Imaging USA Day 1

I survived the first big day at Imaging USA in Tampa, Fla. It was an early start at 6:00 to be in the first class by 7. There were 3 classes before 12, I saw Kalen Henderson, JB and DeEtte Sallee as well as the fabulous Viki & Jed Taufer of V Gallery. One evening class with Yervant was just awe inspiring.
The morning flew by as I attempted to simply retain everything that was thrown at me. Then there was the GIANT tradeshow. Every vendor imaginable was there from Nikon to our pro lab White House Custom Color, who sponsored V Gallery and our album partners, Asukabook, Leather Craftsmen and Collages.net. Lots of stuff to see and do, I walked away with 20 pounds of catalogues, DVD's, flyers and hand outs. All in all it was great, and wrapped up with a swanky party at the Mariott complete with a pirate band. Taking the shuttle back across town to our own suite at the Mariott Residence Inn, I am calling it a night, only to get up and do it again tomorrow!

Savannah.

We decided to take it easy today and stopped in Savannah, Ga. before trucking on down to Tampa tomorrow for P.P.A's Imaging U.S.A. conference. Making a quick stop over in old town Savannah, we took in a few sights and got a glimpse of the old Colonial cemetery before we left. We hope to get an early start tomorrow, and hit Tampa early. See you then!

Tampa Baby!

Friday we kick off 2008 in grand fashion with a ...12 hour road trip!! Woohoo! We will be taking the family down to Tampa, Florida for a great week of relaxing and seminar study at Imaging USA.
This is a great 3 day intensive for professional photographers to learn from some of the most talented and successful photographic artists in the world! I hope that this will really jump start us for the new year with new techniques and skills. Then it's off to see the sights, we plan to get Sara & John to visit Disney World and do some snorkeling and sight seeing. Check back this week end as we will be posting updates from the trip!

Final wedding of 2007

Morgan & Nathan were our highly anticipated first Christmas wedding, and what a stylish event it was! After spending the morning at the Salon with the bride and her mother, we kept a tight schedule, meeting the bridesmaids at the Inn at Trivium, getting some quick dress shots and then it was off to the church!
We met at Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian to get ready for the ceremony. This is a large historical church that was just perfect for this wedding, the ceremony went flawlessly, and was quite moving. Then we sped back to the Inn at Trivium for the reception. I must say, I have really enjoyed the short time that we have known Nathan & Morgan, they are wonderful, honest people from solid Christian backgrounds, I pray that they have a beautiful life together, as they grow in their walk with the Lord and each other. Thanks to everyone involved for making this a great end to our 2007 wedding season. God Bless and Happy New Year!!

Christmas movie pick..

Here's our holiday movie reccomendation, National Treasure, book of secrets. If you saw the first one, you are probably already planning to go to this one too. I came away from this one thinking it as good, if not better than the first one. It has everything you want, great cast, superior art direction, car chases, and non stop action. This is a great family film, I took my 12 year old daughter last night and she loved it. There is no bad language, that usually makes me cringe at movies, nothing objectionable at all. This is a winner, go see it you will have a great time.

Santa is in town!

Tonight I had the pleasure of photographing the big man himself, Santa Claus, with a few dozen wonderful kids. The weather outside was crisp hot chocolate weather, the town of Bedford puts on a great holiday event in centertown for Christmas. There were horse drawn carriages, apple cider and cocoa stands, plus Santa in a huge utility shed that looked more like Mount Vernon than a storage building. The folks in charge put a lot of work into fixing up the interior to look like Santa's parlor complete with carpet and a fireplace. We will be going back tomorrow, and again next weekend. Hope to see you there!!

Something twisted for Christmas fun..

My daughter, Sara showed me this thing last night, and I have not been able to stop thinking about it.