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Vdara Hotel, City Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The grand opening for the Vdara Hotel and Spa and its 1,495 suites is December 1, 2009.  This is one of a number of properties scheduled to open in City Center this upcoming December.  I have about worn out my running shoes trying to find vantage points to photograph these properties while they are still under construction – I have tried just about every freeway overpass, parking garage and road within a mile or two in each direction!

I may have spoke (wrote) to soon on the assignment work yesterday.  The scope of the work doubled, while the budget shrunk, and so we are now going to pass.  Besides a lot of walking and scouting, I am getting a lot of key-wording and captioning done!

City Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Last winter when we were here in Las Vegas, a newspaper article reported that a good portion of the multi-billion dollar City Center project would be open by this October.  Well, it is far from open.  It is tough to photograph such a project and keep cranes, dump trucks and all the other commotion out of the scene – a telephoto lens comes in handy.

I actually picked up a few days of photography assignment work while we are here in Las Vegas (not for City Center).  As a travel photographer, it is always nice to pick up some assignment work while on the road!

Last nights sunset over Caesars Palace. The fountains of the Bellagio dance in the foreground, Las Vegas, Nevada.

We have now moved to Las Vegas.  I need to update some of my coverage, and hope to spend some time in Valley of Fire State Park!

Janine in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

This is a larger version of a photo I posted here last winter – I think this has got to be one of the most amazing geological features I have ever stumbled across.

I posting this again as a lead in to say Janine is done updating our main website with photos from our winter travels, and we now have updated sections for Valley of Fire State Park, and Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Strip, Nevada.

Well if I’m going to write about my successful photos, it is only fair that I write about my unsuccessful ones as well.

I have plenty of photos that have never, or rarely sell, so why single out this one?  For a few reasons:  not only was it somewhat expensive to produce, but at the time, I really thought I had a winner.  To add insult to injury, I think I may have missed out on even a far bigger marketing opportunity, but more on that later.Read More

Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Well we have shipped a bunch of gear home, and are now preparing to drive back to California to put our vehicle in storage.  We will then  make the long flight back to Alaska.  The next few days  will be very busy so I probably won’t post again until Monday from our home sweet home.

Commitments on both ends of this trip made this our longest trip to date, probably a week or two too long – but it has been very fun and productive!  We typically would break this time up into two separate trips, but with the cost of travel from Alaska, it worked a lot better to do one long trip instead of two.  It is hard to believe all the places we have visited, from Borrego to Orange County and even Vancouver, Canada – some of those destinations seem like they occurred in an altogether separate trip.

Although I’m leaving at what is shaping up to be a great desert wildfower year, we are really excited to get back to Alaska.  March is typically one of my favorite times of year up there – then we will be heading into spring and summer – you can’t beat summer in Alaska!  Not to mention, we also have a ton of office work.

We will be updating our collection of Las Vegas photos soon.

Sunset over the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada.

This is another view from the top of the Stratosphere.  I was hoping for clouds over the strip – of course they had to move on right at sunset!

Here are more Las Vegas Pictures.