Digital Asset Management... DAM!!!!!

Tremendous thanks to the awesome Paul McNerney of Studio Foto and Matt Wagner of Matthew J. Wagner Fine Photography for a terrific all day workshop on how to manage an overwhelming and ever expanding digital file storage system. And also for some great Lightroom lessons.

I cannot wait to tackle my current system and start fresh for 2009. =) I'm such a computer nerd... I highly recommend this workshop next time they do it, which will be a couple times a year.

A special thanks to my fabulous seat mates Val McCormick, newly anointed Rocktographers Robin Dini and Carla Ten Eyck, Steve DePino, Eileen Broderick (albeit banished to the front with her monstrous screen!) and Geoff Boka who made sitting in a hotel conference room for 9 hours smelling decaying onions thoroughly enjoyable.

And a book raffle win doesn't hurt!!!

Nashville Workshop ::: Part II

Getting back to the Nashville workshop! Saturday morning, we met up with the adorable Heather & Jonathan.




Paparazzi!


OK, just a couple of fun posters I passed...








How adorable are they?




And so sweet...


We headed over to the Vanderbilt campus to shoot our bride/model, Katie, who also participate in the two-for-one tippling... =)


Just a couple cuties...












And I just loved this shop on our walk back. =)

Nashville Workshop ::: Part III

Saturday evening, we headed downtown and found it to be total madness. I believe there was a Titans game... vs. the Jags perhaps? Streets were closed off, people were everywhere... so it changed up our plans a bit!

We met up with Stephanie & Chris... so cute!




A little sight-seeing in between...


This cracked me up. I couldn't believe a sign like this needed to be posted. Until we watched a guy, blasting his radio, ridin' low, drive past us 7 times.




You know me... I had grand designs to dance on the bar... if not for the ginormous lines.














More paparazzi in action!

Nashville Workshop ::: Part IV

And to conclude, Sunday morning, we headed over to The Parthenon. Yes. The Parthenon. A full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, apparently. =)


My camera will forever gravitate towards furry four leggers.


It was here that we met Bebe. What a ham!




















Thank you to all the girls who attended! It was great fun. Big shout out to my favorite roomie ever Kim. If you're ever in Wisconsin with your kiddos, she is an AMAZING child photographer! And a special thank you to Kate who organized the schedule... and managed to get everyone in one place. =)

Nashville Workshop ::: Part I

As previously mentioned, here is Part 1 of my trip down to Nashville. =)

This was our awesome model Talia.












Our group trekking around the spooky parking garage...


Pardon the horribly OOF photo, but I had to share our workshop leader Kate doing everything she could to get the lighting just right. :)


And our other adorable model, Kristen.






I do have to mention that I'm still working on a borrowed machine which isn't color calibrated... I'm praying/hoping the colors aren't too "off." =) And man, it's taking me twice as long to edit because the keyboard is just SLIIIIGHTLY different than mine... aggggh!