I had the great pleasure to attend Jeffrey Neil’s fantastic first ever workshop with the amazing Elisea Johnson of Photogen Inc. and fabulous Jonathan Metcalf of MetMedia. It was a jam-packed day filled of inspiration, branding, photo critiques, laughter, music, awesome live shoot in small groups and great food provided by Jason’s Downtown Restaurant in Santa Ana.

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And on top of all that, the awesome ladies at Utterly Engaged and Treasured Petal created a super beautiful table scape for us to practice our detail shots on.  The setting was very unique and made with the males in mind and will be shown in the March edition of Utterly Engaged E-Zine.   Check them out if you haven’t already.  For a sneak peak of the table, see either Jeffrey or Elisea’s blog, we’ve been asked not to blog them until the magazine comes out.

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One of my main goals for this workshop was to conquer my fear of the tilt-shift lens, and I’m happy to report that I DID!  :)  For the couples shoot, I forced myself to shoot only with my 45mm TS.  Tons went wrong and some went right.  I really appreciate Jeffrey & Elisea’s one-on-one feedback and advice working with the TS.  Thank you guys.  Also, thank you Jonathan for your encouragement during the shoot and tips on post process.  You guys all have such big hearts and I’m so happy to have met you.

Below are my fav photos from my day with the TS at the workshop.

One of the other great things about the workshop is that I got to meet some really great people and fellow photogs:  Gina Zeidler, Cami Poblete, Lara Holmes, Jon Dunning, Robert Tran, Maya Tasaka, Melissa Oholendt, Lindsey Besthorn and Kelly Aguilar.  It was a super cool mix of people and I loved meeting each one of them. Thank you guys for making the workshop that much more enjoyable!  :)

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