2021 | DS World Conference & Vision Expo West

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In a single week of 2021, we covered two large events (one teeth and the other eyes) in Las Vegas: the Dentsply Sirona conference at the then-brand-new Caesar’s Forum Conference Center and Vision Expo West at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center.

DSWorld made full use of Casesar’s Forum’s beautiful amenities and vast new space with speaking sessions scattered throughout the building and a large expo hall in the main ballroom. With the entire facility and all the events therein centered on a single company, the event stood apart in its scale and execution. At Vision West, we were able to shoot empty and candid exhibit photos for numerous brands including Essilor Luxottica, USPS, Haag-Streit, Marco, and Nassau OOGP. Straddling the dental and vision industries in a single week, it was a pleasure to help make those who make people look good, look good.

Dentsply Sirona World – Expo Hall




EssilorLuxottica at Vision West 2021



2025 | Hoover Dam Visitor’s Center

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We’ve had the pleasure of shooting the iconic Hoover Dam on multiple occasions. An icon of the American west, the massive concrete structure which was wedged between the rock walls of Black Canyon in 1931 is still awe inspiring when peering down upon it in person. Although larger dams have since been built, the Hoover Dam, nearly 100 years after its construction, still retains an unrivaled ability to make one feel small.

Having shot the first phase of the visitor’s center renovation in 2019, we were eager to see how the museum/attraction would be reimagined when fully completed. The second phase of Atherton Construction’s renovation of the visitor’s center did not disappoint. From a video-lined corridor emulating a rock passageway, visitors are led to a number of spacious showrooms, each packed with individual exhibits which tell the many stories of the Dam’s history. Carefully lit and masterfully built, the center’s stunning displays, strong and sparkling terrazzo floors, and thoughtful storytelling are a pleasure to wander.






2021 | Henricksen Butler / Wells Cargo

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It isn’t often that you get a call from an interior design firm explaining that they have a client who wants to produce custom art for their headquarters–and you’ve been selected to help create it. So when Henriksen Butler called explaining that they needed images for the headquarters of Wells Cargo, a Las Vegas construction materials manufacturing company, it sounded like a trip to photography Disneyland. After some good discussions, an early morning safety briefing, and the donning of some PPE, an all-day exploration began to discover and create visual assets for HB. The quarry sits smack dab in the middle of the Las Vegas Valley, only a few blocks from the strip. Yet this monumental cavity in the earth’s surface goes hundreds of feet down. The pit’s precipitous plunge is so treacherous and so central in the city that my escort reported that several unlucky individuals fleeing police have unsuspectingly scaled the surrounding walls or even crashed their vehicle through the quarry’s perimeter only to meet an unfortunate fate.

Included here are renderings of some of the art created with the visual assets we delivered as well as some favorites photos from the shoot (which yielded 2400+ raw exposures).

 

 

 

2025 | KBIS

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The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is North America’s largest trade show dedicated to kitchen and bath design. It is a regular stop on our Spring trade show circuit and 2025 was an opportunity to photograph several stunning exhibits.

Our friends at Agency in Motion helped us create some stunning visuals in capturing the Whirlpool exhibit, which packed an unbelievable number of stations and sub-brands into their front-of-the-expo-hall space. Featuring Maytag, Jenn-air, Kitchen-aid alongside Whirlpool, the exhibit was a hive of activity. We also had the opportunity to be the designated photographer for Whirlpool at the KBIS Awards ceremony where the company had a strong presence throughout the event.

Zline gave us a stunning black-framed exhibit which gave a rich, dark package where bright and colorful kitchens could be unwrapped. Wilsonart and Blum had more open-floorplan booths in stark contrast with GE’s Monogram booth, whose richly decorated rooms guests experienced one-by-one in a queue-controlled linear order.

The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show never disappoints in providing elegant displays which serve as rewarding subjects to photograph.

 

Whirlpool at KBIS Awards

Blum
Wilsonart
Zline
Monogram
Whirpool

2021 | CMJW at HD Expo

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Hospitality Design Expo stands apart among trade shows as one of the most effective places to discover chic and innovative designs. From lighting, to furniture, the show is any commercial designer’s dream come true. In 2021, CJMW reached out to us to capture their presence on the HD Expo floor and we were delighted with their open, bright, and meticulously tidy exhibit. The booths many vignettes were thoughtfully staged and a pleasure to capture.

