We’ve been taking a few snapshots with a portable camera of some of the highlights of the event. Following the “Wedding from Hell”, the proper thing for wedding photographers to do is to have a Trash the Dress session right in the hotel’s fountain! There were probably dozens of shooters trying to get some hot photos.

Here are just a few quick shots:

Exhausted, but happy wedding photographers :)

This is the last night of the convention, and you can look forward to seeing some photos from our New Year’s spent in Lake Tahoe. It’s been an amazing experience to learn and network from literally hundreds of incredible people. We also attended a photography trade show, also held in Tampa, and we have lots of new product and album ideas to bring back to our great clients. Natasha and I will spend a few more days in Florida before heading back home.

Mike

We’re having an amazing, simply surreal time at the convention here in Tampa, Florida. Our experience here started with us getting almost giddy upon seeing and meeting so many of our heroes of wedding photography. These stars are walking around like regular people which is almost deceiving, because if you truly appreciate great photography, it’s not possible to regard them as just regular human beings.

It’s been a bit non-stop since we got here, with seminars running from about 8 in the morning until 10pm. We’ve had a chance to talk with dozens of like-minded artists and professionals and it’s so inspiring to be amidst so many colleagues. We’ve met people from Finland to Australia, experienced seminars from multi-award winning studios, and even witnessed an event titled the ‘Wedding from Hell” :)

This was a staged and planned exercise that involved a 6′3″ bride paired with a groom of about 5′ and included many other challenges that can occasionally come up and make weddings more interesting. A star cast of 5 wedding photographers was commenting as they were shooting the staged wedding, and the audience of 500+ photographers including us were probably laughing just as much as we were learning.

To share with you a few more of our favorite artists whom we’ve had the honor of seeing and meeting these last few days, take a look at some of these sites:

Stephen and Jennifer Bebb

Yervant

Jerry Ghionis

We hope you enjoy these world class photographers and please comment to let us know what you think! Natasha and I look forward to the rest of the convention.

Mike

We are thrilled to be attending the annual wedding photography convention that will take place in Tampa, Florida. While quite a distance from the San Francisco Bay Area, this will be a 4-day event full of seminars from the best photographers in the business. The topics covered will range from lighting, photoshop, and marketing to creative inspiration and capturing the decisive moment.

We have many favorite wedding photographers that are going to be presenting, but some of the stars we’re looking forward to the most are Jesh de Rox and Chenin of Boutwell Studio. You guys absolutely have to check out their sites because their work is just phenomenal.

Natasha and I will be in Florida until Monday, January 14th. This will be the first time either of us has traveled to this state and we’re really looking forward to checking it out.

We should be available by both email and phone and you’re welcome to contact us. We’ll update the blog from the road when we get a chance and share our experiences.

Mike

We’re going up to Tahoe to celebrate New Year’s with a few of our friends. Feel free to email or call us but we might not be able to reply until we’re back.

We’ll be back on January 2nd just for a day and then we’ll leave to Tampa, Florida for the annual Wedding Photographers convention. We’re soo excited about it and we’ll share it all on this blog.

We wish everyone a happy happy New Year’s, may the next year bring much joy and happiness into your lives.

Mike and Natasha