WPPI Day One


I just wanted to post a quick recap of our first day at the wedding photographers convention. It was long an exhausting, but so much fun too. It's always great talking to other people who share the same passion. I was also so proud of Jessica and her amazing team that helped out with Shootsac. She got a bunch of orders today and the booth was so crowded all day long. It was very well received and she got tons of positive feedback.

Jess & I sporting our brand spankin' new [ b ] school t-shirts as we arrived at the hotel:




By the way... we gave our most of the shirts today, especially the women's shirts... but there are still a few left, so just stop by the Shootsac booth near the WPPI registration area to pick one up on Monday. We mostly have smalls and mediums for the ladies, and large for the gents (with a few XL shirts). Don't worry, we did keep a few back in the OC and those will be for sale on our website shortly after we return.

500 inflatable pink flamingos sure did cause quite a buzz around the convention floor today:






The fabric swatches were also well received:






Of course we had to give a little plug to the [ b ] school. The back of these postcards let people know that all who pre-register will get financial aid (in the form of discounts) once we launch later this spring:




Yervant and Jerry Ghionis stopped by to show some love (I made Jerry and his crew their very own [ b ] XSiGHTed shirts):




Who knows what Joe Buissink was doing the the Simple Photo Booth with Jess & Marisa:




Jeff & Julia Woods with Parker Pfister:




(There will be many more from the Simple Photo Booth tomorrow)

Here is Tony trying to keep his energy up with some Red Bull. Tony is the guy you give your credit card # to when you buy a Shootsac. He has worked so hard to help Jess and Keats with the entire project. We like Tony!:




It was so awesome to watch Jessica shine today! So many people came by to check it out and give her some support and thankfully a lot of people placed orders. I am so proud of her!

Here are a bunch of people that came by to say "hi". 8 people in a point and shoot self portrait (my record is 9... and yes, the composition isn't perfect but I want to point out that it was taken left handed):





After 10 straight hours at the booth, most sane people would go home and relax. But we are in Vegas so we needed to burn the candle at both ends and headed out to the "Swanky, Sexy, Soirée" at the Bellagio. Here's Jess and I leaving THEhotel:





Becker sandwich with two of the hosts Lauren Hillary and Sara France:




Two of my favorite guys, Joe Photo and Blake Schwendimann (Why so sad Blake... don't know know who you are hanging out with?):




Blake has a new Livebooks website that is worth checking out!

It's only day one and I have pretty much lost my voice.

Check back tomorrow afternoon for images from the actual Simple Photo Booth as well as the Blu Domain ShinDig!

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Posted: Mon - March 26, 2007 at 01:08 AM          


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