Can you feel the love?

Scott and I headed to Las Vegas this long weekend because we got tickets to see the fabulous Elton John in concert! (The show rocked!) I'm not a big gambler and Las Vegas, with a nickname like "Sin City" seems like the last place for a romantic getaway. Yet somehow, whether strolling through the fake canals of the Venetian or watching the water show at the Bellagio the weekend still was quite romantic!

Even better, we realized we would be in town overlapping with the Wedding and Portrait Photographer International Conference. As a very new, very green photographer, I felt too clumsy and unready to even attend the lectures and workshops. Still, one of my early goals was to network with other photographers and learn more about the industry at every opportunity. So with free passes to the Tradeshow in hand, we wandered into the MGM Grand on Monday morning and were greeted by friendly faces at every turn.

Can I just say that I have been overwhelmed by how nice and willing to help out almost everyone in the photography industry has been? (I regularly go into Samy's Camera and ask completely stupid or simple questions and they are always super nice anyway.) We gathered tons of information and were given free advice at every turn. On the car ride home, as I happily sorted through business cards of new contacts and brochures, I started looking forward to attending next year.