WPPI, Las Vegas! | Southern Utah Photographer

So last week, I had the opportunity to attend WPPI {Wedding & Portrait Photographers International.} It is this super huge convention/tradeshow for photographers.  You get to go to amazing classes and walk around the tradeshow and see lots of goodies!  I went down with my friend Andi Watkins.  We stayed at my friend Teresa’s house. She is the hostess with the mostess. Hot breakfast every morning!  Can’t beat that!  Thanks so much T!  .It was a blast!

The classes were all amazing!  My faves were the Sallee’s, and Jasmine Star.  Talk about inspiration! I learned so many things that I look forward to implementing into my business. During the Sallee’s class, they were giving away a bunch of goodies throughout the class.  They would have a question pop up on the projector and they said that whoever was the craziest, most insane person that had the answer right, would win.  There was a ton of crazy photog people in there, so I was not really feeling in the mood to get all crazy psycho and still not win.  So after the first couple questions had popped up {both of the answers being Las Vegas}, the Sallee’s mention that on the next question, they had 3 prizes to giveaway.  OK.  That upped my odds.  They said they had a Drop it Modern Backdrop {I want one}, a 20X30 Gallery Wrapped Canvas {been coveting forever!!}, and something else I can’t remember.  So Andi whispers too me, “You need to get crazy and win that backdrop for us to share!”  She told me to stand up on the chair if I had too!  So I tell her to make sure she holds on tight to my chair because I knew that when the craziness came out, who knows what could happen.  So the question was asked, the answer was Las Vegas.  I go flying up onto my chair screaming over and over again, “LAS VEGAS, LAS VEGAS, LAS VEGAS!!”  I also added a the Arsenio Hall fist pump: HOO, HOO, HOO, HOO.  Anybody know what I am talking about?  So of course crazy girl in black shirt {me} is picked as one of the winners.  So I run up to the front before any of the other winners.  That way I could get first dibs on the prizes.  They ask me what I want, and I know I am supposed to be a good friend and get the back drop, but I am having flashes in my head of my bare front entry wall that would look amazing with a FREE 20X30 Gallery Wrap.  So I get the gallery wrap.  Ya that’s the kind of friend I am.  During their class, I also caught a Tshirt, so I gave that to Andi.  See I am nice.

Sorry no pictures.  I remember reading somewhere that you can spot the wanna-be’s  at WPPI because they are the ones walking around with camera’s around their necks.  I am so not a wannabe, I am the real deal so you were not going to see a camera around my neck!!

But now I wish I would have taken more pictures with my phone!