Gym Time Photo Shoot…
You have seen Charles J Flanagan in my feature photographs where he is racing a freight train. Now you can see what he looks like hammering it in the gym. How many Nike models have you seen on “America’s Next Top Model”? Only this guy! From our photo shoot.
Sin, Sexy and 3D…
Went to see “Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For” over the weekend, and in 3D! 3D really works for this movie. WOW! Just incredible! Deep immersion into an alternate reality. And very very sexy. Eva Green naked is just superb and her scenes in the pool are breathtaking. Check out the movie website. Will go see this again! http://sincity-2.com/
Eva Green in Sin City A Dame To Kill For
The Ice, The Bucket and Naked…
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is looking up! I am kidding, it really is doing a lot of good! But glamour model Micaela Schäfer has stepped it up, way up! Naked on the streets of Berlin. My clothes are on but my hat is off to her. Micaela has my respect for being so very adventuresome to do this. So enjoy the video while I am checking out airfare and hotels. This is a screen shot from the video and the actual video is below that.
Ideas From Where?
I am asked often where I get ideas for my photo shoots. The ideas really come from my mind. But I am always looking at photographs and magazines make up a big part of that. Not what you might expect though. I will be very blunt and say that the bodybuilding and fitness magazines are about as imaginative as tan condos in a planned community. And very often, very very often, the photography is just not good. These are three of the many magazines I try to catch all of the time. Usually I get them on my trips to L.A., I make it a point to make the stop to get some. Others I get include Treats! Magazine, Blindfold Magazine, MirageMagazine, LOVE, Purple Fashion magazine, the Leica S Magazine and many more. These three magazines also are on Facebook. Also they all have websites. Anyway the point I am making is… if you want to broaden your view of photo shoots, either being in them, shooting them or just enjoying them, get your eyes out of the fitness shelf. Make it more fun!
Kicking It Up!
She is kicking it up and bringing it to others. Maria Bertrand loves health and fitness and is going to share that love. Doing her re-certification as a personal trainer and bringing something very special to social to what she does. And that something very special is herself. I can assure you, very special indeed! Do you know that as a professional model this woman has been photographed and appeared in the most prestigious of magazines and for the most well known fashion houses. She has a very impressive list of movie and television credits. And Maria Bertrand even gets in front of my camera now and then. How good is that! Let’s do it!
Dog Training In The Gym?
By popular demand, more or less. This was from an advertising photo shoot I did for Bodybuilding.com and rates of one of the all time fun photo shoots ever! World famous champion bodybuilder trainer Charles Glass training a dog in the gym. We had the dog on the treadmill, benches, machines and yes we did free weights. This and another photograph from the series ran as magazine ads for quite a long time. And Charles told me now and then he still gets calls asking if he does train dogs! Great Fun!
Iron As A Supplement…
It has always been that iron is a great supplement. That is when used as weights in the gym. I think Ashley Owens Gulina has found exactly the right dosage! From our photo shoot. Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle.
Kardio!
This was a topic of conversation yesterday so I thought I would share it for those of you who have not seen this. An absolutely tremendous photo shoot I did with Charles J Flanagan actually running alongside and racing a freight train. This ran as a feature on Cardio in BODY Magazine in Sweden. A double page spread with a number of other photographs from the shoot.
A big shout out the Charles for really making this photo shoot so outstanding. And a big shout out to Body Magazine for doing such a creative feature. How many magazines do you see do a cardio feature with the same old concept of people running on a treadmill. Or when they get really creative they do a guy and a girl running on the beach together. Of course, with the obligatory adoring look on her face gazing up at her man. Boring and so trite. Anyway great job award goes to Body Magazine! Thanks!
Where Else? Of Course!
Well where else would you expect to find red tires but with Maria Bertrand in the desert by the windmill farms. Obviously!
Pool Party! Maybe Next Time…
It was a hot day out here in the desert when we were doing our photo shoot. So I had no problem persuading Ashley Owens Gulina to get in the pool. Actually our wonderful Makeup and Hair Stylist, Natalie Lyle dropped into the pool a few times herself. Good thing I was busy taking photographs or it would have been a pool party and not a photo shoot. Good idea! Maybe next time!
Hi Heidi!
Just thinking about my friend Heidi Cannon who is out at the 2014 WBFF Worlds Fitness Extravaganza in Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. A huge event attended by people from around the world. By the way, Heidi is incredible in front of the camera. Have fun Heidi!
