e. gilbert photography » e. gilbert photography >> orlando, florida portraits & events

long time no see! sadly, i haven’t had a lot of content for the blog recently, though hopefully i’ll be able to post not one, but TWO new weddings as soon as i get the go-ahead from the amaaaaazing photographers i’ve been assisting.

for now, though, he’s a look at my family’s recent trip to lovely las vegas for my little brother’s twenty-first birthday (oh my god, i’m old).

as many times as i’ve been to las vegas, we’ve always missed this sign. i’m so glad i’ve finally seen it in person, even it was only for a minute! now i just need to get to the neon graveyard…someday.

my dad reserved two tables in the mandalay bay poker room one of our trip days for a family poker tournament. i didn’t play (poker’s not really my game), but i had a lot of fun taking pictures of everyone.

of course my brother won the whole tournament, not to mention the rest of the money he won during the trip. he is a charmed boy.

enough poker, here are some shots from the rest of the trip…

las vegas is so full of gorgeous color. i love being able to post photos straight-out-of-camera, without playing with the colors.

there’s no photoshop trickery involved in that last one; it’s just two photos with black backgrounds next to each other that happen to look mad cool that way. also, if you couldn’t tell, my 50m f/1.4 didn’t leave my camera the whole trip. i think i have a problem.