Time to give back. My cousin Esther married a Prince of a tribe from Cameroon. Cameroon is one of the many countries in need of clean drinking wanter. So this auction is a perfect place for me to give back. My auction will be 1.5 hours of One on One mentorship at WPPI and free seat in my next San Francisco Workshop. Dates TBD. Seat, valued at $2000.00.

The Mission: Our mission is to overcome death and disease resulting from the consumption of contaminated water by providing safe, clean drinking water to those in need around the world.

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Thirst Relief International has partnered with ShootQ to provide clean drinking water to communities around the world.

Did you know that every 15 seconds someone dies of a waterborne illness? That’s 5760 people every day! Photographers can help in a unique way. Check out Thirst Relief’s Mentor Auction TONIGHT and bid on a mentoring session with your favorite photographer!

Bidding starts at 10PM EST (7PM PST) tonight on Thirst Relief Mentor Auctions! Check out the auctions at http://thirstrelief.shootq.com!

By tapping into the talent and generosity of the wedding industry, Thirst Relief raises funds and expands their impact around the world.

Many of the photographers participating in the auction are sweetening the deal by including a free lunch, workshop seats, and more if you win their auction.

ShootQ is proud to be associated with ThirstRelief. Happy Bidding, and Happy ShootQing!

Sincerely,
The Team at ShootQ

Happy Bidding.

If your looking for a hot new workshop in the video world. Well, I’ve got the workshop for you. Lan and Vu Bui, THe Bui brothers are putting on a workshop. Here’s the details.

Workshop
Our next workshop is in Las Vegas during WPPI 2009!!!

We will be having the workshop in a hotel suite (exact room # TBD) on Saturday, February 14th from 1pm untill 7pm. Space is EXTREMELY limited as we wish to keep this workshop small and personal.

Here’s a list of things we’ll cover:

- technical details of videoblogging… straight up how to shoot, capture, edit, encode, post and distribute web video
- social media and the implications of putting yourself out there
- connecting with your audience
- storytelling through video - it’s about you!
- the power of music
- what not to do on the internets

Video blogging workshop - $600 -

coupon code “geneWPPI2009″ get $200 off.

Click here to visit The Bui Brothers website!

This post comes to you from the Charlotte, North Carolina airport. I have some down time before catching my next flight into Puerto Rico. Yes, I am already traveling for 2 weddings and speaking at Imaging USA, for 2009. On the plane and out of my luggage for the next two weeks. Crazy, I had to pack for warm and freezing weather this time. I barley had time to get rest when I returned home from Los Angeles.

As the year came to an end I wanted to thank all of my clients with a blog post and do a little recap. 2008 I did 48 weddings, 2 workshops and traveled for 8 of those weddings. Ann shot all of the destination weddings and she took me to a couple of hers. We moved out of the studio in Cow Hollow and into loft spaces. I think Ann misses thew studio. but, we had to move into bigger spaces for shooting and what not. Plus change is good. They say if you are comfortable, your not growing. The year went too fast and Tanya did a great job keeping up with all of the production. We have a couple of more pressing items to finish and we plan on getting those out the door by next week.

2009 will be my 13th year in the wedding industry. Looking forward to Speaking at WPPI in February. Launching both my gallery and workshops website. I think the workshops are what I am most excited about. It’s a passion of mine to teach and help others achieve their dreams. I have one other website that I am working. It’s going to rock!!! No hints yet, but trust me this one is going to be huge. I have been wanting to do this site for some time now and I am finally going to make the time to do it. All I can say is all of my industry friends will benefit from this. It’s time for me to give back.

Below are a set of images we have been creating throughout the year. I love taking pictures with my clients. Some jumping some, casual, but mainly fun. I love all of my clients. Some of us have become friends. Going to football games, brainstorming new business ideas and mostly just good times. Thanks everyone for allowing me to be part of your day and to be able to create those first family portraits for you all. I hope to see you all in the future and I wish all of you the best of the best.

Namaste ~