Goldwell Open Air Museum
A Visit to the Cosmopolitan (and Mandarin Oriental)
New Orleans
Pictures taken in and around the French Quarter, 11/10
Vegas’ Gehry Building
I finally got a chance to take a close look at the Gehry-designed Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health near downtown Las Vegas. Because the building sits in the shadow of the World Market Center, it’s hard to find a time when the light is good, so I figured I’d eliminate that issue by taking pictures at night. (Actual reason: I’m sure the light’s great at dawn, but I’m not great at dawn…)
More pics from Dr Sketchy on June 15th, now in black-and-white.
I’ve always loved black-and-white photography, and especially converting to black-and-white in Photoshop. (Which requires a great deal of judgment and technical skill to do right. I’m not saying I have that judgment and skill, just that I enjoyed doing it.)
Since upgrading to Win7, my old CS version of Photoshop is history, so until I upgrade to CS5 (big leap!) I’m experimenting with other tools. I think these came out pretty well, especially considering I used IrfanView to convert them! Of course, it’s always good to have a great model, especially if you don’t have a great photographer….
Some pictures from Dr. Sketchy 6-15-10
These are some pictures I took at Dr. Sketchy at Dino’s on June 15. The model is Candace Campbell (pinupordie.com). Of course, I’m not a pinup photographer (or any kind of photographer for that matter) but then again, I’m not much of a sketch artist either, and Dr. Sketchy is a live drawing event. So why not take pictures, too? Anyway, if any of these are any good, it’s entirely to Candace’s credit, who is the real talent here — I can only take blame for the flaws.
Red Rock Adventure, June 10, 2010
