Heavy Lifting!

A change of pace for me, photographing Powerlifting. This is the 2008 IPF Masters World Powerlifting Championships. It is called the "World" Championships because it brought in 273 athletes from 32 countries around the world.


This is what warming up looks like...



This competition goes on for 5 days so I will be shooting more. Watch for some really big guys and some interesting people.

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Time In The Gym...

I spend a great deal of time in the gym, doing photo shoots and also working out myself. But here is one from a photo shoot; Sean Jones...


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Rebecca Hahn... "Feral"

One person described this look as "feral". Definition... "A feral child (feral, wild, or undomesticated) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age..." I think it is a feeling, a look, we find sexy. What do you think?


As you can see this was shot on film, medium format. I continue to find the subtlety of film very special. It lends itself to a photograph that has a depth I do think is often missing from digital images. And it further lends itself to breathtaking large prints.

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I Just Really LIked This Shoot!

This photo is from a studio shoot about a year ago for a National print ad with fitness model Maria Rogers. It was just a really fun, but long, day of shooting.


For those of you who would like to know, it was shot with Canon 1DMkII, Canon 70-200L 2.8 lens and tethered to an Apple G4 notebook computer. Main lighting was Profoto.

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"Muscle Beach" from July 4th...

A few photos from my shooting at the Muscle Beach bodybuilding competition on July 4th...







And finally the beach at Muscle Beach, world famous Venice Beach...


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Devastation, Past or Future?

I recently took a drive to the Salton Sea not that far from my home in Palm Springs California. Once one of the most popular tourist destinations in the West not that long ago, it has fallen into devastation. Although there are communities around the Sea and visitor destinations, there are a great number of remnants of the past haunting the shores.


As I photographed and walked along the edges of this once great salt sea it seemed as though I could just as well be looking at the future of this planet following a climate caused catastrophe or some other man made disaster. Would it not look the same?

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Muscle Beach July 4th

As has been the case for the last few years I will be at world famous "Muscle Beach" at Venice Beach California for July 4th. I am always there for the bodybuilding and figure competitions. If you have been following along or viewed my website you know that bodybuilding, health and fitness are a big part of my photography business. And it is always fun at "Muscle Beach". We do get surprise visits from people out there all the time, it is a special place in L.A. Just last year we had this guy named Arnold come riding his bicycle down the boardwalk for a visit...


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