The first HHS! Confab + Print Trade at White Rabbit went down last night, and it was awesome to see so many photographers, Hot Shots, and panelists in attendance. Everyone's spirits seemed high, even with the technical challenge of not having a microphone; everyone handled my bullhorn-voice with good cheer. We hope all of you who made it had a great time, met and mingled with other photographers, and for those who participated in the print-trade, left with new artwork for your home.

Extra special thanks go to our photographer for the night, Winnie Au, who took all the photos you see here, and our event sponsors: Manish from Arlo/Artists, Perry and Yancey from Kickstarter, and the fine folks from Crumpler. Arlo is very kindly extending a 25% off the $100 annual fee discount on occasion of the Confab. With Arlo/Artists, you can build your custom portfolio website without setup or additional fees, inclusive of hosting, custom design, unlimited images and video, a multimedia blog, and integration with Twitter and Facebook. Use the code HHS322 after a two week free trial.

And of course, thanks to our venue, White Rabbit, and the members of the Jen Bekman Projects' team who made this happen: Casey, Jeffrey, Jacqueline, Raul, Jane, Youngna, Sara, and Kika . We missed the presence of our fearless leader Ms. Bekman—and indeed a few of us feel a tad under the weather today (Get those flu shots! Wash those hands!)—but it was great to have so many of us in one place to meet all of you in the HHS! community.

If you were there last night and took pictures, please tag them "Hey, Hot Shot! Confab". We'll be adding our batch of event photos to flickr shortly, so look for more shots of the night there.

And, don't forget: The Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition Competition is still open. We're accepting entries until October 23, 2009 at 8:00 p.m EST. Enter here, and we look forward to seeing you at our next event!