For some of you your wondering what is WPPI?  Well it stands for Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. WPPI  along with Rangefinder Magazine sponsor one of the largest conferences for photographers world wide.  In fact, I think it is the largest.  This year the conference changed venues from Baley’s and Paris to the MGM Grand.  This place was huge and I laughed how it felt like we were staying in the city of OZ.  From the photo you can see why we felt like Dorothy, the tin man, the lion, and the scarecrow.  (Flamingo played the role of Toto.)

I love this conference because it is just a great time to meet up with photography friends from all over the country (and world) and to find out the latest and greatest new  things in the industry.  I head out on a treasure hunt every year to find that awesome product for my clients or that one little tidbit that just helps  me or my business improve or just to inspire.  This year was a little different since I helped my good friend and team member Tanja do her speech on “Dork Energy”.  We were the ones doing the inspiring and we had a blast.  The talk went great and we had such a great team of people who helped pull it all together.  The main four of us was Tanja, Tia, Andrew Hsu, and me but one of the greatest things was how many of our local photographers group (aka pug) and some extras came and acted like dorks with us.  We were so incredibly touched by the outpouring of support.  They went above and beyond and that is why we love them so much.  They are the best!