Photographer's meetup weekend!

This past weekend was the annual photographer's meetup weekend hosted by Millers Professional Imaging! These meetups are so much fun! This year's meetup was located in Pittsburg, KS, the home of the Millers lab. We had about 180 photographers registered to attend in addition to the models and guests!! I learn so much each year and have made some friends for life at these meetups! I already can't wait for next years!!!!

We started off the meetup by taking a tour of the Millers Lab.

They had goodie bags ready for everyone at registration filled with coupons, special offers, books and much more!

Although we trade ideas and give critiques all the time through the online forum, most of us never really get to see each other in person. When we finally do ...... this is what we look like ................

The meetup theme this year was Mardi Gras. My good friend Siri brought some masks so we were all decked out!

There is always tons of hands on training ... even in the rain!

This is what we look like when we are not shooting ... and also probably why we are on this side of the camera!

Some of the local instructors were generous enough to open their studio up to this crazy bunch!

Im sure some of the other hotel guests wondered what we were doing up so late ....

This is the shot from that setup ...

The wedding class was amazing! We had some awesome models too!

This is the shot from that setup ....

We returned on Sunday just in time for Angie's Bridal Session ... Siri grabbed some shots of me at work ..

This is the shot from that setup ...

Sometimes you just have to get low ...

This is the shot from that setup ...

And .... a little lower ...

This is the shot from that setup ...

Yes .... I get a lot of strange looks ....

But its worth it, right? .....

A BIG thank you to all the instructors for this year's meetup! You guys are wonderful!!! Also, a HUGE thank you to Millers Professional Imaging! You guys make us look good!
:)