When you spend a week at a workshop and come home, you get asked constantly about how it went and what you learned.

When you attend a normal business type workshop, you come away with specific changes you will make or investigate for your business - new software, a better way to do something you’re already doing, a neat new marketing tip. You have tangibles.

The focus of FW4 was to get the participants to think differently… to see differently. I’m pretty sure they accomplished just that.

But, what specifically did I learn? What tangible things did I walk away with?

I can’t tell you. I just know… it was good. Really good.

Everything is so abstract… I walked away with a number of mantras and vague concepts, things I can’t articulate and that my right brain is still digesting, but stuff I know I’ll have running through my head from now on whenever I pick up my camera or edit a shoot. Shoot and move, shoot and move. Watch for secondary subject matter. Anticipate the moment, as in, REALLY anticipate it. When you think you’ve nailed it, work it some more. And more. And again. You might surprise yourself. No tilty, tilty; no funky, funky. When it’s a good time to get that SCREAMING TIGHT SHOT (and why I’d better ensure that shot is horizontal when I grab it). There’s so much more…

Part of our week had us out on assignment, assignments that revolved around anything but weddings. I spent time with a family of 4 - Alex, Rob, Max (5), and Nia (3). We shot during the day, painfully edited and critiqued the shoot at night, and did it again the next day. I’ve been home for 4 days and was only there for 5 and I’m still playing catch up on my sleep.

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What an amazing week.

There’s so much to say and so much to write about, but I’m still in catch-up mode trying to get everything done that I missed while I was away.

I’m working on a slideshow of the images I created and I can’t wait to share them, along with more of the story!

Chat soon!

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I leave early tomorrow morning for photography boot camp FW4.

I’ve been waiting for almost a year for this - I’ll be hanging out with, learning from, and working with a group of AMAZING wedding photographers, some of whom I consider to be among the best in the world.

There should be high speed at the hotel I’ll be at so I hope to blog from there at least once or twice. I should be able to stay on top of email and such as well, so don’t hesitate to drop us a line. I’ve been setting up consultations for Saturday and Sunday next weekend for after I get back (25th/26th), if you’d like to get together to chat about your wedding plans and have a look at what we do, give me a shout!

Cheers!

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I can’t believe it’s almost time!

Reilly and I spend a lot of time networking with other photographers and keeping on top of what is new and going on in the photography world so that we know we are offering as much as we can to our clients. I love learning from what everyone else is up to, and being inspired by all the amazing photographers out there! For us, it’s all about keeping things new and fresh and pushing ourselves to deliver above and beyond for each and every one of our amazing couples.

On that note, I’ve been signed up for the 2006 Foundation Workshop since last spring, and it’s almost here! Just 3 short weeks and I’m off to Texas to spend an intense week shooting and learning with a group of people whom I consider to be among the best documentary style wedding photographers in the world. I can’t wait!

I’ll be sure to post updates from my trip when I have them, and with a wedding booked the weekend after I get back I won’t waste any time putting some of that inspiration into action.

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