The Girl In Charge Turned 14 Today!
The head of the household turned 14 today and she still runs everything with an iron growl. Lola…
Ashley Is A Good Reason To Go To The Gym!
And your excuse for not going to the gym was? Ashley Owens Gulina is a good excuse to go to the gym! This time for me to shoot some photographs, maybe for others to work out extra long to just look at her!
Actually a photograph like this in the gym has a lot of parts. First of course there is Ashley. The woman is just beautiful! Next is my Makeup and Hair Stylist Natalie Lyle. Look at the wonderful work she did with Ashley! And Natalie is one hot beautiful woman herself. The gym owner thought I had brought two models not knowing Natalie was the MUA on the shoot. But as Natalie said yesterday “I love doing makeup!”.
Next a big Thanks to Joe Norton, the owner of Power Of Fitness in Palm Desert California. A big beautiful spacious gym with lots of new equipment and a great fun atmosphere. It is really a great gym to workout and just be there!
Then there is my assistant Clyde Sawyer who carries everything, moves the lights, works as my portable voice operated reflection blocker and generally makes it all work.
Ok so now go back to looking at Ashley and catch up with her at her gym up in Rancho Cucamonga or see who else might be showing up at Power of Fitness with me! Thanks!
“What’s Up Doc?” C-47
“What’s Up Doc?” A Douglass C-47 Taxi’s into The Palm Springs Air Museum. Originally a 1944 United States Army Air Force Skytrain transport aircraft. This aircraft also saw service with the RAF, Belgian Air Force, the French Air Force and finally the Israeli Air Force before coming to the Palm Springs Air Museum.
Muscle Beach 2014
The Summer shows at Muscle Beach. The only real Muscle Beach shows at the place “Where Muscles Were Born”! And the 2014 banner with my photographs of two Muscle Beach favorites of muscle and beauty, even better!
The World’s Only FLYING WWII PB4Y Patrol Bomber
The World’s Only FLYING Privateer PB4Y Patrol Bomber (Navy variant of the B-24 Heavy Bomber) coming in to the Palm Springs Air Museum yesterday. I had to see it and take photos for sure!
Carrie Graber Painting The Purple Room Not Purple
Artist Carrie Graber painting a scene from The Purple Room of Palm Springs in front of the Lon Michels and Todd Olson Gallery on Palm Canyon Drive. Paint still wet, it is Gary Gand of the Gand Band, drink in hand.
F/A-18 Hornet Departing Palm Springs
This morning, a United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet departing the Palm Springs Airport. It almost left without me seeing it and I got my camera up just in time. I just did a little research and found that this plane is from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet training squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
An Other Worldly Glow In Chalk
An other worldly glow in the Chalk Art by Cecelia Ramos Linayao At The Palm Springs Chalk Festival. She has been a featured artist at museums, festivals and exhibitions from Florida to Hawaii to China and Mexico and much more. What a treat to be able to photograph her and other artists live works right here in Palm Springs.
P-51 Mustang Very Low and Very Fast!
The P-51 Mustang “Wee Willy II” at The Palm Springs Air Museum yesterday. He made four passes low and fast! Very low and very fast, and I also stood as tall as I could to shoot the photographs!
P-51 Mustang “Wee Willy II”
P-51 Mustang “Wee Willy II” Taxi Out At The Palm Springs Air Museum March 15 2014. A P-51D “Wee Willy II” was originally sold as surplus at McClellan Air Force Base in 1958. It crashed in 1979 at the Reno Air Races and has since been restored and has it’s home base in Chino California.
Twiggy In Chalk
Moe Notsu in Palm Springs for the Chalk Art Festival . Originally from Shimane Japan And now Cal State University Long Beach, she has won a number of Chalk Art events since 2011.
Starting The Weekend With Heidi Cannon
I am thinking we need some more Wbff Pro, Heidi Cannon from our photo shoot here in the Palm Springs desert to get the weekend started!
She Could Just Fly!
Is there any doubt that she could just fly! A vision in the desert amidst the windmills is Heidi Cannon, Wbff Pro, from our photo shoot!
Bodybuilding Front & Back
Of all the photographs I shot for Bodybuilding.com which were used to create dozens of “wallpapers” this one has always been my favorite. Dexter Jackson on stage at the 2006 Arnold. Also a physique which to me is really “bodybuilding”.
Girls & Cars – Good & Bad
So many photographs of girls with cars out there. This is my idea of what that should look like. Rebekah Ryan posing like there is relevance of her being with that Ferrari and in that setting. Just a long time pet peeve for me, most girls with car photos look just like they are standing there next to a car with no point to it. Thanks!
More Is Better Of Randalene!
I just thought it would be fun if you got to see all of her! The photograph we shot that is the original of her Facebook profile photo that has been so very popular. Randalene Sergent in Palm Springs. I think more is better, especially when it is Randalene!
Working Hard Under Difficult Circumstances…
In case some of you have any doubts; I wanted to re-emphasize how hard I work under some of the most difficult of circumstances. Photo shoot of Maria Rogers for print and media advertising for Bodybuilding.com. If you want to make me work hard under difficult circumstances in a photo shoot too, just send me a note and let’s talk about it! And please visit my website at http://www.secondfocus.com. Thanks!
Not Enough!
Raechelle Chase IFBB Figure Professional in front of my camera in the gym. What a fun day and Raechelle Chase is just so very striking beautiful! All the way from New Zealand, the only thing wrong with photographing Raechelle is it does not happen often enough!
I Think Ronnie Said…
I was wondering what Ronnie Coleman was thinking behind those sunglasses when I shot this photograph of him at the 2006 Olympia. So I asked him, but it was very loud in there with the crowd and all. I think he said he was wondering, for the rest of you, how those core fitness workouts on those pastel color inflatable balls was working out for you guys. Yeah, that was it, I am sure that’s what he said!
Bodybuilding, Fitness. T-Shirts, Fashion to Edgy Editorial
If you work out to look good and feel good or maybe it is your business too, we can shoot some photographs to show it! Jake Sawyer from one of our photo shoots. Here in Marina Del Rey near world famous Venice Beach. The home of Muscle Beach/Venice, the place “Where Muscles Were Born”!
Check with me to shoot your company, business, or product advertising, magazine editorials and so much more. And not just in bodybuilding and fitness. Everything from t-shirts, fashion to edgy editorial. Send me a note and lets talk about it! Thanks!
And What Did You Do Over The Weekend?
So what were you doing last weekend? Randalene Sergent was winning the INBA/PNBA Bikini Championships. My response… Well of course she won! What do you think! Randalene in one of our photo shoots with makeup and hair styling by Natalie Lyle.
Doing Good!
A big shout out to my friend Marc-arthur Dautruchee. He made his way to stand on the Arnold stage this past weekend and did good! This guy is impressive and has a lot of heart. We are going to be seeing a lot more of Marc! He also impressed the crowd working out in the pit at Muscle Beach over the Summer. Good thing I had a camera!





















