Elvis and Luke have left the building!

   I must have walked past a million slots while I was there, not once gambling.   I'm proud of that.   I only left the building twice.   I'm not proud of that.    I met most of the world's top ten wedding photographers, studied in small groups with those who work for National Geographic and win Pulitzer prizes, wrapping my head around photography for more than 12 hours each day.    I'm proud of that.   

   From meeting idols to watching the competitions, spending valentines with my wife to the many workshops I attended, the list of highlights is literally 8 days long.  In the end, I've returned deeply motivated, and very glad to be breathing natural air.   

   While the conference was about photography, I did very little there.    Nevertheless, here are a few of my favorites.   The first was fired from my waist as I posed for approximately 40 cameras at once.   It was my turn in the "off camera lighting" workshop, and I wanted to record how intense it was to be Paparazzied.   Whew!

    The last three were from a quick session in the late evening, when my beautiful model posed for me in her wedding dress in the middle of the casino walkway.  Note the direction from which the light comes from in those shots, and keep your eye out for more!