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Workshop at Samy's Camera in Santa Ana, California
Provides translator for Hearing Impaired photographers
Translator Jean Krause signs to deaf
photographer, Julie Ann Lanz (far right), as Kevin Newsome, of Newsome's
Studio (Tampa, FL), greets attendees at the SKPA
accreditation workshop. Translation services made it possible for Julie
Ann to complete the course and successfully pass the exam.
Dayle McIntosh Center (Garden
Grove, CA) has generously agreed to provide two signers for the one-day
Special Kids Photographer Accreditation Workshop in at Samy's Camera in Santa Ana,
CA on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Go to
http://www.samys.com/dsb_classes.php?ClassID=141 for store location.
Registration is open to all photographers and interested parties.
Tuition fee is $199 and registration is available on our
events page.
"Deaf or hearing-impaired photographers should enroll at least a
week in advance in order to have this service available to them at the
Feb. 26 workshop," says Kathy Rock-Veylit, SKPA board member and Communi-
cations Manager for Dayle McIntosh Center, a long-time provider of
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SKPA announces new board members in '08
Board members and executive
staff met at Imaging USA in Tampa to conduct business and elect new
board members, as follows:
Charles Foster, Stafford, TX
Photog. Master,
Photog. Craftsman, CPP
Jamie Coonts, Seattle,
WA
Parent to Parent
Coordinator, The ARC
Kerri Kirshner,
Bothell, WA
Prof. Photographer
Jennifer Turner, President of
Children and Family Photographers of America, was elected as SKPA's new
president of the board, replacing MarGreta Jorgenson, who served since
2001.
The organization, serving both the disabled community as well as
professional photographers, has a beneficial mix of professional
photographers, professionals in the disabled community, as well as two
parents of children with special needs. Remaining board members are:
Diane Graham, Tucson, AZ
Prof. Photographer
Sally Harding,
Elizabethtown, KY
Certified
Prof. Photographer |
