Bald Head Island

Learnfest.....dear, dear, Learnfest.

It went all too fast.

Actually, my brain is so full right now I don't know if I could have fit anything else in it....so it's probably a good thing that I'm home.

I'm ready to take my photography business to the next level. With what I learned this week I have all the information I need to know to do this right. I'm so glad I did this when I was only one year into my business. Boy have I been doing everything all wrong!!

All the photographers I met at Learnfest were so wonderful. Although in so many different stages of their business, everyone was willing to share information, ideas, and advice. Nights were spent staying up late chatting and laughing, days were spent learning from four of the most talented, successful, childrens' photographers in the country....Lena Hyde, Audrey Woulard (woo hoo!), Tamara Lackey, and Laura Novak. Evenings were spent meeting people from all over North America.

The island was beautiful, everything was perfect....except for the scorpions, roaches, alligators, and tropical storm that cut the workshop by one day. Audrey Woulard, my photography idol, was everything I imagined her to be. Laid back, hilarious, so so talented, very approachable, and not at all afraid to tell us everything she knows. I had many opportunities to talk to her one on one, ate lunch next to her one day and picked her brain, and hey, she has even since invited me to be her friend on facebook (one of four, I must add, tee hee). BFFs. :) Anyways, I probably sound like a photo nerd right now, but hey, I'm excited.

Be looking for LOTS of changes with my business and photography skills (hopefully). Upward and onward.

{the paparrazi}

{view from the house I stayed in}