Session Highlight: Blog Photography

by Julie on July 13, 2012

We’re excited about the speakers and workshops we will bringing to you at the Healthy Living Summit this year.  It is going to be so difficult to decide which session to go to! 

We’ve asked each speaker to send us a little bio and further description of their sessions…maybe it will help make your decisions a little easier? 

First up, Gretchen Powell, who will be presenting Just Say No… To On-Camera Flash: An Introduction to Blog Photog Basics

Gretchen Powell is the blogger behind the weight loss blog “Honey, I Shrunk the Gretchen!“. She began her blog in August of 2010 as a way of tracking her weight loss and breaking free from a lifelong toxic relationship with food. Beginning her health journey at over 246 pounds, Gretchen has successfully lost 60 pounds and completed many fitness challenges thanks to her blog. Most recently, she ran the 200-mile Reach the Beach Relay with a team of fellow bloggers. Though her blog began as a way to keep herself committed to a healthier lifestyle, it has since developed into a place for her to share her thoughts, love for food, and photos of her life, recipes, and adorable miniature schnauzers.

As her blog expanded, Gretchen developed a deep love of and appreciation for the aesthetic aspects of blogging, particularly photography. Under the tutelage of her brother, a professional photographer, she began to expand her working knowledge of photography to help do justice to the healthy recipes she was creating for her blog. Doing so sparked a deep appreciation for vibrant photographs that she believes can be achieved by any blogger. She knows first-hand how intimidating it can seem to obtain beautiful photos, but is committed to the idea that taking high-quality pictures do not take a ton of time, nor do they require a professional’s skill. Her HLS session will focus on easy photography basics that can help any blogger take their blog’s visual appeal up to the next level.

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Linz @ Itz Linz July 16, 2012 at 6:52 pm

Most excited about this one! :)

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