Yesterday was a rather exciting day as I got to travel to Holland to talk with the guys from all the Nikon European offices about blogging. Although completely out of my comfort zone, I got to go and give a 30 minute presentation talking about HeyUGuys, where we have come from and how we’ve progressed and more specifically, how we work together with brand names, like Nikon.

Nikon is currently looking at their strategy and how to engage more with bloggers across Europe and although HeyUGuys doesn’t focus on photography, there are many cross-overs with how we work and the way in which Nikon will be moving forward with regards to speaking with blogs and creating their own. They currently have a number of blogs including I AM Nikon which is live here.

Living the Dream: Photos I've Taken - Click to enalrge

The journey over the last two years has been rather an amazing one and it was through preparing for my presentation where I got to remember some of the amazing memories and experiences that have come from doing HeyUGuys over that time. I still remember (and will always remember) being invited along to our first premiere and how I nearly fell off my seat when the email came into my inbox. One of the slides I compiled featured quite a few photos (image on the right) that I’d taken of celebrities on red carpets and now, most of whom I’ve also talked to. It just goes top show that if you are passionate about something and have the drive to make it happen, you can do just that!

In the words of Marty (and Jennifer) McFly:

“If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything!”

The journey HeyUGuys has taken has been an amazing and exciting one. I’m so grateful that I get to do what I do now on the site and thanks so much to everyone who has supported us and helped us on this epic journey. Long may it continue! If you have a passion about something, I suggest you start a blog about it too and you never know where it’ll end up taking you!