In general, I'm not so good with change (I have a tendency to find a comfort zone and to cling to it for dear life).
It was with this in mind I first agreed to present RE.INVENT with Dror, since public speaking is very much outside my comfort zone.
So, you will understand why I was equally nervous (as I was excited) for RE.INVENT, which was convened at The Forum Homini Hotel, yesterday.
Previewing the participants' websites and blogs beforehand did not help the jitters, as I knew we had some serious talent and amazing photographers lined up for the workshop.
We had such an amazing group in attendance, along with gorgeous models, which were a picture of perfection, Gen worked her little butt off to achieve the images the attendees were striving for.
I can't wait to check out the blogs to see what images were captured yesterday. ...and, if anything, I hope that the participants have picked up, that Dror and I attempt to get picture-perfect photos straight out of camera and use PS/Lightroom purely as a an enhancer.
For the first time ever, I can say I took the least amount of shots on the day, as I was more occupied with questions from the photographers themselves.
Naturally, no post without a pic, so here you are - Just one photograph, which I took demonstrating a point to one of the participants.

The first one developed ......in Lightroom. Yes, I discovered a few tips and also tried my hand at Lightroom.
For all those that attended:
Canon 5D | 24-70 2.8
Settings: Aperture Priority, f 4.5, Iso 400, WB Manual.
Processing: Those gradient things taught by Dror and conservative tweaking of sliders in Lightroom (So conservative that I can not, for the life of me remember). No presets used.

In the second, I used the same image and played around with the "darker side"
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Love the darker treatment on the second one.
(02.24.10 @ 03:49 PM)Thanks for a wonderful day, I learnt a huge amount, and it was fabulous to finally meet you IRL!
I would have to say "Ditto" on that, it was really nice to meet everyone!
(02.24.10 @ 06:20 PM)I will definitely be there for the next workshop. "I hope there is going to be one"
(02.25.10 @ 09:57 AM)Thank you so much, Andrea! I could have stayed there all day asking questions. And it was great to meet you after all these years of blog stalking! :-)
(02.25.10 @ 11:48 AM)Thanks so much for sharing so much with us on Tuesday, you really did answer all the questions we wanted to know. I had a Great time. Thanks again
(02.25.10 @ 04:40 PM)Thnaks for an awesome workshop. As a new photographer, I really felt so intimidated to be amongst such talented phtographers. I am still mulling over sending my images, thanks again I really learnt so much from everyone.
(03.01.10 @ 08:55 PM)Ah I love this one .
(03.01.10 @ 09:08 PM)Thank you Andrea for an awesome workshop – It was fantastic!
(03.01.10 @ 09:59 PM)I enjoy'd the workshop so much. You realy must consider doing it again, you've realy got no worries about speaking in public. I believe you and Dror impressed us all with skill as well as giving info. I in turn, I was anxious showing my work to such wonderful photographers!
(03.16.10 @ 10:19 AM)