A little while ago I had the pleasure of doing a quick fun photoshoot with local model Heidi Jo . Here are some pics from her session. Enjoy!

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Meet Brandon and Lauren .This cool, genuine and fun couple, are high school sweethearts and they will be  celebrating their 9th wedding anniversary this summer! .When they contacted me and told me about how much they love spending time in the water and wanted to have their session at Fort Mcree, Fl , I got super excited !. They brought their puppy along, who also loves having fun running on the beach, and made  the session  even more fun! Here are some of my favs!. Enjoy!

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Last october I had the opportunity to create some Images for Monique Crespi’s upcoming CD. This will be the second album  released by this talented Female Christian Singer . Here are some of my favorites Images from her first photo session. We had a relaxed session and I used one light and also a combination of two lights for most of the pics. A Deep Octa soft box was used as the main light source.  The light that soft box produces is beautiful ,and I usually favor it  for 1-4 people portraits vs other  light modifiers.

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Have you ever seen The Flaming Lips Live ? I’m telling you, they really know how to put on a show . It is  just amazing to watch them on stage , listen to their amazing effects , hypnotic music and honestly seeing how these guys always keep the crowd engaged is just spectacular. Here are are some images from last year performance in Gulf Shores, Alabama , and I must say was lucky enough to be standing at just the right spot with my camera when Wayne Coyne got in the human size hamster ball crawling atop the crowd . Enjoy!

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Last year I had the opportunity to shoot The Dave Matthews Band live during their presentation at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. It was a great show! Now the 2013  Hangout Festival is just around the corner (May 17 ,18 & 19th) with great new headliners coming to please the Gulf Coast residents and visitors. Here are some pics from last concert .The image above is my favorite from the set, because of the energy and passion clearly displayed by the musician. Enjoy!

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Meet Jennie & Greg.  The story says: Once upon a time a dazzling and elegant lady in red caught Gregory’s eyes and stole his heart……

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The weather that day was beautiful and Jennie & Greg did an awesome job posing for the camera and letting things go smoothly!!..I can honestly say we had a lot of fun throughout the session. We captured so many different things,  making our session even more fun. We had:  storytelling, elegant shots, casual pics , and one of the best looking  skies you could have for a photo session.  In fact, It allowed me to shoot in different ways : using natural light and strobes in order to achieve a variety of looks. To say the least, it was an awesome day for a passionate Photographer to work his craft! .  Please feel free to browse through this gallery to meet this Fun and Sweet couple!!.. I  Can’t wait to do another session like this one soon…. In the mean time enjoy these pics! and at the bottom of this post you will find  a slideshow where you you can see these images Fullscreen .Well ,here it goes! :

Don’t Forget ! Open the Slideshow below to watch this session Fullscreen on your Desktop.  If you liked these pics ,You will love seen them large  on your display!    (Desktop & Android Devices only)

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Recently I had the pleasure to have the Parker Family back  for some new pictures. I really love the picture above , it’s probably my favorite family pic that  I have taken lately. There is just something about the freshness and happiness of the moment that really brings me joy. Here is some more pics from their session.

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AB Quintanilla & The Kumbia Kings was one of the headliners during the latest Latino festival, in Pensacola Florida. The event came to a close with their live performances in front of a roaring and cheerful audience eager to hear them play. They had a great show and it was really nice to see them connect with the fans  before, during and after the show in such an engaging way. Here are some of my favorite pics from their concert!. Enjoy!

PS: Read more about the event at La Costa Latina Newspaper.

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 Henry Santos from Aventura  was present this past weekend at the latest 2012 Latino Festival, in Pensacola Florida. Here are some photos from his closing presentation on Saturday 13th. I really enjoyed working with all the staff from La Costa Latina Newspaper. Big thanks to Grace McCaffery  and everybody that worked so hard to make this two day event an enjoyable weekend!

PS: That’s me with Henry in the  last pic. Thanks Raymond !, you do know how to use the camera..lol. Enjoy!

That’s Me above … see more from this Great two day event on my next post!. Stay Tuned!!  ’Don’t miss it!!”

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Red Hot Chili Peppers has been one of my favorite bands for as long as I can remember. Being present at one of their live concerts was just amazing….losing some of the images that I was able to capture during their live presentation : A frustrating experience….Making friends that can recover some lost data from an old hard drive: Priceless . Here are some pics I had assume  as “gone forever” when my Imac decided to crash  months ago and I was left with the only choice to edit my photos directly on my 13″ inch macbook pro, until my desktop came back from service. Unfortunately this is something that can eventually happen to anybody at any time and shows you how important is to back up your files as soon as getting back from any events or photo sessions .  Making more than one back up copy is ideal, because  things might not always go as expected. and something could also go wrong with your only one copy. I’m currently enjoying using the hard drives from G-Technology , but they also offer RAID and SSD Storage .They work great and  they even match your desktop if you are a Mac user.  But Regardless of that unfortunate situation , now I’m pleased to see these pics that I had been missing from that event.

Here is RHCP!…

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PS: Here is a question for anybody that enjoys shooting events… How many of you have silently  ”curse” the videographer that seem to be “mind-linked” with you and stubbornly will choose, over and over. the same shooting angle as you do , blocking you from getting some of the best shots during the whole event?..  :D

This was the first time I shot with Shaileesha Shrestha, she is from Nepal and we recently got together for some portraits. This was a great opportunity to do more studio work using a simple seamless background paper. Shaileesha  brought to her session a couple of Saree garments , very beautiful and colorful fabrics that wrap around the body and are worn by women from India and other countries in South Asia. For this session I used a combination of different light setups (one – three lights) , a Deep Octa soft box as the main light source and  a gray background paper,which it was blown out  with light in some shots to obtain the white background look.  Thank you again to Shaileesha for allowing me to be creative during her session and being a good sport! ..Have a look at some of these pics ,and Enjoy!

