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.
