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The Photo Walk on Saturday went really well. It was a bit hot and humid, but nowhere near the 113 that was predicted. The breezes from the surrounding storms were nice but it gets frustrating when my hair keeps blowing into my mouth.
Thanks to all of you that participated, I had a great time meeting everyone and am excited to do it again. Next time we will probably do the strip, but I am open to ideas. I will still organize, but just let me know where you might like to go. I didn’t take many shots myself on Saturday, it was so much fun watching everyone else having fun – including my family, which I believe everyone did meet.
Here is the group shot, the atmosphere and typical of what I actually did shoot on Saturday.
Las Vegas Photo Walk Group
Temp hung around 100 most of the time
Sparkly
I have been waiting for the opportunity to use this…..think I might be using it a lot more often going forward.
One day until the next Photo Walk
Last year was the Scott Kelby’s First Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, and I was a participant. It was in August last year, and it was a total blast! I met many people and even went on another photo walk with some of them. Then life got busy, as it often does, and the group did not get back together again….which did make me a little sad.
This year, the sneak peek email for NAPP members went out a few days before the official announcement for Scott Kelby’s Second Annual World Wide Photo Walk on Scott Kelby’s blog and I eagerly anticipated signing up for the Las Vegas walk. Even better – I signed up to be the leader of the walk. I really am very excited to meet even more people this year. Unfortunately, as a leader I am not eligible to win any of the really HUGE prizes – over $11K worth now for the world wide winner. But, I actually look at this opportunity to meet some great people and have a good time. Another unfortunate circumstance – it is the middle of July in Las Vegas – today (2 days before the walk) it is going to be 110+ outside. That is one of the down sides of living in Las Vegas.
Regardless, this is going to be a ton of fun. There is a free concert on Saturday night on the 3rd Street stage on Fremont Street – Jefferson Starship. The concert starts about two hours after the photo walk ends, giving us enough time to socialize and cool down after the official walk. The photo below is from the 2008 walk.
I am going to start scheduling a photo walk about every other month. I think it is a great opportunity for people to get together, shoot some stuff and do some chimping. Even my teenagers are into it.
I truly enjoy finding the little details that make Las Vegas just that much more than the glitz and whirring noises. With a little time invested, you can begin to notice really interesting things. Not only is this town full of beautiful architecture (which I will share with you from time to time), glitzy shows and LOTS of tourists – but there are many that call this town home. Some are human, some are not.
This pair hang out in the big water feature at the Bellagio. They can usually be found along the wall on the Strip side of the water feature – too hot in the summer way out in the middle of the ‘lake’. So, yes there is more to the Bellagio water feature than the water show. Don’t get me wrong, I could spend a whole day watching the water show. Not only is it spectacular to watch, but it also causes the air temperature to drop during the show (especially nice on a summer evening when it was 105 during the day).
