WPPI 2009 – Las Vegas
WPPI is the largest association of wedding and portrait photographers and they have a huge conference every year. This year about 12,000 photographers from all over the world gathered at the MGM Grand for a 5 days of photography contests, conferences and classes, tradeshow and all sorts of visual stimulation. As if Las Vegas wasn’t overwelming already by itself, we had to make it even more sparkly and flashy.
Needless to say it was a lot of fun. We had a chance to have a drink with old friends and make some new, have a little shop talk, hit the slots, enjoy some of the best food you can have in the USA, lounge in swanky bars and get down on the dance floor like we were 20 again.
But don’t let the Las Vegas lights distract you. It was all about photography, admiring the best work from the best professionals around the world, getting inspired and falling in love with this media all over again. It’s almost a cathartic experience. And it cannot be complete without challenging yourself and letting your work speak for yourself and see how it stacks among others. We entered 5 prints and 2 albums and we were estatic to know that one of our images won an accolade of excellence and the 2 books got even better results, competing head to head with the best of the best.
But, enough with that. The main thing is how excitement and energy we’ve got out of this experience. We are both looking forward for this year as a new opportunity to create even better images and see how high we can push it.
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