On Location in Las Vegas with Joe McNally

Lights, Camera, Showgirls! Build your portfolio with us in Sin City! Las Vegas has billed itself as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" and is famous for its luxurious casino-hotels. With its star-studded shows and as a global leader in the hospitality industry, it will be a perfect backdrop for our photography workshop. We will have an incredible week, photographing professional Vegas Showgirls, acrobats from legendary shows, Elvis impersonators, professional models and actors. This workshop will focus on using flash as well as studio strobes with professional subjects and we have found very varied and dynamic locations that will expand your photographic knowledge.

Photography Workshop

DATES | 7 DAYS

April 23 - 29, 2023   3 SPOTS LEFT

PRICE

Participant Rate: $6925 per person   

Companion Rate: $3200 (staying in the same room)

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • All accommodations
  • On location classes, demos, and assistance in the field
  • 3 Days of On Location Shoots with professional performers
  • Access to lighting & studio equipment
  • 5 Classes/edit & critique sessions
  • 2 Dinners
  • 2 Lunches
  • Some local transportation
  • Travel, landscape, architecture, and people photography
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED?
  • Round trip airfare to and from Las Vegas
  • Transportation to and from airports
  • Excursions for Companions (though we will happily help with suggestions and arrangements)
  • Additional nights before or after the start and finish of the Workshop
  • Travel Insurance
OUR LOCATIONS
  • The Las Vegas Strip
  • Fremont Street
  • On Location in Nelson, Nevada
  • Professional Photo Studio 
  • On Location at the 70's House
OUR HOTEL

We will be staying in luxury at the 5 Star The Bellagio, (and its iconic fountains) located in the middle of The Strip.

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP RIGHT FOR?
  • Amateur, enthusiast, and semi-pro photographers looking to build their portfolio
  • Photographers with an interest in learning about flash and studio strobes
  • Photographers interested in working with professional performers and models
  • DSLR, mirrorless, compact camera users
TRAVEL INSURANCE

We strongly suggest you purchase travel insurance for your trip. Aside from medical care, travel insurance can protect you in the case of lost or stolen luggage, equipment, and personal effects, trip cancellation, personal liability, funeral expenses (we don't mean to sound morbid, but dying overseas can be very, very expensive), emergency dental treatment and evacuation back to your country of residence. All that being said, please read the policy carefully (especially the exclusions) to make sure that it covers what you will need, especially trip cancellation. 

HOW DO I REGISTER?

We provide personalized service and you can sign up for a workshop by emailing us directly at liza@lizapoliti.com

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About Joe McNally

Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer whose prolific career includes assignments in 70 countries. McNally won the first Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Journalistic Impact for a LIFE coverage titled, “The Panorama of War.” He has been honored numerous times by Communication Arts, PDN, Graphis, American Photo, POY, and The World Press Photo Foundation. A contributor to National Geographic magazine for more than two decades, Joe has published numerous cover stories, including "The Future of Flying" (December 2003). His assignments have taken him from the heart of India's Diwali celebrations to the deserts of the Middle East to China's Great Wall. He regularly writes a popular, occasionally irreverent blog (joemcnally.com/blog) about the travails, tribulations, oddities and high moments of being a photographer. On social media: @joemcnallyphoto.

 

WEATHER SUNRISE/SUNSET

April – Temps 70/60 F    Sunrise 6:00am | Sunset 7:30pm 

TRAVEL INFO

Airport:  Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)

Transfer time is about 15 minutes to downtown Las Vegas, depending on traffic 

FUN FACTS

Las Vegas has more than 150 casinos and over 150,000 hotel rooms. It would take you 288 years to spend 1 night in each room.

Sin City hosts about 10,000 weddings a month and for $100 you can get married (without a blood test) by Elvis at a chapel downtown.

Downtown's Golden Gate is the oldest continuously operating hotel and casino in Las Vegas; it opened in 1906 as Hotel Nevada.

Mobster Bugsy Siegel named his casino, The Flamingo, after his showgirl girlfriend, whose long legs garnered her the same name.

The largest sum won on the Las Vegas slot machines was at the Excalibur. After putting in $100, a 25 year-old software engineer won $39 million, beating the odds at the time for 1 in 16.7 million

There’s estimated to be at least 1,000 people living beneath Vegas in underground tunnels.

Annual rainfall is slightly more than 4 inches.

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Photo by Joe McNally

Photo by Joe McNally

Photo by Joe McNally

Photo by Joe McNally

Photo by Joe McNally

Photo by Joe McNally