Vegas was pretty awesome, even with the snafus that I dealt with!
Here is how it started---Saturday-we arrived in Vegas and got to stay at the awesome Venetian Hotel. We drove to the Hoover Dam, which was pretty neat. I brought along my portable navigation system so we had no problems with directions. Well the bf rented a jeep, and that wasn't too cool. I forgot to bring a ponytail holder, so you can only imagine what my hair looked like!! I also invited my mom to go and she joined us for a few days! Her hair was a mess too. Well since we were in the jeep, we had to keep lifting the seat up so we the person in the back could get out.
At one point, I guess my $500 navigation system slid under the seat and got crushed!! I was upset!! You can't push the buttons the screen now and there are a few cracks on it! :( I guess I will upgrade to the latest one now....
Sunday, we met with some other photographers and shot pics! That was really fun! I had a great time shooting and got some great shots! Later that night, we went and saw the Cirque Du Soleil "O". That show was amazing! I highly recommend watching it if you are in Vegas! We were on the 5th row and you could see everything!!
Monday, I headed to the largest photography tradeshow! My feet were tired after looking at like 1000 vendors! I still have so much stuff to go through, but I do have some AWESOME new matted albums that I will be offering!! These aren't like your parents' matted albums either!!
Tuesday, we went to Red Rocks canyon in the morning and then later that afternoon I go some virus. I wasn't able to make it to any classes after that. I found out later that there is this norovirus going around and other photographers were getting sick.
Wednesday, I was feeling better again, which was great. We went to the dessert and watched a couple really cool photographers do a shoot. I took some pics of them as well and some of the scenes they set up. It was so cold that day!! I had to buy a hoodie, just so I wouldn't freeze too much!
Friday, we ran into some difficulties with our flight home!! I was starting to get freaked out! I had to be home on Saturday and ready to leave my house at 10:30 am to shoot a wedding. Our 2:15 flight to leave Vegas, go delayed until 5:15 and it had a layover in Dallas. Well, Dallas was canceling all the flights, so I wouldn't have been able to get home if we had stayed on the flight to Dallas. We ended up getting our flight switched to US Airways which was direct to Charlotte leaving at 4 p.m. We BARELY made it on that flight--we had to run just to make it!!
After we finally made it home from the airport on Friday night, my bf ended up getting the same bug that I had on Tuesday...only his still hasn't gone away!
Also, since all of our luggage was on the plane to Dallas, I didn't have too many options for clothing on Saturday. I had packed almost all my clothes for Vegas. We did get lucky and get our luggage back on Sunday! My bf was really stressed out since he had packed his golf clubs!!
All in all, it was a great trip!! I have lots of pics to post, but here are a few for now!!
These last 3 images are from the desert shoot. It was really inspiring watching other photographers set up shots and see how they shoot. We got to see the images they shot the next day! It is really cool to see their takes on the same shots!
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