I’m back from GWNW! The annual photojournalist conference and workshop in Toronto is an absolute must for any Canadian news photographer.

I’m so glad to see Loyalist friends have I not seen in month. Ryan Jackson, Aaron Lynett, Tara Walter, Kevin Hill, Joe, Natalie Bay, Alexandra Stephanson, and some now second year student that where in their first year while I was in my second.

Some folks from the Windsor Star where there too. I was so glad to see Tyler Brownbridge, Bob Carroll and Rob Gurdebeke.

Sadly, Lisa King could not make it.

That was also funny to realize that so many people, including some that I had never met before, are reading my blog.

Anyway. Enough with the names dropping.

The conference was really inspiring. When you see some of Peter Power’s best pictures in his feature hunting workshop, you just want to go out and shoot-shoot-shoot.

I missed the last conference on Saturday because I had to leave, but Chris Bolin, Vincent Laforet, Jim Young and Lana Slezic where just great. Everyone was shacken after Slezic shoed her images and spoke about Afghanistan.

On my way back, I was carpooling with Jacques Boissinot (CP staff in Quebec City) and Bernard Breault (staff photog at La Presse in Montreal). They are friends for years now and they are so funny together. They act like an old couple, pretending to argue and fight all the time with each other. They ruined Cindy’s makeup because of the laughing tears that where running from her eyes.

Can’t wait to next year conference!