I have other things I need to write about but I want to get this out before I finally move to older posts. Aaron and I agreed to go to the Digital Wedding Forum Convention in January. It was something new for both of us, me especially since I had only been a member of DWF for a month. We went in with moderate expectations and were pleasantly surprised.

The speakers were amazing. It was inspiring and invigorating to listen to the likes of Kevin Kubota, Cliff Mautner, Amy Deputy and Jerry Ghionis. Each brought their unique perspective on the wedding photography business but each maintained the common goal to help all of us reach no heights in our business. I don't think I line up with any one style of business each presented but I'll take from them each something that will help my business grow.

One of the most enjoyable parts of going to a convention was all the new friends and colleagues I met at the convention. Truly, it was a terrific experience to connect and talk with other wedding photographers from all over the globe. Below are just a few of the photographers I had the pleasure of meeting. You should give their websites a visit!

• Aly Medina of of la Luz Photography


• Hillary Craft of ARC Imagery


• Dana Harris of Dana Harris Photography


• LeAnn Overbeek of Studio 64 Photography


• Jacobo of Jacobo Pictures


• Brandy Travers of Modern Toile


• Danny of r+k events


• Kim Shokouhi of Kim Shokouhi Photography


• Charlotte Geary of Charlotte Geary Photography


• Amie Otto of Aune Otto Photography


• Allison Britton of Allison Britton Photography


• Melissa Welsh of Melissa Welsh Photography


• Don Mears of Don Mears Photography


• Lynn Michelle Renken of Lynn Michelle Renken Photography


• Paige Buchbinder of Pictures by Paige


• Brian Hargreaves of BH Photography


• Ivanette Hargreaves of BH Photography


• Brian Tao of Luxography

It was a tiring experience with late nights and even earlier mornings. But that all goes with attending any kind of convention and I wasn't going to let myself down not participating as much as I could.