Jennifer and Frances Pappas put on a great workshop! Their little olive-painted salon/photo-studio was perfect with Marilyn Monroe prints religiously placed strategically around the rooms. They had great Greek food across the street where the owners hugged you when you came in! This life is so different from my own! It is almost right out of an Indie film. I loved it! Einstein Bagel breakfast and we were good to get out and shoot!

First stop: Vizcaya Museum! What a great place!! I had made it a goal to shoot there and Jennifer made it a reality. With its expansive gardens combining elements of Renaissance Italian and French designs, we had enough to shoot for many hours.

Next stop: Down Town Fort Lauderdale Urban Style!

We even shot on the last night of the workshop with a 3rd model, video light style. We were invited into a very high-end restaurant by the owner who was watching us do are thing across the street from him. We wondered around looking for cool nooks and funky light to play with!

I have a new and wonderful respect for shooting in tall parking garages. What fun!

Thanks everyone for coming! Thanks Jennifer and Frances for a fun workshop!

Here are some of my favorite shots from many of the photographers at the workshop.

Phillip and his family were such great hosts! Not only did Phillip help out with the workshop, his family warmly welcomed me in there great home. They have a funny little shaggy dog that would have loved to take the workshop! He was everywhere! Phillip’s son, Kenny introduced me to the world of high-level Legos! I had no idea that little plastic colored pieces could ignite such a passion in a kid! I ordered 85 1.2 Lego lens from him. I hope to receive it soon! Phillips daughter Khiani had a novel-style school life full of intrigue! You could make a movie from it! The fascinating story came out during a dinning out with the family at The Macaroni Grill. She had more fun telling the 'story' than eating and I had more fun pretending to understand while chewing pasta.

The workshop was amazing! We shot at Fort De Soto Park. Kind of a WWII bunker with big guns and ammunition silos. Way cool and different! We had the ocean next door but only shot under and around a pier. Beach shots are kind of boring!

We shot late into the night at Centro Ybor City. We took a fresh look at a place where many of the photographers had shot before. It was all, light and lines and shadow-play! I brought out the video light and we got after when the sun went down.

Thanks everyone for making this a fantastic workshop!

Here are some of my favorite shots from many of the photographers at the workshop.