This past weekend, I attended my first photography workshop, and it will be a tough one to ever beat. I’ve followed BreAnne Weston on Instagram since 2016, and I’ve oohed and ahhed over all of her posts ever since. She has this incredible talent at capturing people’s connections and emotions, and I was dying to learn from the best of the best. Sydney and I wanted to attend one of her Finding Joy in Chaos workshops last year, but she was 9 months pregnant, so obviously it didn’t work out. When BreAnne announced her Arizona workshop, we set 10 alarms to make sure we didn’t miss a spot. I learned so, so much during the workshop – from posing queues to client readiness tips. I have three sessions next week and can’t wait to put what I’ve learned into practice. Also, BreAnne is coming to Houston at the end of this month to take family photos! So if you are in the area (or willing to travel), email her!
In between deep dive lessons, we did three photo sessions: one was in-home and the other two in the desert. The families were all so sweet and insanely cooperative – I can’t imagine what my kids would do with 16 photographers paparazzi-ing them! We got to watch BreAnne work her magic, then we all snapped away. The biggest challenge of the day was definitely getting the ‘right’ angle, given the large crowd, but I enjoying watching and learning more than actually photographing on Friday, and we were given opportunities to be at the front of the crowd to individually snap away.
Lastly, I would be remiss not to mention BreAnne’s assistant, Becca (whom I loved), and the other attendees at the workshop. These ladies came from all over – Mississippi, Utah, Arizona, California, Nebraska – and I had the best time sharing stories with them, laughing all the way. They are so incredibly talented and sweet. You can see some of their photos on the workshop hashtag here. My favorite of them all was my bestie, Sydney – very glad we got to experience this together! Below are some photos that were snapped during our three days in Arizona. I am itching to go back already!
A little behind the scenes shot that Sydney took!
