MEMBERS ONLY MONDAY RECORDINGS

JANUARY

Join us as our very own Kathy Wierda will be doing a live critique of submitted images! Kathy has a multitude of amazing works that have been acknowledged through print competition. This is a true opportunity to learn from a true Master. Tune in live to watch the critiques, or watch the recording later!

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NOVEMBER

Meet one of our new members David Hollenback!

He is a 5th generation Montanan born and raised in the mountains of western Montana. He graduated from Superior High School in 1980. His family owned and ran a motel in Superior and a ranch inTarkio. His wife, Shawnee and him raised 3 children that grew up mostly on the ranch with the exception of a couple of years that we ran the family motel and a short time in Aurora, CO, when he was stationed there for technical school after he joined the Montana Air National Guard. He spent 26 years in the air guard with deployments to Italy, South Korea, Iraq, and multiple places in the states.

He started having an interest in photography around 2008 because he was issued a digital camera for my place of work (the cell phone cameras were not good at that time). It was a point and shoot camera and it was good enough to start the addiction of photography. Around 2011, He purchased his first DSLR, it was a Canon T2i and it was a great camera to learn how to time your shots in rodeo because it wasn’t good for machine gunning the photos. He has slowly been able to upgrade his skills as well as his equipment throughout the years. He started taking photos in the shadows of other established rodeo photographers and was fortunate to be able to bend their ear whenever he had questions.He has been associated with various organizations as their photographer and is currently a carded member of the Northern Rodeo Association and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He has been a “hired gun” for different photography companies for the last 6 or 7 years. He does dabble a bit with portrait photography as well as Landscape photography, but hasn't tried to promote his work on those.

He retired from my day job in November of 2022 with 30 years in the telecommunication industry, but so far has not added much more to my photography schedule. He joined the MPPA in 2024 and hopes to continue being a member for years to come.

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OCTOBER

This month our special guest speaker will be Chris Hanoch, from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

Chris Hanoch has been in love with photography since he was in high school. After earning a BFA from Eastern New Mexico University in 1997 he assisted photographers in Albuquerque, NM while working at a Kodak Q Lab as a film processor for professionals. He then moved to Texas in 2000 and worked side by side with Don Dickson in Plainview, TX doing everything from volume youth sports, seniors, families, vehicles, and private aircraft. He also assisted Don in operating the Texas School of Professional Photography from 2004-2018.

In 2011 he became a Certified Professional Photographer and in 2017 he received his Master of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of America. Over the years he has merited and won awards for his fine art and print competition imagery. In 2018 he was hired by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Today he is the lead photographer at the F-35 stealth fighter jet factory in Fort Worth, Texas where he is a corporate, portrait, event, and aviation photographer.

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SEPTEMBER

Meet Lifetime MPPA member Steve Winslow and learn about how he started Photography and his journey in photography over the years.

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AUGUST - STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY WITH TAMMY GALLANT

Learn all about Stock Photography and how add it as passive income to your photography business.

Tammy Gallant grew up in the small towns of Bridger and Fromberg, MT, in south central Montana, near Red Lodge. It was here that she found her love for all things photography when her father, an avid hobbyist landscape and wildlife photographer, bought her her first camera, a 35mm film camera. Fast forward to 2004, she began to take photography more seriously and devoted time to learning and improving her craft.

Her business model has morphed several times over the last 20 years. Tammy started out photographing racing events with the Sports Car Club of America and Billings, Gazette while doing wildlife and landscape photography for fun. In 2008, she jumped all in and went full time, with the motto "people, pets and products". Her absolute favorite subjects are maternity, newborn and children, mostly working from her studio in Laurel, MT.

For fun, Tammy is an avid motorcyclist and owns a B-A custom chopper that she loves to travel the country with next to her loving husband of almost 20 years. Aside from traveling, she loves camping, 4 wheel drive adventuring and rock hounding. They have three grown children and one grandchild.

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JULY - JUMP INTO PRINT COMPETITION

Ever thought about jumping into print competition? Or have an image you would like extra eyes on? Our very own Kathy Wierda Melissa Thompson, along with special guest Jeffery Dachowski will be doing a live critique of submitted images! Kathy, Melissa and Jeff all have amazing work that has been acknowledged through print competition. This is a true opportunity to learn from the Masters. Tune in live to watch the critiques, or watch the recording later!

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JUNE- CHARLES MOLL

"How to Maximize your Social Media"

Charles Moll is a wedding and portrait photographer specializing in Candid Creative storytelling. He holds a bachelor in Film and Photography from Montana State University. He has worked for various non-profits and photographed all over the world. In 2024 he was named Bozeman's #1 wedding and portrait photographer. In his free time, he enjoys hiking with his wife and dog, weightlifting, guitar, listening to records, and a good brewery"

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APRIL - JONI DIETZ

"The Power of Competition"

Joni Dietz talked 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.

