Sponsors on Board!!!

Yaayy....more great sponsors for the cruise...there's gonna be some great goodies for the attendees!!!

ShooterBank.com

Trendy Ink Design

Jax Shoot Club

Photog Retreat 2010 [Sneak Peek]

With much anticipation, it is with pleasure to announce the 2010 Photog Retreat- Bahamas!!!


Here are some of the details...Registration will be open at the end of this week (stay tuned!)

Join Scarlett Lillian, Stephen Knuth, Kylie Banks and some other amazing photographers for a one of a kind cruise! With an emphasis on networking, building relationships, informative workshops, exotic photo shoots and so much more; this Photog Retreat will be one for the record books!

Enjoy a much needed vacation, build your portfolio, network with top industry professionals not to mention some awesome deals from our sponsors!

January 7th-10th 2010
3 Day Cruise to the Bahamas
from Port Canaveral, Florida!

$850 Per Person
Includes Cruise, All Workshops and Exotic Shoot!

***SPECIAL $100 OFF***
for those who register early...leave a comment below to receive this special!

Speaker Highlight: Scarlett Lillian

It's no secret that Scarlett’s blog receives thousands of visitors everyday-she enjoys networking, mentoring and teaching others as the leader of the Jacksonville Pictage User Group and also through her extremely popular one-on-one workshops, "Spend A Day With Scarlett."

In just two short years, Scarlett's work has been published in various magazines, newspapers and all over the web, including commercial projects for the Sandals resorts and celebrity wedding designer Preston Bailey.

Scarlett has been a featured guest on PhotographyMentor.com, FStopBeyond podcast, Pictage Blog podcast, PocketWizard.com and was named "one of the hottest up and coming wedding photographers of our new generation” by the CameraDojo podcast. She is also a featured speaked at this year's Pictage Partner Con!

With an award-winning background in magazine journalism, Scarlett Lillian will share with you her vision and passion for documenting beauty, emotion, fashion and love through wedding & fashion photography.

Speaker Highlight: Stephen Knuth

Stephen shares a similar background with Scarlett Lillian, where as he also discovered his passion for photography through his media career of making movies and documentaries. He has won multiple Film Festival Awards for his documentaries.

Stephen discovered his love for photography after he worked on some wedding projects. He is currently based out of San Diago and focused on Wedding & Portrait Photography. Stephen is also the leader of the San Diego Photog ShootOut group that boasts over 100 members and growing.

Stephen will be presenting on keeping things natural, emphasizing use of light and organizing an exotic photo shoot that will knock your socks off! …well actually, sandals or flip flops for most of us :)

Speaker Highlight: Kylie Banks

Kylie is a self taught photoshop junkie and loves every minute of it!

Out of her experimentation in photoshop and gift of simplifying complicated subjects, she has enjoyed success as both a teacher and inventor of some amazing actions.

Bringing photoshop to the photographer, one step at a time she has ongoing workshops through phaunt.com and tutorials on the ins and outs of photoshop.

Speaking in language you understand, with content you care about; Kylie will address the age old issues we all experience with work flow, organizing and editing our images to make them into masterpieces.

Sponsors on Board!!!

The first email that I sent once we became serious about organizing the cruise to the Bahamas was to someone I admire and am lucky to call a friend- David Jay.

I briefly explained the concept of a relaxing environment for photographers to network, learn and build lasting relationships and asked him what he thought and if it would be something that ShowIt would like to sponsor...I didn't have to wait long for his answer..."Awesome...contact Kevin!"

So, I am so excited to announce ShowIt as a sponsor and to share that not only will they be hosting the website for the cruise, but they have put together some AMAZING discounts for all attendees and even more AMAZING prizes that the attendees can win while on the cruise!!!

Kevin has been so wonderful to work with and has some very impressive discounts and prizes (I can not wait to share!!!)

More details to come, but if you can't wait..."Get your Showit Pro website here!"

Sponsors on Board!!!

I am so pleased to annouce more sponsors for the cruise and even more to come soon!!! A special thanks to all the sponsors below...not only are they putting together some great discounts for the cruise attendees, but the prizes that we will have to give away are just stacking up...ohhhh how much fun is this going to be!!!!!

ChrysQ Luxe Slipcovers!

Phaunt.com

Custom Photography Blogs

Photog Retreat 2010 [The Concept]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to write a brief little note about the vision and concept of the Photog Retreat [Bahamas]. I have only been in the industry a short time but have learned fast that the best path to success to to learn as much as you can and build real, lasting relationships. I have been very fortunate to have expereinced some fantastic workshops, shootouts, PUGs, SMUGs, trade shows and the like. Some of my best friends today came from chance encounters at these events. Not only have I learned so much from these friends, they continue to inspire and challenge me. When I am stumped or need a creative jolt, they are there.

The idea of the cruise came when I just decided one day it would be nice to go on a cruise...at the same time I was kicking around an idea for an informal workshop that blended a variety of speakers, focused on networking, building relationships and helping photographers work together for success...

Not too long after these ideas came along, I discovered that cruiselines have conference spaces avaiable for groups- so WHAMO- that was it!

I imeadiatley talked to my friends in the industry to get their opinion and feedback...Scarlett, Ezra, Bobby, Mel and Kara were all super supportive and very excited about the idea. So, that was all I needed to get the ball rolling!!!