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.