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Hey everybody! Meredith and I just had a great week sharing and caring with photographers in Las Vegas at WPPI. As with most trips, I wanna share my trip with you using images I took and shared on Instagram. I felt like we ate like royalty (and were treated like royalty, thanks to my very favorite lab on the planet, Millers Professional Imaging). Tom Collichio's Craftsteak was by far my favorite, and ranks up among the top three meals I've ever had in my life (wedding dinner was #1, and Tom Collichio's Craft in Dallas was #2). Other great meals from the trip: Mix, In and Out Burger, Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill, and Wolfgang Puck, who you'll see gave me a big fat thumbs up. :) <a href="http://www.benfieldphoto.com/12Blog/vegas2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.benfieldphoto.com/12Blog/vegas2.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 800px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.benfieldphoto.com/12Blog/vegas1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.benfieldphoto.com/12Blog/vegas1.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 800px;" /></a> I had a great time with my photo bff, JP Elario, and enjoyed hearing him give his platform presentation for the 2nd straight year (great job bro!), and I enjoyed seeing my dropitMODERN friends, and Miller's and MpixPro gang. I also liked connecting with other Arkansas photogs while there (it's funny that we travel a bazillion miles away to get together). I love the time I got to spend with Ryan (pictured above), and Geoff (my ol' pal) - a couple of past mentees who are kickin' booty now. All in all, WPPI is a great time for photographers and well worth the money (and craziness you must endure if you go to Vegas). My advice to photographers is always to go, and always to connect with as many photogs as possible. Lastly, I'm still on Vegas time, so this blog post is NOT late. Actually, I would have already posted it had I not been pulled over on the way home. Erg. Talk to you soon, Dale (PS. If you want captions for all the images above, follow me on instagram! @dalebenfield)

Hey everybody! Meredith and I just had a great week sharing and caring with photographers in Las Vegas at WPPI. As with most trips, I wanna...

Hey everybody! It's WPPI time again, our annual trip to Las Vegas for the biggest tradeshow for wedding photographers in the world. Meredith and I again have the honor of speaking at WPPI, which makes it my 4th year in a row to share knowledge with bazillions of wedding photographers from all over the world. Here's our WPPI schedule... if you're going to WPPI, come say hi to us!! Monday: 1pm - hanging in the dropitMODERN booth with my photo bff <a href="http://joeelariophotography.com">JP Elario</a> to have a Q&A with photogs <a href="http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/cf67a37e564f11e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/cf67a37e564f11e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 596px; height: 596px;" /></a> 2:30: Meredith and I are speaking at the Miller's / MpixPro booth. Our topic: Customer Service is the New Marketing - read more about our talk, along with some fun q&a on the <a href="http://blog.mpixpro.com/index.php/02/wppi-2012-the-benfields/">MpixPro blog</a>. <a href="http://blog.mpixpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ProBenfieldWPPI2012BLOG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://blog.mpixpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ProBenfieldWPPI2012BLOG.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 596px; height: 560px;" /></a> <a href="http://blog.mpixpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ProBenfieldSecBLOG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://blog.mpixpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ProBenfieldSecBLOG.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 596px; height: 1039px;" /></a> 4pm - Millers/MpixPro focus group meeting - I love that I have a lab that seeks our feedback with products, services, prices, etc. 7pm - the <a href="http://store.dropitmodern.com/?Click=3160">dropitMODERN</a> gang, JP, and I are heading to dinner at <a href="http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/signature-restaurants/mix.aspx">MIX</a> (I'm super excited to eat at an Alain Ducasse restaurant) 9pm - Heading to the <a href="http://www.prohibitionrebellion.com/">Prohibition Rebellion</a> party with the dinner gang. Tuesday: Meredith is shooting boudoir / secret sessions at the Barbie Suite at the Palms - How cool is this??? <a href="http://www.ladiesgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-barbie-suite-from-the-palms-resort-in-las-vegas.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.ladiesgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-barbie-suite-from-the-palms-resort-in-las-vegas.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 596px;" /></a> 11:30am - hanging at the DIM booth again for some q&a - come meet me and ask me anything! 9pm - VIP get together with the MpixPro/Miller's gang, and a bunch of cool photogs! Wednesday: 2:30 I'll be helping with JP's platform class Dinner at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Thursday: fly back home, sleep in my own bed. :) Seriously, if you see me come say hi! I love WPPI because it gives me a chance to connect with other photographers! Talk to you soon, Dale

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Hey everybody! It's WPPI time again, our annual trip to Las Vegas for the biggest tradeshow for wedding photographers in the world. Mere...