Okay, That Was Really Cool. REALLY cool! June 16, 2007
Posted by Ken in Music, Travel.2 comments
So I’m on the road again, photographing casinos… AGAIN. Nothing too exciting especially considering all my properties have been in the middle of nowhere and I don’t have a car. Well, today, something really neat happened.
As most of you know, I am a big country music fan. Today, at the Caesars property I’m photographing, there was an outdoor concert for the band Big & Rich. Some of you may know them by their first hit, “Save a horse, ride a cowboy.” I was considering buying a ticket but the concert was held in the parking lot and, well, it’s HOT out here. I didn’t relish the thought of hanging out for hours on blacktop and I need to save money.
My hotel contact and I were going to grab some dinner but he was escorting a newspaper photographer at the concert and couldn’t get away. He invited me down to the concert to hang out so got me a media badge to enter the concert area. While watching the band, I noticed that the newspaper “photographer” really didn’t seem to know what she was doing. As it turns out, she was more the newspaper’s editor and was there to take photos for an article… not really a professional photographer.
At one point, my hotel contact introduces me to the woman as another professional photographer on property working with the hotel. She holds out her camera and says, “you want to take some picture?” Hell yeah! I took the camera before she had a chance to change her mind and with my media badge, proceeded to the front of the stage, in front of the audience! I was so close to the band members, I could hear their voices without the speakers. As I photographed them on stage, they segued into their first hit song, “Save a horse…” It was so incredible to be photographing them up close while they sang their signature song! I loved every second of it and had so much fun.
Upon returning to where my hotel contact was standing with the people from the newspaper, I thanked them for letting me borrow their camera. She then told me if they used one of the photos I took, they would give me a photo credit! She took my name and email and promised to send me copies of all the photos! Once I get copies, I will add them to this blog posting.
Wow, that totally made my day!
