February 28, 2010
On the second day of Inspire Boston we all wearily trudged into our first session of the day at 9 AM. Blam, Eric Laurits hits us right up the head with an inspiring video that made me think about my entire vision as a wedding photographer (He has the video on his FB page).
Then the second BLAM. A slide with seven questions that make us question who we are. I don’t mean who we are as a wedding photographers. I MEAN who we are as a human being.
- How would you define personal vision?
- How do you articulate personal vision?
- Where does personal vision come from? Is it ingrained or acquired?
- How do you go about taking personal vision and putting it into practice?
- How has your personal vision changed over your lifetime?
- Have you ever compromised your personal vision?
- Have you ever questioned the authenticity of your personal vision?
I mean! WOW! Those are questions that rock us to our core. I had scribbled down my answers and then took some time this weekend to reflect and write out my answers in a quite place. It was a gut wrenching experience and I looked at it from the angle of being several things in one person. I’m not just a wedding photographer, I’m a husband, dad, son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend and I needed to write out my statement so it incorporated all these facets. I also wanted to be real and attainable. I didn’t want it to sound like some corporate bullshit mission/vision statement. I won’t share it here, but if you’re an interested friend I’d be glad to e-mail it to you so I can have someone keep me on the path if I get off track. I sent Eric my personal vision today and I know he’ll hold me accountable if I get off the path.
February 26, 2010
At Inspire Boston we had wonderful Robert Norman do a series of interview for his PHODCAST series that interviews wedding photographers. I believe he conducted 11 interviews and I had the unenviable job of following up Jim Collins, the CEO of Pictage. It was interesting to say the least. Let’s just say that technical difficulties required a second take, but the first take would have worthy of any highlight reel. I agree with Jim that it was probably divine intervention that the first one was unable to be recorded! You can only imagine the jokes about the “large white balls” of the microphones he was using.
There was quite the cast of characters coming in and out of the room and Robert kept his interviews on track and blocked all of us out as we socialized and chatted. A real professional at work.
Robert I’d love to do something more in-depth with you sometime. I Know everyone I spoke with felt the same way.
The reason that the first Inspire Boston Conference was so successful is that every single person that came brought something extra to the table such as Robert with his Phodcast series. You can find Phodcast on iTunes if you look for “Connecticut Phodcast”
February 25, 2010
A quick special thanks to Matt and Enna and to all the organizers. I’ll have a long blog post up tomorrow, but just wanted to thank you for having the vision to pull everyone together! As you can see we were working and planning all through the event. Matt and Enna are leading our last organizational session on Monday night.
I’d like to thank everyone that attended my session on Color Management. It was humbling to have such wonderful people in the session. Everyone that put their faith in attending a conference being held for the first time really made it a success. The wedding photographer community in New England truly is special.
Please e-mail me with any questions you might have. I’d be glad to answer them for you!
Here’s the CM INSPIRE Keynote
Here are some resources on purchasing color management hardware
Xrite for EyeOne Display 2 and Colormunki and the ColorChecker Passport
Spyder for Spyder 3 Pro and Elite
Calibration Direct has best prices on the Spyder 3 Pro and Elite
Expodisc for custom white balance
Whibal for a great gray card
