I’m going on two hours of sleep and about 6 cups of coffee right now. I was so stinkin’ nervous about teaching this workshop, I could not sleep. I saw the hours just pass by during the night. And when I finally fell asleep, the alarm went off very…….very…….abruptly, and loudly might I add, and it was STILL DARK! For those of you who know me well, you know I don’t like to get up when it’s still nighttime. Nope, not for me. But I got up, checked the weather, no rain, got ready and made my way to the workshop.

I drove up to Renfrew Park, trying to talk myself OUT of telling myself I have absolutely nothing to teach these people, I need to ATTEND a workshop instead of teach it, and throwing out all options of “why I couldn’t make it today”.

Turns out, everyone there was really cool, and super nice. The weather and the lighting was…AHHH-o-lific. It was a pretty sweet morning.  I couldn’t have done it without my none-is-more-beautiful model Sara, of course. I think she was as nervous as I was, which selfishly made me feel a little better, but we kept shooting each other looks that screamed, ‘it’s just you and me here’, and ‘we OWN this workshop!’

But I got through it. I don’t know what anyone ELSE walked away with, but I left with fun memories and new friends.

Thank you Antiem Photographic Society for having me, and I’m looking forward to more get togethers in the future!