Beyond the Las Vegas Glitter

Las Vegas Balloon Festival - 2016

Las Vegas Balloon Festival - 2016

Las Vegas Balloon Festival - 2017

Las Vegas Balloon Festival - 2017

Las Vegas Balloon Festival - 2017

Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse

Alison Wainwright, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse, invited me to photograph her mannequins. Alison and her gracious staff opened their showroom giving me my first opportunity to shoot a diverse group of provocatively posed mannequins.

Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse

Alison Wainwright, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse, invited me to photograph her mannequins. Alison and her gracious staff opened their showroom giving me my first opportunity to shoot a diverse group of provocatively posed mannequins.

Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse

Alison Wainwright, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse, invited me to photograph her mannequins. Alison and her gracious staff opened their showroom giving me my first opportunity to shoot a diverse group of provocatively posed mannequins.

Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse

Alison Wainwright, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse, invited me to photograph her mannequins. Alison and her gracious staff opened their showroom giving me my first opportunity to shoot a diverse group of provocatively posed mannequins.

Mannequins performing at the Smithsoni, Washington DC

Alison Wainwright, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Mannequin Warehouse, invited me to photograph her mannequins. Alison and her gracious staff opened their showroom giving me my first opportunity to shoot a diverse group of provocatively posed mannequins.

Cactus garden at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory. The prickly pear cactus blooms in June.

Colorado River below the Hoover Dam - mineral springs

Colorado River below the Hoover Dam at Willow Beach, AZ

Colorado River below the Hoover Dam at Willow Beach, AZ

Desert Spring - Blue Palo Verde

Desert Spring - poppies

Desert Spring - weeping wattle (Acacia saligna)

Ghost Towns - During the gold boom, circa 1900, Goldfileld, Nevada prospered and bult this school house.

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Lake Mead National Recreational Area - The concrete used to construct Hoover Dam was transported to the dam over these tracks.

Chinese New Year Parade

Las Vegas Spring Festival Parade (Chinese New Year Parade)

Las Vegas Spring Preserve - Botanical Gardens

Las Vegas Spring Preserve - Botanical Gardens

Las Vegas Spring Preserve - Botanical Gardens

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Cactus Gardens at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Mars candy makes its premium Ethel M chocolates here in Las Vegas. After touring the chocolate factory, visitors can also visit a cactus gardens. Since 1993, the gardens have been decorated for Christmas featuring over 1 million holiday lights. I took these photos of this year’s (2017) display.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.

Ratrods

Open house at the Welderup shop in Las Vegas, featured some unique vehicles and the friendly people who built them.