Viva Las Vegas!!
We arrived for the WPPI convention last Sunday at the Paris Hotel in Vegas…it was AWESOME!! The above pic was the pool/Eiffel Tower view from our room on the 10th floor. The convention was held in Bally's & the Paris Hotel but I was soooo glad we stayed at Paris, it was so nice and they had a ton of shopping and great restaurants. I took my dad with me on this trip (John had to work but definitely wanted to go!) and dad was the best tour guide ever…LOL…he's been there so many times for real estate seminars and conventions so he knew all of the best places to shop, eat, photograph, etc.
A lot of people don't know this but my dad actually got me into photography back when I was about 5 or 6 years old. He handed me his Minolta X-700 and I LOVED it…of course, it was a film camera so I couldn't wait to see the pics and now we're all totally spoiled with digital. It was so cool to be able to take him with me to WPPI. Who would've thought over 20 years later we'd be sitting in seminars together looking at amazing pictures and listening to some of the greatest photographers of all time speak on topics like luxury weddings, destination events and making a living by doing what you love. I'm the luckiest photographer ever! 🙂
(Self portrait in dad's sunglasses) 😀 Hey, what else do you shoot while standing in the taxi line?! LOL 
I loved, loved, LOVED the lighting at the Paris Hotel. Everything was SO ornate… 
And a couple of shots from the air, it almost looks like I'm in outer space going over the rockies in that shot. 🙂 Southwest should buy this as a stock shot…I loved the sky that day! 
Back from Vegas!
We just got back from Vegas last night, fabulous pictures coming soon!!! 🙂 We had the best time ever…I learned so many cool camera/lighting tricks and heard some of the most incredible, influential photographers from around the world speak on topics like marketing, destination/luxury weddings, fashion photo shoots, workflow, etc. One of the best parts was being able to go through the most unbelievable tradeshow EVER. It took me 6 hours to walk the whole trade show floor and I bought so many cool things and got information on new product lines we'll start carrying in 2007 & 2008. I can't wait!!
I came home to hundreds of e-mails though so I will start responding soon (still unpacking here) since every time I tried to use the business center at the hotel, the line was out the door. :O I got in there one day just to delete the junk mail and that was about it. So I promise I'll respond to everyone this weekend. 😀