THIS is cool!!! It’s PHOTOSHOP in fast-food-drive-through EXPRESS form…and on the INTERNET! HOW coooool is THAT?!?!?!?! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

I’m back from a whirlwind trip to Vegas & WPPI!! It was TERRIFIC and I genuinely loved seeing my friends! Just needing a little extra sleep at this point!!

When I returned, I got an email about this GREAT new blog about all things wedding and GIRLINESS!!!! It’s called THE WEDDING CHICKS!!!! When I clicked on the blog…I fell in LOVE because it is just SOOO yummy to look at!!!! It’s SUPER fun & STYLISH and you should check it out…..for ideas, for inspiration, for cool vendors…for FUN!!!!

CLICK HERE to check out the WEDDING CHICKS!!! RSS IT!!

It’s VEGAS time, DUH!!!! Gosh, this is like the superbowl of wedding photography and I freakin LOVE IT!!! I cannnnot wait!!!

Sooo…..just in case you have been living in a hole (j/k!)… I thought I would let you know that the WORLD’S LARGEST PHOTO CONVENTION is coming up!!! HOLLLLA!!!!

WPPI is March 15th-20th in LAS VEGAS BABY!!! It’s one rockin’ time and if you aren’t going, well, you are missing out…so change your plans and get your butt there!!!!
It’s at Bally’s & Paris right in the heart of Vegas and it’s just such an amazing experience! Every photo vendor know to MAN is at the tradeshow and all the hottest people in the industry are speaking! It’s super INSPIRING and I HIGHLY recommend it!!! This is the LAST year for it to be at PARIS & BALLY’S so you must come just because of THAT so you can say “wellll….back in the days when wppi was a paris & bally’s” and then you can sound smart!!!

I’m going to be spending my time in the GARY FONG BOOTH(you should click that link to see what you are in for at the GARYFONGINC BOOTH…..so stop by and say HEY…and if it’s BONKERS at his booth, like it uuuuuusually is, BLOW ME A KISS!
Can’t wait to see all you PARTY PEOPLE there! CLICK HERE for more info!!!!

If you haven’t heard, Indy has turned into QUITE the hub for photographers!! I remember a day roughly 6-8 years ago when I was among the only 10 wedding photographers in INDY (i feel like I should be a grandma or something! ha!) and last I heard there were over 350 wedding photogs here! YIKES!!! I guess we are just the cool place to be…and we’re growing!! So…that means we have our own seminar here….it’s OSP INDY and it’s coming up SOON!!! It’s March 24th - March 26th at a wedding photographers home away from home (or at least mine!) the Omni Severin Hotel in Downtown Indy! There are some ROCKING people involved this year including the LaCours, Garrett Nudd and Kevin Swan!! There will be food, fun, live shoots, awesome people and MORE…so if you are local and if you are cool, you MUST COME HANG OUT!!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON OSP INDY!!!! OHHHH….and did I MENTION that it’s only $50!! That’s a STEAL……so don’t even try and say you can’t afford it because you will be a LIAR!!! SEE YOU THERE PARTY PEOPLE!!!!

OSP INDY, OMNI SEVERIN, MARCH 24-26th, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

If you are a photographer who edits your images, you MUST see this new product! I am BLOWN away by it…..really! It’s called VIVEZA and it’s a NIK PLUG IN for PHOTOSHOP. It’s literally like combining many photoshop tools into one mini application that does completely customized adjustments on images with incredible speed and ease! I just watched all of the demos and I’m sitting her in awe of this!! YOU MUST check this out!! I HIGHLY recommend checking out all the demo’s to see the full capability of VIVEZA! INCREDIBLE!!! BORDERLINE….REVOLUTIONARY!!!

look at this image. seriously??? really??? who takes images that are THIS freaking cool and inventive and unique and inspired and just plain great! that is exactly why i have a hate/love relationship with THE IMAGE IS FOUND!!! funny that they have NO clue who I am…but we have this relationship ANYWAY! haaa!! (i’m laughing to myself right now!) i hate them for being sooo freaking inventive and inspired WITHOUT fail…and i love their work like CRAZY. hence, love/hate, hate/love. Regardless of my feelings, they are clearly one the BEST photogs of our time! NO doubt. i just wanted to show you this and tell you that a) if YOU can see images like this just happen as you are on a normal shoot, then KUDOS TO YOU my friend….you are cooler than me and b) this image makes me want to be a better photographer for more reasons than one. period.

Soooo, the rumor on the street is that my uber-fabulous album company, Leather Craftsmen, is UNVEILING a NEW kind of album at WPPI!!! I am MUCHO excited about this and I just HAD to tell you!!!! So, if you are at WPPI…STOP by and SEE what it is! I REALLY have no idea, I just have heard rumors!!! I LOVE rumors about photo stuff…i’m SUCH a geek!

I know you were all wondering if I vanished…but no, I’m here…I’m alive!!! I’ve just been BURIED lately with endless traveling, a major 3 week computer crash, wisdom teeth surgery on all 4 teeth and a MOUNTAIN of backlogged work to show for all of that….occupying every ounce of my time! So, please accept my apologies!!

Sooo….if you know ANYTHING about photography, you KNOW about the FABULOUS Jen & Steve Bebb of Bebb Studios. They are undoubtedly among the BEST photographers of today and were listed as one of the TOP 10 Wedding Studios in the WORLD by American Photo!!!!

They are doing an incredible world tour of seminars called the BEBBINARS!!! The Bebb’s are friends of mine and ever since I heard that they were traveling, I KNEW I had to try my best to make it to one of the BEBBINARS and hear this amazing power couple and see them in action!! The seminar covers everything from marketing to shooting technique, to lighting and a live shoot!! Well, they are HEADED EAST with the BEBBINAR, my friends….so you need to get your stuff together and GO SEE THEM!!! I know it will be WELL worth your while!!!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!!! Hope to see you there!

You know how I love finding AWESOME, talented photographers! So, I found a new one that I thin has some SICK raw talent! REALLY! His name is Jeremy Lawson and his work is really great!! You SHOULD KNOW about him and CHECK HIS WORK OUT!!!