Pictage Partner Conference 2009 Welcome Reception - New Orleans, LA

The Pictage Partner Conference got its unofficial start by hosting an evening welcome reception at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA on Monday, November 2, 2009.  Complete with live jazz music playing, fellow Pictage members and non-members attending the conference got a chance to meet/greet with the Pictage Staff and many other photographers that had arrived from all over the country for this very special week.

For many (including myself), this was an opportunity to put a face to a name, put a face to a voice from phone conversations, put a real face to a forum avatar, or put a face to an email address...or to simply catch up with friends from all over the country that we rarely get to see and have fun together.

Here are a few images from the evening reception just to give you an idea of the fun and what was shaping up to be an incredibly inspiring week to come...

Monty, Chelsea, Jayse, and Jessica


Live Jazz music in the reception - NOLA Style


An overhead of the many who attended


Night time view of Canal Street from the balcony of the reception