Denise Varrientos Photography

Spent the weekend at PhotoCon in KC and came home with a full brain and a happy camera heart 📸

I picked up some great tips, but a few favorites:
• When you start a new SD card, snap a photo of your business card first - if it gets lost, the finder knows exactly who to call. (Brilliant.)
• Night shoots + wandering away from your car = glow sticks as breadcrumbs. Simple and genius.
• And… I FINALLY learned what back button focus is. Turns out it’s not some mysterious photography wizardry after all. Who knew?! Can’t wait to start using it!

Also made a couple upgrades… new camera backpack (yes Joe, the turquoise one is officially getting retired 😄) and a new strap. Bonus tip I didn’t know: with heavier lenses, use the strap on the lens - not the camera. Mind blown again.

I got to play with some new gear and chat with some fantastic vendors with a huge shoutout to the Sony and Tamron teams for patiently answering all my questions (and confirming my 70–200 would actually fit in that backpack 🙌). The Bedford Camera crew was also incredibly helpful.

And thanks to the Canon booth, I now have one of my Maryland photos printed, and I absolutely love how it turned out.

All in all… great weekend, great people, and a reminder that there’s always something new to learn - even after all these years!

Now… time to put it all to work. 📷✨