Oh this is going to be a post of epic proportions! Wondering about the title? Here’s one definition of a pressure cooker that particularly stood out:
Foods are cooked much faster by pressure cooking than by other methods, and with much less water used than boiling, so dishes can be ready sooner. Less energy is required than when boiling, steaming or oven cooking. Since less water is necessary, the foods come to cooking temperature faster.
I love wikipedia because there’s so much information on there. Sometimes I feel like my life is a pressure cooker, how about you? I often post on here about how fast I think life moves and my life doesn’t show any signs of slowing down soon! I remember when first starting my business, and reading some blogs that I follow. Some of the authors talked about life getting so crazy that they had neglected their blog. I didn’t think there would ever be a time that I’d seem so busy with things that I wouldn’t be able to blog! It seemed unfathomable…well fast forward 2 1/2 years later and it’s happening on a weekly basis to me. BUT NO MORE! I love to write, it’s an outlet for me, and as I’ve been examining other parts of my life, I’ve realized just how important it is to fill your life with the things that have meaning to you and that you love.
Rest assured I HAVE been busy behind the scenes working on a lot of things and I wanted to update and share about some of those things here on the blog! First off I’ve been working feverishly on my Ignite presentation for WPPI! If you follow me on Twitter, you saw I did the “craziest” thing the other night (insert blatant sarcasm here)…I DISCONNECTED from everything web related. I closed my e-mail program, I turned off Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and Microsoft Messenger…OH and Facebook Chat. I love connecting with people around the world answering questions, chatting about business, or just catching up with virtual friends, but I needed to CONCENTRATE
I had a deadline to submit my slides and I DID IT! Now I’m reciting over and over and over again. I think if I absolutely needed to, Nathan could recite my presentation for me!…..not that he EVER would in a million years. I think Nathan would probably rather have a root canal on 5 teeth at the same time than speak publicly. BUT at least he’s a sounding board for me…and in some weird sort of way, I feel better that he’ll be out there in the audience quietly reciting every word I say along with me.
Next I wanted to give a recap of the great bschool meet up we did in Seattle last weekend! I’ve been so excited about how the photography community has grown in this area over the past few years. People are coming together and HELPING each other out! We’re connecting and establishing relationships. It’s refreshing! So we had our first meet up at Studio 1000 inside Hotel 1000 in Downtown Seattle. We had 15 photographers come out that evening. Thanks to Emma from emmajane photography for helping secure such an awesome location for us to meet and for giving us a tour of the hotel. I SOOOOO want to do a shoot there. Can you say PERFECT Boudoir location? Any of you ladies out there wanting to do a tasteful shoot for your guy? Send me an e-mail and we can chat! And speaking of shoots, we will be planning a shoot for photographers in March, so if you are a photographer in the Seattle area and missed the first meet up, stay tuned here for the next one!
I also had the opportunity to go to Portland last Sunday to meet up with some more photographer friends I’ve made. I had asked Heather from Heather Jones Photography and Hal from Rosecity Photography to give me some pointers on off camera flash. I’ve been wanting to delve into OCF a little bit, and they were gracious enough to meet up with me and shoot and show me some tips! I learned a lot and can’t wait to go back to learn more!
GOSH! I have so much more to write about….I want to talk about the workshops coming up and my WPPI schedule, but I think I’m going to have to do TWO posts in one day! Here’s a hint….in May I’ll be hosting 3 workshops!!! One in Hawaii, one here in Seattle, and then another very special workshop where other photographers can help out too! This post is getting a little long so I’ll end with a shot I got from my day in Portland. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!
by Katie
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