Talking work with another shooter this am and the conversation was completely hijacked by the service aspect of photography. In the current market I think it’s often misunderstood how important it is to run one’s business as the service it is. Actually, it’s first important to run your photography as a business and then run that business as a service oriented enterprise. Aside from the vision that we as image creators all bring to the table, service is the one other thing that really sets us apart from one another.

With that in mind I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a workshop with 16 photographers this summer through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. RMSP was founded 15+ years ago by Neil & Jeanne Chaput (he’s an Ansel Adams protege & she’s a top cookie) in the northern Rockies outpost college town of Missoula, MT. The week long professional studies workshop is titled Adventure Photography: People in Action and will be covering everything that makes up this mess of location lifestyle photography including service/business, vision, technical skills and a handful of life-sized solutions. I’m running it completely open and welcome questions across the board – either here or in the workshop itself.

Haven’t released the full schedule yet but I can say that we’ll be outside everyday as Missoula’s located at the head of five valleys and has a slew of locations to take advantage of. August is the ideal time as summer’s just peaking and the days are super long. I’ll be posting from the workshop itself as well as possibly including videos from a few of the select days.

And if that’s not enough the 5th(?) annual Swan Crest 57k Trail Run will be taking off Sunday Sept 7, the day after we wrap everything up in Missoula. The run is a monster party – mind blowing, leg numbing 36 mile opportunity to carry the smallest camera you can find along the crest of the Swan Mountains with views into the heart of the Rockies. Perfect for those seeking a little fractured creativity. Completely unsupported, ie, nothing from start to finish in terms of help, so come prepared for views, hills and the best beer you’ve ever had.