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You Shoot Seniors?? An Introduction to John Pyle, Senior Portrait Photographer

I don’t shoot weddings. I admire wedding photographers, I love their work, and some of my best friends are wedding photographers. I even like to go to weddings and enjoy the celebration…and some cake. Yes, people are always going to get married.. but high school seniors only graduate once.

Grace is a 2011 Senior

For me seniors are what we enjoy. Mostly because they WANT to be photographed. When I first got my DSLR in early 2000s and started shooting events, weddings, parties etc…I learned very quickly what I did NOT enjoy photographing. My favorite quotes during this time include “oh please don’t take my picture”, “I might break your camera” “can you only photograph me from the waist up?” “can you Photoshop out my wrinkles?”, “can you make me look skinny?,” and “do you HAVE to take MY picture?”. And of course the countless number of hands in front of faces, ducking heads, and people running to hide like I was holding a live cobra in my hand. Read More→

WPPI Celebrates 30th Anniversary in 2010

Jan 23, 2010

PRESS RELEASE

WPPI Celebrates 30th Anniversary in 2010
Annual WPPI Convention and Trade Show offers over 120 classes for professional photographers from around the world

Culver City, CA  January 19, 2010 — Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, as always, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) is poised to provide professional photographers with unparalleled educational opportunities starting March 4, 2010.

All WPPI 2010 classes, events and the trade show will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, from March 4–11, 2010. WPPI is the largest annual expo and conference in the U.S. for professional photographers. Each year more than 11,000 professional photographers gather in Las Vegas, NV, to learn from the best and see the latest and greatest products from the hundreds of exhibitors that participate in the trade show. Read More→