A Day with Yervant
February 13th, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s 3:10am in Vegas and I am blogging! One of the weird things about long distance traveling is that I get up at odd hours. Last night I slept at 3am, and tonight I woke up at 2am! I guess this morning I am a little over excited with the new courage I’ve found.
Just wanna update you guys with the workshop with Yervant. I have specific questions for the king of wedding photography and he answered them all today. Some directly, many through his open and candid sharing with the class. Got to see how he worked with models today. I didn’t take much shots of models because my goal isn’t about shooting gorgeous models but to observe how Yervant thinks and works locations.
While he is not the most eloquent speaker, Yervant’s rich experience (27 years in the industry) and his humility made a connection with the class immediately. He talked about how he had fears about the current economic turmoil and how even he had his low moments. That set the class free. We knew we had a real person teaching us, not a super human.
What touched me was how a man that had achieved everything under the sun, in my view, still took risks and worked hard to reinvent himself. I had an unforgettable 15-minute with Yervant when two of us walked from our classroom to the hotel lobby (this place is too freaky huge). I walked away from the stroll with this great man realizing that I needed more courage & audacity. He somehow imparted that to me. Thanks, Yervant.
Joe likes “intruding” our shoot because we have the more gorgeous looking models 
Here he provided a comic relief for our class.
February 13th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope there will come my chance to meet him one day too.
February 14th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Glad that you are enjoying yourself and soaking up loads of knowledge and experience. Your investment of time, money, effort and sleep is going to be worth it.
Thanks for sharing. In a way, your experience is our experience through your blog. And some of us photogs get to learn
February 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Even Van Gaal draws shit, people think it as gold. That’s the secret of your business, right? Majority of people won’t tell a difference comparing art works.
So you are obviously doing the right investment. Keep up your networking and you will be very successful.
February 15th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Wow! Looks like a lot of knowledge and wisdom being poured out! Hope you have a great experience there so obviously I can’t wait for your next series of workshops
February 16th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Walking among the legends! What an experience!!!
February 16th, 2009 at 4:54 am
It is not just rubbing shoulders…it is being able to have a real connection with them. They are mere humans but they accomplish extraordinary feats.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Finally you meet yervant. I recall how you excitingly talk abt him back in 2006 while we were India. Your dream came through. Congrats! I would love to join you in vegas soon!
February 17th, 2009 at 8:30 am
that 15 minutes is really a long walk, but I guess you had not enough! hehe…
When I see my teacher wants to learn so eagerly, I am inspired to want to learn alot more.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Great stuff! Oooh and do I see a 5DM2?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
wow…..now i understood why…….