It's time to head to Imaging USA | Venus Texas Maternity & Newborn Photographer

Well today is the day that my hubby and I are heading out to Nashville, TN for the upcoming Imaging USA convention.   For those of you that follow me and have been with me for a while - you totally know what Imaging USA is.  But, for those of you that don't here's a little bit about Imaging USA...

Imaging USA is the longest running national photographic convention, expo and image exhibition in the United States, drawing thousands of professionals from around the world. Dating back to 1880, when it began as the annual convention and trade show for Professional Photographers of America, the event is always growing and evolving.

Major components of Imaging USA are the three-day Imaging EXPO trade show, several all-inclusive parties and presentations by some of the biggest names in the photographic industry. Imaging USA's renowned educational classes are geared to improve a photographer's business skills, photographic repertoire and use of technologies.

Now that you know what it is, let me tell you why I am super excited about going.  For one Imaging is always in a different location and I love to travel, so we usually are able to arrange to have at least one day to explore the location we are in.  I am hoping to be able to go to the Grand Ole' Opry and see the tapping of the Nashville show and hear those artist perform, plus Reba is suppose to be there too.

This year we are also going a little early as we are both taking some pre-convention classes and these are little more hands on and I simply can't wait.  My full day workshop is going to be with a well known Maternity & Newborn Photographer Ana Marie Brandt and I can not wait to meet her and to learn more about the artistry of photographing these adorable little babies.  I love that I get to do this for my job.  Such a passion.  My hubby will be taking a class on Lightroom as he is in the process of learning to process RAW files, so this class will be a great help to him.

On opening day February 1st I will be starting off Imaging USA by taking my CPP test.  CPP stands for Certified Professional Photographer.  This is a two step process to obtain certification through the PPA {Professional Photographer of America} Step 1... Declare your candidacy - done.  Step 2...take and pass the written test  Step 3... will be to submit images to a panel of judges for them to see my ability in producing proper techinical images.  I have been studying a lot and preparing for this for a while, so I am excited to finally be able to take the exam.  So wish me luck my friends!

Be sure and follow me on instagram  @deannab to see our adventures and highlights from our trip and possibly new products that I find in the trade show.  Yes!  Imaging has the most amazing trade show for us photogs.  It's truly one of my favorite things.  Awesome new products are revealed each year, you get hands on experiences and lot's of additional training on techniques.   Plus.. you always get some free stuff too.   Way cool :)  Oh!  and you can shop till you drop if you want.

So we will be away from the studio January 28 - February 4, 2015.  However, I will be checking emails and phone calls each day, so please reach out at any time if you have any questions and/or need to schedule for an upcoming event or session.

Be sure and check the blog while we are gone too.. we have a ton of neat things going on here at the studio and we will be sharing them all right here on the blog.

Chat with you soon!!!

Love & Laughter -
Deanna