South Florida Camera Club

Guest Speaker Emanuel “Manny” Pontoriero

South Florida Camera Club would like to welcome Manny Pontoriero as our guest speaker on the 6th of August 2009. Manny will be speaking and demonstrating how to achieve studio quality lighting with only your camera. In addition Manny will demonstrate how to pose your model the natural way. No one wants to “look posed” so Manny will teach you how to direct your model to look his or her best.

At 18 years old and in High School, Manny started out as an apprentice to photographer and custom color printer David West. Just three months into his 3 year apprenticeship Manny won his first Blue Ribbon (First Place) at the Professional Photographers Association of New Jersey, BPH Chapter.

Soon after, he became Print Chairman in charge of print competition for three consecutive years. In 1980, after winning many local awards, Manny won The Fassbender Award at the Atlantic City Convention of the Professional Photographers of New Jersey. At 22 years old he was the youngest to receive this prestigious award.

Manny has also been a member of the Professional Photographers of America, Professional Photographers of North Eastern Pennsylvania, and Professional Photographers of Greater New York, where he continued to receive awards for his photographic excellence. As a result, he lectured to other professionals at local and statewide meetings. When he lived in New Jersey some of his commercial accounts were Unilever Brothers, Prudential Securities N.Y., Prudential Bache Great Britton, YKK Zippers, Corporate Express.

In 1993 he received a “Certified Professional Photographer” degree with the Professional Photographers of America. At that time there were only eleven photographers in the entire state of New Jersey to receive this distinction.

In 2005 he held a photo exhibit at the Pasco Arts Council. Opening night, he was received by a standing room only crowd. Manny broke all their attendance records as well as sales records. Besides having his own photography business Manny finds time to conduct major seminars throughout Florida and has been a guest speaker at numerous amateur photo clubs.

He is a monthly guest on Studio 10 Connects, a Tampa TV program. He has scheduled four more exciting seminars this fall in Tampa, Orlando, Boca Raton, and Jacksonville.

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