Like seriously, be quiet, and listen to myself.

Before WPPI, I wrote down a list of tips for first-timers to WPPI. Well, I should have taken a gander at that list before I left because I forgot stuff. Like the battery to my point & shoot camera. Like the battery charger for my big camera. Oy vey.

Santa Claus really had something when he sings, “Making a list, checking it TWICE.”

Suffice to say, the following are my few photos I took during WPPI.

I had the opportunity to meet the lovely Grace Ormonde. As in the Grace Ormonde of Wedding Style Magazine. I was able to grab this quick photo during her presentation at the Tofurious Wedding Marketing Consultant booth.

I got this quick shot of Fast Track Photographer founder, Dane Sanders in action during a live broadcast of Ask Dane with his Thirst Relief Mentee.

The ever fabulous Editor-in-Chief of Southern Weddings Magazine and mastermind behind Making Things Happen Intensive, my girl, Lara Casey, talking about getting published.

David Jay, of Showit, sharing cool stuff that is to come with Showit Sites. I seriously love this group. Showit is always looking out to better the experience for their customers.

So I almost didn’t get into this meeting. But I was determined. And I was also determined to chat a little more with Jasmine Star. So I went out on a limb, asked Jasmine about the meeting, and next thing I new, I was IN! As her guest! Wooo hooo!

The problem with forgetting the battery for my point & shoot camera is that I wasn’t able to take fun photos with all the friends I met up with. Because my arms are simply not long enough or strong enough for a self portrait with the big girl camera. So no fun shots with friends. Like at parties

Here’s a teaser of the Photog Shootout: Vegas Edition we did down in Old Las Vegas. The theme was “Dazed and Confused.” Stay tuned…

A little off-camera lighting thanks to Jason Huang of Table 4 Weddings.

Some lovely posing by Heather Essian for our model Melissa, who is sporting the ultra cute hair fascinators by Ink and Button.

Don’t you just feel swept back to the 50′s?

Love this hat. I’m so glad we found it!

And Cassie rocking it out in the cold. Seriously. It was like 40 degrees. Ok, Texas cold.

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Together with Amy Karp, Natasha Brown, and Anna Routh, we were the local contact getting everything in order. We had three fabulous Hair and Makeup artists, Emily Hudspeth, Adina Wright, and Zsanae. We had four awesome models, Cassie, Erica, Melissa, and Tristan. We shot at the lovely Ryan Manor that Chris Ryan so graciously opened his doors for (and the weather was dreary, by the way!) And we had knock out outfits, that Amy and I were able to find at the eleventh hour. (That expression always seems weird to me…) We also had three great teaching photographers, Heather Essian, Jason Huang of Table 4 Weddings, and Amy Karp.

Miss Cassie was also a contestant on one of the seasons of America’s Next Top Model, so she totally knew how to work the camera. Admittedly, I’ve never even seen a whole episode of ANTM, but I often hear all the hoopla from friends who can’t stop talking about it.

Jason taught lighting. Because he is a master at it. If you go check out his photos, you’ll understand what I mean. I was glad to get a couple of shots with his help. Erica and Tristan looked like the perfect vintage wedding couple.

There were about 30 photographers in attendance and were split up into three groups. One group with each teaching photographer. Then after about 45 minutes we rotated. So all the attendees had a chance to learn from all the teachers and work with all the models.

And the lovely Melissa. Isn’t her hair fascinator cute? It was made by Lisa Raser, of Ink and Button. And it just so happened to work perfectly with Melissa’s outfit. More to come of Lisa’s cute fascinators!

More to come!

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