Patturns Of Highperactivity: GoPro Touch and VEGAS Neon.

A good friend just opened his birthday preset early.. very bad... He got a GoPro 3. I Gave him some tips and a link to Youtube on it.. but I didn't put it here so here it is for you too... Get a GoPro and get you some info!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hBxZIPesw8

There are a bunch of youtube videos on this great camera....

so... really... Get You Some!

These are GoPro Hero2's i have no real reason to upgrade so I will stick with these baby's till they come out with some cool feature..... Yup!

Now... Off of the darn video and onto something I really love too... Photography and NEON!

I was lucky enough to get out to Las Vegas a few years back. I think I took a couple thousand pictures. Some of my favorites are in the Neon of Vegas. Not as much as I wished. I really am going to try and get back sometime soon and spend a lot more time than I did just shooting the neon lights. I tried to take shots from angles that are not usual. A lot of the time it was usual. I hate cropping so I try to frame my shots so I don't have to. Most of the time I succeed.... Most times.

The biggest problem with shooting in Las Vegas at night is that everyone is there. I think the only time it might be slightly less crowded is about 4am. I wont bet the house on it but since I was asleep at 4am I can say I didn't see anywhere near the amount of people on the streets, sidewalks, walkways and FREAKIN EVERYWHERE! Try shooting while dodging tons of people, guys flicking cards to the local strip shows or revues or or.. you wouldn't believe it. But I did get some nice shots. Like this one and this one....

See.. I was able to crop the crowds at the bottom of the shot. It took getting up high enough across the road and waiting to stop getting jostled and pushed. Get the shot... get a few more... try to stay stable as its dark and its a zoom. It came out pretty nice for all that. I was more interested in getting the illuminated billboards at the bottom of the picture than the top of the hotel. Who care about planet Hollywood... Meh!

The Paris balloon is nice. I have more closeup shots of the billboards.... Ls Vegas went from Sin City to Family City to now.. whatever goes City. Its quite funny... Oh yes... The first time I went to Vegas I was 17. Still got into the casinos.. That was when you were not allowed to take cameras in. I had my Minolta confiscated going into the Sands and was ejected after I played a few hands of Black Jack... Loved that. I went back around when I was 24 or so.. That was family time in this place... Last time when I was around 40 or so. A mix of Bad stuff and Good stuff. Whats next?

The starkest view of this was at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.. First time I went there it wasn't there... Second time there it was... With two sailing ships in front... went to both the day and night shows.. Pirates against the British navy. Lots of campy fun... over acting.. loud noises.. hot fires and flinging people. This is one of my most favorite shots... I didn't think I could get it again. No tripod.. no secure support.. just hand held Nikon and zoom lens.. Sweet!

Most of these shots you can see on my photography website here.

.http://invisibleblack.zenfolio.com/p261155361

Zoom in on some of those shots... Cant wait to go back... that they say about getting that perfect shot being timing location and clicking that shutter over and over.. oh yeah... really... it works very well. I will leave you with this last shot... taken from the top of the Stratosphere Tower in the middle of the night. Guess what... No tripods allowed... Another zoom shot on the outside windy viewing level. If I can do it you can too!