After 5 days of madness I’m finally home :) I think from the day one I was going purely on adrenaline. I had no time to eat and slept only 5-6 hours each night. It was an amazing marathon, I’m completely exhausted and now feel a bit sad that everything is over…. But at the same time I brought back tons of ideas, made lots of new friends and now have enough inspiration to last me until WPPI 2010! :)

First day for me was Saturday the 14th. Platform classes didn’t start yet and I landed a bit too late to join the crowd who did Las Vegas Neon Bone Yard photo shoot. So I decided to take it easy, checked into the hotel (the convention was held at MGM Grand but I ended up staying across the street at Hooters, because it was 10 times cheaper than staying at MGM and only short 2mins walk away) and headed to explore the strip.

This was the view of MGM from Hooters:

Nikon D700, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 at 24mm, ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/20

I first explored MGM trying to find a place where I could grab a bite. After dining at a nearby restaurant I walked to Bellagio, snapped few shots of the fountains, explored Paris casino, went by the New York New York, Tropicana and finally retreated back to Hooters because the weather wasn’t quite stimulating for explorations :) Rest of the night was spent playing poker and I walked away with an extra $100 in my pocket which almost covered the price of my admission to WPPI ;-)

In front of Paris:

Nikon D700, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 at 14mm, ISO 1000, f/2.8, 1/15

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