As reported by Karen:

“Thanks to all the participants who made our Austin, TX seminar with Neil van Niekerk and Walter van Dusen a success!  We really enjoyed our time in Austin and are looking forward to coming back with other events!” 

We’ve had some great feedback from the workshop:

I wanted to thank you all for an awesome seminar, it exceeded my expectations 100 fold and I really enjoyed it. The extra time you took to answer my questions and cover the topics is really appreciated. Anytime you come guys come to Austin let me know, I’d love to provide hospitality and return the value. Cutting out of work for the day was so worth it, the day was an incredible value and mentoring.
- Eric Glover

Joriana was one of the attendees at the recent workshop on flash photography that I held in Strerling, VA - and she was gracious enough to stand in as a model for us during the practical parts of the workshop.  The workshop appears to have been a success judging by some of the response I’ve had after the workshop:

“It was great to meet you yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. I learned so much - I could have had an extra half day. I especially enjoyed towards the end of the session with the special lighting and effects. “

“Thank you for an AWESOME workshop! You are so patient and explain things so well. I will practice what I learned and hopefully improve my photography dramatically!”

Thank you to everyone who attended, and thank you to Mindy and Joriana Belcher for helping to arrange the workshop.

It is always nice to get good response after presenting a workshop or seminar, and know that it went well - but it is very gratifying to receive a note afterwards that the info presented at a seminar had a very real impact on a photographer’s work. So it was a real feel-good moment this morning when I received this from someone who attended the Minneapolis seminar on wedding photography:

Neil, I attended your workshop in MN and shot a mostly outdoor wedding this weekend (May 19) where the sun was strong, then cloudy. I applied your flash techniques  and have to say that without taking your workshop I would NOT, repeat NOT, have obtained the results that I achieved ….. the flash blended seamlessly, and had a 95% success ratio of keepers. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to your Virginia workshop. — Roger Shoemaker.

Thank you to everyone who attended the seminar and help make it a success. Thank you to my co-presenter, Walter van Dusen. And thank you to Karen Simmons of the PWP forums who hosted the event.

As reported by Karen on the PWP blog:

“A huge thanks to all the folks who made the Philadelphia seminar such a huge success. From the initial GTG on the Sunday night before, to the seminar itself on Monday, April 23rd, and a truly touristy trip up the Philadelpia Art Museum steps - it was a fantastic time. Thanks to everyone who participated!”

Over the next few months, I’ll be presenting seminars on wedding photography, alongside my friend and colleague, Walter van Dusen.  We’ll be visiting various locations under the auspices of the Professional Wedding Photographers Forum.

Walter’s program will cover marketing to the client with the use of a web site, printed PR packs and multi media presentation DVD slide shows. He will cover his entire wedding workflow, from start to finish.

I’ll discuss my lighting techniques and provide information on how I use flash in wedding situations, to give results which go beyond the ordinary.

Locations
Philadelphia, PA - April 23, 2007
Minneapolis, MN - May 15, 2007
Austin, TX - July 18, 2007