Vegas, Baby!

This past March, I was flown to Las Vegas to help out as a second shooter with my photog friend Michelle, who shoots large VIP events. While she was busy getting the VIP "grip and grins", I had the freedom to be more artistic and "behind the scenes" with my shots - just up my alley!

We stayed in the center of the action (at least for the Champ Car races - which made a loop around old downtown) at the Golden Nugget Hotel, which had a shark tank in the middle of the pool, with - get this - a water slide running through the middle of the shark tank! Only in Vegas, baby!

Big and Rich - now a huge fan!

We shot everything from galas, street concerts, celebrity poker games, to motorcycle stunts, and champ car races. The champ car races were the noisiest and smelliest experience to date. Uh, does anybody have any earplugs?

We were given backstage passes to a Big and Rich concert leading us to the front row where all the action was ( I am now officially a huge fan). Unfortunately I didn't have the same access to the champ car races, which forced be to sneak into the pit and play clueless when an official kicked me out. I snuck in 3 times, so good thing they were all different officials, or my act wouldn't have worked.

Downtown on Freemont St is a 3 block long canopy/video screen, that hosted the most amazing "slide show" I've ever seen.....

The incredible thing about photography is that you can dive into a scene and immerse yourself in it; the challenge is always to capture something people haven't seen before. It's almost like a game I really get a buzz off of. Click here for more pics of Vegas!

Vegas: 4 days of shooting, 3 pairs of earplugs, 2 tickets to "O", and one $50 bill lost on 21.