I've just returned from a week in Las Vegas where I attended the Digital Wedding Forum convention and the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International convention and trade show. The speakers were excellent, and included celebrity photographer Joe Buissink and Seattle-based nature photographer Art Wolfe and many others. It was an amazing experience, and I even picked up a Canon 5D.
Joining me in Vegas were two Santa Fe photographers, Ben Chrisman and Michael Cody. Ben also works in San Francisco and Michael has a New York office, and they both are a source of constant inspiration for me. Thanks guys!


Sunset in the desert during the DWF photography demonstration by John Michael Cooper and David Beckstead



John Michael Cooper sets up his "anti-bride" shot



David Beckstead shooting from above


Las Vegas Boulevard

They call it "The Big One" and Jackson Hole did not disappoint. My brother Jan and I descended a total of 85,000 vertical feet during three days at the resort.