Presenters
Blair DeLaubenfels
Presenter: Building a Website that Sells Itself
The most important thing your website can do for you is to convert to sales. Especially sales to people you love working with. Come find out how you can help your ideal clients hire you through strategic curation, crisp copywriting, and brand savvy design. Expect a value filled presentation with lots of takeaways, and bring your questions, Blair can't wait to meet you!
Dylan Howell
Presenter: SEO for photographers
I’m a photographer.
I’ve been working as a photographer for 10 years. I still have my first film camera, from my 7th grade photography class, and use it almost every week.
I live in Portland, Oregon
I came to Portland from Boise, Idaho. I quickly fell in love with the city while on a photo assignment and instantly decided I needed to move. I live near Mt. Tabor with my two cats and partner Jess.
I have a few hobbies
I spend most of my days riding and racing bicycles. I also love hiking, camping, and overlanding. I have a vintage motorcycle and spend more time working on it than riding it. I start each day with an espresso from my vintage lever machine, which also takes far too much fiddling.
I teach marketing to photographers
Over my career, I’ve been lucky to learn quite a bit about marketing for photographers. I have a business that teaches photographers how to be found online. It is incredibly rewarding to see their growth and success.
I’m a vegan
I eat plants!
Ellie McMakin
Presenter: Facebook marketing with ads
Ellie McMakin has been in the wedding photography industry for 12 years. Being a photographer with a darker shooting style meant that she had to constantly find ways to push the envelope with her marketing, knowing full well that her style wasn’t always universally sought after by publications or major wedding blogs. She paved her way and made a name for herself making Facebook Advertising education approachable in the Wedding Photography industry and has since helped photographers worldwide generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for their businesses. On top of that, she manages successful six figure ad accounts for some of the most well-known names in the industry. What she is most well known for is her approach and education style. She can take even the most technical & challenging concepts and make them truly easy to grasp for anyone. Sometimes the most successful educator isn’t the one with a fancy marketing degree, but someone who has been exactly in your shoes and can make each concept relatable at any level. Her mission? To make you the most money and get you HYPED.
![Nick EdmundsonPresenter: Everything adventure elopementsBest friends, parents to an adorable baby girl, artists, avid travelers, and owners of Nick Plus Danée.While we are professional photographers by trade… We are also sushi addicts and coffee connoisseurs. And though we do our best to drift into new places and experience new things… It is not uncommon to spot the two of us on our computers working [while Nick breaks out into random song], and re-runs of Fixer Upper, Family Feud, and Impractical Jokers blast in the background.Our very modern love story began with… Instagram. Yep. Instagram. Nick was a photographer in Cleveland and Danée was a photographer living in Southern California. At first our relationship was long distance, but because of our craze for each other, and our mutual love for travel, we found that we were together more often than not. Since then, we have combined forces and shoot all weddings together.…….Oh! And we have a remarkably handsome cat named Owen James. He enjoys a heaping spoonful of key lime pie yogurt, taking showers, and consuming phone cords. We can’t wait to meet you!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddcaaf754843f0adbbfe563/1616704309079-1A3B27CIHXBPJ3PTQ6FQ/Nick+Edmundson+headshot.jpg)
Nick Edmundson
Presenter: Everything adventure elopements
Best friends, parents to an adorable baby girl, artists, avid travelers, and owners of Nick Plus Danée.
While we are professional photographers by trade… We are also sushi addicts and coffee connoisseurs. And though we do our best to drift into new places and experience new things… It is not uncommon to spot the two of us on our computers working [while Nick breaks out into random song], and re-runs of Fixer Upper, Family Feud, and Impractical Jokers blast in the background.
Our very modern love story began with… Instagram. Yep. Instagram. Nick was a photographer in Cleveland and Danée was a photographer living in Southern California. At first our relationship was long distance, but because of our craze for each other, and our mutual love for travel, we found that we were together more often than not. Since then, we have combined forces and shoot all weddings together.
…….Oh! And we have a remarkably handsome cat named Owen James. He enjoys a heaping spoonful of key lime pie yogurt, taking showers, and consuming phone cords.
