Someone For Everyone…
Who said blind dates are a bad idea? My Sunday night out on the town. Visiting Uptown Palm Springs at Grace Home Furnishings.
Look Who Copied My Selfies Series!
Look who copied my “I Love Selfies” series!
I Love Selfies! is a series I have been running and it has worked well for a number of people. Something I can do for you right now to start raising your profile.
I invite you to send me some selfies and I will show you off on my Blog and all of my Social Media as well as my Facebook pages. You will be seen by so very many! My pages are followed extensively by magazine editors, publishers, supplement companies and tens of thousands of people. In the gym, showing off the hard work you have put in, at the pool, or just having fun.
So send me your Selfie and let’s show this guy how it’s done! My e-mail is SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
Take Your Abs With You!
Doubtfully the same weather in the UK for Tina Sansom that she had here in Palm Springs just a few weeks ago. However likely her abs are just as good. So the lesson is, take your abs wherever you go and you will always be hot! From our photo shoot, with Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle!
I Found Gold At Venice Beach!
I found Gold at Venice Beach! Maria Bertrand had the best idea of how to start out Fall this year. And in front of my camera makes it even better. Any wonder why this woman has been in front of cameras around the world for the finest fashion houses and the most well known fashion magazines. How lucky am I! Thank You Maria!!
You Can Be A Star Where You Are!
I met Jennifer Henry when she did one of the shows at Muscle Beach/Venice, and over the months following, learned more about her. The more I learned the more impressed. You never know the path one follows. But I do know that we all can be inspired by those near us. And being inspired by Jennifer Henry is in that category. But for now I will say, look her up on her Facebook page and I am sure she will be telling her story to many more.
Jennifer is doing exactly what I tell and have told to many of you who want to be stars in our world of bodybuilding and fitness. Everyone wants to be on the cover of the magazines and have a big time contract. It can happen but it just does not happen for everyone. Luck, time. place, whatever. But you can be a star where you are right now! That will take you a very long way. And Jennifer is doing exactly that. And that is the right path to those next big opportunities and dreams! Good job Jennifer!
It Takes More…
When I first photographed Jamie Eason for Bodybuilding.com for all of those ads and features, she told me about the hard work she put in to make her way up in the world of fitness. Jamie treated herself as a business and made the investment and put in the time. I will tell you right now that she is smart person and not just a pretty face and great body. Although I would love to have all of you come shoot with me, remember it takes more than great photographs to get ahead. Happy to chat with any of you if you have any questions. Thanks!
Something Different For Me
Something different in front of my camera today. At the Olive and Wine Festival at Highland Springs Resort.
Incognito At Venice Beach
Incognito at Venice Beach. I think Maria Bertrand wears a suit much better than I do. And no tie required. On the Venice Beach boardwalk it is not easy to look unique, but I think we did that! I saw no other tall beautiful models wearing a suit and Fedora out there. None!
She Found The Gym!
I just love my best buddy Natalie Lyle. Some years ago, she started out as my Makeup Artist on my photo shoots and has been steadily with me ever since. The entire world of bodybuilding and fitness was new to her back then. Not the case any more! She lives and has fun with it and is doing more and more everyday. Over the last four months she has gone from beautiful with a rocking body and amazingly long legs to putting on some muscle to start sculpting down to her same self but solid with definition and the lines of an athlete. What an amazing women, you have to picture that she is 6 ft tall in her bare feet and just stunning. Loving her journey and looking forward to seeing more of the journey of Natalie Lyle!
You Were Thinking…
The incredible arms of the incredible Doug Brignole. I know, you were thinking I only photograph women.
Want To Lose 5 Pounds Today?
Want to lose 5 pounds today? Throw your scale away! My friend Duyen Arissshared the best comparison ever. In the left photo she weighs 113 pounds. Two years later she weighs 113 pounds. That is two years of eating good real food and lifting iron in the gym. I wonder how many women for two years have been on one “diet” or another and been bouncing around in some group class trying to lose 5 pounds. And the wrong 5 pounds at that! By the way, in that photo on the right, Duyen is 40 years old. Outstanding!
