Well, the film festival may be over now, but the buzz is really just beginning. Check out this week’s People magazine where some of our favorite WireImage photographers’ pics are displayed prominently in a four-page spread about Sundance.

In that spread, the William H. Macy photograph was taken at the HP Portrait Studio by Jeff Vespa – mentioned here by Alison Watterson in a post last week. Also, by my count, I see seven or eight photos by Kevin Mazur, another WireImage photographer I had the pleasure of meeting.

I was given a great tour of Kevin’s studio – located in the Luxury Lounge. What an amazing place – and his techniques for getting the celebrities to relax and open up are among the best in the industry. You can easily spot Kevin’s photos by the very simple environment – white backgrounds and natural lighting. And, incidentally, Kevin is big fan of HP printers and uses them professionally. He even spoke at a dinner for the attendees of our Graphic Arts Summit last Wednesday in Park City. Anyway, check out his pics in People – I think they are awesome.

v While visiting Kevin’s studio and having dinner with his team later in the evening, I met Bethenny Frankel, the runner-up on Martha Stewart’s Apprentice. Besides being on The Apprentice, Bethenny is the owner of Bethennybakes.com, a low-fat, wheat-, egg-, and dairy-free cookie company in New York. I haven’t actually tried her cookies – although for the sake of this blog, I’m certainly willing to give it a go. I’ve heard that they taste pretty yummy – even with all those ingredients taken out. Bethenny was here at Sundance checking out the scene, doing a bit of networking , brainstorming on new business opportunities and giving away cookies to the stars.

Oh, and in case you were wondering – Bethenny says the experience on The Apprentice was amazing, although not necessarily enjoyable at the time. She says the constant stress really started to take its toll on her. Just as I imagined it would …