Happy Monday (Feb 18)

Mood: Light Hearted, Weird
Location: Urban Standard
Music: Dylan (Blonde on Blonde)

Happy Monday!
Either you are stuck at the office, or you are at home enjoying the benefits of an organization that actually acknowledges President's Day as an actual holiday.

I had a great weekend that included two engagement shoots, Rachel & Keith and Grady & Claire. Both couples were such a blast to work with. The interesting thing is that I am not shooting either of their weddings! Caleb is shooting Grady & Claire's through A Bryan Photo but I just wish I could be part of both of them. I will have some great film shots to post of both sessions in a few weeks. Thanks to both couples for letting me be part in a small way!

The photo above is one of Jeremiah and I with the famous wedding photographer Becker at WPPI last year. We got to sit down with him over lunch while there and he is uncontrollably kind. He is completely selfless and is constantly helping photographers better themselves at their craft. His mantra is " A rising tide raises all ships" and he truly lives it. He has started a video blog where he has posted a tip for photographers everyday for the last 40 days and will continue to do this up until WPPI. If you are a wedding photographer, its worth your time to check out. Its also available as a podcast which is how I view it ( search for "the [b] school" in iTunes). And if you have a chance to make it to one of his workshops, it would definitely be worth the dough. Becker, you truly inspire! You have helped A Bryan Photo in more ways than you know.

Here are a couple quotes from my current book, The Effective Executive by the late Peter F. Drucker:

"High intelligence is common enough among executives. Imagination is far from rare. The level of knowledge tends to be high. But there seemes to be little correlation between a man's effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination or his knowledge. Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual; they fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement."

"[Executives often] rush around in the frenzy and busyness which very brilliant people confuse so often with "creativity", while the [effective executive] puts one foot in front of the other and gets there first, like the tortoise in the old fable."

What to expect this week:
Emily Deloach audio ( I promise!)
Neighborhood kids in the snow
Some more Africa film

Happy Monday!

Bj