Lacey Buchorn | Las Vegas Photographer

Vegas From the Hip & We Will Survive | Las Vegas Travel Photographer

January 5th, 2012

Vegas - Lacey Buchorn Las Vegas Travel Photographer

2011 brought something new for me as a photographer. I took a leap of faith early in the year and entered a open call for an art exhibit called “Vegas From the Hip“. I entered 2 photos and 1 was accepted for the exhibit (the one above). The exhibit ran for several weeks at the Nevada State College and even garnered a few write ups in the Vegas Seven and Las Vegas Weekly magazines.

Shortly after the exhibit ended, I received an email asking if I would be willing to allow my photo to be used in an upcoming exhibit and benefit auction at the Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV entitled “We Will Survive“. I’m not sure the exhibit and auction were successful at “Saving the Barrick” but it was an honor to be asked to participate.

Stepping out of my comfort zone and entering a photo in an exhibit wasn’t as painful as I expected. Perhaps I shall do it again in 2012!

Tags: exhibit, Hipstamatic, Las Vegas, Majorie Barrick, museum, photo, UNLV, Vegas From the Hip, We Will Survive
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Las Vegas Photographer Cover Contest

November 9th, 2011

I recently took a chance a entered a cover contest for a local web magazine, Las Vegas Photographer. I was blessed to be chosen as one of the 14 finalists out of the 45 that entered. I am up against some really tough competition, so I don’t stand a chance of winning, but it is still good for the ego to even make it this far. Perhaps this will be the motivation I need to *really* pick my camera back up?! We’ll see.

Even though I know I am not going to win, since the picture that is in the lead is winning by a landslide if you would be so inclined to vote, I’d truly appreciate it. If you have already voted, thank you! Voting ends November 15th and the winner will be the cover shot for the December issue of the magazine.

To vote, head over here and “like” the picture. Only likes are calculated.

Thank you!

Tags: eiffel tower, magazine, paris
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personal project

August 23rd, 2011

I’m sorry it has been so quiet over here. I have several posts in draft form, but haven’t had time to finish them.

Shame on me.

I have been shooting, only personally, not professionally. Life is just a little nuts. I thought while my daughter was gone this summer to Texas, it would give me tons of time to finish pet projects, but that didn’t happen. Now with school getting ready to start, it is even crazier.

One of these days, life will slow down. Won’t it?

I’ll leave you with a picture from my recent personal project. If you’d like to see more, feel free to click on the picture (for day 22 there is even a contest going on if that entices you)!

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LONG overdue WPPI 2011 recap

April 1st, 2011

This is really sad. WPPI was over a month ago and I am *just now* getting around to posting about it. Does that give you the smallest clue how crazy my life is? I suppose I could have written the post during the 5 hour ride to LA immediately after WPPI, but I was toast by that time, so you get it now instead.

This was my first year at WPPI and it was an awesome, albeit a bit overwhelming experience and I did learn a few lessons.

*Get a room on the strip. Yes, I know I live in Vegas, but that 25 minute drive down to the strip each morning through construction and traffic is not worth it. Besides, it’d be like a short Mommy-cation.

*Do not wear new shoes, no matter how flat and comfy they feel in the store. You will walk and walk some more and they will no longer be comfy, they will be murder instead. Do not go for style in the least bit, tried and true casual all the way.

*Definitely volunteer for a trade show booth if the opportunity arises. My volunteer time at the Shootsac booth was the most fun I had at WPPI all week (followed closely by the Bobbi+Mike experience).

*Definitely prioritize. Perhaps it would not affect a normal person the way it did me, but do not try to do everything, it will wear you out. I ended up missing 2 classes/speakers I wanted to see, because I simply couldn’t keep going. This is another plus to having a room on the strip, you can go nap in between events.

*If they offer preboarding again in future years, do it! That was wonderful and as I overheard many say, it was a vast improvement from year prior.

*Lastly, do not be intimidated by the “big name” photographers if you aren’t one or are new on the scene. Every person that I had the privilege of meeting, big name or small were great. Real and down to earth. Remember, they all had to start somewhere too!

And now for some pictures. All taken with my P&S (Canon S90), there was no way I was lugging all my gear, all those miles.

With Bobbi+Mike (photo taken by the fabulous Heather Cole)

Bryan & I in the Miller’s PhotoBooth (on the tradeshow floor)

With Jessica Claire (photo taken by Becker)

With Becker (photo taken by Becker, the king of self-portraits)

And, for those of you that have no clue what WPPI is, watch and see!

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blessing from above | Las Vegas Newborn Photographer

March 26th, 2011

Some dear friends of ours recently had a new little blessing arrive, a much-anticipated little girl. While I don’t usually capture newborns or children anymore, I just couldn’t help getting a few natural light shots when we visited them in the hospital. Miss R almost made me want a new little one of my own, *almost*.

While Mommy wasn’t up to pictures after a pretty hard labor and then emergency c-section, here is a shot of Miss R and her Daddy (who is already wrapped around her finger).