This past Monday was my 2010 Wedding Workshop #1 at the studio in Long Beach. It was really exciting meeting photographers from all over the map (Victorville, Chicago, and even Australia!) and talking about wedding photography.

We spent the morning talking about the various topics of starting and running a wedding photography business:

- Overview of wedding photography
- Equipment list and shooting/lighting tips
- The wedding package
- Defining your own style of photography
- Workflow
- Portrait session with Lightroom/Photoshop demo
- Showcasing your work
- Q/A session. Where to go from here?

Special thanks to Nathan Nowack and (just recently!!!) his fiance Allison for stopping by and “modeling” for us :). 30 minutes was simply not enough time for us to photograph these two love birds. I mainly focused on showing the workshop attendees how I interact with the bride and groom, how I go about posing them, and getting the shots I need (exposure, composition, and defining a certain style/look of photography). Thanks again Allison and Nathan, you guys totally rocked it…btw, congrats!

Here’s a few behind-the-scene shots I grabbed while demonstrating some things during the shoot:

We wrapped up the workshop with further discussion over lunch nearby. I really enjoyed sharing the info I’ve learned and experienced the past 2.5 years being in this amazing industry with the attendees, and really hope to do more workshops in the near future. To the attendees, thank you all for making the trip down to Long Beach this past Monday. If you’ve already blogged your own images, please let me know :). Here’s Jeremy Chou’s thoughts on the workshop.

Lastly, for photographers going to WPPI in Vegas next month, I hope you’ll join me on Thursday, 3/4 for the TTD Workshop I’m conducting at Red Rock Canyon and along The Strip. Thanks!