What's New at Virtual Backgrounds -
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VB will have a Major Exhibit at WPPI in March!
The above image was created by Joseph & Louise Simone
at the 2006 WPPI trade show in the Virtual Backgrounds booth!
WPPI will be a major show for Virtual Backgrounds where we will display a wide variety of prints and have an operating Virtual Backgrounds studio right in the trade show booth. WPPI is also special because Joseph and Louise Simone, long time users of Virtual Backgrounds, will be making a major presentation for WPPI, emphasizing the significant new directions that they are taking in their work.
The Simones are well known throughout the world for their outstanding photography and their teaching. The image above was captured at last year's WPPI show by the Simones in the Virtual Backgrounds exhibit. Imagine what you can do in your studio!
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Senior 2008 Background
Library Slides Now Available!
You can now conveniently and
securely purchase this set online!
 
It's never too early to start thinking about portraits for the Senior Class of 2008. Every year, Virtual Backgrounds creates an entirely new Senior slide set collection and this year's Senior 2008 is touted to be the most popular one to date!
This set of 20 new slides is sure to impress your Senior clientele and have them telling their friends about the super cool "magic" backgrounds that you offer at your studio!
For a special time, Virtual Backgrounds has made arrangements with our sister company, Web Photo Supply, to offer fast, secure and convenient online shopping for this slide set.
So, what are you waiting for...order your Senior 2008 slide set today! Click here for more information and to see the entire set of 20 Senior 2008 slides!
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Grand Opening for New Learning and
Demonstration Center at Virtual Backgrounds!
Virtual Backgrounds is dedicated to providing professional photographers from around the world valuable education that involves the use of Virtual Backgrounds. We are developing a comprehensive educational program called the “Learn and Earn” program. In preparation for the 2007 line up of monthly workshops and guest speakers, we have opened our new 1,500 square foot classroom/demonstration center.
The new facility features a full studio set up with a 10 x 12 foot background screen. Each of the Virtual Backgrounds projectors can be demonstrated in this state of the art studio!
The very first class held in the new facility was the Joseph and Louise Simone seminar in January. In addition to the regular Virtual Backgrounds workshops held each month, a variety of other well known speakers will be conducting seminars in the new facility including Larry Peters, Greg Stangl, and Ralph Romaguera. Watch for special announcements in future issues of The Backgrounder.
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Winners Announced for the 2006
Annual Print Competition
With more than 100 entries submitted for this year's Annual Print Competition, the judges found it very difficult to select the winners. The work submitted was exceptional.
First Place was awarded to Jessica Laredo de Sierra from Saltillo Mexico. Jessica has been using the Scene Machine for only 5 months but her work is astounding. Quoting Jessica, “I love this machine more than ever because it already is getting me school contracts that I could not get otherwise.” Jessica is continually coming up with new ideas for her Virtual Backgrounds system.
Second Place went to Dave Filler of Kalispell, Montana. Dave has been using his Scene Machine for much of the work that he produces.
Third Place went to Teri Quance of Cypress, Texas. She has been using her Scene Machine for a little over a year and producing outstanding work!
A total of $2,247 in prizes were awarded to the first, second and third place winners. We'd to thank each of our generous sponsors: Albums Inc, Buckeye Color Lab, The Levin Company, Nichols Photo Lab, Photogenic, Virtual Backgrounds, Web Photo Supply, and The F. J. Westcott Company.
In addition to the three winners, Virtual Backgrounds has named several prints into the Honorable Mention category. Click here to view all of the winning and honorable mention prints in this year's very competitive print competition.
First Place - Jessica Laredo de Sierra
Pincel Digital (Saltillo Mexico)
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Virtual Backgrounds Releases the Dates for the
2007 Hands-On Training Workshops
Virtual Backgrounds has had great success in 2006 training users and potential users how to take full advantage of all of the tools that Virtual Backgrounds Systems provide. Whether you have a new, used or refurbished system, attending one of these very informative and hands-on training classes will help you to fully utilize your system which in turn helps you grow your business!
Virtual Backgrounds training classes are three days long. The first day is spent going over in great detail how Virtual Backgrounds works. The second day is largely spent with attendees behind the camera using the system for themselves and getting assistance and feedback from the course instructor. Many ideas on both the utilization and marketing of Virtual Backgrounds are exchanged.
On the third day, a guest speaker is brought in to demonstrate how he or she is creatively using the system. The guest speaker also shares real-life experience and marketing ideas, and gives you a sneak peek inside their successful businesses. In 2006, guest speakers such as Rick Avalos, Rick Harding, Dave Filler, April Helsel, and Trevon Baker shared their knowledge with the attendees.
In addition to gaining knowledge about Virtual Backgrounds and learning how other successful photographers are using and marketing their own systems, many of the attendees use the class as a great way to network with other photographers from all over the world. We have had photographers from Australia, the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, and Korea attend our training sessions as well as photographers from all over the continental United States. When you attend a class, you grow as a photographer and a business person in so many ways that the rewards are endless!
2007 VB Workshop Dates
January 22-24
February 19-21
April 2-4
May 7-9
June 11-13
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July 16-18
August 13-15
September 10-12
October 15-17
November 12-14
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BACKGROUND POWER!
Book By Henry Oles Available!
The foremost authority on Virtual Backgrounds, Dr. Henry Oles, has completed this increidble book on the advantages of using backgrounds of all kinds in modern day portraiture. “The background,” Oles states, “is the most overlooked aspect of portrait photography and yet it is a component that can play a very important role in ehhancing the photographers creativity and providing the photographer with new marketing opportunities.”
Dr. Oles is the creator of the Scene Machine and the new Spectravue Virtual Backgrounds systems. Dr. Oles has written extensively on backgrounds, management and marketing. For ten years, he was a montly columnist for The Professional Photographer Magazine. The business of photography column was titled,
"Your Bottom Line."
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
ORDER NOW AND GET A FREE SIMONE DVD
If you don’t feel that Background Power! is one of the most helpful books you have read on studio operation, you can get an immediate full refund. |
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Back Issues of The Backgrounder Available Online
Photographers can review all past issues of The Backgrounder by clicking on the dancing Backgrounder icon or by clicking here. There is an enormous amount of information in The Backgrounder about how to turn backgrounds into new profits. Check it out!
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