It’s been a long week but SOOO much fun! It was great seeing old friends again and meeting lots of new, incredible people for WPPI this year!
Some highlights from this past week…
Saturday – We had the Pictage forum dinner @ Ah Sin (thanks to Jessica Del Vecchio for putting this together). It was wonderful to meet everyone in person. So many friendly faces! And Krista, thanks for taking me out to La Reve. This one of my favorite shows on the strip… definitely a must see!
Sunday – PartnerCon was very inspiring as always. Pictage rocks for putting this on for free! And later that night, the Pixel2Canvas Club Rouge party was the place to be! Melody Hood put on an amazing boudoir presentation. I love her to death – such a sweet person and so so talented!
Monday – Ashley and I met with Emily from Pictage about starting our very own Las Vegas puppy PUG! It’s going to be great getting to know more local photographers and developing more of a community, so I’m very excited about this. After, us girls cruised the trade-show floor and got our head-shots with Becker.
PARTY TIME! There was so many killer parties going on Monday, but once Jayse and I stepped inside the gorgeous Parisian Palace for the BLU Social we knew we were in for the night. This majestic “French Castle” was like a dream… A 14,000 square foot palace it had elaborate hand-painted murals that covered the walls and ceilings – everything was so surreal.
Earlier in the evening they had a hypnotist (and yes, of course I had to volunteer) It was so much fun! Many people have asked so I’ll describe it here… You have a slight awareness, but are more relaxed and willing to do anything when hypnotized. I think it came easy for me since I’m used to centering myself and kinda letting go a bit during yoga. Anyway, I can’t wait to see all the crazy photos. I’m sure there was plenty from a place filled to the brink with only the most talented photographers. And my good friend Ashley (from St. Thomas) has some video footage – uh oh!
Wednesday – Jayse and I talked with John Michael Cooper (altF) at the trade-show. John was one of the first people we met when I was just thinking of getting into the industry. And his work showed me that you could do fine-art wedding photography that broke the mold. I was working on a serial-killer journal series at the time and John seemed to have kind of a dark side that he loved in his work as well. He’s credited with starting trash-the-dress and his work’s being featured in RangeFinder magazine this month, so check it out!
Today – Heading out to Red Rock with Jessica, Sarah, and Shawn for some good times and a little picnic! Will be updating with lots of photos from the week later!
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