So I had a great time at the DWF, made lots of new friends and contacts. I will miss everyone I met, very much. While I was there I attended many semianrs where I listened to other photographers talk about there styles and strategies and how we as a community need to push ourselves out of traditional wedding photography thought and into new concepts. To better help this idea, many of us, about 300+, attanded a bridal shootout in the desert lead by two top photographers. Everyone else, inclusing myself just sat down in a semi cirlce and tried to grab our own shots of the bride and groom. Well let me tell you, the bride was beutifull, and David and John had it in for her with there ideas. LOL, it was great. I also shot some fellow photogrpahers, they were just to beutifull not to photograph, and I think one of them is going to use my image of her on her web site. See them all here! Lauren, a OC photographer.