WPPI‘s annual conference is (like many) in Las Vegas each year, and is one of the biggest of the industry.
This year, I flew down with Capri, the amazing photographer and creative behind Capri Aristry Photography, and we dove in head first.
Although the conference started on Monday, we got in on Saturday afternoon, because, well, Vegas.
Capri’s brother in law picked us and our outrageous amount of luggage up at McCarran, we hit up Whole Foods and the liquor store for room snacks and cocktails, dumped our stuff in our room at the MGM and off we went.
The next day, after getting breakfast at the Wynn’s buffet, we headed out to the dry lake bed of El Dorado.
Capri set up a loosely styled shoot out for anyone who was in town and wanted to get together to shoot before the crazy of the conference started, talking her brother in law and his wife (and her friends) into modeling for us, during the Super Bowl, no less.
For those of y’all not in the photography world, a shoot out is where a bunch of photographers all photograph the same models. It’s a fun atmosphere, you can bounce ideas off of industry colleagues, network, and above all, get to get creative.
Ophelia, Capri’s sister in law, talked a few of her friends into coming out as well, and tapped on some of her connections for florals.
Enter Mylo.
I got to ride out to El Droado with Mylo and lemme tell ya, this woman is AMAZING.
She’s a killer florist, wonderful woman, and all around kicks ass. If you’re in Vegas and need florals, you HAVE to get in touch with her. She owns Mylofleur Floral Designs, and everything she does is gorgeous. (she also plays piano for Cirque du Soleil.)
One of Mylo’s friends is a fashion designer, and she had the foresight to bring a couple of the Herbio Brown couture gowns with her.
The light in the desert is unlike anything else. I can’t wait to get back and get my camera out again.
I most definitely cannot wait to get Mylo in front of my camera again either.
To my fellow photographers, (and, anyone else who may be heading to Vegas) I’d definitely suggest making a trip next year to the WPPI conference. The photography industry is always changing, it was nice to learn new things and connect with amazing photographers. The site Vegas.com has awesome hotel and flight package deals if your heading that way for any other conferences that might be happening this year.
