I can’t believe it has been over three months since I made the trip to Mexico for Jose Villa’s workshop. The experience was something I will forever be grateful for and has changed my whole perspective with my photography. For those of you who don’t know, I had the humbling experience of winning Jose’s scholarship program last year and I couldn’t have been more happy about that! The entire experience inspired, uplifted, and rejuvenated me. Jose and his crew were absolutely amazing and made the workshop so special and top notch quality down to the smallest details. I cannot say enough about how amazingly beautiful everything was put together and how much I learned that week. A special thanks to everyone involved, I know they all put a lot of time and effort into making it the wonderful experience that it was:

Jose Villa Workshops – http://www.josevillaworkshops.com/
Hacienda El Carmen – http://www.haciendaelcarmen.com.mx/
Jill La Fleur – http://www.lafleurweddings.com/
Joel Serrato – http://joelserratofilms.com/
Amy of Wedding Chicks – http://www.weddingchicks.com/
Mar of TEAM hair and makeup – http://www.teamhairandmakeupservice.com/
Karina Puente – http://kpuente.bigfolioblog.com/
Bill of Richard Photo Lab – http://www.richardphotolab.com/
Joy Thigpen – http://www.joythigpen.com/
Lacie Hansen – http://laciehansenphoto.bigfolioblog.com/
Nancy Villa – http://josevillablog.com/
Abby of Style Me Pretty – http://www.stylemepretty.com/
Erica O’brien – made the wedding cake – http://www.ericaobrien.com/
Saja Wedding Gowns – http://www.sajawedding.com/

and the sponsors:

Fuji Film – http://www.fujifilm.com/
Cypress Albums – http://www.cypressalbums.com/
Wedding Chicks – http://www.weddingchicks.com/
Style Me Pretty – http://www.stylemepretty.com/
Richard Photo Lab – http://www.richardphotolab.com
Ryan of Finch Design – http://finchdesign.us/
Palomas Nest – http://palomasnest.com/

I will continue to post more images from the workshop in the upcoming weeks… this is only day one :)