So my wife and I had these great plans of getting away from it all and going to Las Vegas.
Being the Photographer that I am I thought I would take some of the time and photograph the local surroundings (hotels, neon, Hover Dam, landscapes, etc.).
The stage was set, I bought some larger compact flash cards (I didn't plan to bring my computer to download files), check out the gear and make sure it was ready, and even reserved the hotel for an extra couple of days (4 nights 5 days).
Sounds good, right?
WRONG!
The weather was HOT! And when I say HOT I mean the kind of HOT that isn't good for you.
According to the local weather channel, we were in for a heat spell, the kind that gets into the 115's and up.
Now I may think of myself as a photographer, but not the kind that likes to see the glass in his lenses melt, compact flash cards turn to goo, and gasp for air as I venture less than a few feet from the hotel entrance.
You probably think I'm exaggerating, and I am. Canon lenses don't melt at 115 degrees fahrenheit, compact flash cards don't turn to goo, but I'm dead serious about the gasping for air. In fact, just after a few minutes outside I felt so parched and had to quickly find water ( bottled water goes anywhere from $2.00 to $4.00 depending on where you are) to survive.
Don't get the wrong idea of me. I live in the San Fernando Valley (Southern California) and it gets quite hot here. And I'm use to the heat. What I'm not use to is heat that sucks in the air so all you have left is, well...nothing.
I did take some photos, but not nearly the amount I was imagining. As you can see I did manage to get some interesting photographs.
Their is a lesson in all this, don't go to Las Vegas in the summer, wait until it gets cooler. And that is what my wife and I will do. So there you have it, how not to photograph Las Vegas.
Any questions?
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