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The best kind of workshop
My annual trip down to Vegas to attend the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographer's International) where 10,000 professional photographer's converge for workshops and seminars over 5 days. It's one of the most inspiring events for me to learn from the best and be immersed in this creative occupation with so much talent and excitement. You get the best of the best photographer's and every supporting medium is there to check out as well.
What could make this event better you might ask?:
How about riding a motorcycle down for it! 5000 km round trip and a perfect excuse for a late winter mini adventure. I've always felt he best trips are unplanned ones so I didn't plan my route except for a bit each morning over breakfast. I veered through small towns and side roads looking for the best twisties, and travelled as far as felt healthy each day. The trip started in rain out of Vancouver and ended in it too.
Listening to K'naan's "waving flag" anthem and riding into Vegas. Soundtrack moment to my movie moment!
Sunrise in Death Valley National Park. This photo sums up the romantic draw of my trip.
And Death Valley at 190 feet below sea level.
The same day after the heat of Death Valley, I cross a mountain pass at 8500 feet aptly named "deadman's pass" and am suddenly committed to getting through an insane snowstorm. This storm would've scared me in a car, but riding a forced 20 miles an hour with completely numb fingers and an fogged over open visor (snow in the face), made the experience so unbelievable it felt surreal. One thing for sure was that I couldn't possibly have appreciated my plug-in heated vest more! Praising it became a mantra.
20+ inches came down that night locking me in the little town of Lee Vining until the roads were cleared. This gave me time to check out the salt water Mono Lake.
The next pass into Lake Tahoe.
Helmet hair.
The northern Californian redwoods.
And the rest was for fun riding! Hope you enjoyed these.
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 - 12:59 AM
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Brendon Purdy is a Vancouver based photographer specializing in weddings, portraits, sports, and travel photography. In his spare time Brendon likes to cycle as fast as he possibly can.
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