Kenny Kim and I at the Washington DC Free to Succeed Tour with David Jay
In June of 2008 while riding the Metrorail, I happened to listen to a podcast with Ron Dawson and he was interviewing Kenny Kim. Out of all of Ron’s podcasts that I had listened to previously, this one stuck out in my mind a little bit more than most. I was really impressed with how Kenny had accomplished so much in such a short period of time in the wedding industry. I listened to him share everything from his networking method to his faith and thought to myself “I am going to take a chance and reach out to this guy”. So I did, I sent him an email and he responded back to me within a couple of hours. To my surprise he was in the Washington DC area that day! I gave him a call and he invited me to come and hang out for a while with him and some other photographers.
That afternoon I got home, jumped on my motorcycle and rode out to Reston Town Center in Virginia where he was there doing a get together style shoot with a bunch of other photographers who I did not know from a can of paint. So here I am standing around all of these photographers holding nothing but my motorcycle jacket with no camera or business cards. (the stuff you think of when you are 40 miles from the house LOL). Anyway, that was the day that I met Kenny Kim, Armin DeFiesta, Noah Hayes, Peter Bang and others that I know I am forgetting!! It has been just over a year and we all stay in pretty constant contact with each other, get together often and try to track Kenny and his world travels. Meeting these other photographers made my first trip to WPPI this year so much more fun. It’s always good to see familiar faces when you’re in the midst of 10,000 other photographers.
If I learned anything from meeting Kenny, it’s that sometimes you have to take a chance and reach out to those around you if you want any type of success in your business. If I had not done that to meet Kenny, I may not have had a chance to meet so many other great photographers in the Washington DC area.
THE FOLLOWING IMAGES TAKEN WITH MY iPHONE!
Kenny Kim at work at the Reston Town Center Photography Get Together
Noah Hayes, Peter Bang, and Kenny Kim
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