Registration is open for the 2014 Savvy Workshop in Alys Beach!

The registration is open for the 2014 Savvy Workshop in Alys Beach!! To purchase your seat, click here. 

To read more about the workshop and the classes being taught, visit the Savvy Sisterhood Workshop Blog. It gives all the details you'll need to know!

Meet the speakers~

Laura Winslow ~ 

Laura Winslow Photography (website & Facebook page)

Kara May 

Kara May Photography

(website & Facebook Page)

Tamara Burross ~ 

From the Treetop Photography

(website & Facebook Page)

Kimmy Howard 

Kimmy Howard Photography (website & Facebook Page)

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Tap into your imaginative side and explore methods that will spark your ingenuity and help you release the art within. Join Tamara Burross as she demonstrates her creative process and artistic approach toward editing. She will share her extensive knowledge of action and texture application, as well as basic work flow tips to help you achieve beautiful results without compromising image integrity. 

 Images by Tamara Burross~ From the Treetop Photography

  Images by Tamara Burross~ From the Treetop Photography

  Images by Tamara Burross~ From the Treetop Photography

  Images by Tamara Burross~ From the Treetop Photography

 Images by Tamara Burross~ From the Treetop Photography

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Kimmy Howard will share all of her newborn "tricks" as well as teach on parent prep, lighting, workflow, and posing.  Her business of 4.5 years has been a success in the 3 states that she has lived in this short time & she will be sharing different tips to help grow a successful business & develop a faithful client base.

Images by Kimmy Howard

Kara May is going to work with models, hands-on, and show you how she guides her clients, making them comfortable enabling her to photograph natural, genuine emotions.  She’ll share tips and tricks on working with children and teens that she’s learned throughout her 10+ years in the industry. 

Images by Kara May

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Laura Winslow will share her marketing strategies with us and show us how she keeps her clients happy and always coming back for more. She has created an amazing business and crazy popular blog and she has great ideas to expand your network and to market yourself in field saturated with photographers. 

Images by Laura Winslow

Alys Beach, Florida

the accommodations!

the accommodations!

the accommodations!

The speakers are announced!

I'm so excited to announce this wonderful panel of speakers for the 2014 Savvy Sisterhood Alys Beach Workshop! 

Tomorrow I'll tell you more about each speaker and what they will be teaching the attendees. We are thrilled to have these talented ladies join us! 

Registration will be open on Thursday, Dec 19th!

If you would like to be on the email list to have access to early registration, email me at thesavvyphotographer@gmail.com (subject line...Savvy Workshop). The prices for the workshop start at $1400 and go up according to the size bed you choose. There is a VERY LIMITED number of beds at the lower price range. The bunk beds are the lowest price and we only have a few to offer. If you are wanting to attend and save money, consider sharing a king bed with a friend!

Here's a quick introduction and links to learn more about the speakers...they each have so much valuable information to share with the attendees and we have such a wonderful location and agenda planned!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am for this workshop! 

Meet the ladies~

Laura Winslow (website & Facebook page)

Kara May (website & Facebook Page)

Tamara Burross (website & Facebook Page)

Kimmy Howard  (website & Facebook Page)

images by Kimmy Howard

image by Tamara Burross

image by Tamara Burross

image by Tamara Burross

Alys Beach, Florida

the accommodations!

the accommodations!

the accommodations!

The Worth of a Workshop

"The Worth of a Workshop"
by Dyan Witt

Remember those "Priceless Moment" commercials that Mastercard created in the late 1990's?

I believe the worth of a workshop is priceless!

Several years ago when I was an aspiring photographer charging literally pennies for my work, I never imagined I could afford to attend a photography workshop. The cost of the workshop could not be justified by the small amount of money I was making. I knew I needed to learn and grow to become better but I could NOT invest that amount of money in myself or my business. Let me tell you I was completely wrong to have had that mind set and I am here to discuss with you what has changed my business, my myself and my future to be brighter than I could have ever imagined!

