The 10.22.08 KISS Workshop in NYC!

We are announcing the 2008 KISS And the winner of the free Seat I'm giving away for the NYC KISS workshop on 10.22.08 is mike steelman Congrats man! Hope to see you there, as for the rest of you guys, check out more details on KISS's BLOG. Thanks for all your comments and inquiries on the Blog post earlier.

Here are the details for the workshop:
Oct 22nd, in Manhattan, just before Photo Plus. We're still trying to iron out a location. Kevin Swan will talk about branding and albums. Mike Larson will talk about character, leadership and how that effects everything, and then lead a photo shoot with a bride in downtown Manhattan!

The cost will be $140 per person, with a max of only 12 people.
The seminar will be all day and include lunch.
If you want to book, or have questions, email Kevin@KissWeddingBooks.com

There will be the option of One on One Mentor Sessions as well, if your interested please email either Mike or Kevin, or you can decide later at the Workshop if you want to switch.

If your interested in signing up for the Workshop, Click here

Inspired

I have been inspired tonight. Honored to be asked to speak here at
WPPI, in front of a lot of people, to share my passion and my heart
for the wedding photographer industry. There are 11,000 photographers
at this convention.

This is the most humbling thing that I have been a part of. in my career here. Now, we all came before for a rehearsal to listen to Skip Cohen talk to us, basically the guy who runs WPPI. So as we all were circled around, he shared with us that there is 1 reason alone we were invited to give this presentation. "You guys are shaping the future of the industry, you are on the front edge. You are keeping it up. Each of you have been inspired and are inspiring others."

Wow. It's a very humbling thing to be asked to be here and I feel more responsible to be even better in every area of my business, my life and my character. I agree when DJ, says that "its easy to be the same as others, to copy and to follow, its hard to lead," Its a mind frame to be constantly thinking of new ways to push the edge and to do different stuff.

There are so many good friends here and I have met
so many new ones. This week has inspiring and has changed my life. I've
learned more than I've shared. Thanks to all those this week so I
met, say hi and stay in touch.

SO Cal Pictage PUG Tour

This week, i am visiting and talking to the Pictage PUGS, which are the groups of photographers who have gotten together to grow and learn and hang out. Everyone was great tuesday night at Lauren Hilary's House. I chatted about my talk in chicago at Pictages Partner con, We just met last night at the Baumans Studio in San Diego. They rock and there was about 15-20 people hanging out. The conversations and discussions were intensive and sweet. Thanks guys for letting me join you! I am heading to Beverly Hills for the LA pug today!

2007 Pictage Parter Conference : Chicago

Thanks to Pictage, I was honored to be chosen to speak in Chicago for the 3nd Annual Pictage Partner Conference. This was a great time of break out seminars and haning out with friends and collegues, as well as making new friends from around the country. We flew straight from Italy into the conference. The Fabulous list of Speakers are as follows:

Mike Colon , Denis Reggie , David Jay , Carlos Baez , Jefferson Todd , Pepper Nix & Mitchel Burt , Nathan & Amber Holritz , Liana Lehman , Me Ra Koh , Robert T Williams , Bob Davis, Robert Evans , Michael & Anna Costa , Sara France , Brody Dezember, Davide Greene , Millie Holloman , Millie Holloman , Millie Holloman , David Salomone , David Salomone , Jared Bauman


Thanks to David Jay for taking the photo of Rachel and me.


Here are the Fabulous Lacour team with Rachel & I, at the end of the session, they have an awesome program called Shoot-Q. which is in the beta phase, but, already i Highly reccomend it for photographers to help organize their workflow systems. In the end, its all about saving time.