By Vernon Robison

Moapa Valley Progress

A vampire party took place at the home of photographer Angie Glaubitz in Moapa where 18 models, mostly local residents, came to pose for Halloween photos. Photo courtesy of Angie Glaubitz.

A Moapa home hosted a council of the undead last week in the days leading up to Halloween. On Friday night, Moapa photographer, Angie Glaubitz, hosted a photoshoot she called “Night of the Vampires”.

The shoot included 18 models; most of whom, in daylight hours, would be recognizable as local residents; all outfitted as vampires for the evening. Among the undead could be recognized such local celebrities as Miss Mesquite, Tiffany Hunt and MVHS Football player Connor Mortensen, fresh off his five touchdown performance in a victory over Boulder City the night before. The shoot also included a half dozen less fortunate souls who were there to pose as vampire victims.

Glaubitz explained that the photoshoot had started out small with the idea of having models in period costumes from different historic eras. But when she realized that the scheduled shoot would coincide with the Halloween weekend, she decided to add fangs to the costumes and make it a vampire shoot.

“I’m always trying to come up with themed ideas that are a little different for a photoshoot,” Glaubitz said. “I thought that this one would be a fun thing for the high school teens to do over the holiday.”

She said that the shoot had started with just 7-8 kids. But the word travelled fast.

“As people started hearing about it, they contacted me asking to be in it,” Glaubitz said.

Over the last few weeks, as the event began to snowball, Glaubitz has been busy lining up costumes and props for all the characters in the shoot. She searched on Ebay and purchased full costumes for each of the vampires. She also bought fog machines, lighting and props to fully outfit the shoot. She even brewed up a ‘barrell of blood’ to be used in some of the more terrifying shots.

The day before the event, Glaubitz cleared out her living room of all its furniture and then re-arranged it into the Night of the Vampires set.

The shoot, which began at around 5:00 pm continued into the witching hours of the night. Glaubitz said that the party didn’t end until around 2:00 a.m.

“It wasn’t really meant to be real gory or too frightening or anything,” Glaubitz said. “I just wanted it to be something that the kids in the community could do and have fun.”