It's been two weeks ago since uncommon blogsite was launched and I have to apologize for not writing the latest update promptly. You see, we've been away all last week which explains the lack of activity on this blogsite. I was attending the wedding photographer convention in Las Vegas. I had to sadly acknowledge that Las Vegas would be too much for my 19-months old daughter so we decided that my wife and daughter just had to stay with her uncle in Los Angeles area. It was a bit hard for me to see my little girl waved bye-bye from her car seat when they dropped me off at the airport :(
So anyway, this is my third year in a row where I made a regular pilgrimage to see old friends, and to meet new wonderful people during the convention. The relationships that I have made along the line have been rock solid. It's wonderful to see how my friends/colleagues have grown their photography business, but most importantly I was delighted to see that as individuals, I think we all have grown to become better persons.
Without further ado, here are some pictures that I took during my stay in Vegas.
My good friend, photographer extra-ordinaire Kym Skiles of f8Studio, and Jason Clark of Canada, are contemplating what to do with the vast empty land. Oh btw, the next morning I saw Jason still wearing the same clothing and looking somewhat dazed, and he told me that he just finished an 11-hours poker game marathon. Holly cow!!! Eleven hours??? How's that even possible? I can't even sleep for 11-hours straight.
Arranged "PJ" moments with the super talented Rita Wiebner and Heath Sandall. Hey guys, if you read this, it's an absolute pleasure to meet you guys. We should chat more next time we meet.
The uber-talented John Michael Cooper works his bride in the dessert. I have to tell you that the bride and groom are not professional models, they are John's real wedding clients.
And when John is at work, a large photographers crowd tends to congregate. And I thought I have it hard when I have to deal with two or three "uncle Bobs" in my wedding ;) John has to deal with hundred uncle bobs each carrying bigger lenses than his. ha!
I have more photos of the bride and groom from the dessert shoot, but I'd rather not post them since they're not my clients and I wasn't the one who set up the pose either. So, we just have to move on to our, that is my wife and daughter and me, trip to San Diego that followed my Las Vegas convention.
Since our daughter Kaitlyn already showed her love toward animals, we decided to visit San Diego Zoo, and of course once we're there we got lost on our way to the panda area.
We did find the pandas, then took a break and then our baby had a little accident. No worries...it's only water from her sippy cup.
5 minutes later and a spare set of pants, everything is back to normal.
Didn't stay too long at the Zoo, we're all too exhausted and thirsty...
... and hungry.
I'm showing how happy I am to be in San Diego. This taken at a local elementary school. Yep...I'm a total nerd ;)
Soon we had to fly back home to Kansas City, and of course every time we go to LAX we have to patiently wait for our lugages to be inspected by TSA. Yep, that's how long the line was just to drop our check-in bagages at the TSA counter. But no complaint here, we can't demand great security while still demanding quick service and convenience.
We made it through all the security check points, the plane took off leaving the beautiful west coast behind us.
And just because we were sitting down in our plane, it didn't mean we were resting... we still had to entertain our baby all the way to Kansas City.
Hey lookie here, the in-flight magazine always has some wicked thing-a-majig to sell. Can you sleep as well as this guy during flight? Well, I certainly can't say that I sleep well in any of my flights, so maybe these guys are on to something good.
Actually, one time on a different flight I saw a guy using that gigantic airbag to sleep on, it looked so funny and surreal at the same time. But the guy actually was asleep throughout the entire flight, so I guess it works. Maybe I should get me one of those things.
On another musing: Why do they still have the no-smoking sign in the plane? I can't remember the last time any airline actually allows smoking during or before flight. Actually, other than in Las Vegas, I can't remember the last time smoking was allowed inside a building.
Three hours later, we're back in Kansas City air space. It's a rare treat to see Kansas City from above since our flight usually arrives at night time.
Well, that's it for now. I do have more photos from Las Vegas convention, but I shot them all on film on my plastic Holga camera. I have to send the films to the lab, and then wait a couple weeks before I actually see anything. But I'll promise I'll post something if anything good comes out from my plastic toy camera.
Till then. And thanks for reading.
-David
