{"id":22465,"date":"2016-05-10T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T19:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=22465"},"modified":"2016-05-10T14:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T19:59:48","slug":"austin-peay-to-hold-free-photo-shoot-by-professional-photographers-for-military-affiliated-individuals-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/05\/10\/austin-peay-to-hold-free-photo-shoot-by-professional-photographers-for-military-affiliated-individuals-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay to hold Free Photo Shoot by Professional Photographers for Military-Affiliated Individuals, Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On June 15th, a group of professional university photographers will take over the Austin Peay State University Red Barn and convert the building\u2019s old basketball court into a temporary photo studio.<\/p>\n

From 2:00pm-5:00pm that afternoon, these photographers\u2014known for creating official and iconic images for institutions across the country like the University of Wisconsin, Baylor University and Wake Forest University \u2014will take free portraits of any local individual with a direct military connection\u2014including active duty soldiers, veterans and their families.<\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University’s Memorial Health Building – Red Barn. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

The free shoot, known as the Help-Portrait Event, is part of the University Photographers\u2019 Association of America\u2019s (UPAA) 2016 Annual Technical Symposium, hosted this year by APSU\u2019s Office of Public Relations and Marketing from June 13th-17th.<\/p>\n

\u201cUPAA is thrilled to be involved in the Help-Portrait Event, and using our talents to create lasting, tangible memories is the least we can do for those who are willing to give so much,\u201d said Glenn Carpenter, UPAA president and photographer at Moraine Valley Community College.<\/p>\n

A traditional portrait session with a skilled, professional photographer can end up costing several hundreds of dollars, and customers often have to wait weeks or months to receive their photos. At the UPAA\u2019s Help Portrait Event, eligible participants will have their portrait taken by some of the top photographers working at colleges and universities across the country, and the participants will go home that day with a printed copy of their photograph.<\/p>\n

The entire event is free, with photographers donating their time and skills, and sponsors donating equipment such as cameras and printers. This year\u2019s sponsors include Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Benro, Libris, elinchrom, Ilford, Phottix, PhotoVideo.edu, Roberts Camera, Sekonic, Tamron, ProFoto, and Rogue\/ExpoImaging.<\/p>\n

Celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart founded the Help-Portrait movement back in 2008 as a way for photographers to give back to local communities. He served as a featured speaker at the 2014 UPAA Symposium, and his presence inspired the photographers to host an event of their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time we did this as a group was at Samford University in Alabama,\u201d Beth Lowary, APSU photographer and UPAA member, said. \u201cWe worked with a women\u2019s shelter there, offering to do something nice for women who maybe hadn\u2019t had something nice done for them in a while. Everyone had a great time with that, and we were excited to do it again at APSU this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The association decided to focus this year\u2019s event on the military community because the 2016 symposium will be in Clarksville, which is near Fort Campbell, and because one of the featured speakers will be Stacy Pearsall, a combat disabled Air Force veteran and the first woman to ever win the Military Photographer of the Year award twice.<\/p>\n

The photographers at this June\u2019s Help-Portrait Event will only be able toaccommodate about 200 appointments that day, so eligible participants need to pre-register at www.apsu.edu\/photography\/help-portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional information on the event is also available on that website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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