I am finally getting around to blogging about my trip to San Antonio, Texas last month. I stayed with a wonderful photographer friend I hadn’t actually ever met in real life, it was a blast! My friend Ashleigh and I went for a big US photography convention called, Imaging USA. The convention consisted of classes taught by world famous photographers and an expo  showcasing new products, equipment and basically anything photography related. Right up my alley! I came home feeling inspired and rejuvenated! This was my first time attending a photography convention so I really had no idea what to expect. The classes varied in terms of topics discussed and I chose topics that I felt were most relevant to my business and interests, but I would say my most favorite class was taught by David Williams on how to “capture the moment”. David illustrated to me the significance of what we as photographers can have in people’s lives and the significance a photograph has in our lives. I feel inspired to add more emotional value to every shoot I do and to capture moment’s all my clients will look back on 20 years from now and reminisce about. I am going to put myself out there and try new things and challenge myself in new ways. The convention has evoked a new sense of excitement about photography in general and I am going explore new artistic avenues. I am excited for the journey that is to come in my photography career and I hope you all come for the ride!

There were some other great classes as well, but David Williams class was most definitely my favorite, he was a wonderful speaker and his passion for photography spoke volumes.

The expo was wonderful to attend too. It was so great to be able to see and hold new products and I am excited about new products I hope to offer all my clients.

I love great quality products and think people need to display their photographs, not just hide them away on a CD in a drawer. I also picked up another camera bag while there, I have a bit of an obsession with camera bags!

One of my favorite aspects of going to San Antonio was the opportunity to meet up with other fabulous photographer friends who I had never met in real life. Hanging out with other people who share the same passion as you is awesome. I can’t think of any other word to describe it! We did some shooting, but you would think a bunch of photographers hanging out together for a week would result in a million photographs, but honestly we were so sleep deprived and busy attending the convention, we really only did a couple of shoots.  The weather in San Antonio was not the greatest, it rained for the first few days, but by the end of the week warmed up and became sunny. Our first shoot was of a beautiful family in the rain. They were troopers who braved the weather and between all of us will have some great photographs.

We did some shooting around the river walk during lunch on one of the convention days shooting a gorgeous photographer friend and her husband.

Towards the end of the week we did a bridal shoot with a beautiful bride!

Here are some other random shots from the week!

My friend and fabulous photographer Ashleigh Wells!

The river walk at night.