WPPI 2009 has come to an end...

.... well, for us at least, lol! We left late last night (really it was early this morning) and arrived home in chilly MI this afternoon. We are extremely tired!

This was our first chance to attend the WPPI conference. I am so grateful we went! Todd wasn't sure if we were 'good enough' or 'big enough' to go, but I figured now was the time to learn. I know we learned some amazing techniques that we are very excited to utilize.


My favorite seminar of the conference was on Wednesday morning, our last day there. We attending Vicki Taufer's platform on "The Art of You". Todd and I both found it very inspiring and reassuring. We are now confident to be who we are w/our art, instead of trying to "be everything to everyone". I think this has inspired us to want to make some significant changes with our business, which we are hoping will provide an amazing customer experience, and an amazing artistic experience for us. We promise more info on this in the near future.

Todd also really enjoyed Cliff Mautner's seminar "Let there be light". He learned some great techniques, and really appreciated Cliff's casual style. Todd said he appreciated Cliff saying that he gets "bored w/his photos", and he only has "a few that are any good". Todd said of course Cliff's work was amazing, but loved how he was so much like us-never satisfied w/his work.


Jessica also attended some great marketing seminars. It has given us the confidence to know that many of our ideas were headed in the right direction and we just need to implement them.


The only roadblock we have in fulfilling our dreams of how we want our business to be is the fact that as of right now we are part time. We have become fully aware that in order for our business to grow appropriately and for us to provide the amazing experience we want, that I need to be unemployed elsewhere and photography needs to be IT. As of now, of course the studio is where my priorities lie, and I know that working anywhere else isn't fair to my business, or my employer. Everything in the next few months will be of one goal; to get us to become a full time studio, providing a unique customer experience from beginning to end.

I muse say I am on overload, and need a nap. So on that note, here are few of the images from our amazing, in Vegas!!