We can’t wait to meet you!
Rebecca Ellison
Presenter: How to build a personal brand that attracts dream clients
Learn how to build your photography business into a personal brand that separates you from the competition and attracts your dream clients. People will be excited to work with YOU. Leaving the price hagglers and the "you're too expensive" responses at the door, with a solid personal brand you will end up with inquiries that lead with "I can't wait to work with you! How can I book?"
Becca owns Rebecca Ellison Creative has been a full-time professional photographer in the Seattle area for 16 years. Starting out in the wedding industry, she often struggled with clients who only cared about price, until she unlocked the power in bringing her personality forward and building her personal brand. With this change, her business skyrocketed, and her dream clients sought her out. In 2016 she transitioned from weddings to brand photography (and got her weekends back!) She now helps service pros build their personal brand through brand photography and business coaching with a focus on brand strategy
Jamie Buckley
Presenter and workshop leader: Creating connection with your couples
Hi! I’m Jamie, originally from Scotland but now a citizen of this great nation. I’m a wedding photographer by trade and a boudoir photographer by passion. I’m going to be teaching how to be inclusive in your business, specifically towards the LGBTQ+ community. I’ll also be hosting a couples boudoir shootout with tips & tricks on posing, lighting, and creating intimacy. I look forward to telling you all of my Dad jokes.
Tiffany Burke
Rethinking Social Media and Posting With Intent. Learn how to reach your ideal client online and truly connect with them to build real relationships and grow your business.
Come learn how to tell your own story and how to connect, collaborate, and cultivate real relationships with other businesses and community members. Tiffany is a commercial and portrait photographer in Tacoma, WA. She has been photographing full-time for 12 years. She also runs two other small businesses with her husband, Sean; they own an event center and a movie production company. She is also a social media marketing consultant for small business owners. She has been speaking and teaching on social media marketing for 10 years. Tiffany believes in the power of the creative and the small business owner. Sean and Tiffany have 3 children, they are bio and foster parents and have fostered 13 children. They, for the most part, still like each other.
Loren Callahan
Presenter: Best business practices
Alante Photography is a locally owned boutique photography studio focused on capturing and documenting true moments in life. We specialize in senior portrait, fashion-inspired wedding photography in Seattle and Washington Area.
Emphasizing client services, comfort, and experience we create images full of life, emotion, and fun. Alante Photography blends styles of senior portrait, editorial fashion, and photojournalism.
Experience the joy of an artful image.
Having 20 years of experience and over 800 photographed weddings, principal photographer Loren Callahan depends on his ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly with and for his clients to produce the most beautiful and articulate photographs. Story-telling ability, creative awareness, and the constant pursuit of innovation allow Loren to capture and create scenes and situations with accuracy and personal style.
Ashley Scheider
Workshop leader: How to provide your family clients a fun and memorable experience
I am a Seattle Area Photographer living in Hobart Washington and a single, stay-at-home mom to two wild, feral, nature-loving toddlers.
I am most passionate about adventure photography and outdoor lifestyle family photography, capturing emotions, fun, and joy during my sessions, as well as in the wild. I practice leave no trace principles and guide my clients towards them as well.
I strive to show and capture movement and emotion in photos. I lean more towards a lifestyle approach, playing games, running around, having a parent toss their youngest child in the air, and enjoying our time together to distract from hearing and noticing a camera in their face. My goal is to have a more relaxed feel, to let kids explore their surroundings. To approach the session with a calm more laid-back feel to it, so nobody is stressed and can have an enjoyable experience outside as a family, together.
Tashana Hayes
Workshop leader: How to create a styled elopement for your clients
The first thing you need to know about me is that I have this quirk my loved ones refer to as "happy hands". This makes it a tad difficult to hide my emotions and if my hands are holding something say like a camera, beverage, or baby, I will most likely do a little Irish jig-type dance instead.
I have always been an artist, a tad eccentric, with a love for singing way too loud and laughing till I cry.
Nothing in my life is without great passion, and I believe imagination is my most cherished possession.
