Speaking engagement at the OC Smugmug Meetup

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Speaking engagement at the OC Smugmug Meetup

08.29.2009

Thursday night I had the honor and privilege of speaking in front of almost 300 of my peers at the Orange County SmugMug meeting. My friend Jasmine Star, who host them, and asked me if I'd do a presentation and of course I jumped at the chance.

I talked about "Passion & Profits" and the general gist, is that in order to make a living in the photography business, you need to be passionate about what you are doing. It was fun because I was able to share a lot of my personal photos, as well as some of my favorite wedding photos. I met a bunch of new people and I also got to catch up with quite a few [ b ] Schoolers.

I was a teensy bit nervous before my talk because A). it was a larger group than I am used to talking to and B) it was my home town peers. I've been traveling the world speaking to photographers all of this planet, but this was a tad different because it was in front of my friends, my family (mom & dad came) and even some of my competition.

Here are a few images that Jasmine took, and there are even more images on her blog

Jasmine gave me a very warm welcome that had me a tad choked up and threw me off of my game a bit.

Something got in my eye. J* was quite pleased with herself!:

Here's a collage from some images from my friend Matthew Saville. After my talk, we all hit up Cold Stone, then a few of us ended up at Korean BBQ at the end of the night where, I rattled off some self portraits too.

Thanks to everyone who came out to show your support. Remember to do you homework assignments: Follow @thebschool, become a fan, and follow up with the people you got business cards from.

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