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I just Love these guys!..I had a blast in the very little time we had to take these pics . It had been raining heavily that afternoon , but  we finally got these done when the sky cleared up! …Enjoy!

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This is a long overdue post. Back in May, I had the opportunity to collaborate as a freelance photographer for an Atlanta Online magazine: The Silver Tongue Online  . They needed some images from some of the major bands playing during the latest Hangout Music Festival  in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Every year this festival keeps growing and attracting mores visitors to the area and bringing some really big names in music. This year was estimated a total of 35,000 attendes ,and five stages were built to give room to the 66 bands playing, including :  The Dave Matthews band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, The Flaming Lips and lots more.  Concert Photography as many already know is not an easy task, especially at night ,when is not  a matter of just capturing the essence and energy of the bands playing but also requires to know how to operate your camera manually, and adjust your settings accordingly  to the continuos multi color light changing situations , while your favorite musicians keep playing and rocking the stage !…One of my goals shooting the bands was  showing the interaction between the band members from a wider perspective since concert photography seems to be very saturated with “right in your face shots” . I had not originally planned to bring a step ladder  with me , however  very quickly it became a great tool making a huge difference being able to compose above peoples heads from the VIP crowd. Also bringing a good quality monopod with you works great for camera placement/support and stability. The Canon 5d mark II  is indeed a great camera that allows you to use really high ISO without compromising quality .  Big thanks to Sindy Lucas for getting in touch and giving me the opportunity,  and Allen Ross Thomas , one hell of a concert photographer!, ( if you stopped here looking for concert photography images you gotta check him out) He’s also got some great tips on his website . Here are some Images from Jack White’s performance on stage. You can also see my published images here.  PS: Jack White is awesome!

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Recently I have been shooting more with natural light than with strobes. I love strobes ,speed lights and using  light modifiers but not always I feel in the mood to carry all that stuff around with me or setting everything up with lightstands, unless I have an assistant with me or the shot really requires it. So lately I have been using the best possible available light and some large reflectors to bounce the light back to the subject and avoid harsh shadows. Here are some pics with Yulia , just using natural light during her session…

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Here  are some more of Kiara’s Portraits from her recent session in Pensacola, Fl.  Enjoy!

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The learning curve of Photoshop.. Here is a question I kept asking myself over and over:  If you are a photographer/artist should you learn to use layers?.. or neglect those tools calling yourself a purist?.   Personally, I enjoy taking pictures and the editing process that involves giving your images a unique and personal look , adding a special sauce , or whatever you want to call it these days .  I do in fact prefer spending more  time behind the camera clicking the shutter and interacting with my subjects, than hours editing images. However sooner or later you realize that you at least need to practice your Photoshop skills to make some of your favorite images or idea visually POP, if you wanna stay creative and competitive. Keep in mind that I said “creative” not “corrective“.  Unfortunately the idea of creating something  unacceptable with the attitude in mind to FIX it later in PS is still existing in some circles.

Usually my images are created on the spot ” in camera “, and then taken to the develop module in Lightroom , to find the right color tonality that fits my personal taste . I have only been using PS mainly for skin retouching, cloning this or that , removing unwanted objects and general stuff , things where normally lightroom fails to perform. But today , was a different day.  For a long time I have seen photographers , adding beautiful skies to already awesome images to make them more impressing. In other words just look at the early work of very talented Photographers like Joey L, or Jeremy Cowart , to see how they maximize their images by utilizing PS wisely. And yes, You can achieve those beautiful skies in camera using your strobes and overpowering the sun, going manual and setting your camera to the max sync. But unfortunately there’s times when your skies might NOT want to cooperate with  you , or have  to shoot at noon with an overly bright day, and you can end up with just a plain rich blue sky , that it might not be what you had actually envisioned. This was the case on the image above , you can see the original on the left, with just some color tonality adjustment from lightroom , but it was still lacking of that little extra step that I was able to achieve only by adding a “different” sky from a Cloud library in my Desktop and blend them together in PS.  I really like the results from the image on the right , and now I’m kind of motivated to play a little bit more with textures , and open ,more often than before, that little box of wonders that is call Photoshop . Well, nothing extraordinary here, just sharing with you guys how these subtle changes in PS can improve the overall look of an image …  What is your personal experience with Photoshop ,and the things you enjoy doing the most in Post?  Your are welcome to share your ideas or comments below. Enjoy!

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Recently I had met with Juliana and her family for a photo session. Julie is going to be a mom once again, and she is excited as any expecting mother could ever be. We started with some  portraits indoors using a Deep Octa soft box which provides some beautiful studio light. A 28″Wescott Apollo was used as fill ,but also as the main light source with the profile shots. Then we moved outdoors and continued shooting mostly using natural light throughout  the remainder of our session.  Later as the sunset arrived, It was time to pull out the Elinchrom Quadra from the” bag of tricks” for some last and final shots with off camera lighting, marking the end of another exciting and joyful day! … Here are my favorite pics from that day ,Enjoy!

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Valeria and I got together for  a short session last month. Here are some pics from that evening..Cheers! 

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