Wow!  I had a great time at the Professional Photographers of Michigan Annual convention.  I was very honored to be named one of the top 7 photographers!  I scored merits on 5 out of 6 of my prints that I entered.  Here are my prints on display at the convention.  Mine are the bottom two on the left, and the 4 on the right!

I am at the Professional Photographers of Michigan’s annual convention in Troy Michigan.  We are having a GREAT time here.  Yesterday we saw a seminar by Tri Coast Photography, on off camera TTL flash.   It was excellent.  These guys were not only knowledgeable in what they were teaching, they were also very entertaining to listen too!

I spent the entire day sitting in print competition.  I feel I learn more there, than in any class room.  It is great to sit there and hear what the judges like and don’t like, and the scores they give.  I am happy to say that I scored 5 merit prints today (out of the six I entered).

I am having a great time!  I hope to give you one or two more updates while I am here!  Here is a picture I took for my 365 project while I was at the convention today!

Addie came to The Studio in Grandville for her 9 month children’s portrait session a few weeks ago.  She was such a sweetie!  I love her big blue eyes!  

I volunteer for an organization called the Heart Gallery.  The Heart Gallery is an organization that takes portraits of older children who are in need of adoption.  Studies have found that the adoption rates are higher for children who have a professional portrait displayed.  The Michigan Heart Gallery is a traveling display, that travels around the state of Michigan, promoting awareness for adoption and for the children who are featured in the display.  This year I was blessed to be able to photograph one child, and one family.  The child will actually not be included in the Gallery this year, because he was adopted in-between the time of my taking his portrait, and the unveiling of the display!  Congratulations to Nathan!  The family I photographed was a success  story for the Heart Gallery.   This family adopted their son two years ago!