For my wife's birthday, I took her to the El Dorado Hotel in Reno, NV to see a stage production of Grease. After the show I spent a few hours shooting the casino lights. The casino lights were all shot at 100 ISO, balanced for Tungsten light, f22, 2 seconds of expousre. I've gotta say, I'm lovin' this camera!
To start, there was a closed-down casino among the still-open ones. It was called the Old Reno Club... I shot this through the window of the place.
The city is working on downtown, apparently digging a huge trench for trains to run underneath the city instead of through the middle. As a result, it's difficult to shoot Reno's most-known landmark, the "Biggest Little City In The World" sign. I was up against a chain-link fence for this shot, at 28mm (effectively 45mm on the 10D).
Next is one of the seedier casinos in downtown Reno, The Nugget. Next door is a newer entry, the Golden Phoenix.
Finally my favorite shot from the trip, the Harrah's entrance, along with an ad for Showgirls. They had this window display with topless mannequins dressed up as showgirls to go along with this show. Reno tries REAL hard to be Vegas.
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