I LOVE workshops...in fact, I've been to quite a few this year and I wanted to share about my favorites and why I would pay to attend them again!  Photography workshops are like continuing education, except way more fun and social!!

I'll talk about Jasmine's workshop first, well because, it was yesterday!  Jasmine went over branding (which is uber important not only to photographers, but any business owner) and recounted her steps to building her brand and business and style.  And in true Whitney style, I was scribbling furiously the whole time so I wouldn't miss a thing, even when she joked about a clothing mishap, I was making mental notes: "pack change of clothes in the car." ;)  Probably my favorite thing I learned about Jasmine is her commitment to family and creating ways that she can be flexible so as to have more time with loved ones.  That may not seem like an important point to others, but I think we're all so busy and wrapped up in what we're doing (especially when you have own your own business) that we forget to take time for ourselves and family!  

Another workshop that I recently attended was The Modern Portrait by Justine Ungaro and her mom, Diana.  Justine and her mom are portrait artist guru's who create a.m.a.z.i.n.g images of kids and families and they teach you allll about their business techniques.  I came away from their workshop so rejuvenated and with tons of ideas for my business---I think I took like 20 pages of notes and when I came home at night, I made Mike sit with me for TWO hours while I recounted all my notes  :)  The workshop that I went to was in LA where Justine's new studio is, but they also do workshops in other places, too!

Last, but not least, LEARNFEST!  If you're a portrait photographer and you haven't been to the Learnfest workshop, then what are you waiting for!?!?  Learnfest was so awesome because we got to learn from four fabulous photographers: Audrey Woulard, Lena Hyde, Tamara Lackey and Laura Novak.  I could seriously go on and on about this workshop for, like, five days but the point I want to make is that you should seriously consider it if you're a portrait photographer!  I made the most AWESOME friends at Learnfest and I am so thankful for that!

And because this is a photo blog, not a writing blog, check out these delicious little strawberries from our CSA:  

Happy Hump Day!

While I am recovering from my marathon yesterday, I'm throwing up this fun little blog post....a full post with details of the marathon is coming soon!  Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!!

A few months ago when I surprised my mom in Charlotte (you can read about it here), I did a cute portrait session of Baby R while I was in town and I'm finally blogging a few more images from her shoot...Baby R was such a cutie and so easy to work with  :)  Enjoy!

Happy Tuesday!!

The Santa Barbara Zoo is so pretty...