What I Saw in a Vegas Arena

The following video is a collection of my most favorite shots that I captured while I was in Vegas wrapping up the 2011 Redken Symposium last week, if you do not know what a Redken Symposium is, you can read about it HERE, but in a nutshell it is about 10,000 hair stylists celebrating the industry, getting inspired, and taking advantage of the education that Redken offers. It's always a blast, and it is something that I feel privileged to be a part of. This was my third Symposium.

It sucked to be away from the children for so long between this Vegas job, and then Alt Summit immediately after, but it was definitely fun to show them these clips when I got home and watch them get excited about some of the things that I saw and managed to capture. I might get to be "cool" to them for a little while longer if I can keep landing good jobs like this. This was the first time I shot a job making it a point to capture sights specifically for them. Shooting with the kids in mind was a new source of inspiration I had not realized I had as a resource, but as soon as I started to look for shots and moments to show from that perspective it got fun. When LB sees something he likes, he walks right up to it, as close as he can, he likes to be in the middle of everything, and since I love shooting with a wide angle, I have to get close, and in the middle of the action. It was a blast to get to be around all the backstage pre-show antics of the dancers, and acrobats, burning off nervous energy while they waited for their cues. It had been a long time since I was around a bunch of artists great at what they do, and it always stirs up the performer in me-- that acting bug gets more riled.

So here are some sights from the things that I saw, while I was in Vegas...

** I did not have the shoebox dolly with me in Vegas, but I was lucky enough to have a slider dolly available to me to use, and although it was not the fancy dream dolly I have been dreaming of, it was really awesome to design shots with this thing. It opened up a ton of new possibilities and solidified how much I want to get into making video.



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P.S. I am headed to Nashville with Tessa Tangerine to talk a little about Do Fun Stuff at the Blissdom conference this week, so if you are going and you see us, please say hi. I was asked to be part of a panel that dives into the idea of "compassion fatigue" and how to get your charitable message out to the public in the deluge of worthy causes. So it was a great chance to talk about the album a little, but hopefully I will be able to help others find a way to break through and raise some money for a cause close to their heart.

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