What’s Gotta Stay

PhotoCamp Utah 2009

In the last year I have grown to really enjoy the local photographer community in Utah.  Not only are there great opportunities to get out and take photos, but there are great people to run shoulders with and learn from.  I am happy to announce PhotoCamp Utah 2009 as the first of hopefully many photography conferences in northern Utah.

In the last year I have had the opportunity to help some local photographers organize events for Photowalking Utah and Utah Strobists, and visited a few other outings along the way.  There are other groups I hope to visit soon because there is so many great people to meet and associate with.  The people are amazing in their willingness to share in their knowledge and passion for photography.  It is the people I meet and networking with fellow photographers that makes these events so valuable to me on top of the opportunity to get out and take photos!

Thom Allen, an organizer for PodCamp and other conferences suggested it would be great to put on a photography themed conference in the camp theme, and thus the PhotoCamp Utah ideas started brewing.  I was very excited for the idea and jumped at the chance to help put it together.  I am excited for the schedule of awesome speakers that have stepped up to present – I plan to hit every class I can to get the most out of the day myself!

Photocamp Utah is not tied to any one photo club or group; in fact, we have been reaching out to every group we can think of to invite their involvement.  PhotoCamp is all about everyone in the photography community getting together for learning, fun, networking and inspiration.

Everything has been coming together so well, from the volunteers helping with the organization to the speakers sharing their expertise.  A big help in making this event happen was Peter and East Bay Studios offering up their facility for the event.  A perfect location with everything we need to put on a great show!  Sponsors are starting to line up with great donations for giveaways.  It is all coming together in a big way!

If you are in Utah and have yet to register, get on over to PhotoCampUtah.com to check out all the details and get registered.  You can see the growing info on the Schedule of Events for the day, including new info on speakers just added later today and with more to come!  Seriously, don’t miss this awesome day.  The cost is only $10 for the entire day, all of which goes towards the expenses of putting on the event.  This is a not-for-profit event BY local photographers FOR local photographers.

On one last note for this post, I am going to let a little exciting info leak out…

Smugmug was one of the first sponsors to commit to the event, and they did in a big way.  Get this: along with some cool swag they are sending out, from camera straps to stickers, every PhotoCamp Utah 2009 attendee will receive 50% off a Smugmug membership of their choosing.  Depending on which membership you choose, that is $20 t0 $75 in savings!  On top of that, Smugmug has donated 10 1 year PRO memberships to be given away at the event.  How cool is that!  Not only do you get an amazing day for cheap, you will get your money back and then some!

Have I sold you yet?  I hope so!  Get on over to the site and see what this is all about.  Get registered and tell your photography friends to do the same.  Seating is limited, so reserve your seat right away!

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