WPPI 2012

WPPI is an annual photography convention that I attend in fabulous Las Vegas each year.
I met tons of amazing people this year. Which I'll be blogging about over the next week.

Caroline & Moon Morey win my cutest couple award. I met them while shooting out at the Nelson Ghost Town. Moon is originally from Hawaii, which explains his unique name. Caroline is a wedding photographer from Irvine California.

They were gracious enough to humor me and agreed to "model" while the group was between shoots. These two has such a playful camaraderie. It was absolutely delightful to see them engage in laughter as I was shooting.

If I had to give this image a title it would be called "Love Tap".

Earth Day

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. This was 7 years before I was born. I was just a twinkle in my mothers eye but I'm sure I was there in spirit. I'm just glad someone had the sense to say "Hey you guys are making a mess of things."

About the photo: I am always looking for heart shapes. I suppose you could say I'm looking for love in all the wrong places, ha-ha. On this morning I got up with the sun. When I saw the dew on the grass outside I grabbed my camera and headed to the back yard to try and shoot my roses. On my way to the flower beds I saw this single leaf laying on the ground.
It was just one of those moments where nature surprises you by giving you something better than you could have asked for. I felt this image was appropriate for Earth Day, hope you enjoy.

Processing: Lowered the luminance levels on the green, shifted the hue (orange to red) on the leaf & added a round vignette.