Monthly Meeting with Guest Speaker Carmen Schettino

Meeting Location: 3200 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard (East Manatee Fire Rescue District Admin Office), Lakewood Ranch, FL

Pre-Meeting at 5:15 pm
Topic: Demystifying Competitions! with Reena Walkling and Nancy Restuccia. Does photographic competition intimidate you? Are you interested, but don’t know where to start or how to prepare your photo to upload? Or have you been competing with limited results? Let’s talk about the pros and cons of competitions and what makes a winning photograph. .

Meeting with Guest Speaker Carmen Schettino at 6:30 pm 

Topic: Look for a Directional Light

Carmen's Bio:

Carmen has been a professional photographer for over 40 years and has earned the Masters degree and Photographic Craftsman's Degree awarded by the Professional Photographers of America. Carmen has lectured around the country sponsored by Kodak and Fuji. He has given weekly seminars for professional photography schools around the country and has earned 600 merits doing so. 

Carmen was past president of the New York State Professional Photographers and a member of the Professional Photographers of America. He was the owner of a studio in New York state for 25 years that did portraits, weddings and commercial work.

Some of his accounts included  IBM, Castrol Oil, Pulsar Watch, JC Penny. After moving to Florida, his client base included new companies such as Lee County Electric, IMG Academy school, Tennis Magazine, as well as local builders.  He was also the president of the Sarasota Venice advertising federation. Recently he has lectured to many Florida camera clubs and was a photography  instructor at Manatee Technical College.