Richard is proud to be participating in this year’s Thirst Relief Mentor Auction. You can bid to win 2 hours of consulting time with Richard for Workflow, Digital Asset Management, or ShootQ training. 100% of the proceeds from the auction benefit Thirst Relief, a non-profit organization that helps to organize clean water projects around the world. Visit Thirst Relief on eBay for more information and to place a bid! The auction ends tonight, November 17th at 11pm EST!

For more information on Thirst Relief International, please visit their website.

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I’ve been told many times on this trip that you don’t often see sun in London, especially this time of year. But look what we saw! A little sun, but blue sky! It didn’t last very long.

Trafalgar Square with the National Museum.

And the entrance to Westminster Abbey. The rest of it was beautiful too. We didn’t go in. They are asking about $25 per person to go in!  We got a little glimpse from outside.

There will be more to come!

First up is the biggest of the three, Mystic Seminars in Mystic, CT. Some of the industries top photographers will be here. I will be the first talk on day 1, starting it all off, giving the efficient version of my workflow efficiency talk.

The first RE:Workshop of 2011 will take place across the pond in London! I will be giving my new RE:Compose workshop. Photographer Paul Toeman is hosting at his London Studio.

And I’ll be speaking again at the awesome Inspire Boston seminar. Only 100 photographers can get into this inspirational, energetic, and fun 3 day seminar outside of Boston. I have 2 parts this year. My first talk will be about the consultation process when it comes to meeting with prospective clients for the first time. For the second part I will be doing a short version of my new RE:Compose workshop. You’ll head out and around the hotel with your cameras to study composition and what to look for before picking your camera up.

The crew for the day!

And new to the INeedRE.com site is something that has started up for me this year, studio consultations. I’ve worked with a handful of photographers so far this year to get their workflow automated and efficient and to setup their file structures. I’ve had a great response from this service so it’s time to open it up to everyone!

Three different workshops announced for April 13th-15th. Only 10 attendee’s for each workshop! You can sign up for 1, 2, or all 3. The more you sign up for, the better the deal! The workshops will be held at RE’s home office in North Haven, CT.

Visit REPhotoDesign.org for all the information!

This past year we were loaded with more Fusion weddings than we could have even hoped for. I’m still in the editing process when it comes to my own clients videos! Recently I spoke at the Inspire Boston conference on video editing and the whole process. It reignited a flame I lit almost a year ago. I wanted that flame to be a bonfire. I had big ideas and a grand plan. I also had no time for it. But now with the editing I’ve been doing and the speaking and workshops I’m giving, that little flame started to burn pretty good. After talking to many photographers I realized there may be a need for an editing service. I mean, how many photographers do you know have Emmy Awards for video editing?

So with the big convention coming up in Vegas I figured I had to do something. So instead of sleep, I’ve been working on simplifying and rebuilding the Click4Fusion site I started a year ago. But this time from scratch. I have one more section to finish, otherwise it’s up and running. And oddly enough, even before the current redo, the Click4Fusion website was getting a lot of hits and visitors. It was actually one of the top 3 referrers to my own website!

So here’s to making it better and growing a new seed in this wonderful world of photography.

PS Thanks to the photographers across the US that already called about my upcoming talk in Boston! I may just try and get something online that everyone can see, or maybe I’ll come to a city near you!

I will be one of the speakers on Tuesday morning. My class will be how we do fusion weddings, from shooting to editing.

This retreat-format conference is hosted by the Boston Photographers Guild and Lens Pro to Go. Sessions will inspire and provide working knowledge that participants may put to immediate use in order to make their businesses more efficient and successful.

This conference is open to all who are interested in professional photography, but is most appropriate for those who are currently working as professional photographers or who are in the midst of establishing their business. We have recruited some of the most successful photographers in the northeast to lead workshop seminars, give lectures, and lead discussions.

This is an amazing opportunity for professional photographers to learn from peers, mingle with mentors, network with friends, and get inspired! The conference is limited to 150 participants, and registration includes all meals so we are all able to fully enjoy the networking opportunities.