Subtitled: “MY BRAIN IS GOING TO EXPLODE”
Another excellent ImagingUSA conference wrapped up this evening in San Antonio. There were so many good insights shared. I swear my brain is going to explode. Can I process it all?? I have to spend some time going through my pages and pages of notes to discern what are my major “takeaways” from the experience.
Every person goes there and processes this event in different ways based on their prior experiences in photography, current needs, and visions of where they want to go next. The key is to be willing to let the experience of ImagingUSA “speak to you” with an open-minded attitude to give you insights on how to be “better” in whatever ways you might need to be better. That might be technical skills. That might be business insights.
I always come back from these events with bags of marketing materials from all the different vendors and then tens of pages of notes I took. As I said, it will take me some time to process this and discern what MY major takeaways are.
The next step is the critical one. What you learn at an event like this doesn’t matter as much as what you DO ABOUT IT. Decide what action items result from your takeaway list. If your whole experience does not lead to a set of action items, to put in practice what you learned, you have just wasted your time.
Whether you attended this event or not, I encourage you to spend some time assessing your direction in life. What changes might you make to make your life “better” by whatever measure you choose. Choose “better”.
I assume you are a photographer, if you are reading this blog. My desire is to help you in whatever way you need to achieve “better” in your photography. Whether it is to refine your technical camera skills, or managing light, electronic flash/speedlights, portraiture, creative imaging, using software to perfect your images, or a broad range of other topics, I am here, ready and willing to help you in your endeavors. Need a photography coach? Need private teaching? Need help assessing where you need help the most? Let’s get together and work on your plan to be “better” in 2017.
