Yes, the blog has been unusually quiet for a while and for good reason…I haven’t been around much to even blog, LOL! Last month kicked off the start of Pinkle Toes lifestyle photography workshops on the road and it has been a whirlwind since. Charlotte, North Carolina (hosted by my dear friend and past workshop attendee, Annette of Annette Goodman Photography), set the bar high. Very, very high, my friends! Could not have organized a more fantastic, talented, eager to learn, ready to share, down for anything group of women if we planned it so and I was actually very sad to say goodbye at the end of our short time together. There were only three snags to this workshop:
- The heat. I’m from Texas…I can handle hot. But I crumbled under the weight of the crushing humidity in Charlotte on shoot day. Oh. My. Word. (Ashley 😉 I was weak, I tell ya.
- Freak thunderstorms. Working under such a tight schedule leaves no room for sessions to get rained out, but fortunately our maternity model was a total trooper and made it happen for us.
- The trip home. Um. Atlanta’s airport was kindofamess and I ended up not being able to get home to my bed and my family until much later than I had hoped.
But I can live with that. Especially considering we got to work with such a wonderful newborn family (above) and capture Annette’s family like this (below)…
…and share in the joyful anticipation of their daughter (below):
Oh, and let me introduce you to my Charlotte girls:
- Studio 9 Photography – www.studio9photographybycg.com – Sumter, SC
- Jody Mack Photography – www.jodymackphotography.com – Charleston, SC
- Photography by Melissa McMasters – www.melissamcmasters.com – Memphis, TN
- Stefanie Harrington Photography – www.stefanieharrington.com – Washington, DC
- Annette Goodman Photography – www.annettegoodman.com – Charlotte, NC
- Heather McGinnis Photography – www.heathermcginnisphotography.com – Greensboro, NC
- Katie Bork Photography – www.KatieBorkPhotographyBlog.com – Wilmington, NC
- Emily Lapish Photography – www.emilylapish.com – NC, SC, and TN
- Joyful Images Photography – www.joyfulimagesphotography.com– Columbia, SC
- www.bumpmeetbaby.com – Charleston, SC
- Umla Photo – www.umlaphoto.com – Toronto, ON, Canada
And us cutting up HERE. And loads of fun behind-the-scenes pics HERE and via #pinkletoesworkshopclt hashtag on Instagram. Thank you, girls, for an absolutely AMAZING workshop and for showing me the BEST of Charlotte! A great deal of learning took place and many happy memories were made!
Just got back from the St. Louis workshop (also amazing!), so I’ll be blogging about that as soon as I can.
Meanwhile, I DO have one opening for the August 16-17th workshop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Please let me know if you are interested in snagging that spot. I will extend all of the discount deadlines to you as well.
And, I know many of you have e-mailed me about news regarding workshops in Northern and Southern California and guess what? It looks like that just may happen summer of 2014. So, if you’ve already sent a message, no need to send again. If you haven’t, please get on the list for the full details when those are released (soon!).
