2 days at the Summer Revival Seminar!

So, this was the first seminar I've attended and it was great! Jim and Lara of Davis Photography in Columbus were so warm and genuine and generous, opening not only their home and studio to us, but also their hearts. It was a small turnout, but we sure did have a blast!

I learned so much in those 2 days. I went hoping only to learn some specific flash information, and I came out with a degree of confidence that my husband has not seen before. We learned on camera flash, off camera flash, pocket wizards (I never thought *I* would be able to learn how to use pocket wizards). We worked with natural light, studio lights, makeshift lights and at one point during the night shoot, no light!

We laughed (a lot!), we cried (only a little, and it was only the girls), and we shot a lot of photos!

We also learned tons about marketing, advertising, and various other business techniques. I have no doubt in the world that my business will start to explode after being at this seminar (and, no, Jim is not making me write any of this!).

I went into this seminar a die hard Lightroom girl (you can ask anyone there!). I came home and bought the Davis Tools Action Runner and I am thrilled that I did. I took over 1200 photos at the seminar (and I missed one entire maternity shoot) and they were all processed in about 5 hours of my time (and I'm just learning the actions and program!). My husband heard that I took that many photos and he was none too pleased to be losing his wife to the office for the 3-4 days to process them. Much to his surprise, I was done processing in time for dinner (which has *never* happened!). I wish I was making this up - but we actually ate dinner as a family (where I would normally spend it in my office at my desk working on photos).

I'm not usually easily swayed, but I saw Action Runner in, well, action, and I was sold. Jim actually took some of our photos and we saw him run our pictures through and I that was it for me. I'm so glad I did it! And I'm so glad I went to this seminar.

Yes, Jim taught me about flash and Lara taught me about album design and Mike of Lotz Photography shared his success story with us and I learned about marketing and advertising, but what all of them did went beyond that. They all gave me a confidence that I haven't had before and a support to get to where I want to go. And for that alone, this seminar was worth it!

Anyway, here are a few photos from the day. I hope you enjoy and if you have a chance to get to this seminar at some point, jump on it! I know that I'm not the same leaving as I was when I arrived there on Monday morning.