At the same time I find that there's some people already wanting me to do a Webinar for up to 500 people... I'd say that's breaking into the photography industry pretty hard core. That makes me really nervous because I'm not really a public speaker. You'd never know it by talking to me, but I just get nervous about things. 

Oh well, I've always learned by jumping in head first and letting my toes come out of the water last... I guess it's just my mentality and I'm blessed to be able to learn and adapt that way. 

So excited for what lies ahead. Our Wedding Photography calendar is filling up fast! 

After discussing some things with McKenna Professional Imaging they asked if I'd be interested in doing a Webinar for them. I always say "Help, and be helped!" This will be my first public education engagement and I must say, I'm really excited. We recently started working with McKenna and have been VERY impressed with their photographic print quality, and their customer service has been exceptional. Nancy will be missed, but we wish her the best of luck in her endeavors... 

Who knows how many times things will go wrong in the Webinar, but I'm going to make the best of it and hopefully help some fellow photographers along the way. If you were to ask me what single thing made the biggest impact on our studio in 2009, it'd be Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Hands Down!!! This is such an amazing tool, and if you're not using it or something like it, you should be... 

So I'll be doing a Webinar in the coming weeks for McKenna Pro, and hopefully this will lead me into some other speaking engagements down the road. Discussing these types of things will make us all stronger and more aware of what's going on around us. 

Visit McKenna Professional Imaging at http://www.mckennapro.com.... 

During the event I attended the following classes taught by photographers from around the country... 

Scott & Adina Hayne - http://www.scotthaynephotography.com 

Shawn Wright - http://www.wrightstudio.us/ 

Lori Nordstrom - http://www.nordstromphoto.com

Julia Woods - http://www.portraitlife.com

Becka Knight & Nate Robinson - http://www.studio222photography.com

Tim Priest - http://www.pretephoto.com/

Jeff Bowen - http://www.commonwealthphoto.com/

Pam & Gary Box - http://www.boxseniors.com/

Gained an immense amount of knowledge and learned some new techniques that I think will propel us to the next level in the professional portrait industry... Also met my goals that I had set for myself before attending the show... 

I met so many amazing photographers from the great state of Iowa. Networking is so important, and we shared SO much knowledge amongst each other. Print competition is my next feat, and I will enter next Winter come hell or high water! 

I WILL ENTER the 2011 Iowa Print competition!!! 

Perfect! An excuse to go explore the streets when travel is not recommended. I wanted to go out to the country so bad and photograph this massive storm, but my fear of getting stuck got the best of me! 

If I get out of town soon, I'll take some pictures and post them here on our new BLOG! 

So long for now...