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Mar 01 2010

{The May Workshop is LIVE | Seattle Wedding Photographer}

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Hey all photographer friends, the registration for both the Seattle workshop and Hawaii workshop is now live! You can find links to get information and register for either one here:

Seattle Workshop May 8, 2010 from 9am-7pm

Hawaii Workshop May 12, 2010 from 5pm-10pm

These are BOTH going to be very awesome workshops and I can’t wait for either one! If you have any questions please let me know!

Let’s see what else can I blab about? OH! I know, I can talk about the fact that I’ve been consumed with the movies Toy Story and Toy Story 2 for the past month. Any of you out there that has a 2 or 3 year old will understand my pain! I have had 3 at that age. The first was obsessed with Blue’s Clues. We still had video tapes then so it was watch rewind, watch rewind…..you get the idea. Don’t hate on me, because that’s ALL he would watch. And since I had another newborn at the time, I needed my quiet time!

The second childs obsession was Dora the Explorer. HEY! Even boys can like Dora! I think I still know every single Dora song AND when we would drive by the water in my area, or out to the coast, I was an expert at calling the humped back whales (A OOOOO, A OOOO). Don’t laugh. I seriously was THE BOMB whale caller!

Well now my youngest is 2 1/2 and he loves Toy Story. I don’t even know how it came about. But it’s odd that I bought a set of Toy Story dolls from The Disney Store almost 6 years ago and none of my first two children cared about them at all. There was Buzz Lightyear, Woody of course, Jesse, and Bullseye the horse. They moved from one childs room to the next and sat in a bin until Kasen finally realized that his toys up in his room looked like the DVD cover of a movie we had. AAAAANNNNND the movie hasn’t stopped playing since. It really is quite cute. I find him singing ♫♪♫ You got a friend in me ♫♪♫ you got a friend in me♫♪♫……

Or sometimes I’m busy folding clothes and suddenly a little body appears out of nowhere, slowly walking up to me saying in his best zombie voice…. “Your toys see EVERYTHING” over and over. I do have to admit I laugh out loud. And now after that little ramble I shall sign off with the song You Got A Friend In ME stuck in my head! Happy Monday! Can’t wait to see a ton of you at WPPI, and seriously get in on this workshop, we have so much fun!!!!

Here’s a quick shot from a session I had this weekend more to come soon from this fun family and their dog!

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March 2, 2010 - 4:48 PM

Kia Gregory - Woe! Look at you leaving the country to do workshops! Wait, Hawaii is still in the US! Ha! You are doing some awesome things, Katie! Bravo! And love the funny little sneak with the pup. It belongs on a greeting card!

Feb 26 2010

{WPPI- The Schedule | Seattle Wedding Photographer}

Posted in Events, General Information, Personal

WHOA! What? What is that you say? THREE blog posts right in a row? I told you I was back with a vengence! I thought I’d talk a little about WPPI. Remember a few days ago when I said that 3 years ago I was living vicariously through other photographers I looked up to and followed, on their trips to WPPI? Ever since I saw a video that Chris [b]ecker did, interviewing people at WPPI a few years ago, I’ve dreamed of going. For those of you who don’t know WPPI stands for Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. It’s THE biggest trade show and convention of photographers in the world. Every year for a week in Las Vegas, photographers flood the city. There’s classes on just about ANYTHING and everything you could think of, parties with lots of giveaways, impromptu photo sessions set up and just amazing networking and connecting with other photographers goes on.

This will be my first year going and I don’t think I can GET anymore excited! A friend and I were chatting last night and we were both saying that we were like young school girls again, all giddy with excitement! There’s TONS of things that I can’t stop thinking about- my first trip to Las Vegas, my very first trip away with my husband in the almost 12 years that we’ve been married (EVER!), all the products I get to actually touch and see at the trade show, all of the photographers that I adore in practically the same place for me to socialize with….I could go on and on and on. But one of the MOST exciting things for me about this trip is to be able to actually meet face to face with so many photographers that I’ve befriended or who have befriended me online! What an amazing opportunity to connect with friends that I’ve been conversing with for almost 3 years on different forums, etc…..some from half way around the world! SO exciting for me!

I thought I’d post my schedule for WPPI, so hopefully I’ll get to connect with anyone else who is going to be out there and at the same events. There is literally SO much stuff going on that it was hard to pick and choose what I wanted to do, but since my awesome husband will be with me (this is my birthday present from January!!!) there’s stuff that we’re doing together that doesn’t have anything to do with the convention! If you follow my blog and you’re going to be at WPPI, leave me a comment on where you’d like to meet up! I’d LOVE to meet you!

My WPPI Schedule

Sunday March 7:

Arrive in Las Vegas around 10pm, hang out and get settled

Monday March 8:

Trade show in the a.m. whenever we get up
1pm-4pm SHOOTSAC booth! Come say hi and check out the new covers and the new hip slip!
6:30-8:30 Jasmine Stars Platform Class
8:30-9:30 WPPI Pool Party
10:00 Super Secret [b]school night shoot! Can’t wait!

Tuesday March 9: This is going to be ONE busy day!

