So many wonderful things happened at WPPI last week! But the best things were all the people we spent time with! I didn’t have my camera, but thank goodness others did! Here are a bunch of fun photos I’ve found on other blogs! I’ve also included their links for those of you wanting some visual inspiration!

The first day we got together with two beautiful, amazing photographers, Carey from Barefoot Memories and Amber from Holritz Photography. Carey, Amber and I are conspiring on some fun stuff for women in 2008 so Brian and Nathan (Amber’s husband) got some fun promo photos for us. These are from Amber’s blog!

And Brian trying to make me laugh (b/c it’s so hard!). 🙂

He loves Nathan too! 🙂

I had to steal this one too of Dane Sanders. If you haven’t checked out his site, you must. Dane is such an incredible guy that is giving such good stuff to the photography industry. I had the best time hanging out with him and talking about fun ideas for 2008!

The next day David Jay and I had a blast speaking at the Pictage booth on the tradeshow floor. Thanks to the beautiful Daria for shooting this! Check out her website! She’s a sweetie and incredibly talented! After I finished my talk I had a group of women wanting to chat about motherhood, balance, work, all the above. Engaging with these women felt like water to my soul. If you were one of those women, email me b/c I don’t know if I got your cards and would love to stay in touch!

Later on in the day Mike Colon and Denis Reggie did a talk in the Pictage booth. I think so many people would agree that Pictage did an amazing job of hosting an awesome show! Mike and Denis deserve so much credit to where our business is today, and every time I hear them talk I learn something new. This picture was from Mike Colon’s blog. (Thanks Mike! So great to see you and catch up!)

During the Pictage cocktail hour, we met these two great photographers, Tom Flint and Corey McNabb. Check out their work! They are so fun and cracked me up b/c they put our business card in their name badges and just walked around the tradeshow like this. I had to grab a picture! 🙂

Brian and I also got to know Forest and Raya Carlisle. Our associates, Bleu and Ginger, have been telling us how cool these two are forever, but wow, Brian and I just fell in love with them! Forest and Brian are two peas in a pod with how techy they both are! And Raya, ladies, you have to visit her blog! She has got to be one of the most creative women I’ve ever met. Plus, she does incredible album design with her business party Shelly and their business Pink Penny.

Enna Grazier and I finally got to have coffee and talk face to face! She and her husband Matt are another amazing husband and wife team on the east coast. And I had a blast with the LaCour team. We both had interviews with the new HBO series, and Rachel and I could have talked for hours about our passion for women needing women in the photography industry.

And if you’re wanting one last link, here’s a video Steve Depino posted on his blog. It’s a fun recap! Enjoy!

I’m leaving so much out (like my video partner in crime, Josh, buying me lunch! You’re so awesome!), but I figure these links should inspire some of you this week! With 10,000 photographers coming together, how can you go wrong at an event like this? Inspiration was everywhere. I came away feeling so thankful to not only do what I do, but be in an industry full of people I respect and admire. Much love to all of you!