The Secret Workshop

This little piggie....won you a B&H GIFTCARD!!!

Enter to win our spring photo contest now!  Send us your favorite picture of FEET (or foot I suppose...we aren't picky) to thesecretcontest@gmail.com by April 28th for a chance to win a $100 giftcard at one of my favorite places to shop online, B&H. 

If it were me and someone enabled me I won a giftcard, I would put it towards THIS. I've had some serious lens envy there for a while now.

Sidebar:  I get emails from people every day asking me if I have moved to Texas yet.  Sadly, no one wants to purchase our cute, little house in the-middle-of-nowhere, North Carolina at this time, or we would already be there.  Rest assured, I will be an Austin photographer before the END OF TIME!!!  But for now, I will just look at the for sale sign every day in my front yard and pray.  Loudly.

Later this week:  An interview with our special guest for Austin's workshop! 

Blog Maintenance.

I am working on the blog today...trying to make it easier to navigate and search.  I apologize for any issues you may have loading today. 

So, on a fun note....how about a new blog contest???  Yes, I think that sounds fun.

....and the winner....

Aspen Burke!!!  Congratulations Aspen! Aspen wins our New Year's resolution blog contest.  Her winning entry wins her a FREE WEBSITE (yay!!!!!) from the generous folks at Bludomain.  Blu is one of our most generous sponsors and we are so grateful for their support of The Secret.  Please email thesecretworkshop@gmail.com to claim your prize.

(Just so you know Aspen, my New Year's resolution is the same as yours.  Note to self:  renew subscription to Martha Stewart STAT!)

Stay tuned for more contests by my fabulous new assistant, Isabel.  Have I mentioned that I love her?!?!??!  She's the BEST!

Orlando...you'll be getting itineraries shortly.  San Diego...we are set, right?  San Fran...hotel info should be ready Monday.  Flint...open for registrations.  Phoenix...working on the venues.  Austin...info next week!  Whew.  I think that's everything!!!!  Have a great weekend

Yes, there are MORE

These secret ladies are creative I tell you...here are even more...see why our job is so hard? Here are some more favorites..

If This Doesn't Motivate You...

Get ready to laugh and cry, be inspired, and get motivated yourself. (Am I a bit dramatic or what?) But honestly, these contest entries are great...we just can't decide. But don't worry, we will. in the meantime feast your eyes on these awesome entries...

Happy New Year and other Ramblings!

Happy New Year Everyone!
Today I sent out hotel info to all Orlando attendee's. Please email if you haven't received it. Also an email went out to EVERYONE letting them know how to register for the secret forums and also about our exciting new contest which ends tonight. It's a fabulous prize so please play along :)
The [secret] contest :
Send a web-sized image of yourself holding  a sign with your New Year Resolution for 2008.
Deadline is midnight January 1, 2008.
Send entries to Isabel@thesecretphotographyworkshop.com
Entries will be posted and winner announced tomorrow and you'll get to find out both mine and Cheryl's resolutions as well!

Life is in the details.

Wanna see what I look like?  Would you like to know what I want for Christmas?  Interested in winning a free seat in Sausalito?  Click HERE. <---fixed the link!

Ok...now workshop details.

Guest speakers.  I just want to make sure that everyone understands exactly who is going to be at which workshops.  Orlando is a studio+natural light workshop and the guests there are Jodie Otte and Amy Smith.  BOTH California workshops will be me (of course) and my special guest for BOTH is Barb "Jinky" Uil.  The California workshops are natural light only.  We WILL be covering shooting newborns in natural light as well, for those of you wondering about that.

Orlando.  We do have just a couple of spots left for Orlando.  Email me if you wish to register.  There was a miscommunication with the hotel for the room block and just as soon as I can get that straightened out (hopefully today) I will let you all know the deal there!

San Diego.  Also almost sold out.  We only have a few seats left and we'll be closing this city as well.  Hotel information for San Diego will be coming very soon.  I should be getting at least some rate information secured by the end of the day today.

Sausalito.  Is now open for registration!  There is a CONTEST to WIN A FREE SEAT at the Sausalito workshop now accepting entries on the Blu blog.   See link above.

Secret Winner Revealed.

I couldn't believe the overwhelming response to our Secret Contest.  I received many, MANY lovely photos and it was very difficult for the panel to choose.  I am pleased to announce our winner, the very talented Sarah Dobbins.  Sarah captured my life pretty much in a nutshell HER secret -- that her husband does everything while she plays works with her photography stuff.   Unless of course she has four husbands....which I suppose would be an even bigger secret.  Either way, Sarah's creative entry is our winner.  For her winning entry, Sarah will receive $500 off her seat in Orlando. 

I'm also adding some of my personal favorite entries and ones that made me giggle.  We've got the secret Harry Potter lover, the secret trashy magazine lover, the woman with the secret beauty tricks, the secretly pregnant woman and a secret sugar addict!!

Our winning entry....

and some others that I resemble giggled at or that I just loved.

Win $500 off your Florida seat.

Win $500 off your seat in Florida!   Enter our photo contest.  Send in your photograph showing me your secret!  (Remember, nothing you don't *really* want others to know please)

I have received an overwhelming number of entries so far and some of them actually made me laugh out loud.  Please send your low res picture to thesecretcontest@gmail.com between now and September 15th at Midnight EST.  You've got TWO DAYS LEFT!!!  The top five entries will have their secrets exposed to the world!! be posted on the blog and the winner will be emailed.

For those who have asked, here is a group shot of all of the beautiful people who attended our Greensboro workshop in August.  What an amazingly talented group of photographers we had. 

July and August attendees...please send in your images as soon as possible.