Whiffle Ball Photo Night Aug. 2nd
The IPPA’s 6th Annual Whiffle Ball Photo Night will start at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 2nd. Hosted by Chris Hankins of the Daily Herald at his home in Roscoe (7777 Bond Drive, Roscoe, near Rockford off I-90). Food provided, BYOB and pictures to exhibit in an outdoor slideshow. RSVP ctadhankins @ gmail.com, 847-331-2756, http://chrishankins.blogspot.com
Bike - Camp - Bacchanalian Revel for IPPA members in Wisconsin
Photojournalist Mark Hirsch has this incredible spread in southwest Wisconsin. He has about 180 acres of timber and pastureland — all interlaced with mountain biking trails. After some discussion, he’s invited photographers to hang out, ride on, camp out, the weekend of August 16th.
Wanna taste?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7MW6oLFkOk
Bring your bikes!
You can either crash down his trails, or bring your road bike and hit the country roads. Don’t bike? Screw it! Walk the trails or just come and hang out.
Bring your tent!
He’s got some space next to a gurgling stream to pitch your canvas. Don’t camp? If you’re prissy, stay at a hotel in Platteville. Galena is less than 30 minutes away, too.
Outfit yourself!
The rule of this weekend is no work, no organization. Bring your own food. Don’t cook? Survive the weekend on granola. Just get out there and clear your mind.
Please - e-mail me warmowski <at> verizon.net if you’re going to come.
If we get enough people, and if we can figure out how to get it down the hill, we’ll rent a port-o-potty. Otherwise you’ll have to walk the hill to the farmhouse to use the restroom. Or, Mark has threatened to dig a hole and go old school.
Now, for the extent of the organization. Come sometime on Friday, have fun Saturday, leave when you want Sunday.
How to get there . . .
GPS
2076 Airport Road Platteville WI 53818
Map
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result.php?q1=2076+Airport+Road+Platteville+WI+53818
And finally, our host is a freelancer, so if you ever need coverage in Illinois, Wisconsin or Iowa, see
http://www.markhirschphoto.com/
IPPA photo galleries galore! iBOP, iSBOP and convention event photos all up!
The IPPA iBOP, iSBOP, Multimedia contest winner and convention party pic galleries are up! Check them out below:
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2007 - Photos from the 2007 iBOP winners
http://www.ippaonline.com/images/ibop2007/index.html
Judged March 28, 2008 at the Illini Media Company in Champaign, IL, by:
- Rod Mar, The Seattle Times
- Jessica Dimmock, Freelance
- Lori Grinker, Freelance
- David Stephenson from The Lexington Herald-Leader
Contest administered by Matt Grotto, Daily Southtown and Joel Lerner, Pioneer Press.
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Photos from the 2007 iSBOP winners
http://ippaonline.com/images/isbop2007/index.html
Judged March 28, 2008 at the Illini Media Company in Champaign, IL, by:
- Karen Kring, Picture This Projects
- Stephen Haas, Decatur Herald & Review
- Chase Chase Agnello-Dean, Red Eye
Contest administered by Stacie Freudenberg, Freelance.
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IPPA iBOP Multimedia Contest winners (announced earlier this week)
Judged by:
- Ken Harper, MediaStorm, Iron Clad Images and Syracuse University
- Colin Mulvany, The Spokesman-Review and Mastering Multimedia
- Zach Wise, Las Vegas Sun and DigitalArtwork.net
Contest administered by Will Sullivan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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And now, what you’re really looking for, the party pics!
IPPA Convention 2008 Event Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ippa2008/show/
IPPA Convention 2008 at the Illini Media Company in Champaign, IL from March 28-30. Photos courtesy of Joel Lerner, Brian D. Wallace and a bunch of other people on Flickr.
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Special thanks to Mark Black, Daily Herald; Steve Warmowski, freelance?; and Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune who are the big dogs that help make all of this possible.