Rachael Herrscher and Jyl Pattee are my idols.
Seriously. I would bow down and worship them, but I don’t because the truth is, I’m just not around them that often, and now that I’m 43, my back is not as flexible as it once was.
But these two are so sharp they should come with a warning. And they are so smart that I would do whatever they said. And so I was honored when they asked if I’d photograph this year’s Evo Conference.
There’s lots of blogging conferences with varying degrees of value, and the thing you should know about Evo is that it’s as good as it gets. Rachael and Jyl aren’t messing around. They bring in the big guns for both speakers and sponsors and pack those three days with great content and good times.
Speaking of good content, I not only photographed the conference, I also presented a workshop on beginning photography. You know, f-stops, shutter speeds, and all that junk.
And I didn’t photograph the convention alone. I brought along my friend and colleague, Trevor Christensen. He, in turn, brought along his fabulous hair. We had a good time and got great pictures and we even had a few laughs. I like to laugh. And I like to take great pictures. And I like to include my friends in jobs I do. So I was happy to have Trevor come along. I also got to include my friend Ashley Thalman. She didn’t shoot the convention, but rather, one of the Evo sponsors, Kudos, wanted a photographer in their suite to give attendees free headshots. I hired Ashley to do the job, and all three days, word kept getting back to me about how fun she was and how excited everyone was with the headshots she provided. Thanks, Ashley, for making me look good.
Here are some photographs I took over the three days of the conference
The Evo team
Attendees of my beginning photography workshop.
Bloggers love computers
Oh, it's so great to see you again. Oh, hi, I love your shoes.
Super-star Jenny Lawson - aka, the Blogess
Sponsor Southwest's suite
Registration for Evo
99% of Evo attendees are female. This is a picture of two dudes. Rare.
Evo attendees sometimes wear orange sweaters. Or whatever the crap they want.
I hear the ladies really dug this guy. What do you think?
Jyl and Rachael
I love Alison - petitelefant.com
Cheers, yo
Lots of people follow Celia on Twitter. You can too. @Cecilyk
Wordpress was one of the sponsors
Food photographer, Helene (she's French!)
Going to Evo makes you happy
I rode down the Alpine Slide wearing dress shoes
There is some levity that goes on at these things.
A lecture on how to make and sell handmade crafts. Just kidding. About internal cross linking.
As if you didn't already know, The Canyons in Park City is gorgeous. I want to live there.
Well honestly, who wouldn't want to kiss www.jennyonthespot.com
The keynote speaker - www.merakoh.com
Yep. She's just as pleasant as everyone says.
whiteonricecouple.com
We talked about underwear
Pam Baumeister and some sweet lady she just barely met. See how friendly everyone is at this thing?
Trevor wanted to talk to this girl. He finally did on day three.
Goodnight everybody!
A little bit extra and some behind the scenes info can be found here.
And if you went to Evo and are interested in using any of my pictures or Trevor’s pictures, they can all be downloaded here.
