Muscle Beach This Weekend!

Summer starts at Muscle Beach in Venice California! The place where muscles were born!

Monday will be the big show opening with an Air Force fly-over! Bodybuilding, figure and bikini competitions take center stage along the boardwalk in the Sun, next to the sand and at the Pacific Ocean. On Saturday and Sunday you will also see Sumo Wrestling and Amateur Boxing. So be there, I will!

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The Cal! - Be There, I Will!

It's called "The Cal" and everybody in bodybuilding knows what that is! One of the biggest and most respected of all NPC shows and it is this Saturday May 28th in Culver City, California...

Bodybuilding, figure, bikini and IFBB Pro Figure all in one place with hundreds of top notch competitors. It is a must see and must go. I'll be there! MuscleContests.com

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More Train Racing!

It was great fun doing a photo-shoot with Charles Johnathan Flanagan racing a freight train. In my shoots we do things for real. In the gym we lift heavy weights and if we are going to race a train, we race a train! Here is a behind the scenes photo to give you an idea. To the far right is Charles waiting for the train to get up with him to come out of the blocks!

He not only raced the train, he put on some distance and kept up right until he got about to my shooting position. Wow!

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Train Racing!

Racing a train, a great idea for a photo-shoot! But I said "Why did you wait so long to come out of the blocks?". He said "I wanted to give the train a fair chance!". So I give you, coming in 2nd place to a Union Pacific Freight Train, Charles Johnathan Flanagan!

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My Interpretation Of "Just Do It!"

You have seen him in Nike ads and on America's Next Top Model surprising the girls as the real fit model in their photo-shoots. Now you see Charles Johnathan Flanagan in front of my camera...

I think we gave him a little more of a look, my interpretation of "Just Do It!"

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Mr Olympia Natural At 48!

The original Mr. Olympia Natural, John Hansen, shows us what we should be looking for in looking good and being healthy at age 48. Outstanding! From our photo-shoot the other day...

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"Just Killed A Photo-Shoot"

Angela Segovia said "Just killed a photo-shoot with Ian L. Sitren" Well she sure did! Off the hook, fantastic hot!

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Yes This Is The Same Person!

Juliet Banks was the final installment of the monthly Iron Man Magazine BodySpace Physique of the Month...

This was a wonderful monthly series that I both photographed and wrote for 3 years for Bodybuilding.com and Iron Man Magazine. Juliet's wonderful story and the changes she made to her life and lives she touched were a wonderful finale to a great series. Thanks Juliet! Very cool!

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A Guy Who Walks The Walk!

A guy who walks the walk. Carlos Ariss, owner of Power of Fitness Gyms in Palm Springs and Palm Desert California...

I photographed Carlos in his his gym right after he won his over 50 class overall at the very prestigious NPC "Cal". Carlos did the Cal as he turned 50 and 20 years after he last stood on the bodybuilding stage. A great guy who runs a great gym and is much more than just talk. He walks the walk! Thanks Carlos and Very Cool!

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OK, I Do Have Fun Doing Photo-Shoots In The Gym...

If there is one type of place I do photo-shoots more than anywhere else, that is the gym. So between shooting in the gym and working out myself, that is a lot of gym time. And I think Daniel Hill and Angela Segovia had fun with me too!

It is a good thing I have a great gym to go to. This is at Power of Fitness in Palm Desert CA. A Great Gym with a location in Palm Springs too!

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So Much To Say About Amy!

I have done two photo-shoots with Amy and always feel compelled to tell people about her!

Mother of six and grandmother. One of the most popular of all time members in the huge fitness online community of BodySpace. Inspirational and motivational. And always looking great. Thanks Amy!

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Looking At You!

We see a lot of photos everyday. But how often do we feel like the photo is looking at us?

In my photograph here of Sasha, you cannot escape the feeling that she is indeed looking at you!

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The Heat, The Sun, The Desert and Black & White...

Palm Springs in the hot months is one of my favorite places to do photo-shoots. I like the environment!

I like the heat radiating everywhere, the hard direct sunlight, the many places and locations to shoot; and the high contrast black and white photographs we can create. 

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