Neon Haberdasher
How many of you shop at at Haberdasher or even know what it is? Good place to stop if you suddenly need sleeve garters or a Savoy Fedora. This one has a great neon sign in Portland Oregon. I knew this was a photograph when I saw it!
Jack LaLanne 100 Today!
The amazing Jack LaLanne would be celebrating his 100th birthday today! So much in the world of exercise and fitness is owed to this man. This is Jack accepting the Muscle Beach Lifetime Achievement Award on Labor Day Sept. 3, 2007 at Muscle Beach/Venice. Behind Jack is the publisher of Iron Man Magazine and my friend John Balik. John himself an important individual in the world of Bodybuilding. One of the many reasons I like to be at Muscle Beach over the Summer. No where else would I have had the chance to photograph this special moment.
It Started With Way More Than A Bang!
I was going to talk about Summer highlights starting with a bang with Lisa Marino Sanders. But that was no bang, that was an explosion! Our photo shoot at Muscle Beach/Venice getting to use a United States Air Force F-16 and shooting along the famous Venice Beach boardwalk. We were often mobbed and stopped every inch of the way by tourists wanting photos of Lisa or selfies with her. It was too fun and Lisa is nothing but incredible! A big Thanks to Natalie Lyle for makeup and hair styling that gave her that star quality all day! Outstanding!! 
“The Best Shape Of My Life”
In front of my camera here at the windmills in Palm Springs with Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle.
And Then 52 Years Later…
Over 52 years after the photograph I posted yesterday (below) and I am still photographing beautiful women in front of water falls. Although photographingAshley Owens Gulina anywhere works just fine! But she does make a wonderful water feature!
Makeup and Hair Styling by the wonderfully talented Natalie Lyle. Thank You!
Photographing Beautiful Girls
Yes I have been photographing beautiful girls in exotic locations for over 50 years! Are you next?
Just The Right Amount
I love photographing scenes like this when you get the right amount of random blur and motion. Dark and random so a sharp photo with flash would just not seem to work or give you the same feeling. Kind of an intimate bar and fun feeling.
When I Saw Her I Had To Wonder…
When I saw her in the window I had to wonder what she was seeing. A sexy lingerie store in the Pearl District of Portland Oregon. Sometimes I find store windows very fascinating if you look beyond just what you are supposed to be seeing.
Pick You Plane For Your Photo Shoot
Thank You to so many of you for your notes and e-mails about shooting with me. I just want to be clear that we cannot just run over to the Palm Springs Air Museum with lights and cameras and wardrobe and a makeup artist, set up and start shooting photographs on the tarmac with a P-51 Mustang or the four engine bomber of your choice. This is well arranged ahead of time and there are costs involved. Sharon Lim and I had discussed this early on, and with some bumps in the road, I was able to make this happen. So I would love to shoot with you with that P-51 or maybe a helicopter but send me a note and we can chat about it. Thanks!
Rule #1
Rule #1 in my photo shoots is have fun. Rule #2 in my photo shoots is see Rule #1. And having fun with Sharon Lim at the Palm Springs Air Museum was what we did. Looking outstanding in that fit body hugging dress with our airplane du jour, a 1946 Boeing Stearman is just too perfect! Big Thanks to Natalie Lyle for our outstanding Makeup and Hair Styling.
More Of A Fit Lifestyle
Everybody loved Tina Sansom from her photograph I posted last week, So I thought you needed to see more of her from her photo shoot with me! Loving her fit lifestyle, her vacationing means being at the gym everyday and then off to the Olympia this week to take in more fit lifestyle! And the fit lifestyle sure fits Tina Sansom! Thanks!
A great day of Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle!
“What Use Is Sitting Alone In Your Room…
She said “It is fun to think there are still places called the Kit Kat Club”. Of course thinking of the seedy Berlin cabaret in the 1930’s of Christopher Isherwood’s book which became “Cabaret” the Broadway musical and movie. “What use is sitting alone in your room…”
Naked She Turned From The Train…
Naked, she turned from the train leaving with only a cape from her hair flowing behind her.
The famous bronze statue Kvinneakt created by Norman J. Taylor seemingly turning and leaving the train in Portland Oregon. Kvinneakt means “nude woman” in Norwegian. Often the source of fun and controversy, public art that endures.
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