LibertyCon is held at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel in Chattanooga, TN in late June every year.  This year was the 28th anniversary of the convention and the first time they sold out.  They have a hard cap of 700 tickets and they capped a few weeks before the convention.
I haven’t had time to do more than log the photos into Lightroom and pick a few that really jumped out at me to do a basic edit and export. Â Many, many more will follow over the next couple of weeks, including the wedding that happened Thursday night.
Enjoy. Â And for a change, they’re all work safe.
The "Lady Vivimus". A sword made by Hank Reinhardt based on the description of the Lady Vivimus sword in Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein. The Cedar and Sanford jumped it after saying their vows and the Hoyts jumped it after renewing theirs.
Even the Gnomes enjoy the thug life.
Wendi in one of her favorite skirts and new corset
They grow up so fast! — with Katie
Love Cindy's hats.
Mad Mike in all his finery. The man knows how to swagger. — with Michael Z. Williamson.
Sunset over the hotel.
Oleg and Amy
The Brewhouse Pub next to the hotel. One of the better places to eat in the area.
I have a Google+ account now. Not too happy with the TOS with respect to my photography. Handing Google rights to do anything with everything I post there for all time is not something I’m really all that comfortable with.  I am not even close to what you’d call an Intellectual Property zealot, but damnit, I do want some control over what happens to my works. If you want to do something with it, ask. Chances are, I’ll say yes.
I’ll post more about my fun with it in the future. So far I do like the interface and it is not nearly as cluttered as Facebook. Competition’s great. Better products are even better.
Since this is a photography blog, here’s some eye candy for you!
What started as an evening of test shots and a few planned shots for a compositing project I’m working on ended up being almost 3 hours of fun playful shooting.
Jessica’s good friend Swan Song dropped by with her costumes and ideas.
You can see the quick edits and selections here. Below are a few from the set.
I spent today among some great friends and incredibly beautiful and talented people at Colab today.  AFPME organized a group shoot at Colab today. It was a fun, creative and somewhat adventurous 6 hours.
The last two shoots I’ve done with this lovely lady have been for gifts for someone special to her. This shoot is different. It’s a shoot just for *her*. I think she shows just how playful, elegant and sexy she really is here. What do you think?
I just got back from the meet-n-greet that kicked off Atlanta Bound IV at 1763 tonight.   I got to meet the awesomely talented Scott Church and several of the lovely models that’ll be an honor to shoot on Sunday.
I’m a bit giddy at the prospect of watching Scott shoot and hearing what he has to say about how he achieves the fantastic images I’ve seen from his work for years.
And yes, I’ll be posting shots as soon as I get them processed and prepped after the shoot.
