Tropical butterflies

Posted by on May 20, 2012 in Photography, Travel | 3 Comments
Tropical butterflies

I participated in a unique experience recently in the tropical conservatory at the Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, CO. With tripods and cameras in hand, we photographers were allowed access to the tropical rainforest one hour before the doors opened to the public. The 7,200 square-foot tropical rainforest conservatory was filled with over a thousand free-flying tropical […]

Paris Las Vegas at Twilight

Paris Las Vegas at Twilight

This September marks the twelfth anniversary of the opening of the Paris Las Vegas. My son and I visited this 2915-room hotel and casino this past June. Paris dominates the Las Vegas Strip with its half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower and partial Arc de Triomphe. The front of the hotel borrows inspiration from the […]

NY-NY…Vegas style

NY-NY…Vegas style

The New York-New York Hotel and Casino resembles a Broadway stage set more so than a 2,000-room hotel. One of many themed hotel and casinos on the Las Vega Strip, this hotel’s architecture is meant to evoke the skyline of New York City during the 1940s. Set back from Las Vegas Boulevard are the recognizable […]

Abstract Vegas #1: ‘Skyy in the Cloud’

Abstract Vegas #1: ‘Skyy in the Cloud’

The Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall is a swanky shopping complex located on the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a massive mall with over 1.8 million sq. ft (175,415.0 m2) of space, making it one of the largest enclosed malls in the world. The Mall has over […]

Mr. Tough Guy

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in Photography, Travel | One Comment
Mr. Tough Guy

Can anybody identify this former UFC Champion? To my surprise, my 12 year-old son did. Don’t ask me why; we don’t following Ultimate Fighting Championship, a recent hybrid boxing and martial art sport. Nevertheless, the LX Fight Shop inside the Luxor Hotel caught our attention with its incredibly lifelike wax sculpture—right down to the whisker […]

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