{"id":199,"date":"2008-01-06T03:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/dwf-2008\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T03:13:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:13:30","slug":"dwf-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/weddings\/dwf-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"DWF 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m blogging on location from sunny Tampa, Florida! I just completed Day 2 of a super-intensive 4 day conference of wedding photography professionals from the Digital Wedding Forum<\/a>. We’ve been going non-stop since 8:30 this morning (it’s approaching midnight as I’m typing this) and we’ll be doing the same thing for the next two days. <\/p>\n

Here’s just a few pictures from my point and shoot. My main camera is still in the shop and I wouldn’t be caught dead bringing my “lowly” back-up camera to a conference of people who have the nicest cameras on earth. I’m having serious camera envy all week and I am counting the days until my 30D is back safe in my arms. *Sniff*<\/p>\n

Last night we had a cocktail reception, but I found some of the beverages to be somewhat overpriced, and others to be downright obscenely over-priced! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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One of the early sessions of the day, Marcus Bell<\/a>. This was after my mentoring session with the awesome Wiebners<\/a> and the uber-talented Lena Hyde<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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Later in the day we had a luncheon and enjoyed a few moments from the incredible Dennis Reggie<\/a> (he shot many a celebrity wedding, including the iconic John F. Kennedy Jr.\/Carolyn Besette<\/a> wedding)<\/p>\n

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Later in the day, we had the “Wedding From Hell” with the DWFers participating as either the wacky cast, the photographers, or the audience in the world’s most dysfunctional wedding\/learning experience. The hotel guests must have thought they walked in on the most bizarre wedding ceremony of the century…<\/p>\n

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Jen Bebb<\/a>, one of the awesome photographers with the awful job of photographing this crazy mess.<\/p>\n

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My mentor from the session earlier in the day, Joel Wiebner<\/a>, played the role of the ultimate “Uncle Bob”, with Susan Stripling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The mis-matched “newlyweds” (she’s probably 6’1″, he’s maybe 5’4″)<\/p>\n

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The night ended with a kick-butt session with the incomperable (and hilarious!) Jerry Ghionis<\/a>, who demonstrated a live shoot under less-than-optimal conditions.<\/p>\n

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I was also thrilled to see my favorite photographer, mentor, and friend, Laura Novak<\/a>, who is down here working her butt off at the DWF convention, the PPA convention, and the WHCC<\/a> tradeshow booth, as well as her own Strategy Avenue<\/a>. Check her out – she rocks! (plus you might recognize me in two spots on her wedding portfolio website<\/a> – wink wink!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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