Just got back from a fun, sort of last-minute trip to Las Vegas, though I realize if you’re not really much of a clubber or party-goer (Me? Party-goer? Never.), then all there really is to do in Vegas is stuff yourself into oblivion with their many buffets. Yes, that’s what I did. But also! You can walk around at 4 a.m. taking pictures of random things with your iPhone until the sun comes up. Lately I’ve been on the whole Instagram hype - it’s a free iPhone app with many cool filters to use for your photos. Unlike Hipstamatic, which is a similar app that costs $1.99, you can edit photos straight from your Camera Roll instead of having to take a new one each time. This makes it a lot easier to frame your image the way you want. The filters are also free, whereas Hipstamatic only gives you a few free options, then you have to pay for each additional filter separately. I really haven’t even opened up Hipstamatic anymore since I got Instagram. But Instagram sort of became a gateway drug to other iPhone photo apps. Since friending Doctor Popular on Instagram, I’ve learned the ways of #appsperiment, which is basically using various iPhone photo apps to edit a photo. Here are some I took in Vegas: This was taken of a huge chandelier-type decoration at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Used Camera+ to edit, then a filter on Instagram. Took this walking along the strip and edited with TiltShiftGen. Outside of Caesars Palace. Can’t think about this place without thinking about The Hangover anymore. Photo taken with TrueHDR. And this is personally one of my favorites, and the very first picture was taken the same way. For a city that is known for its nightlife, the city really does sleep - unless you have a gambling problem. But this arcade at the New York New York hotel in Las Vegas was completely dead at 4 a.m. It was fun, and kind of creepy, to walk around the arcade ghost town. This photo was taken with Camera+. For more photos, follow me on Instagram - @lizziecuevas. (Sorry, non-iPhone users!) But now that Las Vegas is out of the way, I’m really looking forward to attending my first PAX this weekend in Boston, MA. I’ll be there with most of the TalkRadar crew. It’s also the week before Chris Antista’s and my birthdays, so I think a celebration is in order. I also have The Glowing Stars stickers to give away! Oh, and on that note, we announced last week that we’ll be opening for Anamanaguchi at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on 4/7. SO EXCITED!

Just got back from a fun, sort of last-minute trip to Las Vegas, though I realize if you’re not really much of a clubber or party-goer (Me? Party-goer? Never.), then all there really is to do in Vegas is stuff yourself into oblivion with their many buffets. Yes, that’s what I did.

But also! You can walk around at 4 a.m. taking pictures of random things with your iPhone until the sun comes up. Lately I’ve been on the whole Instagram hype - it’s a free iPhone app with many cool filters to use for your photos. Unlike Hipstamatic, which is a similar app that costs $1.99, you can edit photos straight from your Camera Roll instead of having to take a new one each time. This makes it a lot easier to frame your image the way you want. The filters are also free, whereas Hipstamatic only gives you a few free options, then you have to pay for each additional filter separately. I really haven’t even opened up Hipstamatic anymore since I got Instagram.

But Instagram sort of became a gateway drug to other iPhone photo apps. Since friending Doctor Popular on Instagram, I’ve learned the ways of #appsperiment, which is basically using various iPhone photo apps to edit a photo. Here are some I took in Vegas:

This was taken of a huge chandelier-type decoration at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Used Camera+ to edit, then a filter on Instagram.

Took this walking along the strip and edited with TiltShiftGen.

Outside of Caesars Palace. Can’t think about this place without thinking about The Hangover anymore. Photo taken with TrueHDR.

And this is personally one of my favorites, and the very first picture was taken the same way. For a city that is known for its nightlife, the city really does sleep - unless you have a gambling problem. But this arcade at the New York New York hotel in Las Vegas was completely dead at 4 a.m. It was fun, and kind of creepy, to walk around the arcade ghost town. This photo was taken with Camera+.

For more photos, follow me on Instagram - @lizziecuevas. (Sorry, non-iPhone users!)

But now that Las Vegas is out of the way, I’m really looking forward to attending my first PAX this weekend in Boston, MA. I’ll be there with most of the TalkRadar crew. It’s also the week before Chris Antista’s and my birthdays, so I think a celebration is in order. I also have The Glowing Stars stickers to give away!

Oh, and on that note, we announced last week that we’ll be opening for Anamanaguchi at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on 4/7. SO EXCITED!