Koy Awards and Koy Konnecting Braga & Madeira

Koy Konnecting and Koy Awards

Koylab Family Ambasadores Andre Boto, Pedro Nobrega, Joao Araujo,  and Pedro Reigoto from Koylab, Miguel Ponte, and Goncalo Delgado.

Trying to play catch up on some past events and blog posts, This was a fantastic event I was super excited to be part of. This was back in April, it feels like a lifetime ago.

I am also super excited to announce that KOY KONNECTING  is going to   Madeira Island next week, on July 19 & 20, I will be giving two talks, The Importance of Personal Projects and the Importance of Printing Portfolios.

The amazing Miguel Ponte is going to give an awesome talk and we will also have an open panel discussion.

 

 

This event was such a fantastic event, the folks over at KOYLAB decided to take this event to Madeira Island, where I will be one of the speakers alongside the amazing Miguel  Pontes.

Great video of the two-day event in Braga.

 

On  April 29 and 30 the l, it’s the first event, Koy Konnecting happened in Braga Portugal

Along with their first event, Koy Lab also held its first photographic contest, the Koy Awards, of which  I was proud to be a Jury member and ended up presenting the awards online.

The Koy Awards were created to promote not only our brand but also Photography at a professional level.

Here are  some of my favourite moments

The Moment we gave the overall winner his award, Koylab Trophy, and a brand new Fujifilm XT4.
Wedding ace Miguel Ponte helped me give the 2ed and 3erd place awards to the amazing talented Raïs De Weirdt from Belgium.
Mr. Koy himself
Handing over the Sony award
One of My favorite people at Koylab. The big boss herself.
Wow-what an incredible table, with so many talented Photographers and photo reps from Sony , Canon, and Colorfoto
Besides Koylab, there were many other vendors present like Fuji, Sony, Canon, and Colorfoto just to name a few.
Showcasing my Portrait Portfolio during my Talk, The Importance of Print Portfolio.
We started the event with a tour of the kOYLAB facilities.
We started the event with a tour of the Koylab  facilities.
This is a super cool perspective of the factory
Showcasing my Portfolio during my Talk, The Importance of Print Portfolio.
How many of you still use a Print Portfolio

Me and fellow Koylab ambassador Goncalo Delgado
Koylab ambassadors  in the house. Koylab Family Ambasadores Andre Boto, Pedro Nobrega, Miguel Ponte and Goncalo Delgado .

 

During my talk for FUJIFILM PT
During my talk for FUJIFILM PT
Cheers and a big thank you to everyone and Koylab for the invite and a huge thanks to everyone who attended the event.
besides all the sharing of the speakers and the access we had to cool gear from the brands present, one of the highlights of the two-day event was being able to talk with fellow photographers.

Big thanks to my assistant Petko for the great video of the event and my assistant Cristiana for the awesome BTS pictures of the event.