Jerry Ghionis workshop = Success!!!

Holy cats! We had an amazing week in Chicago at the Jerry Ghionis workshop. For those who didn't know, he is a guru in the wedding photography industry, one of the top five in the world. The workshop was at the Sutton Place Hotel in Chicago, and it was intense--10, 12, even 14 hour days, lots of critiques, shoots, education, inspiration, and new friendships. Jennifer and I both agree, it changed our lives. That's a nice thing to be able to say!






The two photos of us above were taken by Jerry when we were doing a night shoot. He took photos of everyone in the class, using this "Foot and Ankle Clinic" sign, which you can see below.










I took these two of Jerry when he was posing for his assistant Melissa in front of that same sign.




Corry, one of our classmates.




Above: Jerry, with one of the models we photographed. Is it just me, or does he look pretty happy? Below: The next five images are from our solo mini-shoots with the models and/or our classmates. It was pretty nerve-wracking to walk off with a model and take 10 minutes to try to incorporate some of the things we'd learned during the critique, but it was invigorating, too! I thought we got some cool stuff!






















Joe, another classmate, gets all sexy by the back alley entrance to Hermes.




Jennifer got to pose for the class at one point. Zoiks!

The rest of the images below were shots we took of setups Jerry arranged, so we have to give him the credit for finding the light and creating the pose. Pretty fun, eh?




























To our fellow photographers, we say, get yourself to a Jerry Ghionis workshop! It was worth every penny, and we made 18 new friends who we're really excited about keeping in touch with!