{shortbread symposium II}

our {shortbread symposium II} was another success! a big "thank you" to all of the new, and returning attendees, and our models. unfortunately, as i was trying to delete just a few old images from my camera, i managed to accidentally delete most of the symposium pictures instead. oops!! i did salvage a few images of our models though.






here are a few images taken by a couple of our attendees. way to go girls! check out their blogs: http://nanasplace2007.blogspot.com/ http://thelawsonlingo.blogspot.com/.

if you have any pictures that you would like posted on the blog, let us know. and stay tuned for our next {half-baked} challenge!

{the next challenge}

check out donna's neighbor! way to go, lady! hope you don't mind...we played around with the color and crop in the second image...what a fabulous capture!

because of our hectic schedules over the past few weeks, we've decided to hold off on the may challenge. we'll invite the attendees of shortbread 2 to get involved with our next one...sometime in early june.

the next symposium is scheduled for the 17th of may in blountstown...help us spread the word!

we got this nice email from mr. hall last week and wanted to share...the pictures he's referring to are posted below.

"Like you didn't already know.....At the shortbread symposium, my favorite picture was one of a LP Gas live fire training. We talked about settings other than "automatic" that would work better in the low light. Last night I used what you taught me and the pics came out great!!! I know I've overloaded you with pictures over the last few weeks, but you should know, you make a difference in the way I make pictures. Thanks!!!"

and then check out some recent shots taken by chaille:

{updates! lots of them!}

Check out what Ben Hall has been up to since the first symposium! Thanks for sharing all the photos Ben!



The two entries for the contest are here:

Bathing Dog submitted by Ben Hall
Feather Duster submitted by Chaille Eikland

We just realized that we didn't post the winner here before May 1st...and we just realized that Hilary made a typo in the previous post! March 1st wasn't the announcement date...May 1st was. And now it's May 2nd! The winner was notified before the 1st, though...does that count for being on top of things?

And the winner is......drum roll....... BEN! Congratulations Ben! He wins an 11x14 print, taken by him, enhanced by evy & grace photography...mounted on styrene and ready to frame. Way to go!

The next syposium is set for May 17th. Final details will be posted this weekend! Help us spread the word.