Hi all,
We’re pretty fired up this week…
We just got back late Monday evening after an absolutely exhausting annual SWPP convention at the Novatel, in Hammersmith. Following a non-stop week of intensive education, entertainment, a few beers and far too much spending, Karen Kevin and I were pretty much fit to drop…
But what a week! Some of you will know this is a bit of an annual pilgrimage for us – the opportunity to see some of the very best photographers from all over the world all mixing and learning from each other. I’ve said it before but I really believe you should never stop learning – so we packed in seminars and workshops throughout until our little brains had pretty much turned to jelly. There were some great speakers this year, and an incredible amount of talent packed into one small area…
…but I simply can’t write this post without talking about the photographic genius that is Jerry Ghionis. Over the course of 5 days we got to see Jerry 3 times, and each time he both amazed and astounded us: I’m honestly not one to blow smoke up people’s rear ends – but this guy is simply so loaded with talent that if he weren’t also such a genuinely nice guy you’d just have to hate him! As it is though Jerry is both sincere and generous and shares so much of his himself and his knowledge that you can’t not like him – despite the fact that he has won and continues to win just about every international wedding competition he chooses to enter! Not convinced? Take a look at the following awards he picked up just last week at SWPP: Photojounalism photographer of the year, Fashion photographer of the year, overall SWPP photographer of the year, 16 x 20 wedding traditional print of the year, wedding contemporary print of the year, wedding pj print of the year, 16×20 overall wedding print of the year, wedding album of the year and overall 16 x 20 print of the year. Not a bad week. Did I tell you he was pretty good? We were kind of humbled..!
And Karen? Well I’m sure she just fell in love with him straight away 😉
So there you are – a great convention for us and we all learned heaps: can’t wait to add some new tricks and techniques to this coming year’s wedding and portrait shoots. Karen has a very shiny new Canon 5DII that I’m already just a little bit jealous of and we’re all fired up and ready to go… so keep your eyes peeled over the coming months to see this year’s ideas coming to fruition!
Rob
