Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International ( WPPI ) 30th convention held at Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel. Raphael Maglonzo, a fashion photographer from Los Angeles, met up with Ermelinda Manos a fashion designer from Las Vegas, and organized a fashion shoot for me and my colleagues. Ermelinda brought some of her fashion collections along with her gorgeous model Jessica White. They were so accommodating and nice. I can’t forget Ermelinda’s mother who had the most important role that day…She brought us “CHEESEBURGERS!” Yay! We started shooting at 2:00 pm and had to finish at 6:00 pm. because the rain started to pour.
My other colleagues offered me to borrow their lenses Nikon 24-70mm 2.8, Nikon 70-200mm 2.8, Nikon 85mm 1.4, Canon 85mm 1.2, Canon 135mm 2.0, and Canon 70-200mm 2.8. As tempting that can be with all those choices, this time I wanted to challenge myself to shoot with just a kit lens, Nikon 18- 200 mm 5.6. Call me crazy but I did it!
I really enjoyed shooting with 8 professional photographers. Learning the various ways they shoot and light their subject was an experiene of a lifetime. Thank you to the following people that made this photoshoot a success: Ermelinda Manos, Jessica White, Ben Young 3 from Davao Philippines a Premier Wedding Photographer, Raphael Maglonzo , AC Cubos and Geoff Sam Los Angeles Fashion / Run Way Photographers, Joel Llacar ( Los Angeles Wedding Photographer ), Alex Lajom ( Utah Wedding Photographer ), Ruben Gonzalez ( Elk Grove Portrait Photographer ) and Michelle Rivera ( Chicago Wedding Photographer )…the only lady photographer in the group from Chicago. It was fun meeting up with you all this year. I hope we could do this again next year.
Here are some of my pictures of Jessica. Enjoy!