Take a look at some of our images of CMJW’s clean and contemporary exhibit:

2025 | Exhibit City News

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When Danelle Dodds was putting together an article on trade show exhibit photography for Exhibit City News, we were flattered that she called us to comment and act as a resource for her piece. We talked about how photographing a booth is really telling the story of the exhibit. A brand has a story to tell, priorities to promote, and an experience built to do just that. Great exhibit photography hinges on understanding how a brand is telling their story through their booth. What is the visitor supposed to experience and feel? Where are their eyes (and feet) directed through the design of the booth? To be able to walk away with images which tell the story of a high-profile presence at a high-profile show means having a conversation about the message and the strategy employed to get that message across.

Interested in what makes exhibit photography unique? Give Danelle’s article a read. It’s the product of a fantastic chat and the experience of a couple of guys who wander the halls of expo centers when no one else wants to be there.

2021 | Splinterworks

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Splinterworks, UK-based designers of high-end, designer pool slides and hammock baths, graciously selected us to photograph installations of their work in a pair private residences in Las Vegas. Splinterworks are* known for their chrome and high-gloss slides and baths which use beautiful curves to create slides and baths which are one part art, one part plaything.  With the challenge of capturing the sheen and reflectivity of their chrome slide and high-gloss hammock bath, it took special care to ensure the products were clean, polished, properly lit, and free from the reflection of the photographer. (It’s great to be able to shoot beautiful things–but in this case, the photographer kept showing up in the beautiful things. Nothing a little work in post couldn’t fix.) Proudly, the finished photos were able to find their place in Splinterworks’ stunning portfolio of projects.

Take a look at our work inside their posh portfolio. And be sure to reserve some time to browse through all their incredible, slide-able art.

Reflex Slide
https://www.splinterworks.com/pool-slides/reflex/

Hamaca Bath
https://www.splinterworks.com/hammock-baths/hamaca-bath/

 



*As in England one refers to a business/company in the plural, a reference to all those individuals who make up the company, we felt obliged to do the same. Shine on, Splinterworks.

2021-2025 | Making Up for Lost Time

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Making Up for Lost Time

Just like Coca-cola, we’ve got a history. Unfortunately, we have been neglecting our history and we haven’t made a post in our “What’s New” area for five years. Did nothing happen from 2021 until now? Did we crawl in a cave and ride our the pandemic? The opposite, actually. We’ve had fantastic opportunities to shoot incredible subjects: cutting-edge exhibits, chic designer pool slides, high-design office spaces, and even the Hoover Dam–from a helicopter. So with some time and reflection, we’re determined to mend the hole in our history.

Over the next few months, we intend to get caught up on some of the highlights of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. We have so many projects we want to highlight, that it will take us several months time to compile our stories and images. That said, we don’t want to neglect the now–after all, this area is called “What’s New”, not “What’s Relatively New”. So we will alternate between great projects of the last few years and the latest and greatest of our most recent projects from 2025.

Thank you for your interest in our work and for spending some screen time with us.

A little preview of what’s coming:







Luxury Real Estate Photography in 2020

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One of the best parts of being an architectural photographer is being able to see so many beautiful spaces. One of the most fun and diverse subjects we shoot is luxury real estate. From high-rise condos, to sprawling desert villas the range of luxurious spaces covers a broad spectrum of lifestyles and personalities: from lavish and indulgent socialites to Vegas cronies to stately suburbanites. It is satisfying to both the eye and the curiosity to be able to peer inside the closed doors of the well-to-do. Have a look at some of the photos we’ve been able to create in the first half of 2020.

Pedestrian Grade Separation Construction Photography

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A “pedestrian grade separation” is a wordy term for a footbridge, a crosswalk, a flyover–which over a street like Las Vegas Boulevard, is a very valuable thing. Combine a street with perpetual gridlock with a sea of sometimes sober sightseers and you concoct a cocktail for catastrophe. So one of the most worthwhile city investments on the Strip for safety and efficiency could be to keep walkers away from rollers.

Building a footbridge over one of the busiest and most famous streets in the world is no small task though. There are considerations for safety, traffic, and a need not to disrupt the business of fun on the strip.

Granite Construction recently commissioned us to capture some progress photos of their project to build an elevated crosswalk from the Park MGM to the Hard Rock Café–over the busy, and functioning, Las Vegas Strip. Since the work crews are not allowed by the city to work on the Strip during midday, we starting shooting around 6:00AM and took advantage of the early morning light (and cooler temperatures.) Our task was to capture the progress of the build, the process of the build (to be used in future proposals), and to secure some shots of the crew themselves. Take a look!