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Las Vegas Photography Tips : Hotel Room Windows
Some of my favorite Las Vegas photos were shot from inside my hotel rooms. Like shooting from inside a commercial jet, your hotel room is not a place where every tourist is shooting pictures from; so you're more likely to capture a scene that isn't already posted on every Las Vegas web site. The first photo posted below is a good example. While I had only requested a "quiet room up high" when booking the room online; I got lucky and also had a nice view of Wynn and Stratosphere from the 33rd floor of the Paris. While the image is not perfect - shooting through glass diffuses the light a bit and can introduce reflections - it's an interesting view you couldn't otherwise capture without renting a helicopter or getting Paris security to let you up on the roof of the hotel. For daytime shots from inside hotel rooms, your main problem is going to be reflection and focus. Your camera may try to focus on the glass instead of the scene you're shooting; so you may have to use manual focus. Holding the lens up close to the glass will reduce the camera's tendency to focus on the glass. Reflections will depend on time of day, cloud cover, and the exact location of your room window. While most tourists don't spend a lot of time in their room, it's worth checking the view every 15 or 20 minutes as long as you're in the room, to see how lighting conditions have changed. Night shots present the same problems with the added necessity of keeping the camera steady. To get good night shots you HAVE TO turn off all sources of light in your room (television, lamps) so they won't cause reflections on the window glass. Then you'll either need a tripod, or you can devise a platform for the camera with furniture in the room.
Move the table over to the window, stack up the phone books on top of your suitcase, slide over a chair and rest your camera on the back of the chair... if you want to get the shot, you will find a solid platform for your camera. For day shots, AUTO mode should work fine. For night shots, you'll want to use S mode (shutter priority) and experiment with long shutter speeds: 8 seconds, 4 seconds, 1 second, 1/2 second. More experienced photographers should use M mode (manual) and also experiment with different aperture settings. Shooting from your room, you have no other tourists in your way and can take your time getting the perfect shot.
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Wynn and Stratosphere as seen from Paris Hotel room 3344 (on the 33rd floor) on August 12, 2007
Harrah's and Imperial Palace, shot from a Treasure Island "strip view" guest room, December 2007.
The Las Vegas Strip as seen from Bally's room #7125, December 2005.
Mandalay Bay as seen from the 30th floor of the Luxor pyramid on December 24, 2006.
THE hotel as seen from the 30th floor of the Luxor using very slow (13 seconds) shutter speed, December 24, 2006.
MGM Grand as seen from a hotel room in the Monte Carlo, March 2003.
Boardwalk as seen from the Aladdin room #2417 (now Planet Hollywood) in December 2003. Boardwalk was demolished in 2006.
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