Wedding Photographers from around the country!

One of the greatest things about being in the wedding photography industry is that there are so many fantastic photographers that want nothing more than to just get together, hang out and learn from each other. We do everything from seminars to lunches and dinner, from shooting weddings together to critiquing each other's photos and new programs. So here's a blog post dedicated to all of the truly amazing photographers that I've had the pleasure of calling friends!

Car MacNeil, Marissa Levin and I were doing a wedding in Allaire State Park last year, where we were named Charlie's Angels. Haha, we got a kick out of it so we struck a pose!


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So I attended a photo seminar "Master Your Craft" featuring Mike Colon and Bob Davis in February of 2008 and I went with Ahmetze (http://ahmetze.wordpress.com/), an awesome photographer friend that I shoot with sometimes.

Here we are with Mike Colon!




Well not only did I get a TON of new ideas, get inspired and get to meet AWESOME photographers from all over the country, I also won the drawing for a FREE ipod (30gigs and that's no joke!) Which is awesome, since I didn't have one and I was so close to buying my own about a week earlier. Good thing I didn't! Anyway, here's a photo of me with Mike and Bob winning the ipod!



~ Photo compliments of Kenny Kim (http://www.xanga.com/kennykimdotcom)


So the moral of the story is, never stop learning and not only will you gain knowledge and wisdom, but you might win stuff too!
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So I got the fabulous opportunity to see David Jay and a few other awesome photographers around the area, John Schafer, Syed Yaqeen and Matt Dejesus, this Saturday in NYC to take a sneak preview of DJ's latest must-have-for-all-human beings, ShowItSites. It's such a great program that helps build flash websites with a simple drag and drop mentality. It's going to revolutionize websites as we know them. As a matter of fact, I'm working on getting mine going as we speak!


Anyways, check out the pictures that I snagged from DJ's and Matt's blogs. Haha, I have professional camera equipment...but does Vanessa go out and buy a point and shoot to have fun with...I may need to fight the lazy streak there... :-)

I just even a hold of some of the "test shoots" that DJ took while setting up the group shot with me as the test dummy. Haha, not so bad for tests with the exception that I didn't realize I was being photographed until the very last shot! Haha, here's to a photographer caught off gaurd on the other side of the camera!

Out to a sushi dinner after hitting the jackpot finding a sushi place open til midnight!
Haha, DJ and I both agreed it was the Cheesecake Factory of Sushi restaurants!

What else would you do in a hotel elevator??

Caught!!!!

Now if only there was a picture of me running 20 blocks to catch my train because I couldn't catch a cab!! :-0
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This was the first wedding of May '08 that I shot with my mentor John Heyn of Heyn Photography! The weather even held out for us while John and I shot in the park with our favorite videographer Rob Adams shown below doing some seriously fantastic work behind the camera.














The reception was such a fun time I even caught John whistling along!