Cape Cod countdown is on
Dusting off the cobwebs from this blog to share a hearty “hiya” and “can’t wait to see you all” on the Cape in just a few weeks!! I hope everyone has had a tremendous winter and boy-oh-boy, I cannot wait to dip our toes in the water and catch up soon at Roots!
2011 students, you should have received an email from me last week with all the nitty gritty details. We were waiting on one of our sponsors, Pinhole Pro, who so generously purchased a seat to the workshop and gave it away in an online contest, to announce their winner before I shared the team assignments. That has all been settled, and so, without further ado, I present to you your teams! Hooray!
FYI, you’ll notice we have one less team than originally planned. With a few seats left and registration still lingering last month, I decided to keep your group small and not accept any last minute participants so I could concentrate on securing our assignments and lining up the other pieces of our plans. We think you’ll be extra happy with an even tighter learning/living circle.
TEAM 1:
leaders: Jennifer Domenick (‘08, ‘09, ‘10) and Mark Dolan (‘10)
I go way back with these two. Jenn and I met while working at the Washington Post in 2001 and Mark Dolan is a bbq-loving bearded teddy bear who also happens to be my very favorite photojournalism professor from when I was a student at Syracuse University. He now teaches photography at the Southern Illinois Carbondale campus and we’re so lucky he’s returning for another summer with us. Jenn is co-owner of Love Life Images in Columbia, Maryland, and mother to three of the most wonderful little boys you’ll ever meet. She’s a Roots staple having been with us since the very first workshop!
students:
Christina Wnek (‘09)
Whitney Fox (‘10)
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TEAM 2:
leaders: Tyler Wirken (‘08, ‘09, ‘10) and Rachel LaCour Niesen (‘09, ‘10)
Smart and savvy Rachel, co-owner of LaCour and online studio management software company ShootQ (now with Pictage), is paired with Roots mega personality Tyler who I first met while teaching at the Foundation Workshop in Texas in 2007. Both have extensive backgrounds in photojournalism, hosting workshops and generally just being awesome and enthusiastic. Tyler co-owns Wirken Photography in Kansas City and Rachel lives in Atlanta.
students:
Nervous yet? Don’t be! Well, er, maybe just a little!
