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2009 Conference

Chick-fil-A is helping sponsor the 2009 conference. One of the things they will be doing is providing one of the meals for the conference.

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Quotes from the conference 2008

Dave Black –

- “I realized at some point that I was more than just a sports photographer. I was a photographer.”

- “When I go out on a job, I think – coffee table book.”

- “The hallmark of a great editor – he lets me do what I do best.”

- “Light is the greatest influence.”

- “There are a lot of average pictures out there. Somehow you’ve got to deliver something unique.”

- “He sculpted his body by weight lifting. I sculpted his body with light.” (in reference to a portrait of a weight lifter.)

- “To make something look more interesting, light only a part of it.”

- “You can’t psych yourself out. It’s just a shaft of light. Master it. Master it a little bigger, and then even bigger.”

- “Get there early. Make a silhouette. Reveal your subject.”

 

Tom Kennedy –

- “We are vessels that can move this world to a better place.”

- “The most important question is, why?”

- “Humility is one of our greatest assets.”

- “In the midst of uncertainty lies the energy of opportunity.”

- “At death we are faced with the most magnificent transformation, and at that point we are all beginners.”

- “I’ve been at this ten years, but I feel like I’m in the top half of the first inning.”

 

Chris Sinclair –

- “It’s difficult to gage your own work, but to become better we have to.”

- “I am privileged and entrusted with something very, very great.”

- “Inspire. Inform. Entrust.”

- “Are we covering the WHY questions?”

- “Did I stay long enough for that shot?”

- “I always want to be posing riddles.”

- “I don’t care if it wins the Pulitzer, if it doesn’t reach the audience it doesn’t count.”

 

Gabriel Tate –

- “We are all on a journey.”

- “I didn’t realize it, but I was doing ministry as I took pictures.”

- “They allow you into their lives because they trust you.”

- “I drove around, and drove around, and drove around and finally God said this is the place. As I walked inside Rosa Parks was voting.”

- “When you meet people in the community, take them seriously.”

- “Relationship. Relationship. Relationship.”

 

Dave Black (second session) –

- “Click. One picture and everything changed.”

- “Access multiplies by getting to know your community.”

- “I know my subject. I’m part of my community.”

- “Know your subject. Do your homework. Get there early. Stay late. Take chances.”

- “Passion requires sacrifice.”

- “You want to make it in photography? Take great pictures.”

- “A better picture doesn’t have to be better, just different.”

- “Take the pictures you like.”

 

Pat Davison –

- “I’m just trying to stay a step away from the dinosaurs.”

- “I asked God to show me what humility meant.”

- “I came back to life like a flower who finally had water poured on its roots.”

- “If you’re not falling down, you’re not growing.”

- “Love our neighbors. Shepherd our fellowman.”

- “God’s mercy is new every morning.”

- “We can lay down our failures and pick up His will in our lives.”

 

Maggie Steber –

- “I had to invest a lot of my own time and my own dime (into my photography).”

- “Out of that burned and slashed earth new seedlings are born.”

- “Teachers can give you the bricks, but you have to build the house.”

- “Maggie, your job is to record it.”

- “I’m always looking for a way to create a larger idea in a picture.”

- “You have a blank page, but you must remember, it’s their story.”

- “You have to spend time (with your subjects), because you have to earn their trust.”

- “I took time to sit down with that editor and talk about photography.”

- “I longed to look out the window and see a horizon, instead of a building.”

Pat Davison (final session) –

- “Sometimes when the recognition stops, the wheels come off.”

“For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16  

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” - John 14:6

“… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” - Romans 3:23  

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 6:23  

“I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” - John 3:3  

“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” – John 3:6  

“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.” - Romans10:9-11  

“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” - 1 John 5:11-12  

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” - Revelation 3:20

 - “Does anyone hear Him knocking?”

Vendors

Canon, Nikon and Roberts are comming to the conference. Canon and Nikon will be doing clean and checks.