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.

DJ's Freedom Weekend In Santa Barbara

Sunday, DJ invited me and Rachel up to his new house to stop by his Freedom Workshop weekend in Santa Barbara. DJ as a photographer, businessman, and a friend; really inspires me. I know the benefactors of his knowledge and friendship stretch all over the world. So it was an honor when he asked me to chat with his group for a while. Specifically his Show it Web product. That has had such a huge impact in my couples, they get to see their images in a slideshow set to music on the web that they get to share with others. Kenny Kim took these shots and, it was great to see another familiar face there. Kenny is going to help me shoot a wedding in Indiana in June. Rachel and I hung out for a few hours after chatting. It is always such a blessing to connect with people from across the country and this wedding photography industry has such a great body of people.