Las Vegas annually welcomes WPPI: Wedding & Portrait Photographers International
what is WPPI?
For 29 years, WPPI holds and is an annual convention and trade show that welcomes over 12,000 wedding and portrait photographers from around the world to the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
5 reasons why you photographers should go next year
one | learning
Classes, workshops, training GALORE: Business Institute, Masterclasses, Plus Classes + All About Schools where you can learn everything you could possibly want to know about being a photographer in the business (from lighting to Lightroom)
favorite eye opening quotes from the business institute
two | competitions
Listen to the judging of submitted photographs and albums, wedding and non-wedding, from photographers around the world by the best in industry. View the 2010 jawdropping photo + album winners here:
three | the network
Meet a driven and talented group of photographers from all backgrounds + experiences! It’s a welcoming atmosphere to learn what the world is up to firsthand in photography.
We had the pleasure to meet Michael Warshall and his mind blowing success story of becoming the world’s wealthiest photographer. Clientele? Royalty. One family portrait session: $10,000. He conducts a 3 month photography workshop for $10,000 in his studio located in a private island, if any of you are interested for a serious photography boot camp.
four | the giveaways!
The trade show will leave you with BAGS + BAGS of amazing giveaways + samples. This is a lesson learned for us because we missed out on it. Note: GO TO THIS! Plus, the trade show days is when they throw the parties to meet all the other fabulous photographers.
five | Vegas
The plus side of going to this huge convention is, of course, a visit to Vegas.
If you want to see more from the latest WPPI, go here.
The next WPPI is on February 17-24, 2011 . Hope we’ll see you there!
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