Join us for three days of fantastic speakers, hands-on programs, print competition, fellowship, hospitality, and awards banquet!
Image Captured by Joe Glyda
KPPA Winter
Shutter Expo
Feb. 14th-16th, 2025
PPA Event Attendee Merit
Hilton Garden Inn Wichita Downtown
KPPA MERIT COURSE - Kansas Professional Photographers Association is proud to offer you a PPA Continuing Education System course in which you will be awarded 1- PPA Merit for your attendance. We look forward to seeing you!
Friday, February 14, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Registration Opens - Lunch On Your Own
11:30 AM - 12 Noon New Member Welcome
1:00 – 5:00 PM (ish) Digital Image Competition
All entries for this competition will be in electronic form. All entries must be uploaded to www.printcompetition.com
The Digital Image Competition at the KPPA Winter Shutter Expo is KPPA's largest Digital Image Competition and a fantastic place to enter your images to see how they are received in the world of competition. Image competition at the Winter Shutter Expo is also sometimes referred to as the “State (Image) Competition”. It is operated close to the higher guidelines set forth by PPA (Professional Photographers of America).
Dinner On Your Own following Digital Image Competition
7:00 – 10:00 PM Friday Night Frivolity & Hospitality
Hospitality in the Swap Shop room! Join us for snacks, beverages, and casual conversation!
Saturday February 15, 2025
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration Opens
9:00 – 11:00 AM Retouching for Real - Presented by the Stunning Mandy Corbell
11:00 - 11:45 PM Swap Shop
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch at Hotel & Annual Meeting
1:30 - 4:30 PM “Right Brain Meet the Left Brain” - The Creativity of Right Brained and Left Brained Thinkers - Presented by the Photo Studs, Tony Corbell and Joe Glyda
4:30 – 6:00 PM Break
6:00 – 7:00 PM Cocktails and Social Hour
7:00 – 9:00 PM KPPA Banquet and Awards Program
"Diamond Jubilee" - Formal Attire
9:30 – 11:30 PM Gala Hospitality In Reception Room With Night Sky View Of Wichita
Image Captured by Mandy Corbell
Sunday February 16, 2025
7:00 - 8:45 AM Board Meeting - Swearing In Of New Board
9:00 - 12 Noon Mixing It Up With the Mixer Brush - Presented by the Amazing LeAnn Kucerik
12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch On Your Own
1:30 - 4:30 PM Program Continues
All Schedules Subject to Change
BEAUTIFUL HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS
Hilton Garden Inn Wichita Downtown
316-669-6175
Room Rates: Approx. $145 Plus Tax
Includes Parking - Does Not Include Breakfast
Held Until January 14th
Reservations Instructions: Special Discount Link Coming Soon!
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/ictdtgi-hilton-garden-inn-wichita-downtown/
Image Captured by Joe Glyda
Retouching for Real - Presented by the Stunning Mandy Corbell
Retouching for a portrait photographer can be a very personal part of our workflow, and for many of us it is something that we have a hard time outsourcing. Or even if we are outsourcing, we find times where we just need to do our own. If you are a busy photographer, this can become an overwhelming and time-consuming endeavor. Mandy will walk you through her quick and effective retouching workflow, spending minutes per image versus hours. Conquer your fear of frequency separation (or learn what it is if you don’t already know) and use Mandy’s actions to make it fast and easy. You’ll erase blemishes and dark circles, iron wrinkles, smooth backgrounds, correct lighting, all while keeping texture in your images. She will share the actions with you in the program, and you will never want to work without them again. Mandy will also demonstrate the magic of new AI technology that makes retouching a breeze!
“Right Brain Meet the Left Brain”
The Creativity of Right Brained and Left Brained Thinkers - Presented by the Photo Studs, Tony Corbell and Joe Glyda
(NOTE: This is a Three-Part presentation from two of the leading photographic authorities in the country on the topics of technical expertise and creative visual imagery, that just happen to be best friends).
In a creative working world, we must make choices every day and often these choices define you and how well you perform the work. What history and experience has shown is that the equal use of both sides of your brain are almost always needed to successfully complete a project. Even though we work within both sides of our brain it is approached differently from different people.
Joe Glyda is a visual star, and he begins every project from the aesthetic point of view before he goes into the technical aspect of what is needed for obtaining the final results.
Tony Corbell is a technical star, and he begins every project from the scientific point of view before he goes into the visual aspect of what is needed for obtaining the final results.
These two great minds and photographic leaders are best friends. They have been since they first met in the late 80’s at the exact time Joe’s talents were taking him higher and higher in photography at Kraft Foods and Tony’s talents were taking him from West Texas to California and international stages. These friends now find themselves living 45 minutes from each other after having spent most of their careers 3,000 miles apart.
Program Part One - Join us as Tony and Joe have an almost Fireside Chat discussion about how you have to nurture and feed both sides of the brain in order to see real movement and progress in your work. We’ll dispel some myths and rumors about lighting and reveal simple truths during the discussion.
Program Part Two - Joe goes through an exercise presentation on the importance of creativity and how to look at things in a different way to effectively perform as a creative image maker.
Program Part Three - Tony leads the audience through the technical aspect of photography on several important scientific topics that most working photographers have never heard of but can be used every day as a basis for decision making and troubleshooting.
“You don’t need to Learn to see light, but you do you need to learn to Think The Light” -Tony Corbell and Joe Glyda
Image Captured by Speakers Glyda and Corbell
About Joe Glyda
Joe Glyda is a Commercial photographer for over 45 years specializing. in food, products, and aviation. He worked as a staff photographer at Kraft Foods for 36 years and introduced digital technology to Kraft back in 1993. His leadership in the digital field along with his commercial photography expertise led him to teach at PPA conventions, Texas School, West Coast School, Lamar school, PhotoshopWorld and Kelby One training.
