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Meeting Location: Manatee Technical College – Main Campus, 6305 FL-70, Bradenton, FL
5:15 to 6:00 pm: Pre-Meeting Foto-Focus
Topic: TBD
6:00 to 6:30 pm: Gather, Socialize, Buy 50/50 Tickets, Vote for People's Choice
6:30 pm: General Meeting with Guest Speaker Art Becker
Topic: Simple Truths To Building A Strong Photography Portfolio
Having a strong and engaging portfolio is crucial in the world of photography. It is your primary tool for showing your abilities, style, and unique approach to making photos.
- Focus on the type of imagery that you believe will make you stand out from the competition.
- A good portfolio is not a mishmash of photos taken over a couple of years and cobbled together.
- Take your time, your portfolio should show consistency from image to image and show of your style.
- When you are photographing, take as many different approaches to the subject as you can.
About Art Becker
My name is Art Becker I was born in Erie,Pennsylvania and studied Photography at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. I started my commercial
photography career in Fort Lauderdale/Miami. Returned to Erie, Pennsylvania from 1989 to 2013 then relocated to St Petersburg, Florida in 2014 for blue skies and sunshine.
Website: artbeckerphoto.com
My photography has been in Architectural Record,Time Magazine, ESPN
Magazine, Hallmark Cards, A&E Network, The Weather Channel, American
Express, Faith Magazine, Windham Hill Records, Alligator Records,
Bradenton Blues Fest, Tampa Bay Blues Fest, Erie Art Museum Blues &Jazz,
Major League Baseball, National Football League, Olympus Corporation,
Taylor Morrison Graystar, Apple, Amazon.
My Philosophy: It’s the One-One communication between creator and viewer that matters.
