continue to grow

One of the most important things anyone can do in any field is to continue to grow, especially photography. It’s just normal to once on top of a specific industry to begin to rest and coast. That is why I took a workshop recently and hung out with a few more photographers with Sean Flanigan giving the teaching. This workshop I was just mostly absorbing with only a few clicks…here they are:



wpja client letters

I awoke early this morning to an email from wpja that got me blogging. You can see the email below, but let me just say that I am really thankful for the reference from WPJA. When the WPJA introduced this option to have client testimonials listed I went through my affirmation folder and sent some of the letters into WPJA. This affirmation folder is something I have kept even before email, because when I have a really bad day and I need to be encouraged I can reference that folder. Of course if you never have a bad day or you you don’t need encouraging then just disregard. To those of you who let me shoot your wedding and you wrote these comments…thank you so much: they are like chocolate to my soul. One more cool thing that the WPJA does in this process is that they verify that it is an accurate referral by contacting the client directly. If you would like to see some of the comments click on the link here. and click on the Client Letters to read them. Again much thanks to my dear friends and wpja! I can hardly wait until AGWPJA adds this new feature on their new site!

Since every client letter I receive is like an award I am putting this in my award folder in my blog:)
Ok, and here is a peak of what what that page looks like.

one day without

Our friend Cubby uploaded a design to TOMS shoes that got shot down in the review process because it was too pop culture. But I wanted to share it because I loved the design. The winner of the design was going to be awarded cash and shoes, what more could a person want right? So I thought I would share it hear because I wanted to show off some of the talented friends we have around us. I know what it is to lose, be rejected and to get snubbed so we are having him over this week to ease the pain with some Ben and Jerry’s.

ispwp

I received some nice news this past week from the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers or ISPWP saying that I could be part of this group. If you haven’t heard of them, check them out here at ISPWP.com

Thanks Emin for being my sponsor, much appreciated:)

ashlee in the winter

One of things that has been fun this year is taking some of our senior high students pictures throughout the year rather than in just one segment. Kids grow so fast and as they all know how they look at the beginning of the year is often not how they look at the end of their year. And the second reason I love doing these shoots is that I love shooting and love being with people. So when I had the chance to take Ashlee’s pictures over in Leavenworth I jumped at it. Ashlee is one of the dearest friends on the planet and she and our Grant are pretty close so we had fun, even if there wasn’t a lot of snow this year. The next segement for Ashlee is going to be in Seattle followed by one in Eastern Washington. If you are looking wanting senior pictures just give me a call and we can make it happen. The other thing to know about Ashlee is that she is a huge football fan and she loves OHIO.

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