june…june june june.  did we skip that month?  at the very least, it feels like last month was a whirlwind of craziness!  i had the most adorable, beautiful, fun and somewhat crazy clients.  AND, to top it all off i got to spend a few days at the Golden Gate School of Photography where i assisted my girlfriend, the amazing Jen Photo, teaching a Children’s Portrait class.  it was a ‘sold out’ class…oh the pressure!   jen did such a great job and the  students were ALL so friendly, fun and overall amazing!  even if they did laugh at Jen and I as we packed up three carloads of gear and materials into one very compact Jeep Rubicon!  🙂  (we actually had room to spare after the strategic packing!)  if only there was more time to get to know everyone better!

while were were there, we met our new best friend (Jen and I have agreed to share) Miss Kim Sayre of Mill Cottage Photo in San Francisco.  i don’t think our experience would have been the same if miss Kim didn’t sack out with us in the late evenings eating chips & salsa on the floor of our room laughing our heads off about who-knows-what-was-so-funny at 2 a.m.!  Kim taught the Album Design class and apparently rocked the worlds of her students!  oh, i forgot to mention that  Jen got an overwhelming response of gratitude for her presentation, too.  i’m sure i heard the words ‘marketing genious’ spoken during the week!  go Jen!  

during the course of the week we played with several models…including this ‘little mister’ who won my heart in about 1.5 seconds!   (can you see how much he loved me!)  🙂

other amazing photographers i met included Jonathon Mandel who’s winning personality and portfolio soooo impressed me, and Jeanne DePolo who kindly supplied me with my Diet Coke each morning.  she didn’t say as much, but obviously i must have looked desperately in need of caffeine.  🙂  Jeanne  is the President of the PPA chapter in San Francisco, i do believe and it was an honor to get to know here and share ideas with such a crazy-talented photographer.  

it was so fun to assist my BFF Jen and help tie up all the strings on the class. we are so appreciative of the support of some of our favorite vendors who contributed materials, including Big Folio and ProDPI.  we love you!

L

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