On Sunday afternoon, I participated in the Counselors Academy pre-conference session on how to take photos for your content, rather than relying on the work of someone else.

Armed with just the cameras on our phones, Paul M. Bowers, sent us outside four times during the three-hour workshop to take photos. We had 10 minutes to take 10 photos each time.

He began the conversation by asking us all to raise our hands. We all did. Then he said to raise them higher. And hands went up a few more inches. Then he asked us to raise them higher and I stood on my chair (teacher’s pet I was that time!).

His point was, when given the opportunity to step outside of the box, not many of us do it.

And then the fun began. (more…)