UPCOMING EVENTS
BIG SKY IN FOCUS ANNUAL CONVENTION 2024
SAVE THE DATE!
Mark your calendars and plan on joining us for
another fun filled, educational weekend
in Red Lodge, Montana March 15th-16th, 2024.
Check out all the details here!
BIG SKY IN FOCUS RAFFLE!
We are having a raffle!! Tickets will go on sale in December!! All funds will be used towards continuing to provide educational opportunities at our Annual Big Sky In Focus Convention and other educational events throughout the year.
1st Prize
$1000 Bozeman Camera Gift Card
2nd Prize
$500 Bozeman Camera Gift Card
3rd Prize
$250 Bozeman Camera Gift Card
Tickets are $25/each or 5/$100. Drawing will be held March 15th, 2024 at our Big Sky In Focus Convention in Red Lodge, MT. Need not be present to win.
Purchase Ticket Below through our website store
or
through Venmo @MONTANAPPA
MPPA MONTANA MONDAYS
Beginning August 21, 2023 MPPA will host Members Only Mondays every third Monday of the month starting at noon. Each month will feature one of our members or a special guest speaker who will not only share a little about themselves, but will offer education, tips & tricks with time set aside for questions and answers at the end. Since Montana is vast, this is a great opportunity to get to know other MPPA members, have fun, and learn something from each other.
APRIL 15TH@ NOON
"The Power of Competition"
Joni Dietz will be talking about the power that competition has on your photographic work and storytelling within a photograph. She will talk about competition within MPPA, PPA and ASP. If you are curious about entering competition, or have questions, this is the Montana Monday for you!
Joni has been the person behind the camera all of her life. She finally opened her professional studio in 2004 in Manhattan, Montana. She moved from the days of film to digital and has loved learning all the new things along the way. She earned her CPP in 2017 and earned her Masters in Photography in 2021. She started entering PPA competition in 2015 and has done it consistently ever since.
Her scope of work consists of mostly portraits for families and graduating seniors. She throws in the occasional sports team here and there, to keep things interesting, because she loves compositing.
When Joni isn’t working, she’s enjoying the Montana outdoors with her husband and sidekick, Gregg. They enjoy camping, boating, hiking (as far as their basset hound will go) and traveling as far as their budget will allow.
PAST EVENTS
FUNDRAISER FOR SCOTT FAIRBANKS
Mark your caledars! We hope you can make it to help our friend Scott Fairbanks who owns Scott Photography in Great Falls out!!
FEBRUARY 19TH @ NOON
Nonprofit Storytelling and Event Photography
During this talk, Schyler Allyn from Red Lodge, will speak on what it is like being a photographer for a nonprofit and trying to stay on top of each program within an organization to highlight their events and volunteers and either tell or show the story they are trying to convey. I’ll also touch on the other mediums I work in, which include races, concerts, and filming Montana musicians.
Schyler Allyn is originally from Alpine, Wyoming, a small town South of Jackson Hole. He found his passion in photography during his senior year photo class and never looked back.
He graduated from Northwest College with his AAS degree in photography and continued his photography journey to Washington state, eventually finding himself in Red Lodge, MT. Schyler has worked for the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation for close to six years, documenting their programs through video storytelling and photography, which includes an event center called the Roosevelt Center.
When he is not taking photos for the Foundation, you can find him on the race course photographing races and concerts and shooting live sessions for Big Sky Bonus Tracks, his latest venture with a group of great individuals, where they film musicians across Montana and Wyoming for free.
Montana Monday December 18th @ noon
JANUARY 15, 2024 @ noon
Come learn all about our upcoming Annual Big Sky In Focus Convention, Annual Print Competition and Membership.
Monday November 20th @ noon
Monday October 16th @ noon
Monday August 21st, 2023 @ noon-Meet Pamela Dunn-Parrish
Our first guest will be Pamela Dunn Parish in Missoula. She will be doing a talk from her new studio titled: Moving through, To go forward...