PPANM's 58th Annual Convention was March 28-31, 2009 at the Route 66

Convention Sponsors:   White House Custom Colour Lab

Armadillo Photo Supply

 Casino & Hotel. This year's convention was packed with educational programs from world class photographers, the annual print competition where the state's best compete for trophies, a packed trade show with industry vendors who are the top of their fields, fun social events and an unbelievable list of door prizes that were given away. T

The convention kicked off with a Route 66 Shoot Out Saturday night with some great prizes for the winners.

Sunday morning started the judging of the print competition. Then the much anticipated trade show opened at 11:00am, with a mini-seminar area for lectures along with the print exhibit. After the trade show closed at 3:00pm Clay Allen presented a program on Landscape Photography "Interpreting Landscape Lighting Impact" through 6:00pm. Following a break for dinner, the popular print critique started at 7:00pm. 

Monday morning had an early bird program on close-up photography presented by New Mexico's own Robert Sonnen. Following was the first half of Hanson Fong's all day program "The Art and Magic of Posing & Lighting". The trade show and print exhibit opened from 11:00am to 3:00pm for its final day. Hanson Fong's program concluded in the afternoon with a demonstration of his posing techniques. After the membership meeting was the awards banquet and then the hospitality room wrapped up the night.

PPANM's dynamic due - Phyllis & David Crossley - started Tuesday morning off with their earlybird program on "Photography, Psychology and Photoshop." Then attendees spent the rest of the day with a master of lighting - Tony Corbell.  "The Power of Light"

Slideshow of Joseph & Louise Simone's program at the March 2008 Convention: