I am so behind the curve on everything right now so here I am posting about Learnfest almost two months after I went!
I have found that when you are passionate about something you want to learn as much as possible about it. This has always been true for me when it comes to photography. I’ve continually taken classes at my local college just to keep pushing myself to learn more and to really focus on my art. Then I discovered the wonderful world of workshops! Oh there are so many and I wish I could go to them all and just soak up everything. I knew that this year I wanted to attend at least one business oriented workshop and one artistic workshop. For the business side it was a toss up between The Secret Workshop and The Learnfest. After reading a fabulous review from Jessica Grieves of Hey Girl Nice Shot of both workshops I was sold on The Learnfest. (Ironically a bunch of other photogs at the workshop heard about Learnfest from her blog also, Jessica maybe you should get a commission
So I watched the clock on registration day and 45 min after it opened I panicked because I was late. I jumped on signed up and lucked out because it sold out in a matter of hours!!!
So fast forward to the first week of April and I was headed to Atlanta for my workshop. Now this workshop is put on by 4 amazing ladies. I knew about Lena Hyde from the wonderful Design Aglow site where I drool over all the awesome products. I heard about Laura Novak with her Strategy Avenue dvd’s to help get your business plan together (thank you Laura for helping me get my butt in gear and get my business plan out of my head). Audrey Woulard was this amazing childrens photographer that I kept hearing about on different forums. The only one I was not so familiar with was Tamara Lackey. Of course the photographer I knew the least about I got the most from!!! Tamara may have saved my sanity and my marriage Seriously though she helped us all get our time back and get off the computer and back to the land of the living. That alone was worth the price of the workshop for me.
I learned so many amazing things from each of these fantastic women that I feel like I’m still trying to soak it all in 7 weeks later. If you are a photographer and are looking for a workshop to attend this year or next you have to put The Learnfest at the top of your list. Beyond the instructors I met so many amazing photographers from around the world. I wish we had 3 more days to talk to each other and learn because in the short trips to and from the airport I learned so much. Now I have a great group to bounce ideas off of and to help me with any issues I’m having. I love seeing what they are up to also on their blogs! I really cannot recommend Learnfest enough. During the workshop we got to do shoots with Tamara and Audrey on kids around the Chateau Elan. Below are a few of my favorites. FYI: Tamara and Audrey were great about telling us what they were shooting on and why and giving us tips to make the best out of any situation.
The second workshop I’m doing this year is by a great urban photographer Brianna Graham. This will be a more artistic workshop held in DC this weekend. I’m really excited to try out my new 70-200 2.8 lens!!! Although my arms may be tired from lifting it all day
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