I have had the honor of being elected as 2nd Vice President of the Professional Photographers Association NJ North Region (PPANJ) for the upcoming term of 2009-2010 This has me moving up from my previous position of Secretary. It is a great pleasure to be working with a great council of officers and we are all looking forward to an exciting year filled with great education programs, social events and networking and new membership.
Today, Professional Photographers of America (PPA) uis the world’s largest non-profit association, with more than 20,000 members in 54 countries. The associatin seeks to increase its members’ business savy as well as broaden their creative scope, advancing careers by providing all the tools for success…as they have since 1880.
Vision Statement of PPA: To creat a global perspective that promotes business first, creativity and excellance always.
In short PPA is a solid professional organization – offering support, high professional standards and on-going education.
It is my pleasure to give back time and energy that has provided to the industry of Photography and so much support to my business.
Mission Statement of PPA:
To be the leader in the dissemination of knowledte in the areas of professional business practices and creative image-making, and to define and maintain the industry’s standards of excellance.

Here is the latest news – in a Wedding Trends Survey – conducted Mar 22-30, 2010 -of 422 women who were married in the last 12 months – Good (Great) photography is worth paying for but 22% did not realize this until after the wedding was over. If they could do it again, they would have spend less on the dress and more on the memories !!!!!!!!

I have just learned that I have again received the Brides Choice Award –

Thank you to the Brides and Grooms and even parents of Brides and Grooms who have taken the time to say such kind words.

Being chosen for the Brides Choice award for 2010 translates to being one of the top 16 photographers (on WeddingWire) in New Jersey.

“WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Kathy Harris has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Harris Photography!”

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Harris Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

“We are happy to announce that Kathy Harris is among the very best photographer within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.”

You can use this link to see what my Brides and Grooms have said –

http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/harris-photography-hackettstown/8d0bd11f5598d307.html

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