 each).

Further inquiries can be directed to Bob Howard, BPPA Chairman of the Board of Directors, at howardenterprises@verizon.net

Please join the BPPA on Thursday May 3 in the Boston Globe Link Room for a presentation on news video.

Boston Globe video team members Darren Durlach and Scott LaPierre will show us their work that has garnered awards from POY, NPPA, and an Emmy.  Enjoy their informative presentation and learn how to shoot great video and collect great audio on deadline.

Dinner will be served at 6:30, and the presentation will begin at 7pm.

We hope to see you there.

*** Update ***

Bob Watts and Brien Aho, NPS Professional Markets Tech Rep. will show off the new Nikon D4 and D800.  Brien has a strong PJ background (Military). Both are new professional DSLR’s and he will emphasis their HD video capabilities (and their still file creation). They will also address the challenges of getting good auto and follow focus.