Twin Cities Professional Photographers Association hosted yet another fab speaker yesterday at Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie, MN. Texan Doug Box has 35 years of experience as a photographer and travels the world teaching others how to improve their craftsmanship and salesmanship. For those of you who aren’t giant photography geeks like me, this might not sound like a great way to spend seven hours, but I assure you, Doug Box Rocks.
The content was split about 50/50 between off-camera lighting and marketing, and I would never have guessed that speedlights on sticks and third-party promotions would be so HI-larious. He involved audience members, kept the pace steady but quick, and never lost our attention. And if you’re a photographer reading this, you know that it’s no easy feat to keep a room full of ADD camera jockeys on track.
In addition to the presentation delivered by Doug Box, there was also a short Tech Talk given by Loren D. Jones which included a brief but useful tutorial on fixing a drooping eyelid in Photoshop. Dennis McGill shared information about the upcoming Wisconsin Professional Photographers School in Treehaven May 3-7, and there were at least three representatives from the After Dark organization on hand. Follow the links to these two organizations before reading further. You won’t fully understand the depth of my longing until you do.
Hearing about Treehaven and After Dark in the same evening was more than I could take. Here’s a dirty little secret about me: I’m a crack head for seminars. I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve both the art and business of my wedding photography, but there comes a point when you have to face your addiction and your dwindling continuing education budget. Having spent the majority of my “feed my brain” budget on my trip to Nashville for the Digital Wedding Forum convention (which was worth every filthy penny) and the upcoming Northern Light convention, there’s only room enough left in my budget for desperate and depressing longing. Sigh.
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