Image Day 1

I arrived in Texas yesterday. The journey itself was a saga of a broken plane which I will not bore you with. Suffice to say, we arrived in Texas, three hours late. When I arrived at the hotel, I had a message from some friends from home who coincidenally were in San Antonio for another conference. We met for drinks and then they went to dinner.

Sunday the conference started. Wow, what a day. I started at 7:30, in a talk on how to excite your brides to get the best images. Sad to say, I disagreed with much of what the photographer was saying. My clients are excited enough and don't need me to get them more emotional. However, I the point I did take from the talk is a wedding photographer needs to read the mood of the client and use it to create the images.

Next I went to listing to another photographer talk about marketing. He gave me some ideas and also confirmed that my new marketing plan is the right approach. There were no speakers in the third block who interested me, so it was off to the trade show floor to see what was new. I spent 6 hours there. I ran into many old friends. Saw some interesting new products. My plan is to go back in the next day or so when I decide what I will buy or add to my packages and get the stuff I need. The evening was spent networking at a couple of sponsored events (ie parties). Now it is nearly midnight and Monday's events start at 7:00.