The Youngrens | San Diego Photographers

What I learned on our seven day cruise to the Mexican Riviera while teaching and speaking to a small group of rad photographer on The Photog Retreat: I learned how to navigate a flight of stairs while riding a very large rocking ship on rough winter seas. I also learned that the rough seas can land you at the bottom of the stairs in a restaurant line of old ladies at a moment’s notice. I learned how to pose with an empty picture frame for a couple’s portrait. Well, to be more precise, THROUGH an empty picture frame. I learned…

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I simply cannot express how much fun we had on The Photog Retreat – since there were only 30 of us hanging out on a cruise ship for seven days, there were a whole lot of intimate and candid conversations that happened around lunches, dinners, fourth meals, and midnight snacks (we basically ate our way through the boat for a week. Just ask my bathroom scale). But the best part for Jeff and me was grabbing a cup of coffee and hanging out one on one during our mentor sessions with attendees. We get such a thrill out of hearing…

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You didn’t think The Youngrens could go THAT long without some travel did you?? After a few months of kickin’ it homebody style, Jeff and I are off on yet another travel adventure. For the next week, we’ll be on a Norwegian Cruise to the Mexican Riviera speaking at The Photog Retreat, a small photography workshop with ten speakers, twenty photographers, and whole lotta sunshine! WOO-to-the-HOO!! If you’re on the cruise with us, feel free to belly up next to the pool with me, slather on some SPF, and soak up some Mexico sun while Jeff hits up the shuffleboard…

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