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GRACIE MAG

I just got the front cover for the February 2009 GRACIE MAG...

This is so awesome. Here is my Jiu-Jitsu Instructor RILION GRACIE with black belt Marcelo Braga. It all started last month when I got an email from Senior editor: Marcelo Dunlop of Gracie Magazine in Brazil for some cool action shots of Rilion in Guard, and that's all she wrote...More great photos inside. If anyone is out there that wants to learn Brazilain jiu-jitsu this is The Instructor !!

Rilion Gracie gives his black belt Marcelo Braga a licking,before the razor-sharp lens of our newest collaborator, Ray Santana. I coppied this from inside the magazine how cool...I am now one of there staff and contributing photographers. I will be doing some really cool work for the Gracie Mag this year.

A big thanks to unclemike for getting me into this awesome sport while he was in Miami over my house back in September before the trip to Florence, Italy for the wedding...Next stop Vegas myself the wife julie and unclemike see a cool show and some hanging out... goodtimes

Alex & Nick

This Saturday was Alex and Nick's wedding. We all had a blast!

Alex and Nick are on their way to beautiful Florence, Italy for some goodtimes. Here are some photos from Saturady night...

Love...

Girls just wanna have fun...

I love this shot! No Flash on camera till about 8pm that night, 5000 iso wide open Nikon D3 just Rocks!! I waited to get the flash of a point and shoot in the backround to add a little flair for this cool shot.

A huge thanks to Maria and Art.

Next week Anna and I are in Vegas to hook up with unclemike and Julie for a cool show and major goodtimes...Then back to Miami to hook up with Grace Ormonde and Yanni from Grace Ormonde wedding style magazine for a week of SICK SHOOTING all over Florida...goodtimes

Published Wedding !!

I just got my Florence, Italy wedding Published in Grace Ormonde wedding style magazine.

If you didn't get a chance to see the magazine here are some photos from the wedding. A huge congrats and thank you to Daisy and Fede for having me and my family friends photograph there beautiful wedding in Florence, Italy...

Below is the beautiful view of Florence, from inside the church.

Last dance...

These are just a few photos i picked from so many we took. A huge thanks again to Mike Colón, Bob Davis, T the brit, for hooking up with me for a week in ITALY...goodtimes

Grace Ormonde Wedding Style

I just got my Florence, Italy wedding published in by far the best wedding magazine in the country Grace Ormonde wedding style....

Mike, Bobby, an myself shot the whole Ceremony with 200mm 2.0's how sweet was that....

There is an old saying if you don't put in you don't get out!!

This is one of the reasons we work so hard for and $pend all the money that we do on technology for those awesome shots with dead on exposure !!

Check out page #20 in the mag Grace did a super cool behind the scene of the boys in action... Again a huge thanks to T the brit, Mike Colón, and Bobby Davis .

If you EVER have the opportunity to work with any of these pro photographers I promise you that it will be an Experiance you will never forget !! In my case a little different because I was shooting with family. I can speak for all of us Major goodtimes...

Apple Final Cut Pro

A few months back I did a beautiful wedding for Rusty & Charity @ Jekyll Island. Rusty lives in LA and is an actor check out this cool clip from Apples website for Final Cut Pro... Rusty your The Man!!!

Some really cool stuff this friday stay tuned...

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PARIDISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS / Lifestyle Shoot

What a blast...Just got back from Nichole n Jons lifestyle shoot in the beautiful Bahamas... Here are some shots of the day. I ran into good friends Kenny Kim and Tomas Flint and his cool girfriend Kelli.