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• All Things Evolve & Competition

  • When
    Monday, February 09, 2026
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    LOCATION: Virtual Zoom
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    8 registrants

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  All Things Evolve & Competition

  DATE: Monday, February 9th, 7pm-9pm
  Via Zoom

  
  

  
  

  Curious about PPAM's upcoming EVOLVE convention and Photographic Competition?

  Is it your first time coming to convention and you don't know what to expect? 
  
  Join us to learn more about what's new at Evolve and all the fun & education planned!
  
  Learn about Competition Game Day and what to expect, as well as any questions you have about entering!

  Grab a beverage and join us to chat about it all!

  LOCATION: Virtual Zoom
  Zoom link will be in your confirmation email!
  

  
  

    

  
  

  
  

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• Virtual Image Critique Party 2026

  • When
    Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    LOCATION: Virtual Zoom
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  Virtual Image Critique Party
  

  
  

  DATE: Tuesday, February 17th, 7 - 9 pm

  An Evening of Inspiration, Education and Conversation via Zoom

  Join your fellow image competition entrants to request an image critique from the judges

  Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours before

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LOCATION: Virtual Zoom

  
  

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• EVOLVE 2026 - Photo Convention

  • Start
    Friday, February 27, 2026
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    11:00 AM
  • End
    Sunday, March 01, 2026
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    10:00 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Boston/Woburn 2 Forbes Rd, Woburn, MA 01801
  • Registered
    95 registrants

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  EVOLVE 2026
  PPAM's Annual Photography Convention
  

  Friday, February 27th - Sunday, March 1st, 2026

  Join us for education and fun as we Evolve!
  

  at the Hilton Boston/Woburn

  2 Forbes Rd, Woburn, MA 01801

  On tap for this year's convention...

  Sport Teams and Sportraits
  Dance/Seniors
  Family Portraits
  Sales
  Lighting
  Hands-On Experience
  Vendor Expo
  Theme Party

  and LOTS of fun!!!!

  Learn More Here: https://www.ppam.com/evolve
  Check the Schedule: https://www.ppam.com/2026-evolve-schedule

  Special Room Rate for Evolve: This hotel fills up fast so don't wait to book your room for the weekend.  You won't want to miss a minute of it!

  $119 (per night/ plus tax) room rate. Click this link to book a room:
  https://tinyurl.com/EvolveHotel
  

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• 2026 Convention Closing Party & Awards Dinner

  • When
    Sunday, March 01, 2026
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    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Boston/Woburn 2 Forbes Road, Woburn, MA 01801
  • Registered
    53 registrants

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  2026 Convention Closing Party & Awards Dinner
  

  Sunday, March 1st, 2026

  Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
  

  Dinner & cash bar

  Cocktail Attire Recommended
  (but not required)
  

  FREE for PPAM Members - But you must make a reservation!

  Come celebrate your PPAM members and friends with lots of cheers.

  Deadline for Dinner Reservations FEBRUARY 7, 2026

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• Master the Light: How to Create Stunning Portraits

  • When
    Monday, March 02, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Boston/Woburn 2 Forbes Road, Woburn, MA 01801
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   Master the Light: How to Create Stunning Portraits

  with Joel Grimes

  
  

  Monday, 3/2/26

  Registration starts at 9 AM

  Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  

  Hilton Boston/Woburn 2 Forbes Road, Woburn, MA 01801

  
  

  If you want to master how light strikes the face and create any lighting technique or scenario on the planet, this workshop is for you. 

  Follow Joel as he strips away the complexity, teaching light with such crystal-clear simplicity that even a third-grader could understand. Ditch the lighting ratios, rigid schematics, and clunky flash meters. Instead, tap into your ultimate tool: your intuition. 

  It turns out, your intuition is what drives you as an artist, and it is your intuition that will forge new ground and separate you from the masses. It is your intuition that will tell you when you are on the right track. It is time you took your portrait lighting to a whole new level.

  
  

  
  

  Biography: 
  
  Joel graduated from the University of Arizona in 1984 with a BFA in Photography and soon established a commercial studio in Denver, Colorado. Over the past ten years Joel served as one of Canon's exclusive Explorer Of Light photographers and now has been awarded a prestigious Canon Legend.   Joel is also a Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer, and Adobe has also designated him as one of their Photoshop Feature Artists.  
  
  For over 40 years, Joel's assignments have taken him to every state across the USA and over fifty countries around the globe, working for many of the top advertising agencies and corporations. 
  
  In 1990 Joel created his first coffee table book, 'Navajo, Portrait of a Nation' which received several photographic and design awards and produced an eighteen-month solo exhibit at the Smithsonian American History Museum. 
  
  Driven by the creative process, Joel views himself as an illusionist, creating portraits larger than life. "There is no face on the planet that is the same, and my vision as an artist is to capture that individual uniqueness through the creative photographic process." 
  
  Joel is also an ambassador for this process by teaching workshops and lectures worldwide. "I feel that by being an open book with my process, I have an opportunity to inspire others to follow their dreams and passions to create."  
  
  Joel goes back and forth between his photo studio in the Arts District in Los Angeles and his home in Wickenburg, Arizona.  

  
  

  
  

  

  This is a PPA Merit event.  Provide your PPA number in the registration to earn.

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