I'm hoping this will be constructive. Earlier this month I was elected Vice President of the NPPA and part of what I want to do is make membership more attractive to people who work in TV.
So, what would you like to see, what would help bring you into the organization, what would you like to see less of?
Keep in mind that almost 80% of the 6500 members are still photographers. That means over 1000 members work in TV. Besides contests what can we do for them?
There will always be a lot of stuff aimed at the interests of still photographers as long as the numbers are like that. But more of those members are shooting video all the time.
One of the main missions of the NPPA is education. With that in mind what kind of affordable local program would you like to see? Would you go to a single day event if it was cheap and within driving distance? Would you like to learn, like a lighting or editing workshop, or be inspired by watching great stories and being able to ask the photog who shot it how they did it, or both?
Many of the people who post here lament the lack of quality they see in one-man-band or MMJ stories. That is one of the places the NPPA can help. There is already a workshop, the Multimedia Immersion that was a great track record and is always sold out. Would expansion of that kind of workshop be helpful?
Any and all ideas are welcome.
So, what would you like to see, what would help bring you into the organization, what would you like to see less of?
Keep in mind that almost 80% of the 6500 members are still photographers. That means over 1000 members work in TV. Besides contests what can we do for them?
There will always be a lot of stuff aimed at the interests of still photographers as long as the numbers are like that. But more of those members are shooting video all the time.
One of the main missions of the NPPA is education. With that in mind what kind of affordable local program would you like to see? Would you go to a single day event if it was cheap and within driving distance? Would you like to learn, like a lighting or editing workshop, or be inspired by watching great stories and being able to ask the photog who shot it how they did it, or both?
Many of the people who post here lament the lack of quality they see in one-man-band or MMJ stories. That is one of the places the NPPA can help. There is already a workshop, the Multimedia Immersion that was a great track record and is always sold out. Would expansion of that kind of workshop be helpful?
Any and all ideas are welcome.