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It was 2 years ago & I remember it so well. It was the day that I attended my very first photography workshop. It was David Jay’s “Free to Succeed Tour” featuring Jasmine Star. I had never heard of Jasmine Star and I barely knew of David Jay. It was certainly the workshop that put me up on my two feet because it led me to an internship with Sara France which has now put me in a comfortable place within my own business & creating events to help the growth of the photography community. The next event I attended was WPPI which is where I ended up meeting my sweetheart, Scarlett Lillian. Today, I am on my way to Pictage PartnerCon 2009. I have been told by so many leading up to this day that it is THE event to attend in our industry.

I was looking through some old archived emails last night & I came across one that I kept reading over and over. It was between myself and San Diego Wedding Photographer Jeff Youngren. It was before I had ever thought about pursuing photography as my career. We were planning a lunch to chat about “What is Wedding Photography?”. It made me meditate all afternoon over the thought that I have only been at this for a little less than two years and the Lord has rocked my world and done so many amazing things in such a short period of time!

I can’t wait to stand in the presence of the leaders of this industry and sit in on talks from some amazing photographers who will inspire me to become better at what I currently do. Oh, by the way… Partner Con is in New Orleans and I cannot express enough how COOL that is and it’s a city i’ve always wanted to visit. Not only am I getting a vacation with Scarlett, I am also getting to grow as a person & photographer… AND Scarlett Lillian is going to give a KILLER presentation on Tuesday morning!!! :-)

I still haven’t even finished packing yet… I need to go get that all finished. :-)