Late, late post tonight, Steemians! I try not to post at this hour as a general rule. I don’t know why. I guess it doesn’t really matter. Maybe I’ve conditioned myself a few hardforks past when reward windows were only a day. Many of you will be sound asleep when this goes live, others just waking up. Yeah. As I’m sitting here, screw it. I’ll post these whenever I sit down to write them, now that I think about it. I work best at night anyway, when the rest of the world is quiet and 
Today had it’s ups and downs. 
Tonight’s photography is from an event I did in Vegas this spring during Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. I was a guest photographer for Ana Ferrer-Jenkins’ annual event, “Ladies First”. This was the second year I’d guest photographed for “Ladies First”. It was as much fun as the previous year. VLV is a brutal time for me with a schedule […both travel and photography] that would make your head spin. All my shoots get full production […including hair, make-up, location and at times, wardrobe]. Arriving as a guest photographer means that my only responsibility is shooting […my favorite part], and Ana does an outstanding job of production and coordination. I make good money with minimal stress.
*behind the scenes photo courtesy of Ana Jenkins
This year’s event featured four beautiful ladies from the west coast. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Viva Las Vegas is the largest vintage pilgrimage of the year with pinups from all over the world. Six months prior, we reserved my friend Yocelin’s beautiful mid-century modern home in Paradise Palms as our location to shoot. Tamera Von Tart was our make-up artist and Liz Garza of Silver Screen Vanity was our vintage hairstylist.
Our girls for “Ladies First” were outstanding. Marie, Christini and Carolina were brimming with excitement as they chose wardrobe from our lingerie sponsor, Black Cake Clothing. The fourth ended up being a friend of mine from years ago, a talented fashion illustrator named Victoria that I met through Instagram when she was still studying art in college while living in Italy. During all of Viva Las Vegas, I continued to exercise and drink fresh made juice. There was an abundance of good energy from the shoots and the people, and it fueled me for the remaining 10 days of the trip. I’m hopeful Ana will host “Ladies First” for a third year and bring me on, because it’s always a highlight of my VLV tour. Fingers crossed!
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