South Strip

My Las Vegas Document class has pretty much explored the "Rags to Riches" of the Strip by now.  

Shooting the South Strip to me was somehow challenging.  My eyes kept looking for something on either end of the scales- plush or dingy...  And I found latter one seemed to be more of the interest to me.  

An added event during the shoot was to run into a Thai monk, who agreed to be my model for some shots.  He told me that he liked photography too, and was on his way to check out some cameras near by Mandalay Bay.  

After I took some pictures of him, he pulled out his own and started shooting as he walked away...  That was the hight light of my day.

City Center Revisit

City Center is one of the landmark in Vegas where I can visit over and over, yet still see new things every time I go there.  My Las Vegas Document class decided to shoot City Center again this week.  This time I'm focusing on architectural elements, especially its lines & shapes.  The massive reflective surfaces and the complex lines and angles are so interesting.  They proved endless composition options. We were lucky to hit a beautiful weather.  The colors really pop when the sun is shining!

Water Street, Old Town Henderson

After taking a break last week, we resume shooting again.  This week we went to the older section of Henderson.  Water Street is the main street of Henderson downtown where the city hall, convention center, coffee shops, gift stores, old fashion barber shop, restaurants and casinos... etc. lined up both sides of the street. Just a block off Water Street is an area where older residential homes located.  It's an interesting neighborhood. I have never seen such a concentration of junk collectors in a given neighborhood as this one. Almost every home has a guard dog of some sort in the backyard.  Most of them are seriously mean creatures. Walking down the back alley shooting pictures through broke or bar-wired fences with dogs backing at you was quite a nerve racking experience. Nevertheless, there were some  charming old homes which reminded me of rural community of Oregon where I once lived.