Chris

though.

moreover ... it was great seeing most of the people i missed seeing whilst taking a "vegas hiatus." except for my interior-designer-friend who pussed-out and stayed home all weekend and gave me shit for not having a normal eating schedule. ;)

whilst on the subject of big butts...


kim was papping on the red carpet. girl on the left is/was a cheetah girl. i vaguely remember what a cheetah girl is/was but ... fuck me if i remember.

nice, though.

same as kim. such a sweetheart.


coming to a myspace near you soon. ;)

perhaps.


people love themselves some kim.


the no-flash ambient versian at f/1.4. ;)


hollywood was in fine form as usual.


lotsathatshitgoingaround.


which makes girls do that ... so that some random black dude can post it up on myspace. ;)

or ... they could have heard that "i kissed a girl" song and just "got into it."

dunno.


even after all of the problems, which, now, seem like a small bump in the road, this place is always packed.

another reason to use fast glass, mildly fast iso and a steady fucking hand ...

you don't get this shit with flash...


she loved this.

and as a sidenote ... as much trouble as the vegas media reported ... they never ever resorted to this kind of shit...


greg and i have always been good ... same with judy ... but ... i mean ... i hope they didn't pay this fuck more than like ... a free bottle ... of smirnoff.

perhaps they're expecting really desperate girls from the midwest or ... a huge canadian contingent coming in this weekend.

do they know the demographic which reads perez? let's see ... do hot girls read perez? um, no. not at all. do ... perhaps ... less than attractive hater-jealous-girls read perez? perhaps yes. do guys?

um, right.

so ... you have perez host ... and you know "hot girls don't give a rat's ass" that an overweight self-important wannabe with like 14 minutes left on his popularity countdown ... what kind of girls will come?

what kind of guys will be like "yeah, perez is hosting!"

when one of the guys in the group will say, "isn't he gay?"

which another fratboy from michigan will say, "is it gay night there?"

and they will go somewhere else to spend their money.

one can say many things about the "people i know and have worked for in sin city" but what they can't say ... is that they're stupid. ;)

by the way ... fucking perez had this hot topic launch of some really amazingly shitty shirts. and 7 people showed up to some launch. fuck you, you loser.

funny thing is ... the guy thrives on negative attention.


ever heard of salah?

i haven't. then again, my urban game is admittedly "a bit off."

i know most of the old school references but ... these days ... there's just too many of them.

kinda like gossip blogs on the web. ;)


nicole and the pussycat dolls did a "surprise" show and ... well ... they did a great job.

they appeared to have done a good job. i wear earplugs. visually, i liked what i saw.

i know.

say whatever you'd like.


love shooting into the lights. i thought the lighting guy did a nice job.

they hardly ever do.

what "looks dramatic" is usually shit on a sensor, film or even on video.


only one pair of the red soles. worn by nicole, of course.


was happy with where i stood. a 250lb man and a fucking rope separated me from ... kind of a lot of fans who were way too close. way closer than i enjoy. i like big metal barricades and lotsa big security people.

seriously, people are fucking stupid.

and then add the fact they've never seen a celebrity.

add some alcohol.

and ... well ... not pretty.

nicole was pretty, though. always is.

not only ... she's very sweet, too ... in a real way.

and ya' know what? she and her 'dolls ... honestly ... love performing.

and its very nice shooting people who honestly have talent rather than "just a personality."


honestly, i knew there were four or five of them but i only really knew nicole and knew of lisa ... they're all pretty damn nice.


as is dj casanova. he likes to do samantha ronson poses. ;)

without the finger, of course.


i don't think miss wyatt likes the camera much. right?


and i believe i was right about which photo would go where. those who know what i'm talking about ... they know.

introverted little landscape gear-bators would and will never.

;)

perhaps even those who love fake bokeh layers. ;) sorry, couldn't resist. ;)

perhaps later this week ... i'm going to rant about some common denomonators about "those who review gear" on the internet. seems like they're all "landscape guys," have or had a background in engineering ... and ...

would love to know if they've ever been represented by a stock agency. ;)

betcha they haven't. not only ... but i believe they attract their own genre.

anyway ... i've gotta eat. i'm hungry. i'm thinking vietnamese.

hope you all had much more sleep than i did in the past few days.

i wish i could do all of my selects with aperture. i remember how much time i spent in the past going from photomechanic to photoshop and sometimes back to photomechanic and now ... one stop shopping. just wish my machine were a bit faster. ;)

cheers from the ever-warm l.a.!