Hanging with The Becker!

Lena and I had been looking forward to this day ever since we registered way back in October last year. For those who don’t know, Christopher Becker, otherwise known as The Becker, is a wedding photographer down in Orange County, USA. He was recently voted as one of the 30 most influential photographers of the decade according to Photo District News. He recently visited Vancouver to hold his workshop over two days.

We had the pleasure of meeting him initially at the SMUG meet and then got the chance to hang out with him afterwards. I never knew someone so famous was so down to earth and full of energy! Having been chatting with him for a an hour or so, he makes you feel like you have known him for a lifetime!

One of the big things that [b]ecker teaches at his workshop is the whole concept of networking with other photographers. This idea hit home with the 80+ attendees as the wedding photography industry has been previously seen to be one of cut throat and intense competition, where photographers were unwilling to share and help out other photographers. In doing so [b]ecker has established the [b] school.com where you can sign up to join a friendly community of thousands of other photographers who are all looking to network with each other.

So back to the workshop. It was held at Miranda and Reilly’s new and gorgeous Blue Olive Studio. Lena and I were given the honour of being [b]ecker’s models for the day when he took us out on a quick photoshoot to show the class how he works.

This day would never have happened without the fabulous work of Tracey Heppner and Michelle Libby (co founders for the Vancouver Wedding Photographers and Second shooters group) for getting off their butts and actually making it happen. Also a big shout out to Tracey’s husband Jonathan Heppner who provided us with a fantastic meal!

Enough talk! here are some pictures! Thanks to Tom Galassi for taking the the shots of us with our camera!

We even got the chance to watch [b]ecker’s live recording of the Study Hall with Jenn and Steve Bebb from Bebb Studios!