Marathon Press and us

This last year at WPPI Erin and I met Linda from Marathon Press and since then have kept in touch once in a while. A few months ago Linda called and invited us as a guest to a workshop they were hosting. Erin and I are drawn towards Marathon for a few different reasons:

1. There customer service is second to none.
2. They are much more than just a printing company.
3. They are dedicated to seeing the photographers they work with succeed.
4. They are the largest printing/marketing company in the nation for
photographers and they are based out of our home state... Nebraska!

The workshop they put on was amazing and while there we were able to meet some great photographers from around the nation. Being wedding photographers, most of the time we are around other wedding photographers. But this group was a diverse mix of everything which made sharing ideas even more fun.

One of my favorite parts was the print tour. This was also Erin's favorite part because it reminded her of the video they had to watch in design school about the printing process. Very interesting in person, contrary to the educational video.



Above is the offset printer and below is an example of what is printed



Wouldn't want to get my fingers under this thing!





Automatic paper folder.







This is Linda and us along with Marathon's owner Rex who was great to talk with. We first met Linda out at WPPI in Las Vegas, crazy that we had to meet at a huge convention when we're based out of the same state! Linda was great at keeping us on track throughout the workshop (wouldn't want me wondering back through the printing area) jk



On the last night, Marathons president, Bruce, invited us along with about 20 employees to have dinner at his place. Nothing like a good Nebraska steak to end a workshop on :)



We ended the night at the hotel drinking coffee and talking with Doug and Amanda, Don and Mindy and Rick.