1. Tomorrow (August 31st) is the LAST day to register for our Third Annual Images for a Cure event! If you’re already registered, the website will launch with the 2011 participants as soon as I return from Australia next week! You can register by going here: http://www.imagesforacure.com/register. I recommend the Platinum Registration because it helps us keep this little project moving forward, but everyone can participate with the Pink level!

PS – super excited about the new IFAC t-shirts designed by Sweet Tea Junkie! They’re being sold on the STJ website for $20 starting September 1st – and we’re donating nearly 75% of every sale to The BCRF! That’s HUGE!

2. If you haven’t already, you should join my NING network! It’s being transitioned in to the first WeaverWorkshops website, where I’m sharing tips, tricks and how-to’s, as well as chatting live to answer your questions, talk about current events (TMZ and reality tv shows, mainly) or just kill some time in between editing projects! Membership is super affordable ($20 for the year) and will be going up soon to $60, so sign up before that happens!

3. I’m off to Australia for the next week to speak to the AIPP SA (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers in South Australia) about my business! I have a whole day planned of amazing content and can’t wait to meet everyone ‘Down Under’!

For my current clients and new clients, I actually won’t have access to my phone or texts, but I’ll have access to my email while I’m there! We’ll be 13.5 hours ahead of Eastern Timezone, so don’t worry if my response time is super delayed.

I’m pretty excited to check out the Barossa wine country with my bride and groom (Rosie and Jackson – whose wedding I’ll be shooting in Adelaide in January), and see the toilets flush backwards.

Wish me luck – it’s a 22 hour flight

For my Australian friends, you can register for the seminar here: http://www.aipp.com.au/imis15/AIPP/Events/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=SA_KW_FRSH&TemplateType=A

3 Countries, 7 Cities – and this is considered my slow season!?

From the lights of Vegas, to complete solitude on a private island in the Bahamas, and half-way across the world (11,000 miles and 22 hours of flight) – this summer has been both memorable and exhausting for me! I can’t believe how amazing my journey has been as a photographer, and I’m so fortunate to do what I love.

So for those who have had delayed email responses or seen me jumping around on Facebook and blogging, I wanted to make sure you knew that I haven’t forgotten about you I’m just trying to stay sane, keep my family sane, and produce gorgeous photos for my unbelieveable clients.

And to follow my travels – stay tuned on my social media sites:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kristenweaverphotography
Twitter: @kristenweaver

And be sure to stop by my brand new social media site, KWP Online, to chat with me, read how-to’s on some of my most frequently asked questions and see what we’ve got going on!

To all my new friends in South Australia – I’m so honored to have been invited to host a full seminar to the AIPP SA on September 6th and I am feverishly preparing all 10 hours of my agenda! We’re covering business, marketing, shooting, branding, posing, editing – it’s a whole kit-n-kaboodle of business amazingness! See you in just a few short weeks!

Style Me Pretty’s local Florida blog featured Alex and Chris’s Ribault Club wedding on their front page:

I was also interviewed on another photographer’s blog, eyefull photography! One of the reasons I love the feature she did was because I got to answer some of the best questions! So if you really want to get to know ME – definitely read my interview here: http://eyefullphotography.blogspot.com/2011/06/eye-on-kristen-weaver-of-kristen-weaver.html

And just a quick little end note; I’m debating against hosting any more one-on-one workshops. Although I love to teach and spend time getting to know all of these fantastic photographers, my focus in 2012 is altering slightly and I’m looking at new ways to help others. So I decided to start my own online networking site to help out other photographers, join my clients together – and just really feel like I have a family out in internet world! I’m hoping that everyone uses it to network, help each other out (I LOVE the forums and have been posting some of my own How To’s and topics), and even for some of my past clients to help my current clients with wedding planning! It’s such a crazy world out there – it’s really been bringing us just a little bit closer together

So if you have a moment, pop on over to KWP Online to see what it’s all about!

We were back home shooting the second reception for my best friend Candice’s wedding (you may remember my trip out to Los Angeles last month for her wedding). Since I was there, I decided to work with some upcoming clients, and even managed to squeeze in a full-day photography workshop!

Candice and Kevin graciously modeled for us, and I finally got to shoot in a field that I’ve been eyeing since I was in high school! I can’t wait to share their session, but here’s a sneak peek:

Thanks for everyone’s patience while I was away! I’m ready to really get back in the grind of things this week – so if you’re a current client and anxiously waiting to see your session, it’s on the way!!

So since I’ve left a few clients patiently waiting for their images and blog posts, I thought I’d put up a little update of teasers so you can see what’s coming up!

Brittany Britt’s amazing Bridal Fashion shoot (which you can also see on Shimmer and Silk Blog)

A Pair to Remember Charity Benefit for Easter Seals

Matt and Mindy’s Engagement Session at Downtown Disney

Brad and Tracy’s Feb. 26th Wedding at Victoria Gardens

Christina and Louis – March 5th wedding at the Tampa Museum of Art

Kristan and Sam’s Trash the Dress and Couples Session

Amanda, Noah and Sugar Lump’s Family Session

JD and Laritza’s March 26th Wedding in Maitland

Bridget and Greg’s wedding at Sandal’s Whitehouse, Jamaica

Alex and Chris’s April 1st wedding in Jacksonville at the Ribault Club

Colleen and Casey’s April 2nd wedding at the Jupiter Beach Resort