★ Photo Post – Las Vegas, October 2010

These photo posts are really awesome! I posted 156 photos while in Las Vegas last week for Blogworld. That’s only ONE short of the number of Vegas photos posted when I went on my road trip in May of 2009. There’s a really cool FriendFeed page where you can see tweets, location, photos and blog posts from when Laura and I went on that road trip here. At Blogworld 2009 in Las Vegas, I posted 141 photos and only this one was good.

What’s so AWESOME about doing photo posts or looking back (seriously, click on the links above) is that I can see year after year of how different my photos have become! Sure, I’m doing more post-processing which most people hate but the angles, composition and quality of my photos (zoom in on those bad boys) is improving. My hardware hasn’t really improved. I’m still using a compact camera that can fit in my front or back pocket but I’m doing more work with tripods and manual controls.

Before I go into the blog post, I’d like to show one thing off. While reviewing my past photos, I found a shot that was taken nearly 1.5 years ago at the same spot on the strip. I re-took that photo purely by coincidence on last Wednesday and uploaded it. The spot is standing on the strip in front of Fashion Show Mall on the west side and you can see the top of Trump Hotel. This time, I framed the hotel and boosted the color in post process. Before & After. This makes me happy. Same shot years later. Improvements.

Well, without further ado, here’s the full set of photos and below are my favorites. (you may have to click through). Note, you can click on any of these to view a larger size.

Let's Take a Trip, Luxor East Tower - Las Vegas
Top of The Luxor East Tower
Broken Dreams - Las Vegas
"Broken Dreams"
The Tropicana - Las Vegas
Tropicana w/ Contrail
CityCenter - Las Vegas
The "ugly" that is City Center
CityCenter - Las Vegas
City Center "angles"
CityCenter - Las Vegas
The Cosmopolitan - Opening in December
Central Las Vegas Strip
"The Strip" w/ Poor Cropping
Ballys & Paris - Las Vegas
Bally's & Paris
The Mirage - Las Vegas
A Mirage in Clear View
Pallazo - Las Vegas
The WORST photo I published at Blogworld. Composition is terrible but I love it so much! ignore the terrible "lean"
Trump Tower - Las Vegas
Trumped
Wynn & Encore, Sunrise - Las Vegas
FTW - For The Wynn
One 100 ounce Drink Remains - Las Vegas, NV
100 Ounces to Freedom (an ode to Sublime)
A Live in Neon - Las Vegas, NV
A Taste of Old Vegas
Choose Your Poison
Pick Your Poison
"The Mix" at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay - 64th Floor - Las Vegas, NV
"The Mix" @ THEhotel
Balvenie 12 & iPhone 4 - Las Vegas, NV
Vegas' Minimum Requirements
Livin' It Up - Las Vegas, NV
Don't Look Down
The Stars Align Us "The Mix" at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay - 64th Floor - Las Vegas, NV
How did we get here? Ah, I remember.
Mmmmm. "All Shook Up" Margarita - Las Vegas
Mixin' It Up - LIVE. Can you break a $100?
A Fancy Garnish
A Fancy Garnish w/ Salt on The Rim
TechSet Party - Liquid Club @ Aria - Las Vegas
Having a Kanye Moment..."the good life"
Sampling Macallan 12yr
Holdin' Out for The 18 Year
Words to Live By - Las Vegas
Required Attire at Blogworld
Sweat & Alcohol @ Tryst - Las Vegas
Tryst at The Wynn. Closes at 4AM
BLT Burger, The Mirage - Las Vegas, NH
Sweet Victory @ BLT Burger - Mirage, Vegas
It's Electic! - Las Vegas
Macro Light Bulb
All You Need is Love - Las Vegas
Reflective Security Camera. See me?
Caesars - Las Vegas
Does Caesar Live here?
Planet Hollywood - Las Vegas
Signage & Blue Skies
Show me The Real You, City Center - Las Vegas
City Center Reflections
Thank you for Dining with us, Bradley Ogden - Las Vegas
The Menu @ Bradley Ogden
Wine, Bradley Ogden - Las Vegas
Chardonnay for The Lady
Homemade Ice Cream, Bradley Ogden - Las Vegas
Homemade & Macro
Poisonous - Las Vegas
Club Haze - Aria Vegas
Bare it All, Club Haze - Las Vegas
Studio 54, 2010
Bottle Service for One - Las Vegas
Plain Cranberry Juice for One
So you want a revolution? - Las Vegas
A Revolution, Dark, low-light & Macro. BOOM!

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These photos below were taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – www.snapfoc.us

Blogworld 2010
..Mom, I can explain.
Blogworld 2010
A) I picked the wrong day to shave. B) I was photo-bombed by Karen Hartline
Blogworld 2010
@Mrs_Coffee & I @ Club Haze
Blogworld 2010
Blogworld Day 1. The only photo I looked rested.
Blogworld 2010
Terrible Photo...I have to post it because this is a look most people don't see. It's the "I'm working. What do you want?" face.
Before the Opening Night Blogworld Party - Las Vegas
Obligatory single self portrait at Blogworld

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I took over 500 photos this trip with the Canon S95. These were my favorites. Sorry for all of the self-portraits at the end but my friend, Ken Yeung did an awesome job and I wanted to show off a few. I love photographing architecture and objects but my Mom always says, “why don’t you post any pix of yourself?” so there you go Mom. Enjoy!

Comments 1
  1. I love your photos (processed or not) they are great! I’ve always told you that “i live vicariously through you (and your pictures)”

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