I went to Tastemaker food blogger conference in Las Vegas in January. Food blogging is my main side hustle; my professional photography is my food photography, documenting my recipes. While I was in Vegas, I had to take pictures, including...
Las Vegas Strip from Cosmopolitan Hotel
Shot with Fujifilm X-T5 and Fuji 16-55/2.8 v2
I spent a surprising amount of money to get a balcony room in The Cosmopolitan looking out over Las Vegas boulevard. (AKA "The Strip"). This shot is a time blend of multiple shots: the base is exposed for the fountain and the strip (1/10s, f/5.6, ISO 500), with a second shot bracketed for the highlights (1/80s, f/5.6, ISO 500). I had to bump the ISO to get a fast enough shutter to freeze the fountain. Then, I blended in a final two-minute long shot to get the headlight trails on Las Vegas Boulevard (2m, f/8, ISO 125). (Photoshop "lighten" blend mode is fantastic for adding traffic trails to a shot.)
This is the BTS shot of me from my hotel balcony - or at least my Fujifilm X-T5
Downtown Las Vegas
Shot with Fujifilm X-T5 and 27/2.8
My first day was a walking food tour of downtown Las Vegas, aka "Old" Las Vegas. The area around Fremont Street is fantastic, with its video canopy and a bunch of the original Las Vegas casinos. (This was back before the big casinos moved south to Paradise and Las Vegas boulevard).
Arte Museum
Shot with Fujifilm X-T5 and 27/2.8
There is a lot to look at in Las Vegas, with visual treats everywhere. My favorite was the Arte Museum, a set of video rooms with amazing visuals. These would come through better in video, but my favorites were "Starry Beach" with a video of huge waves crashing over you, and "The Garden of Light", with its rotating interpretation of impressionist art from the Musée D'Orsay.
Las Vegas Portfolio
Shot with Fujifilm X-T5 and 16-55/2.8 v2 (my "Real Photography" lens), or 27/2.8 pancake lens (my "walking around" lens). Also, some are with my iPhone 16 Pro Max (my "quick, get that shot!" camera)
Thanks for checking out my site, and Viva Las Vegas!
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