Melissa Jill Photography

Anna Rebecca - Hello!! Oh Melissa! This brings back great memories on the workshop I attended! I wish it lasted longer! I also wish I could come to your house because it looks likes you have done an awesome job in decorating it! Glad to see you got a couple of guys in on that group!

Holly - OMG PLEASE PLEASE have one in Chicago!!!!!!!!!! I want to attend SO bad and that is only 4 hours form me- well really St Louis, Des Moines, or Chicago are all 4 hours so any of those would do just fine! LOL But I will being doing a skype session very soon regardless :)

noah worden - We love u so much!

Melissa Jill :) - Hi Rupa - The umbrella I use is listed in my list of gear here: http://bit.ly/ecQI1u and Liz, DC is definitely a possibility! I'll email you to follow up!

Liz - What, no workshop in/around DC?? ;) Sad! I'd jump all over the chance to host you!!

Rupa - oooh....was wondering about the umbrella and if you were doing stuff differently so thanks for explaining! Do you have a specific brand of flash/umbrella you recommend Melissa?

Melissa Jill :) - Hey Stephanie! I have a number of FAQ posts on my off-camera lighting for receptions! Here they are: http://melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=475&f-a-q-reception-lighting-off-camera-flash http://melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=479&f-a-q-reception-lighting-using-shutter-speed http://melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=485&f-a-q-reception-lighting-low-light-focus-trick http://melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=775&flash-compensation And Kelly -- I do use bare bulb for receptions. I was just showing everyone how you can attach an umbrella for family portraits in a church.

Stephanie Barnes - Do you think you would ever do a blog tutorial on off camera flash at a reception....or off camera flash in general

Kelly Trimble - Okay - I thought you used a bare flash for your OCF. Do you always shoot into the umbrella? My OCF is killing me at receptions so I am trying to find some new mojo!

Carrie C - How fun! :) If you ever consider doing a workshop for non-professional photo hobbyists, I would be all over that!!