SNAPI Sharp Shooters

Born and raised in Canton, China. Patrick moved to Las Vegas for 6 years from China, where he found his passion for photography and decided to attend the College of Southern Nevada graduating with a degree in Commercial Photography. 

He personally performs the completion of each piece to maintain the high standards he has set for his work. Combining his skills and passion for his work, his photographs exhibit quality and excellence. 

Patrick Lai has had the opportunity to work with a diverse clientele and work in a variety of photographic categories such as portraits, fashion, events, products, architectural, interior design, and advertising. 
He continues improving and expanding his knowledge to maintain his professional photographic work. 

Patrick Lai currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Raised a military brat, Kristen considers herself Southern Californian, having spent almost 25 years in Orange County before moving to Vegas in June 2011. She spent the '90's doing hardcore LGBT activism in the OC, which included board-level involvement in several organizations, free-lance journalism and photography, and speaking on panels at colleges.

After a decade of self-stated "burn-out", Kristen is now back involved in the community primarily as a writer and photographer for the Blade California magazine. She also writes reviews of LGBT media with a focus on comic books and anime. Her primary writing project is her column "Active Voice" where she tells her real-life adventures as an out lesbian (with her friends), which debuted in the Blade magazine back in 1994. A book collection of the column will be coming out November 2012.

Hi there! My name is Eloise and really, I just like taking photos. I'm not a professional, by any means. I just get a kick out of capturing those special moments. Other than photography... I'm big a big theatre nerd, a huge animal lover and a bit of a hippie.

Jenny has been taking pictures someway, somehow since she was about 8 years old. She is not much of a "nature" or still life photographer and prefers shooting people. People in the moment. Raw. Unedited. Real.

Jenny does a lot of photoshop work, design, retouch and original creation. Every picture that goes up for public view gets a once over, sometimes a twice over before it goes anywhere. She likes to make everyone look the best they can, because not only are those pictures a representation of them, they are a representation of her as well.

She is an active member of the community on many levels, HIV/A.I.D.S. supporter and fundraiser, human rights militant and lobbyist, and an all-around-supporter for equal rights.

She also works driving a taxi, and trys to make the rounds at the normal bars and clubs where she knows people are out drinking and having a good time. She makes her rounds because being safe in life also requires knowing when you have had too much to drink, and knowing when to call a cab.

Currently studying for his PhD. in Sociology, Chris relocated to Las Vegas from Indiana. At his home he held a variety of positions in the entertainment industry including photo-journalist, and special events photographer. He has a track record of working within and for the gay community including organizing fundraisers, conducting research, and advocacting for a stronger and healtiher gay communtiy. His master's thesis covered dress and appearances in the gay night club setting. He feels photographing the gay community is important because it provides a record of how the community has evolved. He also believes that one of the ways the GLBT community can be empowered is by connecting its members to their history.