The entire plane ride home from Phoenix I was trying to think of clever post titles for this blog entry and I had some great ones, of course my short term memory is not what it used to be so the best I have at 2am is I saw the light. Not so clever.

Words cannot describe how awesome, wonderful, amazing and fun the One Light Workshop was. For all my photographer friends out there, this is a must do for you. All of his workshops are sold out for 2008 (I *think* he mentioned that he would be adding possibly a couple more but I’m not sure where). Oh wait, Alaska is not sold out, I actually would love to go to that one too, heck I would go again regardless of where it is. Zack Arias is the real deal, he’s a open book of information and on top of everything he is humble without a inkling of a ego.

Melissa Jill, a destination wedding photographer based out of Phoenix, was our wonderful host and I truly appreciate her for welcoming us to her home.

When we went around the room and introduced ourselves, Zack also told us to say what we hoped to get out of the workshop. When it was my turn I said that I wanted my OMG moment. All of my friends that have attended the workshop in other states have just raved about how awesome it was and each of them used the OMG expression multiple times. I’m proud to say that I got my OMG moment and so much of what we learned just clicked.

Here are a few photos to share, seriously I could write paragraphs and paragraphs about what a wonderful experience it was, but my eyes are crossing and my little one is sitting on my lap. She is sick with the flu .

Oh and I’m such a dork but this was something else awesome for me personally. I’ve mentioned several times that I’m a blog junkie and my Google reader is filled with some of my favorite blogs that I have to read every night before I go to bed. One of my favorite wedding photographers was there - Ray Soemarsono from Apertura, and I had to confess about being a blog stalker. He was a total sweetheart and actually appreciated my blog stalking, you have to check out his blog. I told my husband we need to renew our vows or something so we can hire Ray & Erwin to shoot our re-wedding, ok well I have to get skinny first then we will do it! But seriously, their work is simply breathtaking!

Zack schooling us…

Below is one of our beautiful models Jennifer, she is the Publisher/Editor in Chief for Destination I DO Wedding Magazine. I didn’t crop down here, I wanted to show you the simple set up with our one light. What a difference it makes.

Below is our beautiful model Liene, she is the owner and lead consultant of Blue Orchid Designs - wedding planning and design and she specializes in destination weddings.