Click on the title of the blog post to view the entire entry.
During Easter weekend, Lisa and I hung out in Monterrey. You can read how we met here.
If I had to choose one conference to attend, with out a doubt I would jump up and down like a little kid and scream WPPI! When I first arrived at the hotel I had mixed feelings, mostly because I was by myself (Katherine was arriving until the morning) and I had never stayed at a hotel alone. Yes I am a BIG mama’s girl! I rushed to my room, dropped off my things and ran to the event of the evening: YOUNG GUNS! The two-hour lecture/motivational speeches were incredible. There they were, 12 amazing young photographers who at some point had been in my shoes. They spoke about what made them unique in the business and how to set yourself apart just by being YOU! After that I knew I was in for a great three days. The rest of the days I attended classes taught by some of the greatest like Mike Colon, Catherine Hall, Tomas Munoz, Joe Buissink, Dennis Reggie and Jesh de Rox. On top of the classes they also have the biggest and baddest trade show where hundreds of vendors are waiting for the bees to go straight to the hunny. There was definitely some swarming going on. There are just so many you don’t even know where to start. Probably the best thing that happens at WPPI is networking with others who share the same passion. I met some great new friends and I know we will be keeping in touch. I met more Houston photographers in Vegas then I had here. Go figure. It was quite an experience and I came back with so many ideas that I hope you stick around to see. One thing is for sure-I am going to WPPI 2009. It is going to become the thing to do every year. Here are some photos from the convention.
As you can see I met some of the industry’s young photogs. They were so sweet and they definitely don’t let the fame go to their heads, you know this when they remember your name. SWEET! The bottom right photo is from the 30 second photoshoot with [b]ecker. He made an announcement on his blog about meeting up and he would take a headshoot. About 60-70 photographers were there and I was lucky enough to get shoot by [b]. We’ll see how it comes out.
Now that I am finally home I can share with you all the fun I had while in Vegas. The first few days I spent getting to know some of the KDX sisters among other wonderful people. I must say that we instantly hit it off. From the bottom of my photography-loving heart thank you to Olga, Ivet, Yvonne, Rocio, Rosa and Omar for making my Vegas trip so memorable. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Hoover Dam and then lunch and dinner again (my we sure ate a lot) were great! To show you that your efforts to make me feel at home paid off here are some photos. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed your company.
Stay tuned for tomorrow- a WPPI review and some photos of me with some of the best photogs. Can you tell that I had a blast?!
