Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Las-Vegas”
Top 200 Photos: #50
Las Vegas is the subject in today’s Top 200 Photo
Las Vegas is a really weird place. There are many reasons for this, including squaring gambling, family friendliness, and topless revues. As I mentioned before, I was in Vegas to attend BlackHat and Defcon. For the three days of Defcon I would walk all the way from Caesar’s Palace over to The Riviera. From what I could tell from the dilapidated looks that part of Vegas was the oldest surviving area of the Vegas strip. There were empty lots that were soon to get new casinos and old ones that looked like you’d get a disease just from stepping in the front door. I wonder what the recession has done to the construction efforts there.
Incredulity and Learning in Las Vegas
It’s my second time in Vegas and I definitely think that the best way to first experience Vegas is arriving at night, as I did this time. The city really looks wrong and ugly during the day. Like a bar where they need to keep the lights dim so you’re 100% sure what that person you’re flirting with looks like. Today I was up early (0700) to make it to the conference. Vegas is weird early. Most of the tourists are sleeping so they do all the maintenance work that you don’t see at night. It’s very weird as if all of Vegas is on some walk of shame after an all-night bender.
Top 200 Photos: #111
What happens in Vegas gets captured by Eric, put on flickr, and ends up on his Top 200 Photos!
After years of trying, I finally got work to pay for me to attend Blackhat. It was happening at Caesar’s Palace and I booked my room early enough to get a rate within what work was willing to pay. So when the conference wasn’t going on (early in the morning or late at night), I’d wander the Casino looking for photographic opportunities. At that time, 2008, they had a gambling area that was Pussycat Dolls themed. Basically that involved everything being pink, dealers in more modern clothes, and a go-go dancer in lingerie. Oh, and I think they had pop music playing, but I don’t remember if they did or not.