While in Las Vegas I literally carried my camera everywhere I went, on the first night Chris and I found the “Eye Candy” bar in the Mandalay Bay Hotel.  As it was a Tuesday night it was pretty deserted so we had the place to ourselves.  While sitting at the bar I thought the back of the bar would make a great picture.  It was so colorful and there were so many bottles I couldn’t not take a picture.

The only problem was, hotels in Las Vegas don’t like you taking pictures, especially around the casino.  I think the concern is that you capture someone who shouldn’t be there and people like their privacy (and private gambling).  So I was stuck.  I wanted to shoot the bar but was worried about getting the camera out.  So I thought I’d be sneaky.  I got the camera out and put it on the bar and sat there until the bar tender walked off.  They I quickly grabbed a few shots.

A few seconds later the barman returned and immediate figured out what I was doing.  Then he said, “Why don’t you take a picture from this location” pointing to the end of the bar, “It will look much better there”.  Chris and I were totally surprised.  We said thanks – re-setup the picture and captured the image below.  The barman even wend to the end of the bar so he wouldn’t be in the image.

Needless to say he got a nice tip.

The image came out much better than I expected.  The colors really popped and the shallow depth of field really added to the picture.  On the last day we got a little brazen with the cameras and just walked around the hotel shooting everything (with a tripod), and nobody said a thing.  So maybe you can take pictures in a Las Vegas hotel.  Either way I got some great shots.

Tonight Carter found my zoom microphone and decided to record his voice, so Master Chief managed the controls and levels while Carter sang into the mic – it was terrible.