Workshop Wrap-up! (say that five times fast!) May 27th | filed in: News

The past three days have been a whirlwind -- in a good way!
Yesterday (Monday) was the third day of the Refuse to Say Cheese workshop with MeRa,
and it was our "Business Add-on" day. Fourteen women met at Dana's house for
a panel talk about the photography business:
Branding, marketing, websites, blogs, equipment, business cards,
public relations, client relations, money, insurance, business structure,
outsourcing, order fulfillment, pricing, packages, goals, vendors, and balancing all these
while maintaining a healthy and happy family life! phew!
Each of those subjects could have been a 4 hour workshop on its own,
but we did our best to cover as much as possible to give the women
a really accurate picture of how a mom-owned photography business can succeed.

Here's the group at Dana's house on Monday:

Me, MeRa, and Dana:


I have a few more images to share from the weekend as well! (thanks, Dana, for these pics!)
This is the lunch we had after we got back from the beach on Sunday:

It was somewhat chilly, but it was nice to be outside with great company!

I was wishing I could have my lunch served over by the outdoor fireplace,
and I think Sally agreed:

The funny thing about that picture to me is that it pretty much shows the REAL CAREY:
Sandy feet in flipflops, capris with a polo shirt & hoodie, and the background:
my Gina Alexander bag w/the kids & Molly, my yellow Jill-e bag,
and a Diet Coke that I got on the way back from Jack in the Box.
The RB Inn decided to go with the Dark Side and choose PEPSI instead of Coke...honestly!!!

There's another picture to share with you from the workshop on Saturday!
When Sarah France popped in, she showed us this great little video light
that she uses in low light situations to get easy controllable light:

It was so cool!!!
I put it up on the MyFUNCamera GEAR page, along with the battery,
and it's not very pricey! It sure was fun to play with! I think I have to pick up one of those!

There's a group shot of everyone at the beach that I really want to show you, too,
but it's on MeRa & Brian's camera, and she hasn't given it to me yet!
shhhh..... I think she's keeping it from me because I've done THREE workshop blog posts now,
and she hasn't put one up yet, so maybe we'll see it on her blog soon!
Then I'll snag it from her blog & put it up here for all of you.

Tonight MeRa, Brian & the kids are coming down here for dinner.
My goal is to get Brian on the trampoline AND to get pictures! Stay tuned!

~Carey