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SEPTEMBER 2024
PhotoX Lifestyle: Wedding Photography with Vanessa Joy
Date: September 21, 2024
Location: Pictureline 305 West 700 South Salt Lake City, Utah
Meet Vanessa Joy and learn from her award-winning experience in wedding photography. Beyond her talent as a top luxury wedding photographer, she is also a mentor and educator in the wedding photography community.
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OCTOBER 2024
RISE: An Interactive Wedding Intensive
Date: October 28-30, 2024
Location: Kansas City, MO
Join Vanessa as she shares her knowledge and expertise to wedding photographers who want better clients and a better way of doing business.
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NOVEMBER 2024
WEDDING MBA: Disruptor - Digital Marketing
Date: November 14, 2024 | 3:00 PM Central
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center | Cedar Room
Join Vanessa and other wedding professionals from around the world, 200 exhibitors, and over 150 educational seminars on a must-attend event for wedding professionals looking to take their businesses to the next level.
Reserve Your SpotWEDDING MBA: Weather Report - Lighting in Any Condition
Date: November 14, 2024 | 5:50 PM Central
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center | Redwood Room
Reserve Your SpotFEBRUARY 2025
IMAGING USA: Understanding and Breaking Into Luxury Weddings
Date: February 3, 2025 | 5:00 PM Central
Location: Dallas, Texas
Find ways to pursue luxury vendor relationships, brand yourself as a luxury wedding photographer, and what that all means for the future of your career.
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MARCH 2025
WPPI: The 28 Day Challenge For Your Wedding Business
Date: March 17, 2025 | 4:00 PM Pacific
Location: Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Join the challenge to elevate your wedding photography business in just four weeks. Learn actionable strategies and insider tips to boost your bookings, streamline your workflow, and enhance client relationships.
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WPPI: Mastering Workflow & Client Satisfaction
Date: March 19, 2025 | 8:30 AM Pacific
Location: Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Learn how to enhance client experiences, streamline processes, and deliver exceptional results that keep clients coming back.
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JULY 2025
Bali Photo Adventure
Date: July 28 to Aug 3, 2025
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Immerse yourself in the lush green landscapes of Ubud and unwind with some beach time in Sanur while photographing alongside world-renowned photographer, Vanessa Joy, and making many new photographer friends too!
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Meet Vanessa
For the past 20+ years, Vanessa has been photographing events, portraits and marketing projects and has been published in places like Yahoo!News, Grace Ormonde, Style Me Pretty, Rangefinder, Professional Photographer Magazine and more.
She was hired by companies like Bravo, Canon, David Tutera, The Knot and Hilton all while educating pros worldwide as an influential speaker for over a decade.
Vanessa has earned 5 college degrees (Education, Spanish, Photography, Music and Social Sciences), received a PPA Photographic Craftsman degree and Grand Imaging Award, been named a WeddingPro Education Expert, and has been sponsored by Canon, Adorama and Profoto to name a few.
She’s a Canon Explorer of Light, an honor given to only 5 wedding photographers in the United States.
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