Probably more trade show in the morning
2:30-6:30 Victor Sizemores desert shoot (Seriously SO excited for this and all the people I “know” going!!!
10pm I’ll be stopping by the PIF (Pay It Forward) Party to say hi to my friend Emma who is running the party!!!
11pm-1am THE [b]school PARTY!!!! I’ve been looking forward to this ALL year and THE main event I wanted to attend- yes yes I’m geeky like that!

Wednesday March 10:

Today is a free day with Nate, we plan on going shopping, going to the SPA for a couples massage and just hanging out and having fun. Maybe we’ll see you around?
6pm we’ll be going to the Tournament of Kings show at the Excalibur, it’s supposed to be pretty cool!
10:30pm Show with Nate at the Stratosphere (DATE NIGHT!)

Thursday March 11:

9am-11am Photographers Ignite! This is it friends, we’ll see if all my memorizing pays off and spend 2 hours hearing from other fabulous photographers via 5 minute presentations! I can’t wait!!!
After the presentation we’ll be heading back home to Seattle!

So there you have it…..that’s my schedule. OH! Some of the booths DEFINITELY on my list to check out at the trade show are:

Shootsac, Tave, Vision Art Book, Dream Albums, WHCC, Miller’s, Mpix Pro, GNP Frame, Kimbra Studios, Totally Rad Actions, ProDPI, Hill & Usher, Triple Scoop Music, Canon, Zenfolio, Moo, Album Exposure, ProSelect, Go BEE Bags, ProPhoto, Photobiz, The Photographers Toolkit, Drop It Modern, Not So Perfect Tins, Simply Canvas, Rice Studio Supply, The Knot, Borrowlenses.com and I’m sure many many others. These are the vendors though I want to talk to and get to know products better because most of them above I use in some form or another.

Well that’s about it. I hope to meet and connect with as many people as I can!!! If anything changes, I’ll update it here. I’m looking at a few other shoots, but have to see. Happy Friday!!! Oh, and one last image from the Portland shoot….

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by Katie

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March 1, 2010 - 5:12 PM

Lindsay - You’ll do awesome! So excited to have you as an “Igniter!”

March 1, 2010 - 5:12 PM

Lindsay - You’ll do awesome! So excited to have you as an “Igniter!”

March 1, 2010 - 5:12 PM

Lindsay - You’ll do awesome! So excited to have you as an “Igniter!”

March 1, 2010 - 4:20 PM

Jared - We’ll see you there!

February 27, 2010 - 12:30 AM

johnna brynn - WOOOOHOOOOO!!!! I am even MORE excited (somehow) after reading this! YOU ROCK so hard core! I need to get a fancy schedule and a vendor’s list i want to visit! But i have to be honest, when I got down to Thursday March 11th… i became sad already… thinking that this glorious occasion will have to end. BUT i am SO excited to meet your face and squeeze your neck, Mrs. Katie Trujillo!!!!!!

February 26, 2010 - 6:31 PM

Emma - Yeah!!! Coming to visit me!!!

I have to miss the Photographers Ignite presentation.. ticket drama.. schedules.. didnt work out. But you are gonna be awesome! Cant wait for the Tuesday shoot! How exciting!

Feb 26 2010

{Workshop Update | Seattle Wedding Photographer}

Posted in Star Shooter, Workshop

Ok as promised another blog for today. I thought this one deserved it’s own blog as it’s ALL about the Out Of The Box Workshop! The first workshop that happened at the beginning of February was a complete success. We had great attendees, great models, and just great information shared on all accounts. If you’d like to read some of the reviews coming out of this workshop please check them out —HERE—

The registration for the May workshop is about to open up, but I’ve also added another date for the workshop and it will be held in Hawaii! Honolulu to be exact. So here’s the lowdown on each one:

May 8, 2010:

Seattle workshop. It will be all day like the last one with a focus on business and then a live afternoon shoot with models for portfolio building and learning. Full details of the Seattle workshop can be found HERE. Registration will open very soon, and if you’ve been on the waiting list then an early bird e-mail will be sent out THIS week with a very special offer!

May 12, 2010:

I’m so excited to be announcing that the Out Of The Box Workshop will be traveling to Hawaii!!! If you live in Hawaii and have been looking for a great business workshop that will inspire you as well as help your business to grow then this is the workshop for you! This will be held in Honolulu and will be from 5pm-10pm. Details on this workshop can be found HERE. Again Registration will open very soon on this workshop too.

and lastly I’ll be working on another VERY special workshop towards the end of May. This will be a Star Shooter workshop, and I’d LOVE to have participation from as many photographers as would like to help out. This is an amazing program and I’m so excited to be bringing Seattle the very first Star Shooter workshop! Stay tuned to this blog for more information coming out about this workshop!

So there you have it…..I’m sure at the end of May I’m going to be workshopped out!!!! Please e-mail me if you have any questions….and here’s another image from Sunday’s lighting shoot!

Posted in Star Shooter, Workshop

by Katie

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February 27, 2010 - 1:57 PM

Shannon Morgan Photography - Hey Katie,

I would love to help out in any way I can for the Star Shooter Workshop. Let me know if you are still looking for people! Have a blast in vegas!!

February 27, 2010 - 1:56 PM

Shannon Morgan Photography - Hey Katie, I would love to help with the Star Shooter Workshop if you are still looking for help!! Let me know, i am SO excited for your trip to vegas, can’t wait to hear all about it !

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