{"id":284,"date":"2009-03-16T23:55:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T04:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2011-09-07T21:04:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T01:04:20","slug":"wppi-2009-neon-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wppi-2009-neon-graveyard\/","title":{"rendered":"WPPI 2009:  Neon Graveyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I organized a group shoot at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neonmuseum.org\/boneyard.html\">The Boneyard aka the Neon Graveyard<\/a> in downtown Las Vegas.  This year I was eager to go again and lucky for me there was a group going from the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebschool.com\"> [b] school<\/a>.  I brought my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katemcelwee.com\">Kate McElwee<\/a> along whom had to miss out on last year&#8217;s shoot due to the yearly horrific &#8220;WPPI Funk&#8221; that everyone seems to catch at some point.   Last year the day was absolutely stunning with clear skies and warm sun but this year it was overcast and pretty cold due to a frigid wind.  There was about 40 or so photographers in all with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckersblog.com\/\">[b]ecker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicaclaire.net\">Jessica Claire<\/a> in attendance as well.  We had 2 model couples (real life couples at that) and two additional &#8216;bride&#8217; models as well.  Despite the winds and chills, I think everyone had a great time!  I also made a couple new photographer friends as well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylvaingentile.com\/\">Sylvain Gentile<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobknapik.com\/\">Bob Knapik<\/a> whom are both amazing photographers!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned tomorrow for the winner of my first annual giveaway!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/ng-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I organized a group shoot at The Boneyard aka the Neon Graveyard in downtown Las Vegas. 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