{"id":109,"date":"2008-03-29T20:43:36","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T02:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiredimagesbywendi.com\/blog\/archives\/109"},"modified":"2008-03-29T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T02:43:36","slug":"im-back-from-vegas-and-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendiriggens.com\/blog\/im-back-from-vegas-and-sick","title":{"rendered":"I’m back from Vegas and sick!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I was going to post while in Vegas, but we were crazy busy.<\/p>\n

I was going to post when I got home from Vegas, but I was worn out.<\/p>\n

I was going to post a couple days after I got back from Vegas, but then I got sick.\u00a0 Real sick.\u00a0 And I’ve spent the last week and a half laid out!\u00a0 I developed a bad case of bronchitis, and the pregnancy has lowered my immune system so it hit me hard.\u00a0 I’m just now feeling up to getting out and about, so I apologize for not updating sooner!\u00a0 I have a couple things to post tonight, to make up for it!<\/p>\n

First, the Vegas Recap!\u00a0 The WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographer’s International) annual convention is one of the largest in the photography industry.\u00a0 With over 11,000 photographers from around the world attending this year, it was their biggest yet!\u00a0 It is held at Ballys\/Paris, one of my favorite places in Vegas.\u00a0 We stayed in Paris this year, and it was beautiful, as always!<\/p>\n

Devan<\/a>, who is a good friend of mine and will be second shooting with me this year for weddings, went with me this year, and we had a great time!\u00a0 Sunday, we flew in early, but due to a delay leaving Moline, and a very, very short layover in Denver, our bags didn’t quite make it!\u00a0 They fortunately made it late in the evening!\u00a0 That night, we went to the opening reception, and then to Young Guns, a first time this year, featuring 10 of the hottest young photographers in the industry.\u00a0 My dear friends Jose Villa<\/a>\u00a0and Jesh deRox<\/a> were both featured, and we had to cheer them on!\u00a0 I met up with a bunch of friends from the Mexico trip.<\/p>\n

A few shots from Sunday\u00a0 (these first few are with my crappy point and shoot camera, so no laughing at the quality!)<\/p>\n

Devan<\/a>\u00a0and me (don’t we look great, considering the super early morning and flight issues?)<\/p>\n

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My dear friend, Lori, from Seattle<\/p>\n

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Me and the beautiful and talented Simone Germaine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dennis Orchard <\/a>and me – Dennis is an amazing friend, award-winning photographer, and is also a speaker and print judge for WPPI<\/p>\n

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My friend Jose Villa<\/a>, speaking during Young Guns<\/p>\n

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And Jesh<\/a>, who also spoke, writing in his infamous journal<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Me and my friends!\u00a0 Laci, Lori, Jose, Jen, me, Joel, Erin, and Erin’s friend<\/p>\n

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Monday and Tuesday were filled with speakers, the trade show, and just having fun with our friends!\u00a0 Seeing some of the most successful ‘togs speak is so incredibly inspiring, and it brought me home full of ideas and fun things to do for my clients!<\/p>\n

We managed to be the first in line for the trade show.\u00a0 Look at this crowd!\u00a0 I have no idea who the smiling man is, I just held up my point & shoot and snapped, but he’s perfect!\u00a0 A smiling face in the middle of madness!\u00a0 This was moments before they opened the doors to let us in, and the crowd stretched down all the halls of Paris!<\/p>\n

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The very first booth we stopped at was the Shootsac<\/a> booth.\u00a0 If you are a photographer and haven’t heard of the Shootsac<\/a>, you must be living under a rock!\u00a0 I bought mine at WPPI last year, when it was debuted, and we had to go this year so I could get new flaps, and so Devan could get one for herself.\u00a0 Here are Devan and I with Jessica Claire<\/a>,\u00a0the beautiful and talented photographer that created the Shootsac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We then had to stop at the KISS<\/a>\u00a0booth.\u00a0 These guys make amazing wedding albums, some of the hottest and best out there!\u00a0 I’m proud to offer these incredible albums to my clients!\u00a0 I love the “Kissing Booth”, we had a lot of fun with the props!<\/p>\n

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Monday night was the Champagne Shootout.\u00a0 Despite the name, there is no champagne.\u00a0 Instead, they give us ice cream!\u00a0 Everyone that knows me, knows that ice cream is my weakness.\u00a0 So, these guys were my favorites ever!<\/p>\n

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I’ll post another one in just a bit with shots from my 5D!.<\/a><\/p>\n

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