Bigger And Better!
Bigger is better and you can see the photographs as big as your biggest screen on my website. The quality is also much much better than what you see on Facebook, Instagram or other social media. Access my Blog directly from there too. Check it out at SecondFocus Dot Com. Please do! Thanks! http://www.secondfocus.com/
One Pill Makes You…
“One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall”
– From the single “White Rabbit” by Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane from 1967. In interviews Grace Slick said she grew up being read “Alice In Wonderland” and it was always a vivid memory for her.
Yesterday, my photograph of The Mission Theatre in Fallbrook California. An art deco movie house built in 1946. Now restored to much of it’s orginal classic design. I am sure they probably did not do a “White Rabbit” version of Alice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl89g2SwMh4
At The Yacht Club…
Sasha Brown in front of my camera at the Yacht Club at Salton Sea. She is just beautiful and incredible and an ultimate fitness individual known around the world. We had so much fun that day doing this photo shoot! My good buddy Sasha Brown Figure Competitor/Fitness Model! Thanks!
“On The Sunny Side Of The Strip”
I love this album cover! Would love to shoot some photographs like this. I actually bought this album just for the cover photograph. The dresses on the women, the excitement of the Sunset Strip in that era. Too bad the Crescendo and the Interlude are gone. What great names for clubs! Now I have to go buy a record player. So very cool!
Guys Too!
And yes I have great photo shoots with guys too. Big Daniel Hill from our photo shoot in the desert here in Palm Springs California. A very fun photo shoot where we created some amazing photographs! Of course he makes for a great person to have in front of the camera!
“Alluring”
“Alluring” – powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive. What words would you use to describe Ashley Owens Gulina?
From our photo shoot after her standing on stage at the NPC USA Figure competition in Las Vegas. The superb Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle.
What Is It Like?
Someone asked me the other day what it is like to photograph the incredibly beautiful women I photograph while I am actually shooting. Well I can sure say it is fun! We all end up being good friends. I am often in awe of what I see through the viewfinder of my camera. Seeing and editing the photographs afterward is beyond description. Randalene Sergent here from one of our photo shoots certainly fits all of that. An amazingly beautiful, intelligent, intriguing and fun individual. She stands on the NPC Bikini stage, works hard and is a driven business person. Always special when Randalene is here for a photo shoot! Just too good! Thanks!
Kosher Bakery Mural
What an amazingly interesting mural to have on the side outside wall of a Kosher Bakery! I photographed this yesterday on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. Actually Los Angeles is becoming known as a city of murals. Very Fun!
Summer Fun At Muscle Beach
It is so much fun in the Summer hanging out at the place “Where Muscles Were Born“… Muscle Beach/Venice. Lisa Marino Sanders having a good time during her photo shoot looking as bright and beautiful as that Southern California beach sun! The Makeup and Hair Styling for the day by the outstanding Natalie Lyle. Thank You All!
The Famous “ACE” Sign…
The now famous sign at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club here in Palm Springs. I say famous because after it’s opening, you quickly saw the Ace and it”s pools and this sign in lifestyle and fashion magazines around the world. Magazines and fashion houses quickly embraced the quirkiness and very cool vibe of the place. I enjoy it myself a lot! Very fun!
“EVERYTHING WILL BE OK”
“EVERYTHING WILL BE OK” A very fun sign at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs California. I just walked over from that direction but did not see anything special. I am going to go back and follow the sign. I will let you know how it works out!
Don’t Doubt It…
Don’t doubt for one second that even if you are a beautiful woman I won’t make you work it in the gym for our photo shoot! Tiffany Forni from our photo shoot for her feature as the Iron Man Magazine, Bodybuilding.com, BodySpace Physique of the Month. The great Makeup and Hair Styling byNatalie Lyle. Thanks!
The Photographer I Most Admire…
I am often asked which photographer I most admire as a photographer myself. The first person I always say is this man, Helmut Newton. His work ranged from erotic to kinky to fashion to scenes of life. Published in all of the finest magazines around the world as well as having photographed endless ad campaigns, he sought to photograph what he wanted to photograph and let the world accept what he did or not. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 83 but exhibits of his work are continuing to be shown in museums around the world. Google Helmut Newton when you have time and take a look. This is my photograph of a poster for an exhibit of his works last year at The Annenberg Space for Photography. Thanks!
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