There were also a few heavy hitters in the photographer crowd; Dale and Michele of Roth and Ramberg fame, Phillip Chin & Kevin Clark were a few of the tougher acts to follow.
A 5 minute speed review goes by incredibly fast! CAPIC might consider finding a way to stretch that time to maybe 8 or 10 minutes in the future. Mind you, I'm sure any amount of time in this sort of format would seem short. Regardless of the amount of time allotted, photographers are afforded invaluable face-time with their target clients, and that interaction is all too important in any photographer's marketing strategy.
My reviews went well. Most suggestions leaned toward my inclusion of more conceptual imagery in my book. I received kudos for my lighting skills and light-matching accomplishments on one comped image I'd included last-minute.
I had 2 different leave-behind pieces and offered the choice to each of my reviewers. 80% chose one in particular, one reviewer asked to keep both. It was an interesting experiment (one reviewer touched on that, "Is this your way of learning a bit about me?").
Various sponsors offered up door prizes via random draw. Apparently it's good to be the one to draw the winning ticket, 2 of the photographers asked to draw from the bag pulled their own name!! I was lucky enough to win a 20x30 canvas gallery wrap, graciously donated by Technicare. Others won digital retouching time supplied by Cake Imagery and studio rental time from Whitebox, among other prizes.
Thanks to CAPIC for bolting this together, and to Rick Etkin and Steve Pinter for cracking a whip to keep it all rolling smoothly.
My membership application is in the mail.
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