Sunday, February 8, 2009

Hair of the Dog

Firstly I have to say we woke up to hear the shocking news about the Hell Fires in Victoria. How devastating this is going to be - sounds like an incredible loss of lives, homes, properties etc etc...and that fact that it may be arson, is just beyond belief!!

Then this morning we headed off earkt to the AIPP Hair of the Dog Seminar/Workshop/Trade Show - probably one of the biggest seminars for the year!

First I saw Jackie Chan and his mottos are "Never say Never" and "Be Yourself". Jackie is probably the first photojournalistic (pj) photographer I have seen - and he's just so humble and down to earth.

George T from Melbourne had another interesting PJ style too. Not sure if it's my sort of style, but great that photographers do things differently!

Mercury M was excellent - such a character and he believes that everyone is beautiful. I'm going to book into his workshop that is in Brisbane in a couple of weeks - as I'm sure he's got lots to tell about running a professional photography business!

And lastly was Alan Moyle from Tassie (his nickname is Wombat) and he was amazing because he actually shoots Comedians - so he had some amazing stories to tell and also showed brilliant photos. Alan is very down to earth too.

Alan told us about Moo Cards (yes I have seen them before), but after seeing Alan's, I came home and ordered some from the UK. Hope they don't take too long.

All in all a long day, quite draining taking in everyone's amazing information, but totally worth it!!!

(And unfortunatley, no photos today)...

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