You are the winner of the free WPPI pass courtesy of my good friends at Photography Blogsites! Those of you who did not win, I still hope to see you all in Vegas. Be sure to stop by Booth #1453 to say hello. See you all in Vegas! :)
Tags: photography blogsites, WPPI
Hello all. I can't believe that January is almost over already. And with February now looming in the not-so-distant future, it's time to start planning for what will come with it...and that is WPPI. For those non-photographers reading this, WPPI stands for Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. It is a huge convention held in Las Vegas every year and this will be my 9th year in a row attending. What can I say, aside from all of the knowledge I've picked up over the years, I've made some valuable friendships with photographers from all over the world and many of them I get to see just once a year as we all descend on and attempt to take over the strip for a few days. This year I'll fly in on February 18th, catch the Joe McIntyre/ Emanuel Kiriakou show at the Palms, hang out with the Pictage people at the
Tags: MGM Grand Las Vegas, WPPI
I had a brand new client album come in last week and I just had to take a moment to share a few images. This one is a Queensberry Duo Album which I did for Kristan and Steve. I've been using Queensberry albums since I got into this business way back in 2003. Every year (for 8 years now) I head to the WPPI trade show in Vegas to make sure they are still the finest albums in the world...and they have never let me down. There are more and more album companies popping up all over the place these days but it always concerns me when I see wedding albums floating around out there that look like the pages might crease or the books might just fall apart any second. The craftsmanship of these babies is just unparalleled in this business as far as I'm concerned and the printing
Tags: Queensberry Duo Albums, WEDDING ALBUMS, WPPI
After spending a week in Haiti and then flying directly to Vegas for this year's WPPI convention & trade show, I have about a million things on my mind and many things to blog about. Haiti was a truly life-changing experience and I look forward to sharing images and stories when I am ready. For now I'm still mentally and emotionally processing everything that I've been through. So I figured I'd jump back in with something easy and just share some exciting news. With some 3000 prints submitted for this year's print competition, I was thrilled to be awarded 3rd place in the Bride & Groom Together category for this image of Emily and Andrew. Yay! It was beautifully printed by master printmaker, Jonathan Penney. Although I attended few classes this year, I enjoyed seeing so many familiar faces, catching up with old friends and making some new ones. I very much
Tags: WPPI, WPPI Awards of Excellence, WPPI Print Competition
Tonight the fam (Michael, Kay, Zoe & Henry) came over to hang out for a bit. Kay & Zoe were all dressed up from Jessie's tea party birthday extravaganza so we decided to do a little mini photo shoot while they were here. Unfortunately, Michael was busy setting up our surround-sound speakers and did not make it into any of the pictures. He also wasn't wearing a cute, foofy dress though.� � Here are a few... This one cracks me up because Zoe is reading Ayn Rand � � That's all for now. I'm heading to Vegas tomorrow for WPPI so if you're there and you see me, please stop and say hello. � � � �
Tags: Kay Hanley, WPPI