Here goes the Schedule, people. Keep up.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

7pm Go Bee Soiree Party with Sara France and sponsored by Pictage

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21

12pm Pictage User Group Think Tank meeting… Check out their new blog The Photo Life and see what’s happening at a PUG near you!

For much of the day, we’ll be on the tradeshow floor, gathering prizes for our Tuesday platform talk (see below!). If you find us and ask about Olive, you might just win a prize. Try it. Mention Olive AND Jules Cafe and you will get one for sure!

Speaking of Jules Cafe, check out our new SHOP and enter CAFE2011 for cool discounts on everything from Jules NEW Presets & Textures to our very popular Essential Starter Consult Kit!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

3:30pm – 5:30pm Platform Presentation Studio B Preboard by February 18 at the following link: www.preboard.net
The talk is gonna rock, and you don’t want to miss it. If ONLY for the amazing prizes we will be handing out.
Here’s a list of some of the prizes you may find yourself the recipient of, some of our favorite peeps:

Oh, and we’ll be speaking too, in the midst of handing out a plethora of prizes. Found out more:

How to be a Rockstar in your own backyard
We will talk about developing win-win Creative Marketing Events with local businesses to raise the level of awareness in your own community about who you are and what you have to offer. We will cover marketing, sales, pre-visualization, and the important stuff in-between. Learn how to effectively understand your clients’ needs and deliver products and services that your clients’ can’t live without. Come and join us as we talk about some fun and innovative ways to market to clients that will translate into the bottom line for your business — new clients.

7pm – 9pm: Then we go straight from our Platform to a really fun Panel Discussion at the Grand Garden Arena:
Women in Contemporary Photography. We will be joined by some other AMAZING women photographers including Sarah Petty, Catherine Hall, Kay Eskridge, Lindsay Adler, Dawn Shields, Jessica Claire, and Jasmine Star. We’ll be discussing ideas and philosophies of how we’ve made things work in this competitive field.

And Tuesday doesn’t end there!

9pm Nikon party with Junebug weddings! We’ll stop by before heading out to the final resting place…

9pm. to whenever! After all that, you can find us rocking out at Pictage’s Signature Event, Studio 54 It’s Big, It’s Bold, and It’s BACK. Get More at Studio 54.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

11a.m. You can find us at the KODAK booth along with Kenny Kim

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24

9am. We are thrilled to do a another performance for the fabulous Photo Ignite with Kevin Kubota. We’ll be joined by some pretty groovy people, including Scott Bourne, Becker, Jasmine Star, Jed & Vicki Taufer, and some new names that you will not want to miss!

We’ll add more as more comes in, but for now, we hope to see you there, and can’t wait for next week!

Joy & Jules

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1. Don’t try to do everything.  You'll hear this a lot from many people who have been there, but seriously – DON'T try to see everything.  You can't.  It's too big, and you'll end up robbing yourself of the benefit of what you DO take in.  Be picky about where you spend your time.  You'll get the most benefit if you're intentional about hearing the topics that are most relevant to you – even if they're not being presented by the biggest rock-stars.

2. Walk the Trade Show floor twice.  The first time, just walk through and soak it in.  If it's your first time, there's no question – it will be overwhelming.  I remember the first time I went, and literally stood in the middle of the trade show floor and teared up.  Not because I was upset, but because for the first time – I was surrounded by people that "get me."  

I was surrounded by all the tools and products I could use to grow my business, and it was awe-inspiring in many ways.  So, I just walked around.  I browsed through every aisle – just so I had an idea of what was there.  I didn't stop to talk, and wasn't worried about finding anything.  I just walked through the floor and took it all in.  I recommend you do the same if it's your first time.  There will be time later to stop and have conversations.  There will be time to buy things for your business, or sign up for new services.  

That's what the second walk is for.  This is when you block off time, and go back to the vendors that you think can help your business.  

3. Set up a WPPI only email address You'll thank me later.  Every time your badge gets scanned for some kind of giveaway, or every form you fill out, you can guarantee will end up with some emails in your inbox.  If you're like me, you're not really looking for more emails to manage, so I suggest creating a free gmail email account that you can use just for vendors at WPPI.

4. Sign up for Twitter.  And download a an app so you can use it on your phone.  Becker has a great video about using twitter at WPPI on www.thebschoolblog.com  Twitter is how you find out about all the "extra" things happening at WPPI.   All the meet-ups, get-togethers, lunches, dinners, parties, and the conversations that result, are AT LEAST AS valuable as the planned programming.  There's really only one way of having a prayer at following what's happening, and that's Twitter. 

5. Give yourself time to yourself. Even the most ravenous extroverts (like me), need some time to decompress.  Even those of us who THRIVE on being around people, have to take a little time to process what's happening.  If you're going to invest in your business by listening to speakers, engaging with your peers, and navigating the incredible maze of the trade show floor – commit to giving yourself some time to just filter everything that's happening.

So often people get charged up at WPPI.  They learn, discover, engage, and walk away inspired to do more for their photography and their business.  Then they get home, and very little – if anything – actually changes.  So be proactive about allowing yourself to process the experience.  Maybe you just take some time and eat breakfast by yourself one morning, or sit in your room and journal for a half hour.  Just do something.

