I spoke at the national photographic conference, ImagingUSA in January, and had a jam-packed room! It was awesome! The event was held in San Antonio, TX and my hotel was just a block away from the Alamo.
I actually spoke twice, doing a lighting demo at pre-convention and then later on the main stage during the main convention. The lighting demo was actually 3 classes repeated throughout the day. Then later that week I spoke on the main stage. Here’s a photo of the room looking from the main stage, as I was setting up.
I’ve spoken to some big groups before, but this is probably the biggest room yet! The problem with a big room is that you can have hundreds of people and it will still look empty. In fact some speakers that week only filled it half way. But I was so happy to see it packed all the way to the back, with people standing too.
I was later told that I had about 1100 people — a full house!
The room was set up with four projection screens, 2 up front, and 2 half way back so that everyone could see, no matter where they sat. My friend took this photo of me on her phone from the back of the room before it all started.
I like this photo because it shows the incredible depth of the room. The brown podium and stage at the front of the room look so small and tiny from the back of the room, and here you can see all four projection screens.
While I was there, I also was presented with the national Photographer of the Year Award (silver level). I barely made it in time for the group photo with the other Photographers of the Year. I ran up on the stage just in time. I’m on the far right.
On the national level, there can be more than one photographer of the year, and there are levels, bronze, silver, gold, and diamond. I won the silver. This is based on how well your images do in national competition. I’ve previously won 2 other national photographer of the year awards too, in the bronze catagory.
On the state level, there is only one photographer of the year and one Master photographer of the year. This year I am the Master photographer of the year for Utah, which you may already know from this past blog post.
So all around this was a great trip! I packed my seminars, won more awards, and had a great time with my photographer friends from all over.
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I love creating custom collages, and this was the perfect fit for her children. It really gave me the ability to show off the little kid’s different personalities.
…another family portrait, with all the kids looking wonderful. Then when you open this flap, you get to see these cute portraits of just the kids.
This was on the inside. right flap. It’s the last image you see and is the card’s punch-line. I love how the tinniest girl has just had it, the older sister is pointing at her to tell me that she’s not cooperating, and the little brother is just watching. So funny!
Maybe you know this family and will be lucky enough to get one of these cards. But even if you don’t know them, you can’t help but laugh when you see these photographs.
And here is the final design. I love these collages. I design them to tell a story between the images and to show many different feelings and emotions in just one piece. This was created as a larger wall item and is going to look so great in their home.
And here is a glimpse of their wedding invitation. It is square, and this is the invitation folded out, looking at the front of the card (right) and the back of the card (left). It folds down the middle. This photograph made the perfect opening for the invite, because not only is it a great photo with a lot of punch, but if people open the invite and lay it flat, the leaves on the left make such a great transition to the back.
And here is the inside, folded out. I blocked out the names, locations and other personal info, but I just wanted you to see this. Again, it folds down the middle with the spacing of the image to the left making the perfect place for text. Here inside, the image is more dramatic and romantic, and the couple is not looking at the camera but are in a moment with each other. This image really works in the design because there is a juxtaposition with the image on the outside of the invite.
As you can see from their invitation, their wedding is this Thursday. I wish them well and a big congratulations for finding each other and hope that their day is wonderful!
Another photographer, my friend Lori, took this of me while I was photographing this pretty little baby girl. I love this!
And here’s one of the images I took of this little girl.
I also took some time to walk down to a local cemetery. All of the graves were above ground because of the water table, and it made a great place to explore and create some art images.
One of me at the cemetery which is fun, because I don’t usually get photographs of me when I travel.
A street portrait of some musicians on their way to a parade. Photographed with a shift lens (the blur is optical and not Photoshop).
Maybe you recognize Roger as the guitar player for the band, 
