I attended  an International Photography seminar with group of photographers in Nashville  this past week. It was a three-day seminar with extra classes offered before and after the seminar. What an amazing group of people.

While in Nashville I entered 3 photographs into the print competition. I was just blown over when 2 of these images actually placed. I was really floored when I was awarded 1st Place in the High School Seniors category and 2nd Place in the Individual category. The winning images “Team Captain”, and “Waiting” are below.

I attended one of the extra classes on Pinups, holy moly was it educational. I cannot wait to start working on these.  The Pinup class was taught by world-class editor and photographer Mike Long from Katchlight Photography in Portland, Or. You can see his wonderful work here http://www.katchlight.com/blog/ and here http://portlandpinups.com/. Mike is a superb instructor and a master of his craft. I was honored to have be able to attend.

I had such a great time this year at this seminar. I was surrounded by world premier photographers in family, children’s, HS senior, Pinup and boudoir photography.

More images to follow from the event.

I have been working with off camera flash lately. It is a great way to get some very dramatic images.

Doug is a Senior from Boerne-Champion High School. Doug has some killer images from his session tonight. Here are a couple of my favorites.