The Scott Kelby Story

Earlier this month, a friend of mine and I attended a 400+ people photography seminar in Indianapolis, hosted by worldly known photographer Scott Kelby.  The seminar was wonderfully done, easy to understand and exciting to attend.  Before returning from our lunch break, I ran into the restroom.  As I rounded the corner, I noticed Scott was washing his hands alone at the sink.  I said the only words that came to mind.  Thank you for doing this Scott;  This is so great.  He turns to me, with a big smile and says, Are you kidding?  Thank you for coming!  Are you having a good time?  I explained to him that I was there with a friend/fellow photographer, and that we were having a great time, and that him and his team had made this a fun, exciting day.  He asked me if there was anything I would've changed about the seminar.  Not a thing.  He even asked me what my name was.  As we re-entered the lobby area, I shook his hand and we went our separate ways.  Scott was incredibly humble and easy to talk to.  Him taking the time out of his insanely busy schedule to just talk to me for 5 minutes, completely made my day.  Or, my month for that matter.  I sat back down in the seminar room next to Kiely and said, dude, you'll never believe who I just ran into in the bathroom...