What an incredible experience today! ❤️ A HUGE thank you to the Unplug & Play Summit for inviting me to be part of this event and giving me the opportunity to bring my Remote Photography experience LIVE to your members! Today was especially exciting because it was my first LIVE Zoom event photographing multiple people remotely — and I loved every minute of it. 📸🌎 I was able to guide people LIVE through: ✨ Lighting ✨ Angles ✨ Posing ✨ Expressions ✨ Camera confidence All while photographing them remotely using their own phones! This is exactly WHY I developed my Remote Headshot system. I wanted my photography to reach beyond geography and give people the opportunity to experience a professionally directed photoshoot no matter where they live. Today showed me that this can be so much bigger than individual headshots. 📸 Individuals ❤️ Couples 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families 🌎 Communities 🎤 Summits & LIVE events Thank you to the Unplug & Play Summit, the organizers, and everyone who showed up and trusted me to photograph them today. You gave me the opportunity to try something NEW with a system I created — and that means more to me than you know. ❤️ I have a feeling this was the first of many LIVE Remote Photography events! Photography by Cristal 📸 Your photographer can be anywhere. So can you. @Mary Nunaley 💜

What a fun day we had talking about play and books. All live sessions can be found in the classroom. We have 3 live sessions remaining this week and I encourage you to pop in to 1, 2, or 3. Starting off at 10 am CST Tomorrow is the extremely talented @Joanne Langston she will be guiding you through bringing your story to life. Then at 3 pm CST @Paula Artis will be showing you and your kids how to use AI to bring your kids story to life. Both of these sessions are interactive so bring your paper, pencil, and creativity. On Saturday at 1:30 pm CST @Elliott Robertson helps is close out the summit the way we began, in the kitchen. If you were ever stuck for an idea on how to get your kids playing with their food, in the most positive way possible, this one’s for you.

Well done, Mary! 😊 What an amazing milestone — over 300 members and still growing! 👏 It’s wonderful to see the community getting bigger, with more people joining, sharing, learning and supporting one another. A huge congratulations to everyone involved in building such a friendly and valuable community. Here’s to the next milestone — 500 members, perhaps? 😄🚀

Today is our last day of the summit and I’m excited to see what @Elliott Robertson has in store. Come join us at 1:30 Central time to discover ways to incorporate more veggies and more fun into your life. Next week, classrooms remain open and all live and pre-recorded sessions are there for you to watch and experience at your own pass. Perhaps, choose one theme or topic of interest and experience those sessions. Sessions range from 15 min to an hour and many of our speakers have also provided free gifts for you. No time to watch the sessions you missed? Grab an All-Access pass for $16 (I decided, I’m not raising the price) and receive a bundle with all resources and recordings. Go to Classroom > All-Access Pass. You’ll receive access to your bundle no later than Sept 5. Next week, we’re back in our regular routine with a new lab launching and a little summit surprise. How are you going to connect through play today?

Thanks to thanks to the early risers who joined @Janell Bitton and @Celia Kibler this morning. Their sessions will be uploaded to the classroom shortly. And, for those who are looking for more ways to instill a love of reading into their family, be sure to mark @Elizabeth Raum session on The Joys of Reading at 2 p.m. We've had lots of sessions and lots of conversations, and today, I wanted to lighten things up with a little game of This or That. Drop your comments below and I'll randomly choose a winner from the Wheel of Names on Saturday for a free All-Access pass. You have to choose! No loopholes. Would you rather... 1. Cook dinner with a 7-year-old sous chef OR let a teen choose the entire menu? 2. Give up your phone for 24 hours OR let your kid see your weekly screen-time report? 3. Learn crochet OR learn guitar? 4. Let your child ask an expert one question about you OR you get to ask an expert one question about them? 5. Bake bread without a recipe OR build something without instructions? 6. Your family gets an unexpected free Saturday: make something, cook something, play something, or go somewhere? 7. FINAL BOSS: You can keep only one Unplug & Play track for the rest of the Summit: Culinary, Tech, Experts, or Craft & Hobby. Which survives?