Tampa was fun

Tampa was fun! We had a great time. From our hotel room at the Marriott Waterside we observed these graceful looking birds floating on the thermals. Were they eagles, hawks, ospreys? No. They were turkey buzzards! They did not seem quite as graceful after learning that.

Since there were so many presentations we each wanted to hear, Kathy and I split up so we did not miss any, but we still did miss out on a few. Our focus was on information that could help us improve the client experience in our studio. After we left Tampa we knew we would need to make some physical changes to our studio. We determined that also we needed to improve our communication with our clients to better fill there needs. Hence the impetus to finally get this blog up and going.

One of the places we got to visit was the former Tampa Bay Resort Hotel built in 1891. Tampa University has occupied it since 1933. Kathy photographed it with our Canon DSLR while I used an Olympus C-2020 to capture the exterior in infrared. We only brought a couple of memory cards so we had to shoot in JPEG. Once we catch up on a few things we'll post some of the images.

It's great be back home in our own bed. The time zone thing is hard on those of us that live out West. At least that is my opinion.

Imaging USA Tampa 2008

Kathy and I will be attending our first PPA national convention in Tampa Florida the 4th through the 10th of this month, so we will be closed during that time. After attending the WPPI Convention in Las Vegas, we are eager to see what this one will be like and what we can bring back that will benefit us and our clients.

This will be the first time in my life that I have headed South in the winter. We are going a few days before the convention and staying a day or so after to visit the area. So It will also be a much needed mini-vacation for us too.