The next workshop date is being announced EARLY this year! Aren’t you proud of me? I’m trying to give everyone a nice heads up since it will be coming up at the beginning of February 2013! The next Workshop Experience will take place in Richmond, VA on February 8th from 9am-6pm. The cost is $750 per person and when I am asked “So what is the workshop about?”…. My best response is this… The Workshop Experience in a nutshell is me teaching 12-16 photographers as much as I possibly can in a matter of 9 hours. The goal of the workshop is for the attendees to learn what took me 4 YEARS to learn in one day!
It’s a lot to cover and we move quickly but how amazing would it be to not make certain mistakes in your business because someone who has been there steered you in the right direction? This is an over saturated industry right now. Photographers are coming out of the woodwork! So how do you MAKE it?! How can you be sure that your business will withstand the over population of starter photogs in your area? It’s intimidating and it’s hard to do but I managed to make it happen and I LOVE sharing how I did it. There’s nothing I love more than seeing a LIGHTBULB come on for certain photographers in the room when they realize what their business has been missing! The Workshop Experience is about empowering photographers to take their business to the next level by teaching what has worked well for me over the last 4+ years.
My hope is that the photographers that attend my workshops leave completely and totally OVERWHELMED… in a GOOD WAY. That’s how everyone should feel after a great workshop. You should be pushed and challenged and your brain should be full of new ideas to take home and immediately implement into your business. If this sounds like something that your business needs, I welcome you to join us on February 8th in Richmond, VA for The Workshop Experience! We’re SO excited about this. We’re actually only opening it up to 12 photographers this round! I want to make it as personal as possible and 12 attendees is a GREAT size!! If you think this is something you want to be a part of you can reserve your spot TODAY!! Click HERE or Logo below to reserve your seat today!!
In even MORE exciting news… I’ll actually be making a guest appearance on December 18th for Justin & Mary Marantz’s Showit Live event, “The Big Next” and I’ll be giving a away ONE FREE WORKSHOP SEAT!!! Exciting right?! So PLEASE make sure you tune in on December 18th not only to hear from the fabulous J&M but to also have a chance to win a free ticket to The Workshop Experience!! I’ll be doing a little segment on office management and organization and I can’t wait to meet you all via internet! You can tune in here! : http://showitfast.com/live/ Also, The Big Next is basically a PREVIEW of J&M’s “What’s Next” tour that’s happening ALL OVER the country next year!!! Find out more HERE! (ps. If you reserve your seat to The Workshop Experience today, you will still be eligible to win!!)
If you want to see a little bit more of what The Workshop Experience looks like, see some of the “Behind the Scenes” images below! HUGE thanks to Rebekah Hoyt for snapping these!!! Also, here are a few things people are saying about The Workshop Experience:
” I had an absolute blast at your Workshop Experience yesterday. It was fun, entertaining, educational,emotional, and motivational all rolled in to one little day. I have never been so pumped up and excited about my business. I go to workshops and follow people online because I love their work and want my work to be like theirs. Well, after last night…I don’t want to be Katelyn James, I want to be Beth Souza…and I am so excited about that!” – Beth
Looking good Brooke! 
-“I wanna start by saying an enormous thank you for your generosity , your warmth and great talent!! I’m back in Québec with my head full of ideas, don’t know where to start. I just want to reorganize everything!” – Sophie
HA! Me and my “twin”! Seriously, Lindsay and I could be sisters:)
I’m so weird…
AH!!! Camera attack!! This cracks me up!
” The q&a after the workshop was fabulous!! In many ways… and I think I can speak for the rest of us that we got our questions answered well.” – Annetta
Such an amazing group!!! All the way from Washington State and CANADA and Michigan!! Whew!!
And technically I’m not supposed to show this but … I just did. :) This shoot will be published soon and I can’t wait to share!
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— Katelyn
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