After ten years of wanting to go, a friend of mine and I managed to finally get it together and go to the “Shooting the West” Photography Symposium in Winnemucca, Nevada.   We only managed to make it to the Saturday presentations but there is almost a full week of workshops, presentations, contests and social activities.   Shooting the West is definitely one of the finest events that Nevada brings to photographers but it can be a bit tough to get to from anywhere other than Winnemucca.   That being said, I will try to find a way to take a full vacation in the future for the week of March when it is usually held.   I think we missed out on a lot of the experience by only going for one day but it was all either of could afford, based both on time and money.  Typically, there…