Last summer while surfing Facebook instead of editing, I came across the Savvy workshop that was going to be held within driving distance of my home. I immediately thought "no plane ticket" so that was one less expense. Maybe I could make this work… after several discusses with my husband (the money man), my mother-in-law (the babysitter) and a close friend/photographer (the support network) I registered for the  The Savvy Photographer Workshop.  So 13 months ago I sat in a multimillion dollar mansion on the waters of Alys Beach Florida trying to absorb as much information as I could during the Savvy Photographer Workshop. I learned the skills to create a successful boutique portrait business. I had the industries leading female photographers help me to create strategies to become a unique high end photographer. I learned about editing, customer service, marketing, packaging, contracts, SEO, website designs, how to stand out in the industry and countless secrets from the speakers who shared every detail about their successes.   I wrote down my business goals one year- 5 years- 10 years out.  And most of all, I created bonds with fellow female photographers that continue to grow stronger everyday!  We uplift and support each other through private Facebook chat rooms, emails and phone calls. We share business ideas, marketing strategies and so much more. We are there to support each other no matter what!  
I have be lucky enough to attend both of the Savvy Sister~ Alys Beach workshops! Since the workshops,  I have had several (okay MANY) questions. Without hesitation,  the speakers that were at my workshops responded immediately with great advice. Yes, without hesitation!  I have Laura Winslow, Kara May, Leslie Kerrigan from Seniorologie, Jamie Schultz, Kelli France, Alice Park from NAPCP, Stephanie Fisher and of course Marsha Mifsud rooting me on from the sidelines and they have all helped me. How could you put a price tag on something like that?

I am so thankful for The Savvy Photographer, Marsha Mifsud, for creating such a unique retreat experience and helping me to make my dreams come true!!  In less than one year, I am living far beyond what I could have dreamed! Average sales are $1600 per client and that is a figure I NEVER imagined I could fetch. 

Check out my post from the workshop:
Who Said Learning Wasn't Fun?

Thank you Dyan!!

The next Alys Beach workshop is about to be announced! The dates are April 30- May 3, 2014...click here to learn more. Email thesavvyphotographer@gmail.com to add your name to the pre-registration list.

The February 2013 Savvy Workshop in Alys Beach

The workshop seats are now on sale! 

Go to the Savvy Workshop blog to read more and purchase your seat!! 

The workshop payment may be split in two payments by using the code savvy50. You will pay half now and half by January 1st, 2013. 

more Savvy instagrams from the 2012 Savvy workshop- Alys Beach

Can you tell we loved the fabulous bathtubs! 
I think I took more Instagram pictures than with the my Canon....I hope you are enjoying the glimpses of our week in Alys Beach...we are all feeling a bit of withdrawals from being separated  from our Savvy Sisters! It was such a wonderful week of making new friends and learning so much from the pros! 
We are finalizing the dates for the next two Savvy Workshops in 2013...we know one will be in February and one will be in May! I promise to give you dates soon...and the email list for "pre-registration" is filling up quickly...yay! If you aren't on the list but want to be, email me at thesavvygrapher@gmail.com and let me the month (Feb. or May) you are interested in. 

Savvy Workshop 2012 images

Jamie Schultz showing the workshop attendees how she works her magic with a client. We loved watching Jamie shoot and teach us how she interacts with little ones and engages them. Our models were great to work with! 

 The attendees and speakers during the beach shoot in Alys Beach. 

Each of the attendees had the chance to have head shots done while at the workshop. The picture below is one of our attendees being photographed by me with the help of Leslie Kerrigan.

The styled senior shoots were so much fun! Leslie Kerrigan from Seniorologie did an amazing job choosing models, styling them from head to toe and having a makeup artist do their hair and face...and she chose the perfect outfits from the clothing company Altar'd State. Here's a peek at some of the images from one of our attendees, Beth Glisson. Next week we will show all of the images and give you the details of all the shoots...stay tuned!

The Savvy Sisters- Alys Beach 2012 Workshop

I love that we captured a picture of all of us girls!  

Here's another peek at some of the fabulous workshop attendees and speakers...there's more to show...so much more...but I have out of town company that just arrived and I've got to be the hostess with the mostess this week...I'll blog a little...but I've got so much to share it might take weeks!

I have to tell you all about the swag bags and wonderful goodies inside from the super wonderful vendors!

Keep checking back for all the juicy details.

See the picture below...that was the sitting area outside of my bedroom at the workshop...yeh, it was dreamy!

The Savvy Workshop...Instagrams

(pictured above: top left-Laura Winslow and Jamie Schultz, top right- Leslie Kerrigan, Beth Glisson and Marsha Mifsud  bottom left- Marsha Mifsud and Laura Winslow  bottom right- Kelli France, Leslie Kerrigan, Jamie Schultz and Laura Winslow)

Still sifting through the images...so much to share! I think we had more fun with our Instagrams than with our "real" cameras! It was a great week...I can't say that enough!

Thank you girls!