Just got back from a fabulous trip to the annual WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention in Las Vegas! This convention is HUGE – and when I say huge, I mean 10,000+ photographers attend, and that is no exaggeration. Almost the entire Bally’s and Paris hotels are filled with just photographers, and it takes both hotels’ convention areas and ballrooms to house everything.
I try to go every year because there are incredible classes from some of the best photographers in the world – to give you an example, one of the speakers I was able to see was Denis Reggie, who shot the weddings of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and NBC’s Campbell Brown, just to name a few. There is also a huge tradeshow, which I love because I am always looking for the best new products to bring back to you. Let me just tell you, you are going to LOVE the two new things that I ordered! Of course I’m not going to tell you what they are yet, because that wouldn’t be any fun! 😉
Being a self-proclaimed foodie, I also love Vegas because there are a ton of fantastic restaurants – unfortunately, between classes and tradeshow business, there isn’t always a lot of time to grab more than just a quick bite. But, my friend Kamee and I were able to make it over to Mario Batali‘s B&B Ristorante at the Venetian one night, and it did not disappoint. It is considered the sister restaurant to my favorite restaurant Babbo in New York, and the food was just as good!
And…something exciting happened to me while I was at the convention, so be on the lookout for my next blog post to find out what it is! In the meantime, here are a couple of happy snaps:
