For quite some time I have had the fiery beast of jealousy whipping me because I do not live in Southern California. I am always reading on SoCal photographer’s blogs about the parties and lunches they are going to and what an amazing network of friends they have. I have wanted that for so long and finally someone kick me in the butt to do something about it, and that someone was Becker! He was doing one of his online chats for the [b]school and I had voiced my frustration about not having a strong network of friends and he told me to just take a chance and set a date and hold a meeting. So that is exactly what I did. I had a few people who turned me down and who ignored my emails but that is ok. We had a great group on monday who are now great friends!
Thank you so much ladies for letting me talk your ear off. I really loved hanging out with you and I can’t wait for our next meeting!!!
From Left to Right.
-That is of course me on the left!
-Melissa is the newest of newbies but she has an intense passion for photography that will make her successful in her business. She is moving back to Laredo, TX in a few months and we are so sad. We are going to try and get her a website asap!
-Courtney is also in the beginnings of her photography career but it doing great! She is moving back to Washington State on Saturday but we know she will do a great job up there. Her website is www.courtneybowlden.com and her blog is www.courtneybowlden.com/blog
-Stacy is just about the most adorble thing I have ever met and we are go glad she opened her beautiful home to us. She specializes in beautiful Baby and High School Senior Photography. You should check out her website at www.stacyberry.com
-Lauriann Wakefield is from Utah just like me which is totally random. She takes AMAZING baby phtoography. It is beyond crazy good! Be sure to visit her beautiful blogsite at www.littlestarlingphotography.com. You also need to check out her Etsy site here where she sells beautiful prints.
-Christy Penn has been doing photography for about 4 years and is a great wedding photographer. She also has an amazing dream job of being Scott Bourne’s travel assistant. Sign me up for that job!!! I was so excited that she was home long enough to come to our meeting since she is super busy! Her website is www.christypenn.com and her blog is www.christypenn.wordpress.com
I am so happy to have met all of these wonderful ladies and I hope we will have even more photographers join us for the next meeting. If you are interested in coming to our next meeting leave a comment below!
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Yea Tonya!!! You are AWESOME! Thank you for starting this group! YOU ARE JUST WHAT ROSWELL NEEDS!!! I love your Energy and SWEET Sharing Spirit! You remind remind me of my SoCal friends! I look forward to future networking! This was such a FUN night!
woot! woot!
It took me forever to fall asleep that night. My mind was all a buzz. To have a group that is just as obsessed with photography as me, is such a treat and exactly what I need.
I would have LOVED to be there!!! I hope you guys had a great time! Fill me in on what you talked about!
Thanks girls! It was a total blast! Shillawna I wish you would have been there too! We missed you!
Hey, Tonya! What a fabulous idea! We need to get together the next time you’re in ABQ, or if we make our way over to Roswell.
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