you don't have to be the best.
you just have to be better than last week.
- jerry ghionis

jerry ghionis. the last photographer | speaker we were able to see today at WPPI. not only was he incredibly inspiring, he was informative, funny, real and personable. his presentation was two hours but i could have easily listened to him all day (even sitting on the floor like we were; the theatre was totally full when we got there). you can check jerry's website out here.

WPPI. all i can say is...amazing. it was everything that i had hoped for and more. i'm exhausted but so ready to implement many of the things i learned and saw. there will be some pretty big and exciting changes for deb schwedhelm photography in the VERY near future. i highly recommend WPPI to any and all photographers. next year's conference will be feb 14th through 19th (mark your calendars ;-).

now. i have lots of catching up to do and i'm ready to get back to where i left off (just not at this moment; it's 2 AM...yikes!). i'm so excited and inspired. but i also know that i have lots of work ahead of me.

the photo is my dear friend's oldest daughter. we had planned a family shoot outside but who would have known vegas would be 45 degrees and crazy windy. so we switched things up and did photos inside. it was so wonderful to see my friends again.