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!
I Am Sure That Was A Long Line!
Sherry Goggin is just too gorgeous for words! What an amazing woman signing posters from our photo shoot at the Arnold Sports Festival last week. No doubts that was a long line!
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!
Booking Photo Shoots…
Time to start booking up to be in front of my cameras or schedule those gyms shoots and magazine stories. Fitness, bodybuilding, edgy editorial. Let’s talk about it! And you can visit my website and look through my blog here to see more, please do! Thanks! http://www.secondfocus.com/
The amazing Sherry Goggin in one of my photo shoots. Worked out just fine, don’t you think!
Huge Congratulations To Ava Cowan!
A huge congratulations to my best buddy Ava Cowan. Ava Cowan just this weekend was on stage for the Figure International at the Arnold Sports Festival. But it was only a year ago when we didn’t know if she would ever be on stage again. Suffering an injury that put her out of the gym and into surgery, it was a long climb back. A climb that I know most would have found all but impossible. So go visit her Facebook pages to learn more about this extraordinary human being and how she did it. There is much to learn for all of us. And now she is off to do it again at the Arnold Australia! Outstanding! This photo from one of our past photo shoots in Marina Del Rey California. Thanks!
An Arnold Winner All The Way From Singapore!
A huge congratulations to my friend Joan Liew. She made her way all the way from Singapore to Columbus Ohio this weekend to win her class in the Arnold Amateur Physique Championships! Outstanding! A photograph from our photo shoot when she made her way all the way from Singapore to me in Palm Springs California. And Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle!
My Other Photo Studio… A Gym Of Course!
My photography studio is also… in a gym of course! And here with Xavisus Gayden Ifbb Pro. Come workout in front of my cameras. But be warned it is not as easy as it might look. No fake weights with me.
My Winter Photo Studio
I was just thinking about my good buddy Heidi Cannon Wbff Pro back in Columbus Ohio right now at the “Arnold”. Been there a few times myself. But your sure can’t beat the winter here in front of my cameras in my studio! And Heidi sure made it look good!
It’s A Tough Job! Really It Is!
It’s a tough job, but everyday I try to do my best, even under the most stressful of circumstances. So who else wants to be in front of my cameras in one of my photo shoots? Send me a note!
Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
My buddy Rocky Randall when we did a publicity photo shoot for her. This was one of those times when we got her off her Harley so people could see what she looks like when singing in clubs around the town. You could have also seen Rocky in many famous television series instead of now when you find her on a boat in San Diego Harbor. Always doing good!
“War Photographers Pass” – Donald H. Cravens
This is something you certainly won’t see everyday. A War World II “War Photographer’s Pass” issued to Donald H. Cravens. I photographed this yesterday at a showing of the photographs of Don Craven at the Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts at College of the Desert in Palm Desert California.
Don Cravens was in the first cinematography class at USC when World War II began and he enlisted as a combat cinematographer. Don was there at the attempted assassination of French President Charles De Gaulle. He was in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy and on the front lines thereafter with a motion picture camera and a pistol.
After the war as a photographer he was assigned to cover many of the most historical events over years including the Nuremberg War Crime Trials through the Civil Rights Movement. Indeed some of the most often seen photographs of the times were shot by Don Cravens.
Don Cravens went on to cover the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and other tragedies of those years finally moving to Beverly Hills and photographing movie and music stars and personalities of the 1960’s.
He has been awarded two Purple Hearts and in 2007 the French Medal of Liberty – the Legion d’Honneur for his war service.
An exhibit of photographs from a man who witnessed and recorded some of the most profound moments of history. Very happy I went to see it and learn more about the man.
Celebrating Bodybuilder Gunter Schlierkamp
Celebrating Gunter Schlierkamp my photographs of him are among those being featured on Stars of Bodybuilding this week. Check it out! This is one of my photographs from pre-judging at the 2006 Olympia in Las Vegas. Thanks!
All Eyes On Cara…
One magazine publisher said to me “I hate it when Cara is around because I can’t see anything else but her”. Another photographer said “From now on when I dream, I am going to dream of Cara”. Another model said to me once “She doesn’t walk into a room, she sweeps into the room and all eyes just follow her”. My good friend Cara Jo Basso in front of my camera at Muscle Beach/Venice. One of the most very special, creative, beautiful and talented people I have ever known.
Sherry Goggin, A Great Reason To Go To The Arnold!
Are you going to the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus Ohio starting Thursday? Go see my good friend Sherry Goggin and have her autograph a poster for you from our photo shoot. You will find her at the ANSI booth at the huge Expo! There is a good reason to go!
My Three Point Guide To Taking Great Photographs…
My three point guide to taking great photographs… 1. Have Maria Bertrand stand in front of your camera. 2. Point camera at her. 3. Push button. Ok now, who is next to try this with me?
Nothing Bad About That!
What does lifting in the gym do? It can make you powerful and confident, it can make you looking good and sexy. Nothing bad about that! Jessica Jacobsen is all that and a great trainer. Always looks outstanding for my cameras and always fun. Working out does more than just your body good!
Ready for my cameras? Have some fun ideas? I am kind of like the gym, I can make you look good too! Send me a note and let’s talk about it!
“Pucci Girl” Modernism
“Pucci Girl” what a wonderful way to close out Modernism Week here in Palm Springs. A photograph I shot on the opening night of the Fine Art Fair of this wonderful painting by Sherry Wolf represented by Imago Galleries. To me “Pucci Girl” represents the great fun of Modernism, the look of the 1960’s Go Go women, the colors, the music. By the way, Emilio Pucci was a clothing designer who very much created the iconic look of the time. If any of you want to do a 1960’s sexy edgy photo shoot with me, let me know!
1940 Mercury Eight
A 1940 Mercury Eight convertible at today’s Vintage Travel Trailer Show in Palm Springs for Modernism Week. “The Mercury Eight was the first model of the Ford Motor Company’s Mercury marque and was produced from the 1939 through the 1951 model years.” “By the end of 1940 Mercury could run with the headline “It’s made 150,000 owners change cars!”
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