Vegas | wppi
For those of you that do not know, Chad and I went to Las Vegas last week for a photographer’s conference/tradeshow called wppi. Vegas was fun, the time change was HARD. Every single night was an exercise in will power… I wanted to curl up in the bed and sleep when the clock struck 9. Being without my french coffee press was tough too. But I must say- having Starbucks in the lobby wasn’t bad either. But still… nothing like my french press. If photography fails me, I will open a gourmet coffee shop featuring only french press coffee for snobs like myself.
BUT… having said all that- wppi was great. I met some really cool photographers. Inspiring artists. Learned a few tricks of the trade and met a few rock stars. (of photography). I purchased the new Canon 5D mark II and some new L glass. Found some great new products to offer my clients. But mostly, I was inspired to really examine my business. I’ve seen some areas that need tweaking. I have some areas that need a complete overhaul. So stay tuned and in the meantime, pray for us. (us- now means Chad and I). He is officially my business partner! God gifted him in ways that he did not gift me. And I actually LOVE that. So… anyway. More later on all that.
BUT NOW!!! I want to share some shots from the week. There are a lot that I am missing– once I bought the new 5d, Daniel confiscated my old 5D and so a lot of images are on his cards. We stayed at the MGM grand. In a deep corner of the place there was a lions’ den!!! What tha??! Kinda random. But super cool. I don’t care about the lions as much as this little cutie being held up inches from the lioness’ gigantic paw… see it to the left? that is glass they are laying on. Seriously? Funny how trusting we are.
the hotels are unlike ANYTHING in the world. I haven’t been many places in the world, but I still think this is true.
the venetian is made to appear as though you are outside in the streets of Venice.
the ceiling of… something. i don’t remember… it was like 9:00! I can’t think that late.
our travel partners…this little girl found her way in my purse so we let her hang with us.
the stancils. daniel and jessica. daniel has started his photography business a few months ago and went to glean from the rockstars too! these images were shot in the foyer of the MGM.
long taxi lines. but i love how this city is sooo lit up! 
the last night we had dinner at the Venetian and Daniel took this of Chad and I. Chad doesn’t really smile like that. He thinks he’s being funny.
then we paid this lady big bucks for a 10 minute gondola ride.
but it was ok. cause felipe (prononced fe-leep long “e’s”) sung us lovely ballads as we floated along the river enjoying the lights of the city.
and it enticed Daniel and Jessica to show some PDA. Ewwww.
as we went deeper into the tunnel, the lights changed. (by the way- these were shot at 12,800 ISO!!!- for you tech junkies.)
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