{"id":38342,"date":"2015-03-25T04:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=38342"},"modified":"2015-03-24T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T20:24:07","slug":"the-ambassador-summitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/the-ambassador-summitt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambassador Summitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There have been many, many, many rewards, successes and amazing moments in my photographic journey, one of them just came to an end. Nikon brought in seventeen of the Nikon USA Ambassadors<\/a> (two had dates conflict and were sorely missed) for a whirlwind 36hrs summit to talk about, YOU! Yep, not a camera or lens was shown or talked about (on full disclosure, we did get our sensors cleaned), barely heard a mention of a feature even. Instead, the Ambassadors, a powerfully creative and deeply touched group (take that as you will) sat in meetings for two days talking about how we can further our passion for photography through teaching and outreach even more. The creative juices and motivated conversations were some of the most stimulating photographic conversations I have been apart of for a long, long time! I am totally exhausted and completely energized from it all. None as much as meeting some of my idols who I have only known from afar but now can say, they are friends. The real highlight of it all, na, that doesn’t work. The most magical moment. Na, that doesn’t work either. The most overwhelming, mind shaking, heart awakening, passion affirming moment (ya, that’s closer) was Monday night when all the Ambassadors gave a five minute presentation (I toasted it, going 22min … yikes!)!!!! To seat and watch sixteen passion filled presentation (not going to mention the total fright of standing in front of them) about what it is we do, move the world with photography, was something you could never pay enough to see and one time wasn’t simply enough to take it all in but it will leave an everlasting impression on me for the rest of my life. I truly wish you all could have been there, it’s what photography is truly all about. While gear is part of the equation (and many of asked what new gear was discussed which I’m pleased to say none as in, we didn’t sign a NDA none) it’s all of our mind and heart that goes into visual storytelling that these masters came together to share. And the best part is, as time goes on, you will benefit from this summit as all the Ambassadors go out to do what we have been charged with, be ambassadors for what we all feel is the greatest passion in the world, photography. And to my fellow Ambassadors, thanks for all the laughs and tears, thoughts and challenges and most importantly, for who you are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Ambassador Summitt<\/a><\/blockquote>