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FEBRUARY - SCHYLER ALLYN

"Nonprofit Storytelling and Event Photography"

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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.

During this talk, I’ll 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.

JANUARY - LEARN ALL ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, PRINT COMPETITION AND MEMBERSHIP

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DECEMBER - LESLIE BOHLE

Leslie Bohle is a longtime MPPA Member and Past President. She lives in South Eastern Montana on a ranch with her husband and owns and operates 2 photography business, Bohle Images and her school portrait business Legacy Scholastic Imaging. She has been a photographer for 20 years and also a member of MPPA for nearly as long. She has achieved her Master of Photographer Degree, Master Craftsman and is also a Certified Professional Photographer.

Creating unique portraits is one way Leslie challenges herself to learn and grow. In this short presentation, Leslie will give you ideas on how to create your own unique images as well as ideas on how to challenge yourself inspire you to bring your vision to life.

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NOVEMBER - MARK LAROWE

Join us on Monday November 20th at noon for our Montana Monday and meet Mark LaRowe. He will be giving a presentation called “A Trip Around The Sun Through My Eyes”.

Mark moved to Montana in 2011 in order to pursue his passion for landscape photography and his love of the American West. Originally based in Bozeman, Mark began his journey as a full-time photographer in January of 2016, moved to Helena in 2017, and in June 2018 opened a studio and gallery which features his western landscapes and western lifestyle imagery.

Mark’s photographic interests are widely varied and include western lifestyle, rodeo, landscape, portrait and commercial assignment work. His photographic content and subject matter is intertwined with the four seasons and changes throughout the year.

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OCTOBER - TREVON BAKER & STEPHANIE STIGMAN

We are so excited for this months' Members Only Monday!! This month we are featuring long time members Trevon Baker and Stephanie Stigman. We are excited to learn all about the new venture they have been up to this past year!

Trevon Baker has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. 30 years ago this month, he opened his first studio in the Flathead Valley. His business was built on portraiture of children, seniors, families, weddings, etc. Nowadays his specialty is architecture and real estate photography. He is a master craftsman photographer, drone pilot, USCG Captain and has been a member of MPPA for the last 20 years.

Stephanie Stigman has been a photographer for 20 plus years, having had a portrait business, in the states where she has lived; Minnesota, Kentucky and Montana. Currently, most of her photography focus is on pets, travel and sailing. Stephanie has been a member of MPPA since 2016.

Trevon and Stephanie met through MPPA. A friendship developed that eventually led them to where they are now, soulmates, partners and captain and first mate. Trevon has always wanted to combine his two passions; photography and sailing, and with Stephanie's partnership, the two are doing just that, with Sailography. Trevon and Stephanie will talk about what they are planning to do with Sailography, along with photographing sailing regattas and events, commercial boat photography, and their Caribbean adventures during the winter months, teaching sailing in the Virgin Islands.

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SEPTEMBER - CJ MOLL

We will meeting one of our newest members CJ!

Hi, I'm Cj. I am a wedding photographer based in Missoula MT and I have the best job in the world. I focus on Candid and Creative Storytelling that celebrates your natural beauty. I graduated in 2017 from MSU's School of Film and Photography. Before starting my own business, I worked for various nonprofits and had the privilege to create images all over the world.

In 2019 I began specializing in weddings because I truly believe in the philosophy "do one thing and do it crazy well." In 2020, I married my amazing wife Delaney, COVID happened, messing up both our wedding and my business. However, there was a silver lining in all of this. We ended up having a more intimate wedding without all the pressure and this gave me an opportunity to reassess everything and build a better business. Since then I have won multiple awards. But as grateful as I am to be able to do what I love and have people notice, that isn't what matters. What matters is creating impactful imagery that clients can cherish for a lifetime.

His Talk will be about:

How to capture better candid images.

What are they?. A philosophy behind creating images and some practical tips on how to create better candid photos.

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AUGUST - PAMELA DUNN PARISH

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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...

Hi, I'm Pamela Dunn-Parrish. I'm a redhead raised in Washington and live in Missoula, Montana. City girl to Country girl, that's me well-rounded! I love hiking, camping by the river, and photographing birds and wildflowers. I am a powerful storyteller and a business brand creator! I love this part of my photography business! I love making people feel comfortable and relaxed on camera so that we capture beautiful images that tell your story. Regarding your photo session with me, It Is All About You and creating what you need and want!

Making You Unforgettable!

Pamela

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