Recap

We wanted to share with everyone some photos that we took at the December PUG and the February PUG. Each month we are seeing more and more faces and we hope to have a visiting guest speaker soon that maybe help our numbers really go up. Thanks to all who are coming each month. It’s great to build friendships with people that you have so much in common with.

Here’s a group shot that Rich Smith snapped for us at our February PUG.

In this photo we have us, Rich and Heather Smith, John and Lindsey Bamber, Nathan and Amber Holritz, Eric McCarty, Michelle Mckibben, and also our little Ella. Also Willa Ibach came but had to leave early.

There is a lot of talent in this room and we are so excited that everyone was able to make it.

Rich did a wonderful presentation on group photos. I know I really learned a lot from his presentation and I hope others did too.

Here are a few shots from Rich’s presentation.

Here are some photos from our Christmas party. We want to thank Cristie Sims for letting us use her amazing studio space!

In addition to the Holritzes, Smiths, and Cristie we also enjoyed having Ben Finch and Casey Baugh.

Thanks again to everyone for coming – we are so excited about what’s in store for the Chattanooga PUG.

February PUG

We are meeting at green|spaces for our February PUG.  Child care will be provided so don’t worry about getting a sitter.  We hope to see you there!

DATE: February 4th

TIME: 5:30 pm

LOCATION: green|spaces
63 e Main Street
Chattanooga, TN 37408

AGENDA: Keeping It Interesting
This month we are featuring Rich Smith Photography specifically to discuss group photos and ways to keep those interesting.  Rich and Heather Smith do a great job when it comes to groups and I asked Rich to talk about his approach to these.

-Sara

January Meeting

We are meeting at our house for our January meeting.  Child care will be provided so don’t worry about getting a sitter.  We hope to see you there!

DATE: January 14th

TIME: 5:30 pm

LOCATION: Dotson House
484 Patty Road
Ringgold, GA 30736

AGENDA: This month we are going to talk about tight schedules on wedding days and how to handle that with your client. Whether it’s because they don’t want to see each other before hand or just that there is too much going on to allow much time for photos, how can we find ways to get more time while still honoring the clients desires.

-Sara

COMING BACK

Yes the Chattanooga PUG is having a comeback and we are super excited about all that is in store.

First and foremost… our next meeting!

DATE: December 10th

TIME: 5:30 pm

LOCATION: ** NEW LOCATION **
Beautiful By Cristie Studio
1601 Gulf Street
Suite 300
Chattanooga, TN 37408

AGENDA:
Since it’s been a year since the Chattanooga PUG was live we thought it would be fun to start it off with a PARTY! Yes since we are close to Christmas (hard to believe) we are going to have a Christmas party. Feel free to bring your little ones if you want to.

We will be providing snacks and drinks but please feel free to bring something special if you feel so inclined.

Since it’s been so long we are devoting most of the time to just chatting and catching up. We hope to see some new people there so we look forward to getting to know some new faces.

Our topic of discussion will be “Highlights and Lowlights of 2009″. Feel free to bring a couple photos or at least be ready to talk about some great things that happened with your business this year whether it be an incredible moment that you got to document or a milestone within the business itself. Also be prepared to talk about a lesson learned if you feel like it. These are things that are good to share in hopes that others can learn from our mistakes.

We are super pumped about what is in store for the Chattanooga PUG and we hope to see LOTS of you there!!!!

-Sara

PUG Info

We are taking a break for now, we will start again in the fall. In the meantime check out the Nashville PUG.