Mike Larson Speaking in Santa Barbara this week

I'm excited to announce I'll be speaking in Santa Barbara Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

On Tuesday night for those who are PPA of Santa Barbara County members, check out their website for more information

Here is the Topic I'll be discussing:
LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE" When it comes to our clients, they want to follow leaders, they want to be inspired, led, and influenced. When we know how to do this better, we build a reputation of being a successful leader in the industry and with our past clients. This directly results into a better business. And lets face it, in an industry where there is much less to separate us from others, with our gear bags being similar, and a similar story with our websites, WHO we are is our biggest degree of separation. This is the least expensive area to grow and develop. However its the most costly to leave undeveloped. I believe in this photography industry, today's leaders are going to be tomorrow's success stories. Be a leader in your industry, you don't have to be nationally recognized to succeed, but you will have a business that will grow and stay prosperous in a recession, with clients that respect and refer you.



For Pictage users, check out Wednesday night Jan 14th @ 7:00pm, the Pictage User Group @

1339 Sagehill Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93109 US

I'm excited to see you guys there! Have an amazing week

For those of you who cannot make it I have some upcoming workshops which I'll be posting more on this week.
I have a Las Vegas Saturday Feburary 14th "Party of 4" workshop with only a few seats left.

And a San Luis Obispo Workshop Feb 2 & 3. I'm stoked about these as well, so check out www.stepitupseminar.com for more info.

PPA & Pictage speaking dates in Sacramento!

I am so stoked and honored to be speaking at the PPA Sacramento photographers Association on the 16th, and for the Pictage PUG group the following day, thursday the 17th. I will be giving 2 separate speeches for those days, so for those of you who want to hear something different, we will cover different topics.

And for those of you who can make the "ask anything session" thursday from 1-4pm, email me at info@mikelarson.com, or just show up. We will be doing them for free and our location is TBD, hopefully that will be sorted out by wednesday afternoon and I will post that info on the blog, as well as spread the word to whoever emailed me.

Safe travels to Sac for you out of towners who have been emailing me!

Note: the ask anything session is open for any photographer who wants to come and learn more about how to shoot, run their business better and how to improve not only their business and character to better serve their clients. These have been really popular and I am excited to share this to improve as many photographers as possible!