6. The good stuff isn’t on the program.  There are incredible speakers at WPPI (I highly recommend my good friends Andrew and Jackie from Canfield Jenkins – especially if you shoot kids or seniors).  There are super talented people sharing their wisdom, art, and talent with all of us.  There are incredible opportunities to hear them speak – but in reality, that's such a small fraction of the REAL value of an event like this.  

If you ask anyone who has been to WPPI in the past, they'll tell you the same thing – the REAL value is in the relationships.  It's in the conversations.  It's in the early morning coffees, or late evening drinks with your peers.  It's in the new friends you make, and the old friends you reconnect with.  This is where the real value comes from.  So commit to stepping out of your comfort zone and engaging with the people around you.  This is your industry – these are your peers – and there is so much we can teach each other.

7. What else would you add? Share it with us in the comments section below!

Design has the power to change the direction of businesses, provide fuel for economies and even change lives. Provocative thinkers from a wide range of disciplines will inspire and reinvigorate at this year’s “Gain: AIGA Design and Business” conference, which will focus on the theme “Design (Re)Invents.” It takes place October 14-16, 2010, in New York City.

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~How many times have you attended WPPI?
~What were you looking MOST forward to?
~What was your favorite experience?
~Who was your favorite speaker ( master class, platform class or otherwise)
~What did you buy from the tradeshow?
~What do you think made the biggest impact?
~What will you do different next year?

I will start by sharing My blog post on it, which you can read here
But here is my cliff notes version
This was my 3rd time at WPPI
I was looking MOST forward to my master classes this year, as it was the first time I took them.
My favorite was actually organizing the photshoots that I put together and the Victor Sizemore shoot ( even though I froze)
Cliff Mautner was my favorite on flash.  He is a Nikon shooter so it was easier to understand what he explained
I bought the Nikon 50 1.4 G
For me the biggest impact was just being a more confident person and being able to network with people.   The PIF party and how wonderfully it all came together and honestly some things I learned about myself
Next year I will not plan SO much in such a short amount of time. I will try to get to more events and meet more people.  I can tell you this much… next years shoot I put together is going to be BIGGER and BETTER!   

~Emma

Share and Enjoy:

We started Photographers Ignite as a way to share and inspire among photographers. It’s not profit driven, and is made possible from very generous supporters and proponents of education and community among photographers. Keep tabs on the Photographers Ignite site, we’ll be hosting more of these events in major cities throughout the year. Be there, you won’t regret it!

check out all these great speakers!

Ace Cuervo  
Amy Parrish 
The Becker 
Carolyn Wells 
Craig Strong 
David Jay
Doug Gordon 
Gustavo Fernandez 
Jed Taufer 
Jerry Ghionis 
Jessica Claire
Jules Bianchi and Joy Bianchi Brown
Katie Trujillo 
Kevin Kubota 
Khara Plicanic 
Mike Steelman 
Riz Crescini
Sarah Petty 
Scott Bourne 
Vicki Taufer 

Enjoy the videos and tell your friends too!

PhotographersIgnite.com

We’d love to say hi, so come and find us!!  WPPI is a great time to get to know other photographers and get some inspiration for what you are doing.

We really believe in the power of networking, and would love to meet you.

Monday, March 8

2pm Pictage Booth 433:  Jules will be talking about how she uses Pictage in a powerful way to make her business a productive machine.

Tuesday, March 9:

3m  Jules will be talking about “Ten Tips for 2010″ as well as how she processes her images using Kubota Image Tools to make every image stand out! She’ll be at the Kubota Image Tools Booth 1719

10pm Becker’s B School party

11pm Pictage’s Studio 54 make sure to get your tickets at the Pictage booth before they run out.

Wedensday, March 10:

12pm Livebooks Booth 217  Jules will be hanging out at the Livebooks lounge

2pm Women’s Panel at the Pictage Booth 433

Thursday, March 11:

9am Photo Ignite Presention! Crazy fast presentations on a variety of subjects!  20 amazing photographers have only FIVE minutes to tell you something inspirational, educational, funny, or whatever they want… but you won’t want to miss this!

This is the class description from PMA:

This session is an in-depth examination of setting up and implementing a professional imaging workflow with Adobe® Lightroom® to speed up image processing and management. The class will work with a variety of images (from import to output) that illustrate a wide variety of imaging challenges. The session will also address essential DAM (digital asset management) issues, including automating backup, managing redundancy, and intelligent expansion strategies. You may share access to an imaging workstation (up to two per workstation). Each class has 20 spots available for attendees who want to use their own laptop; choose the session number beginning with LAP. We’ll email you all the details ahead of time.



Planning is well underway for PartnerCon 2010!

Save the date: November 16-18, 2010

New Orleans, Louisiana

Corey Ann is a wedding & lifestyle photographer from North Canton, OH. She is a mix of everything – fashionista, travel guru, deal hound and geek rolled into one. She's had a website online since 1997 and a blog since 1999. When not plotting world domination or her next trip, she can be found reading one of the 100+ books she reads a year. Follow her on Twitter.

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