Freewrite in Las Vegas!

Good morning, Steemit! Myself, @guthrie and @vermillionfox are unexpectedly spending an extra day in Vegas. Due to an oversight […on my part], our departing flight, a red eye, leaves tonight at 11:59p.m. Last night, all three of us took a shuttle from the hotel, to the airport. We stood, dumbfounded. No one at the ticket counter for our airline. I looked over departing flights and didn’t see anything for Minneapolis. That’s when it started to sink in. I cringed as I looked at our flight itinerary, seeing a departure at 11:59p.m. on August 13th, with an arrival of Tuesday, August 14th. Lame.

We were all really excited to get home, @vermillionfox more than any of us. We’ve been on the road for almost a month straight. Two big trips, back to back. East coast to west coast and back. I had to extend our hotel stay by another day […at quite a premium], but I have to say, as I’m sitting here writing this, it’s not so bad. More than anything, I’ve just wanted time to write, edit and draw. We’re without a car since we returned our rental car yesterday, so I won’t have much choice but to do all of those things. @guthrie has been reveling in his lazy days, so this is just another to enjoy.

Vegas has been a lot of fun. I had four shoots, but they were stacked over two days. Those two days were intense, but the rest of the time has been pretty low key. I’ve gotten to see friends, edit a few photos during the down times, and share some incredible food with my family. Food is always one of the highlights when I’m traveling, especially with @vermillionfox. Couples all have their own love languages and there are few times that she looks more in love with me than when I take her out for Korean BBQ or something equally delicious.

One of my shoots was with Midnight Suicide. We started chatting through Instagram. She’s wildly Instafamous […if that’s still a term kids are using]. She’s outside of my typical genre of model. Not pinup or vintage, and that was refreshing. We shot some sexy Instax film which was a first for me, in addition to everything with my Nikon D750. Later that same day, me, @vermillionfox and @guthrie met up with my best friend, @vintagevandalizm. We shot at a tranquil location on the Colorado River. As always, @vintagevandalizm killed it. I can’t wait to edit these photos.

While we were by the water, @guthrie asked to take some pictures with my camera. It’s odd how comfortable I am with him holding my $3000 camera. Not only because of it’s value monetarily, but because our entire livelihood is dependent on it. Even when he was four years old, I’d let him walk around with it, clutching it in his little chubby fingers. Maybe because I’m overcome with happiness seeing him take interest in photography. He shot this beautiful landscape of the sunset himself. Proud dad, for sure.

All in all, it’s been a great time. @vermillionfox and I even found time to sneak away and take a few cute poolside photos to document her new fashion purchases at Buffalo Exchange […seen at the top]. That’s a quick free write during our last day here in Las Vegas. I’m looking forward to spending the rest of the day drawing and editing. I’m going to make the most of this unexpected situation while I anticipate finally getting back to Minnesota. Thanks for reading. For more photography, art, illustration and life from the road, follow me here @kommienezuspadt!