After taking an early retirement from Kraft in 2009 he continued to photograph food and products. He expanded his products to aviation assignments and later joined the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team as a volunteer in 2015.
Joe is a PPA Master Photographer, a Photographic Craftsman, a PPA Master Artist and was Awarded the ASP Fellowship in January of 2024.
He is the author of two books, the first being a food photography book, released in 2019, and the second on WWII aviation artwork which was a self-publishing project released in 2021.
Joe is an energetic photographer with a keen eye and sense of adventure that keeps him on the cusp of creating great images.
About The Artist Tony L. Corbell
M. Photog., Hon. M. Photog., Cr. Photog (PPA)
Lifetime Achievement Award (WPPI)
Profoto Legend of Light / Fujifilm Creator Team
Tony Corbell has had an interesting career. In his more than 40 years in photography, he has photographed some of the world's most recognized faces including three US presidents, 185 world leaders at the United Nations, fashion models, celebrities, NASA astronauts, musicians, and more. Coming from his beginnings in a small west Texas town studio, he has photographed and/or taught photographic skills/workshops in more than 20 countries and in all fifty US states.
Tony is as known for his educational efforts as his published photographic works. He has conducted more than 700 workshops and seminars to sold out audiences for more than twenty-five years in London, Scotland, Ireland, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Dubai, Trinidad/Tobago, Germany, Greece, Sweden, and Nova Scotia on the technical aspects of lighting and lighting control. His books on the topics of light have sold internationally since 2000 and his video tutorials have surpassed more than three million views. He has been featured on www.ppa.com/edu as well as www.kelbyone.com and his classes are very popular on www.creativelive.com alongside the world’s leading photographers, instructors and authors. He is also a featured artist at www.epson.com in a segment called In Celebration of the Black and White Print. Tony has published four books with three more in the works and has written articles in literally every major photographic publication in the U.S., Japan, U.K., and China. He is most proud of his work being featured in the coffee-table and instructional books of more than twenty-five other Master photographers.
Today Tony lives and works in Muskogee, Oklahoma alongside his wife, Master Photographer Mandy Lynn. When asked what he is most known for, he usually says “being just about the biggest Beatles fan in the world.”
Some of Tony’s most significant and recognized large-scale projects include the following:
Exclusive photographer for the Smithsonian Institute’s restoration of our national treasure, The Star-Spangled Banner. Principle Photographer for the historic United Nations World Millennium Summit Meeting 185 World Leaders, large scale group photograph. Eastman Kodak Company’s PHOTO OF THE CENTURY group photo of 100 people all born on the 4th of July in a different Year (ages 2 hours old to 99 years old), photographed at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA. July 4th, appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Notable Awards and Recognition
1986 Texas Photographic Fellowship Degree
1994 PPA Photographic Craftsman Degree
1995 WPPI Master of Photographic Excellence
1996 Brooks Institute Honorary Master of Science
1998 WPPI “Lifetime Achievement Award”
1999 PPA Approved Photographic Instructor
2005 United Nations’ Council Award of Photographic Leadership
2006 PPA “National Award” by PP of Calif.
2006 SWPPA Fellowship Recipient/Photographer - London, England, UK
2007 Member, The Camera Craftsmen of America (Forty members worldwide)
2008 San Diego Picture of the Year
2009 San Diego Picture of the Year
2011 National ASP Assoc. Educational Award
2014 PPA’s Photographic Educator of the Year
2015 Named President, Camera Craftsmen of America
2015 Named Profoto “Legend of Light”
2017 PPA’s Helen Yancy Award of Int’l Photographic Excellence
2019 Named PPA Honorary Master of Photography
2020 Oklahoma Photographer of the Year
2020 Named a member of Fujifilm / Creator Team
2022 Named PPA Master Photographer
Mixing It Up With the Mixer Brush - Presented by the Amazing LeAnn Kucerik
Come and have some fun with hands on painting with the Mixer Brush in Photoshop. Leann is going to take you on a “crash” course with the mixer brush and some fun things you can do with it, going from setting it up to painting or “pixel pushing” to create works of art!! Yea, it might look like a blob, BUT, we all start somewhere and good things come from blobs! The goal? To know you can jump into the Mixer Brush tool, play and work with it to help in your artful creations and sometimes even in your daily workflow.
See you there!
Items to participate: Computer with Photoshop 2023 or higher (preferably up to date with 2024 or 2025 loaded and ready to go.)
Art pad and stylus (Wacom)
Power strip (We will try to have some available but please bring on if you have it
just in case.)
Your desire to learn and play!
About The Artist LeAnn Kucerik
Leann Kucerik has been a painter for as long as she could pick up a paint brush or crayons! Favorite times were spent on the covered front porch painting when it was raining out. While finishing up high school, she started taking private painting lessons in acrylic and oil painting as well as classes through the Colorado Springs FIne Art Center. In the past years, she has also picked up and fallen in love with watercolor painting. Watercolor has fast become the favorite traditional art medium for Leann to let loose and just enjoy.
During her photographic career, Photoshop became the medium of “Art” for Leann to express her works and when the mixer brush arrived, “Oh My”, that was it. Hooked! Great expressiveness and wow, the clean up, so easy!!!!
Leann received her Master of Photography Degree in 2019 and her Master Artist Degree in 2020. She has received many “Merit” images as well as “Imaging Excellence (Loan)” images through her painting processes as well as photographic images.
Leann believes in the old saying, “If there is a will (or something to be done,) there is a way.” You just have to find it and have faith in yourself and most of all, be thankful for the gifts you have been given from the Lord and the friendships to treasure along the way. Life is a journey, so enjoy it.
