Tuesday, July 28, 2009

AKC retreat '09 - day 1

Monday, July 27, 2009

I am so excited to be in Charleston, South Carolina, with some of the sweetest photographer ladies in the United States!

Alpha Kappa Camera (AKC) is a female photographer sorority created by photographers Cristi Owens and Amelia Strauss, two of the super-fun photographers I met at the Zero-to-60 Workshop in Ireland.

This week, their dream of creating AKC became a reality in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, where 9 female photographers from 9 different states gathered to network, talk shop and relax.

We are staying at a beach house on charming Sullivan's Island.

By the end of the evening, all the girls participating in the retreat had arrived to the beach house.

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For lunch, Yellowfin tuna tacos in the courtyard at Poe's Tavern

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Later, we went shopping at Piggly Wiggly's [can you believe that is the actual name of a grocery store? - it made me laugh :)].

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After Joanna joined the group, we all went down to the beach . . .

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Since this is my third trip to a beach . . . I was fascinated with all the beauty I found.

The grasses were so beautiful with wispy shadows cast on the near-white sand.

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For ease and enjoyment of walking (and a possible a trail marker back to the beach house) we left our sandals behind . . .

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These sandals were particularly fun . . . bright and sparkly!

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Cute Shea.

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The birds sailed on currents of air near the shore.

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Beautiful blue skies.

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My first time seeing a jellyfish . . .

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Super-fun bunch!

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For dinner, tapas in down town Charleston.

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All the girls . . .

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