What was I doing in Humboltd, Saskatchewan(population 5,000)???

Well I was attending a workshop given by Steve and Shelly from Utah who happen to be friends of mine. They usually give their workshops in Salt Lake City and I’ve wanted to go see them but there was always something with the dates that I could not attend. Luckily when they were asked to speak in Saskatchewan those dates worked for me…kind of lol Why was it in Humboldt? Well the girl who organized everything, Alison, lives there so the workshop took place there. She’s also a good friend of mine. We were about 30 photographers attending the workshop. All from Saskatchewan except me lol

Woke up Saturday morning 7am, got ready and shot a wedding that day. Finished the wedding around 7pm, had supper, downloaded the wedding, backed it up, tied up a few things  and then started packing up for my trip ( clothes and all my camera gear ). Finally I’m all ready, it’s now 1AM and I’m leaving for Ottawa at 2:30AM, no use going to bed. Watched a bit of tv, took a shower and off to Ottawa. It’s now Sunday morning 4am and I’m at the Ottawa airport waiting for my 6am flight to Toronto. So I’m waiting for my flight and there’s a family beside me and all of a sudden the mom gets all excited and tells her kis: “Look, Kevin Costner is right there”, about 20 feet from us. Yep, Kevin Costner was on our flight. No I did not get a photo…It’s 5am in the morning, I’m half asleep, don’t feel like taking photos lol  In the airport lounge or in the plane, nobody approached him…but a lot of the ladies were pointing at him lol

Back to my trip, land at 7am in Toronto catch my connecting flight to Saskatoon at 8am, land in Saskatoon at 11:30am but it’s 9:30am their time which is good because the workshop starts at 10AM. Only problem is I’ve got a 90 minute drive to Humboldt from Saskatoon. Had to pick up my rental car and off to Humboldt. Showed up at 1pm at the hotel where the workshop was taking place, ok a bit late because of GPS issues lol Workshop goes till 9pm that 1st day then off to the bar with the group. Stayed up till midnight ( 2AM Ontario time ). So I was up for 43 hours straight, shot a wedding and flew to Saskatoon and attended the first day of the workshop during that time. Lets just say I fell asleep pretty fast that night lol

Monday, Tuesday 2 full days of workshops and bar time at night lol Flew back Wednesday  All of this with the sprained ankle from the week before. Still very sore but I’m tough lol

Here are a few photos from the workshop:

Steve is the one holding the reflector.

Now, Shelley is holding the reflector with Steve beside her

Learned some new stuff about lighting and Photoshop so the trip was totally worth it. Plus I got to see some of my good friends that I don’t get to see as often as I would like.

Thanks, Dan