About a week or so before our wedding Brian and I and the main guys on the worship arts team drove over to Southern California for Catalyst West!! what what! Brian was asked to host the catalystgreenroom.com where he would be doing on the spot interviews and backstage photos in the greenroom with the key speakers and music artists. I was originally just going to the conference.. just to go.. but a few days before I was hired to take some photos of the “before party” hosted by the one and only Carlos Whitaker. It was an amazing night. There was a BBQ, snowcones, graffiti artists, and Toms Shoes was there doing art on shoes. It was awesome. I wanted to jump right in and start painting with them. hahaha. hire me hire me haha. jk.

Also the founder of Toms shoes made and appearance. He spoke a little bit about what the ministry is doing through selling shoes. WOW! some crazy stuff. If you live in a hole and you have never heard of Toms shoes you need to check it out. TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One. Using the purchasing power of individuals to benefit the greater good is what we’re all about.

It was a really fun day.. filled with alot of different types of people. it was crazy actually connecting with people that i know online. I met a lot of poeple that follow my blog and i follow theres etc. The internet is SOOO weird. haha. But it’s soo awesome too. Because we were all strangers… but NOT because we all knew each other. haha. This shoot was differnt than the normal types of shoots that I do. I feel that I am best at portraiture and in situtations that i can tweak and change and control. haha. But photographing events is a totally different game. I think i did okay. any thoughts? suggestions? advice? comments?