Wild few days!
It has definitely been a hectic and busy few days. As soon as we returned from WPPI in Las Vegas we began finalizing plans for THE Wedding Workshop, which was held this past Saturday and Sunday. What an awesome experience that was! This was the first time Pierre or I had put together an educational event of this magnitude, so there were admittedly some kinks in the system and gaps in our planning. I want to thank all of our students for being such a great group to work with. There was a wide range of skill and experience levels, and it was really nice to see the exchanging of ideas and motivation. I wish I would have had more time to talk with each of you, but just because the workshop is over doesn’t mean I’m not available. Shoot me an email and we can grab a cup of coffee sometime!
I want to send a special thank you to Valerie and Pierre’s wife Anna. Anna put on a wonderful party at their studio Saturday night - it was so nice to have some good food and drink and just chat with everyone. Valerie has some very unique skills when it comes to putting together organizational materials and evaluations. I guess that’s the teacher side of her coming out. She did a great job putting together the packets of materials and designing the workshop evaluation form. More than that though she was a great help for me completely behind the scenes. I had never taught anything like this workshop before, so she provided insightful advice and perspective that was invaluable in so many ways. Thank you Val!
Thanks also to our models Ashley, Zach, Oliver and Erica. They braved the windy March conditions for our benefit and did such a great job! Thanks guys!
The workshop was a wonderful experience for me, but it was also exhausting! I imagined Monday being a blissful day of movies, blankets, and possibly frozen pizza, but at the last minute I decided to surprise Valerie with a quick trip to Chicago to see Mitche Graf speak. He’s a bit of a superstar in the photographic industry, speaking all over the world about photography marketing. Not exactly a romantic Chicago getaway, but she REALLY wanted to go, but I had told her before that we wouldn’t be able too.
It was a great time and we learned A LOT! We even stayed after the seminar to have a drink with him before driving back to Madison! Thanks Mitche!
