Start a savings account right now for our Italy tour.  We are planning a trip to Italy in October of 2009.  Anyone interested in learning photography and photoshop skills, YOU WILL WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS TRIP!!!!   It will be the experience of a LIFETIME.     What better place to sharpen your “eye”  for photography than Italy.  Think of the porfoliio you we be able to show your clients.  I am putting together some models to photograph while we are there just for this purpose.   I am working on the details, but We  only have 15 spots open, so the first 15  people who sign up will experience this incredible life-changing  event!!

1 fuji s2 pro

1 fuji s3 pro

1- fuji s5 pro

1- Nikon D3

1- Cannon 5D

Lenses

Tamaron 28-105/ 2.8

Nikon  70-200/ 2.8

Nikon  24-120/ 3.6-5.6

Nikon  17-55 / 2.8

Nikon 50mm / 1. 4

Cannon 85mm / 1.2

Lens baby

Lighting—–

 5ftx 7 ft soft box

4ftx 6 ft soft box

3ftx 5 ft soft box

rolling stands

3 photogenic light heads

2-Nikon sb800 flashes

remote pocket wizard receivers and transmitters

Quatum qflash t5d and battery

Sekonic L758 dr lightmeter

I literally have 3-5 people a week that e-mail or call me asking questions about the photography business, what equiptment that I use, and photoshop questions.   I love hearing from people that follow my work and love the “Cameo” look.  I appreciate all of the compliments and nice words.  I would love to be able to hire a second photographer at some point, but for now, with renovating our new studio, I do not have time or honestly money to hire someone else.  The hope is that by this time next year, I will be able to have several staff members.  I Just came from a photography conference in Italy and the teacher suggests bringing in interns to help learn to become a professional photographer as on-the-job training.  He does require his interns to file a noncompete form stating that they will not open a photography business with in so many miles of his studio.  I am seriously considering trying this so, if anyone is interested in learning the photographing skills, while helping a girl out I would love to chat about it.  Give me a call.  I will ask that you stay and help with my studio for 1 year, and in return I will teach you all that I know: lighting, equiptment, posing, business, and policies.