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By now, you’ve probably heard a ton of buzz about Smug Mug launching Smug Groups around the country… Nashville photographers wait no longer, Mel and I will be launching the Nashville group this Monday 1/11 at 6:30 pm at the Hutton Hotel.

Guest speakers will be the immensely talented Jen & Steve Bebb of Bebb Studios in Vancouver, Canada!

Space is limited, RSVP now!

image by Boutwell Studio

Sexy, playful, romantic, sincere, honest, uncomplicated, complex, quirky, dramatic, peaceful, modern, classic… these are all words that have been applied to the Bebb’s imagery. They also describe the Bebbs as people, to a tee. Never taking themselves too seriously, they understand that success is as much about who you are as it is about what you do. Staying true to themselves, the Bebbs create images infused with personality and spirit, inspired by the people in front of their lens.

Six months after photographing their first wedding, Steve & Jen became full time wedding photographers, quickly taking their local market by storm. Quietly photographing over 50 weddings each year in Vancouver, Canada, no one was more surprised than they when they were thrust into the international spotlight in 2007 as the only Canadians named by American PHOTO as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World. Since then they have received numerous international distinctions, the most personal of which come from fellow Canadians.  Already known for their fantastic imagery, the Bebbs soon developed a reputation as fantastic educators as well. Since 2007 they have educated thousands of photographers, either through their smaller workshops, or at national and international conventions.

They are still pursuing their dreams in Vancouver, Canada and with many more air miles to their credit. They are focused on the most elusive of goals: achieving balance between their photography, their speaking commitments, and their family.

Nashville SMUG
Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 | 6:30 PM
Hutton Hotel
1808 West End Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203

SPACE IS LIMITED, so RSVP here and get there early for the best seats.
SMUGs are free and open to everyone who loves photography.

For the past several years we’ve been getting the question: “when are you going to start doing workshops??”  We love teaching, sharing, and helping other photographers.  It’s really very cool to make a difference in someone’s business and help them realize their potential!  Still, it has been something that we’ve been slowly and hesitantly entering into because we never wanted to be lumped into the category of “yet another new photographer with a workshop!”  We wanted to make sure that we really had something to offer and that we could help photographers move in a direction that is good for them and their business rather than just pushing them down the path that we personally took, regardless of whether that really fit them or not.  

As you’ve probably seen on the blog and through twitter, we’ve done some group workshops and speaking recently as we’ve been asked to do so and it has been a very rewarding experience!  The group dynamic is great and hopefully, everyone walks away with something different they can use.  There is a time and a place for that, but what we really love is digging deep, finding a single person’s strengths and weaknesses, and working with them to create a game plan that maximizes their potential and pushes them to realize their dreams!  We found that for us, this can be best achieved with private, one-on-one consultations with individuals.  

If you’ve poked around on our site in the past year, you may have found a little blurb about these tucked away in the “about” section.  We just put it out there without really promoting it and let the chips fall where they may.  We’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with some wonderful people and we’re so excited about where their businesses are headed!  The purpose of this post is to officially make it known (without having to dig around on our site) that we will be offering more private consults in the coming year.  We so look forward to doing these and watching so many more photographers flourish!  If you’d like more information, please feel free to inquire at sean@mclellanstyle.com.

Now, because every post is better with photos, here are a few from one of our more recent consults where we spent part of the time covering shooting in harsh light, with flash, and in bad locations.  Bekah is our lovely and talented assistant/studio manager/on-hand model.  She is the girl who has a box of Keebler Elves Fudge-shop cookies, a can of pistachio nuts, and a bag of Doritos stashed behind her monitor here in the office at any given time and is still this thin!  Are you sick yet? ;0)

We absolutely love Jen and John and we were thrilled to be a part of their wedding last fall!  It was a spectacular event at Dara’s Garden in Knoxville – everything was picture perfect.  The lovely people at I Do for Brides Magazine obviously agreed because they’ve featured their wedding in the fall issue!  We’re so excited for Jen and John and grateful to have our work displayed in another great publication!