MEETING INFORMATION 

Barbara Rice has had an extensive professional photography career that has allowed her to work for studios in four states over the past 27 years. Her formal photographic education is from Rhode Island School of Photography and she has studied with the finest artists and photographers in the field. In addition, she has been trained in both black & white and color printing, negative retouching, print enhancement, hand coloring, digital imaging and Photoshop. Her talent and creative style is well recognized, and she was invited to photograph the wedding of President Bill Clinton's brother-in-law at the White House in Washington, D.C. Barbara has been featured in several newspapers, appeared on television, and her photographs have been displayed at the Kodak Gallery in Rochester, New York.

Her sensitive portraits and weddings have won numerous awards in local, state, national and international competitions. She holds the Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman Degrees from the Professional Photographers of America as well as the designation Certified Professional Photographer. In addition, she holds the Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence Degree from Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. Barbara has received numerous First, Second and Third Place Awards in WPPI print competitions and she had the highest scoring wedding print in the entire 1998 WPPI Award of Excellence Competition - a score of 99! She received the highest scoring portrait image in the 1996 Society of Northern Ohio Professional Photographers (SONOPP) Annual Print Competition and received the SONOPP Service Award Medallion for outstanding service to the association. For her work as a photographic artist, Barbara received the Photographic Art Specialists of Ohio (PASO) Fellowship Award Medallion in 1997. She has received four Ohio Court of Honor Awards for her wedding images at the Mid-East States Regional Print Competition and was the SONOPP Photographer of the Year in 1998 and the Akron Society of Professional Photographers Photographer of the Year runner up in 1999. In 2000 and 2003, Barbara had the highest scoring wedding album at the Mid-East States Print Competition. The albums each received the Fuji Masterpiece Award and one was accepted into the PPA Loan Collection.

Barbara has been very active in photographic organizations and is the Past President of SONOPP and PASO, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the Professional Photographers of Ohio. Barbara is a popular lecturer who has presented programs across t United States and Canada including PPA and WPPI National Conventions. Barbara's work has been published in several books and magazines and she co-authored the book Infrared Wedding Photography published by Amherst Media.

To see images and learn more about her photography, check out her website at www.ricephoto.com

Join Us! Tuesday September 6, 2005 Chantrell's Restaurant in Springboro just off I-75 at Exit 38 (see Map) DINNER & LECTURE: $20.00 LECTURE ONLY: $10.00

Social 6:30pm - 7:00pm Dinner: 7:00pm Speaker: 7:45pm