A couple months ago I get this email from Maddie over at A Practical Wedding who is also one of the driving forces behind Hart & Sol Photo. She said, “I wanted to reach out to you about a photography workshop that is beginning to take off and I’d love to have you involved.”

But but but… I’ve never spoken at a workshop before, I’m not sure I’m ready, I’m blah blah blah blah blah… so my answer is thank you, but no.

That was basically the email I sent back to her which she must have translated as saying something completely different because her response was, “Of course your speaking at our workshop.”

Okay. Her response was actually… “So, I don’t think you wrote that e-mail expecting me to say ~ Good point, maybe next year. ~ Right? Right? Ok, good.”

She then proceeded to say she understood my feelings but that I should, in her words, just- “fuck it and do it anyway.”

So I’ll be speaking at the CoLab workshop in San Francisco with Maddie of Hart & Sol Photo, Emily of Emily Takes Pictures, and author / blogger Meg Keene of A Practical Wedding,  on May 21st & 22nd of 2012! You can register now!

DETAILS:

*Emily will be covering much of the business side of running a photography studio.

*Maddie will be going over branding.

*Meg Keene will be keynoting… “giving my Very Strong Opinions about building a creative business, maintaining your personal creativity, and not acting like a douche (just because the wedding world tells you that you should).”

*AND finally, I’ll be shooting and showing step by step my workflow and post production process using Photoshop.

Oh… I’m sure there will be a lot of overlap in there between all of us.

And if the pot wasn’t sweet enough… there will be GOODIES:

*Acclaimed wedding photographer Jose Villa has donated a signed copy of his book to be given away to one lucky attendee.

*Designer Promise Tangeman has donated two SITEHOUSE websites to be given away to two lucky attendees.

*Meg Keen of A Practical Wedding will be giving out a copy of her new book.

*Alien Skin will be providing 15% off on all their photoshop plug-ins and products for attendees of the workshop.

*Kubota Image Tools will be giving away Kubota bucks and discounts as well.

*Epiphanie bags is giving away one free Paris bag.

*H20 Creative will be giving all attendees 20% off on template designs.

*Photojojo will be giving away coupons to their store.

*Colab attendees will receive a special discount at Shootsac.

*Each CoLab attendee will receive a 15% discount on a one-year membership to Two Bright Lights, and one lucky attendee will receive a free Editorial Star one-year membership.

*CoLab attendees will receive a 15% discount on their choice of camera bag from Kelly Moore.

*CoLab attendees will receive a 15% discount for Totally Rad Actions, and one lucky attendee will win TRA’s RadLab software.

*All CoLab attendees will receive a special discount on Code & Hustle products.

*Colorati is offering $15 off $50 orders as well as a $100 credit to one lucky attendee.

*Rory Gordon will be giving a special discount to all CoLab attendees.

*CoLab attendees will receive a 20% off coupon for all Photography Concentrate products, and one attendee will get a free tutorial of their choice.

*One CoLab attendee will receive a copy of Lawrence Chans’ (the man behind Tofurious) book, Social Media Marketing for Digital Photographers.

*Pink Slip Industries will be giving special discounts on their branding packages.

*And more!

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NOW spread the word…

and get your ass over to CoLab and register.

*Want more? You can get a discount for $100 off on registration. Just check out this recent post about CoLab on A Practical Wedding for details.

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