J. Garner Workshop: the People, Places, and Eats

Last week Jen and I had a little vacation time, well, I call it vacation time. It was actually a "business" vacation for me and for Jen it truly was a vacation. No kiddos (thanks Grandma and Pappa Rohrs) and no worries. I attended one of the best workshops I've ever been to. A workshop like no other. Yes, there were three days of intense learning (lighting, shooting, photoshopping, marketing, business, etc., etc.), but most important, it was three days of networking and building relationships with several amazing hand picked photographers (also can be read as Dawn Shields friends) from around the country. And did I mention we ate like Kings and Queens? Many, many thanks to Jim, Katarina, Kayla, Stephan, and Claire. You guys took the "client experience" to a whole other level and just from that alone I'm implementing some new ideas in my business. Below are some of the pics I snapped while we were there. Sit back and enjoy as this is a big post.

Meet the people. It was tough to contain all of our excitement.



Dawn Shields, the reason we were all here.



Michael Muramoto. The coolest of cool CA shooters but the poor guy still shoots Nikon! ;P



Jonathan Chan, another fellow Cali shooter with an infectious laugh. What's up with all of these Nikon shooters?



Dorene Nash, what a sweetheart and a true southern belle!



Dorinda Peyton. I think you look great in front of the camera. Fellow PC user too. Hip hip hoorah!



Whitney Johnson, Dawn's sidekick. We were surrounded by beautiful ladies I tell ya!



Stephanie Moore. I hope your back is ok.



Jon Koch. He'll never say no to a good beer.



Chris Sharber. Calm, cool, and collected. And an ex jet pilot. How cool is that?



Greg Schrader. Thanks for hookin' me up with Shazam, one of the coolest apps for my iPhone.



And, not to be forgotten, the one and the only ........TOP....TEN....PHOTOGRAPHERS....IN....THE....WORLD........ drum roll please....... Jim Garner. You can't help but have a good time with this guy around. Cool hair too! Wink, wink!



Some workshop group shots.



















Did I mention Dawn loooooooves red wine? Me too.





































Not only are the skies beautiful in Seattle, but the sunsets are gorgeous. Jen and I are taking a moment to enjoy it all.



This led to a sunset/silhouette jumping frenzy where everyone eventually joined in.



How studly is this group shot?



You know someone had to jump.



Can you pick out who's who? Hint: Dawn's the one that couldn't jump. ;)



Then, after what seemed to be 15 minutes of setup, I got this shot. Homage to the master.



Onto the places. Yeah, now this is what I call a beach house. Over 6,000 square feet of luxury livin'. You gotta consider this next time you visit Washington. And here's the house where the guys stayed.



The sound of freedom, tough to be heard here but we heard plenty.













And, to make us all hungry, the eats. Talk about gourmet. Yummy!













Check out that paella. I think it all made us more hungry watching Stephan cook it.