An Xtremely Awesome Week!


This past week in which I haven't blogged was one of the busiest, craziest, most fun weeks ever! Liana and I went down to Cabo to give our Xtreme Retreat Seminar to a group of awesome photographers. We stayed and held the seminar in an insane villa overlooking the ocean and had a blast with everyone the whole time. Liana's mom, Cynthia and sister, Laurel were such troopers, making all the meals for our group (not an easy task), and they ran the kitchen like a catering team that had been in business for years. The Casa couldn't have been more perfect for the seminar, and we sat in a big circle with each track throughout the week hearing the ocean just outside the doors. We had fantastic models, Steven & Kristen Florin from Hawaii, and the ever-photogenic Jasmine & JD from right here in California. They were also tireless making sure that everyone in the seminar got really killer shots. I think everyone that came had an awesome time! Another cool thing was that Becker came down for some R&R also, and he ran our nightly poker tournaments! Kristen (who claimed she'd never played before) won the first two nights, but I did catch a lucky win on the river in the last hand of the last night bringing home the bacon. I'm so ready for Vegas in a few weeks!

In any case, I'm sure you all want to see some photos from the week.

My shots of Jasmine & JD:

















My shots of Steven & Kristen:







They're really really good looking:









This is Lola. She works for my friend Tara Null, Cabo Wedding Coordinator Extraordinaire! Lola was a dream to work with, and she's not a real bride yet--she's just getting some practice!



The sunset from our Casa:



Kristen & Steven, Liana, Becker, Me, Jasmine & JD:



One of the days, we had most of the participants out shooting on the beach--I love this shot of the group:



Liana and I managed to shoot a bunch of bio photos of some of the attendees as well! I think they are hot! Here's the ones I shot (plus one of Liana, since I needed an even 15 for this grid):



From top left: Kelly Hike, Pepe Lima, Joe Wang, Deb Franklin, Ashley Bartoletti, Misha Waite, Dawn Shields, Abby Liga, Emily DeWan, Drew Bittel, Jon, Coz Swifka, Lisa Carter, Mary Basnight, Kelly & Rylee, Liana, Erica Griffin, Steve Flanagan

Thanks so so much to everyone who came and helped out, I can't tell you how appreciated you are!

jessica claire, cabo wedding photographer

Posted: Sat - February 10, 2007 at 06:58 AM          

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