So it’s time to start getting Vegas pictures up. I hope you are excited. I have four galleries and I plan on posting one a day although if I shoot more stuff tonight or tomorrow I might double up and I might always fuck up and not update at all.  That being said, the tentative schedule is AVN Awards pictures today, pictures from CES tomorrow, AEE on Wednesday and finally saving the insane Burning Angel party pictures for last. They are pretty epic, you don’t want to miss that. So let’s get it on…

The AVN Awards for those not in the know are the Adult Video News Awards and they are pretty much the porn oscars. I shot the red carpet last year and honestly it was more trouble than it was worth so this year I tried to change things up. I made sure I got photo access in the actual awards and then I decided to show up late for the red carpet and just catch the very end of it. The carpet was scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 so I figured if I showed up at 7:30 I would be good. The problem is that the press check in was at 5 and when I got to the Palms Casino at 7:30 I had no idea where to go and there were fans everywhere watching the red carpet and I couldn’t even get near it. The Jets/ Colts game was on and I hate the Jets so I watched the end of it screaming in agony when they kicked a last second field goal to win. At this point it was 8pm and I figured I should probably get on the red carpet, but I still didn’t know where to go. I followed the fans up stream of the red carpet until I got to some security and they let me pass even though I was at the wrong end of the red carpet. They told me to walk down to the other end but I realized that by the end of the red carpet I could be away from all the photographers, the last photo they take before they enter the casino and I wouldn’t have to shoot on a step and repeat wall. It worked out perfectly. I also happened to be the only photographer around when Andy Dick got kicked out…

Meanwhile my friend Tom had come down from LA to hang out with me but couldn’t get into the awards so he was just going to play penny slots until I got out of the awards.  He was up $30 when some random guy came up to him and handed him a ticket to the awards.  The tickets cost $300 each and there were hundreds of fans trying to get in, yet somehow he was just handed a ticket.  He texted me that he was inside so I made my way into the show and actually ended up walking up the red carpet myself which was pretty funny.  I shot a bunch of people in the loby and in the auditorium itself. I ran into Justin from Semi Precious Weapons who was with Pauly Shore of all people. That was pretty great. After that I made my way to my seat and I found that there was an empty space next to me so I texted Tom to see if he wanted to come sit with me.  Turns out the ticket he got was a 7th row ticket in the very middle of the stage. He was sitting with all the big porn stars and stuff. It was pretty funny.

The awards themselves were pretty entertaining for a while but there are so many awards that it drags on a bit so I shot a bunch of photos at the bar throughout the night. Lisa Lampanelli was the host and was pretty funny. The highlight was probably when she called Michelle Bombshell a nazi skank without realizing that Michelle Bombshell was actually at the awards. I am not sure if you care who won what or not… I know I don’t but I do want to congratulate a couple of my friends on their big wins. My homie Andy San Dimas won the best actress award for her roll in the porn version of Glee and my friend Joanna Angel won for best porn star website. Congrats girls!  If you want to know who won stuff you can click here.

So I think that’s all I got for you for today. There are a bunch of highlights down below and then you can click here to see all the photos from the 2011 AVN Awards.  And while most of the porn stars kept their clothes on I can say pretty certainly that this gallery is NSFW.

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