The view from our hotel window at the Holiday Inn.

Calm before the storm: prep for day 1 of floshops.

Lindsey, Jason's right-hand woman, getting the gear ready for their shoot class at Windsor Castle.

Young Jeti Knight, Ross, doing introductions and starting the flo ...

Jason started strong on day one with a talk on inspiration and personal projects.

And there's Ben with that growth on his face again.

David Pullum, photographer extraordinaire and co-organizer of floshops, also piled the task of documenting the workshop above all the OTHER hats he wore.

It was good to have lunch together, and knowing we'd be eating at the Holiday Inn everyday <?!!?> meant we didn't have high expectations. Fish and chips in England? Why not!

Each afternoon we split up into smaller groups and shot and shot and shot. Only regret I have is not being able to tag along with Ben and Jason on their shoots!

Day 2 was Ben's talk. It was so cool to be inspired by a "seeing freak." I hear he moves just as fast on the wedding day too :)

We spoke on day 3 but strangely didn't take any pics of it :)

Caption for the image below: "David Pullum: What an arse."

But in all seriousness, for all of David's hard work in getting Floshops together, Jason led the pack and we gifted him with a cool gift which I'm sure everyone was eyeing ;)

Nothing like seeing a grown man squirm when asked to give a speech :D

What a feel-good floshops was. I think everyone came away changed for the better and I look forward to seeing where each and every one of us, us included, grows this year and beyond.

GEEK ALERT!!

All pics in this post were taken on my newest P&S love: the Panasonic LX-3. Love the f2 24mm lens and usable 800ISO. I've also fallen in love with shooting 16:9 format and using QuiKeys to process in Lightroom. Strangely, it seems to work so well for many things. Wonder if it's a fad or if I'll continue to shoot this way. Who knows? If they got rid of the delay and had a usable 1600ISO I'd definitely consider shooting it at a wedding ... silent cam with amazing results.

Anyways, enough ramblings. Pics! We need more Pics!

It was a long and short 4-days and we were back on our way HOME! Couldn't wait to see our boyz, but had to stop by to find some gifts.

At the airport, I found a favorite childhood drink but in a BOX! Ribena!

It's always fun to stop and people-watch at the airport. Always leaves me wondering where people are from and where they're headed ...

And wouldn't you know it: an airplane manual made just for me!

We had those fancy personal touch-screen TV's on our flight home and I was mildly annoyed when the captain's voice came blazing through in the middle of Quantum of Solace announcing we were passing the East Coast of Greenland. Boy am I glad he did ... it was a spectacular view and 007 could wait ...

Great ending to a wonderful trip.

Thanks to everyone at floshops who made it such an amazing experience for us.

Blessings, hugs and much success to you all my Floshop friends :)

xoxoxoxo

Cool post, you guys. Thanks for sharing!

Ribena! - is this a part of every Asian kid's childhood?! I bought a bottle recently, purely for nostalgia.