The camera has allowed me to become a teller of stories, new love, old love. It can give you a voice when you can't find the words, which is pretty dang wonderful!!!
Irene Jones
Workshop leader: How to utilize off-camera flash
Storytelling has always been a passion of mine. From a young age, I wanted to know everyone’s story and was captivated by the idea that all of us live unique lives. So when I picked up a camera 20 years ago and found a window into the worlds of others, I was hooked. In my time I’ve tried all the different photography specialties, but it was wedding photography that really captured my imagination. My goal for every wedding is to excavate the authentic emotions from under all of the artifice and find a narrative that is real to each couple. I truly believe that we all have value and I want to honor each journey. Personally, I’m a mom of 4, a baking show addict, bibliophile, and NPR junkie. I’ve been told I have a dark sense of humor but a big heart. My kids complain about it, but I love dragging them on hikes. Travel is a hunger I’m constantly feeding and along the way, I’m the annoying person who wants to chat for the entire eight-hour flight; not because I have a lot to say, but because I want to hear your joys and struggles.
Jennifer Tai
Workshop leader: Composing a More Compelling Candid
Established in 2007, Jenn Tai & Co is known for our award-winning, moment-driven documentary wedding photography. Our approach to producing emotive, moving wedding photography is a thoughtful mix of portraiture and photojournalism, creating mood and story that’s authentic to our clients.
Creating Compelling candids for a Better Story will help you:
1) build a mental process for creating a wedding day story that flows organically
2) approach weddings with a photojournalist’s eye through thoughtful observation and composition while maintaining your voice
Attendees will share their most recent weddings in 100 photographs per wedding, where we will then attempt to build a slideshow of no more than 30 frames using mainly candids of a given wedding and the photographer’s memory of that day. We will go over photojournalism techniques covering access/opportunity, observation, composition and how they fit into a wedding day for those weddings, and storytelling methods covering setting+lighting, emotion, movement.
This is a documentary photography workshop focused on weddings, but the principles may apply across genres.
Dan Manning
Owner of Photolush and Dan Manning Photography
I’m a wedding and elopement photographer and especially love it when they involve adventures to stunning locations. I’ve been a photographer for over 19 years and think I have the greatest job in the world. Taking care of my clients and building relationships with them is one of my favorite aspects of what I do and it’s one of the areas that I personally feel makes me stand out. I also own and manage Photolush and have loved the experience of helping to cultivate the community over competition aspect that we photographers are blessed to have as a part of our industry. My first experience with Photolush was as a speaker in the Spring of 2018 and I instantly fell in love with everything. Then that Fall, the unexpected happened and I was able to take over Photolush and got to learn and grow the conference with Afton Lewis. It was a HUGE learning curve for us, but in the Spring of 2019 we put together our first conference and the feedback was remarkable! At that point, we had a lot of passion for wanting to improve and grow Photolush even more for 2020. And then it all went to shit. Covid 19 came along and forced us to shut down everything just 3 days before it was supposed to start. It SUCKED. We did our best to put together online videos to share with the attendees, but it just wasn’t the same as us all being there together in person. Afton ended up stepping away from Photolush in the Summer of 2020 and everything was just in a waiting pattern for the virus to either subside or for the vaccines to come along. During the Spring of 2021, it became clear that the vaccine was not only rolling out in a quick manner but that it was actually working as well as we’d all hoped it would. At that point, it was obvious that not only could I start planning for Photolush 2022, but that all of us NEEDED it to happen. So, I got to work and the inspiration started flowing and I’m thrilled to share everything I’ve planned for Photolush 2022! This year is going to be really special for many reasons, but I’ll list a few of them. The first one is that I have a lot of activities planned to encourage all of you to spend more time together and socialize, which is incredibly needed. The next is that the list of educators I’ve been able to bring on board is mind blowing and I couldn’t be more proud of the team we’ll have with us! Lastly, I’m planning a lovely dinner party on Saturday night followed by a dance party! It’s truly going to be a party wrapped around a photography conference. I cannot wait to have you there with us to celebrate, learn, and grow not only our photography and business skills, but also our community as well. See you there!
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