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.
Traveling Hot!
Making another part of the world her stage. Tina Sansom having fun standing in front of my cameras at the wind farms here. A fitness devotee she will be sitting in the front rows of the Olympia next week as well. Outstanding Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle and the 106 degree weather courtesy of our Palm Springs Sun!
Take Off With Us…
“Take off with us! Take off with us!”
“Up there where the clouds are pillowy…”
“What’s you’re answer, chum?
Are you gonna come on the coolest, hottest
Coolest, hottest, coolest, hottest trip that’s ever been?”
Sharon Lim and her Boeing Stearman adventure.
Fly Her To A Gym!
Fly her halfway around the world, put her in a gym and she is at home.Sharon Lim from Singapore at Power Of Fitness in Palm Desert. And even better, in front of my cameras! With Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle. Thank You!
An Aviatrix Of Fitness
Let’s get those seat backs and tray tables up and your seat belts snug. Your pilot is Sharon Lim and it is going to be a bumpy ride! From Singapore to the NPC True Strength Games in Irving Texas, then to Palm Springs, we thought Sharon needed a different plane this time. A 1946 Boeing PT-17 A75N1 Stearman. U.S. Navy 555 at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
It Is Everywhere!
There is magic around us everywhere! You only have to look and have your camera ready. A store window in downtown Portland Oregon.
Just Along The Willamette
On a sunny Saturday morning, just walking along the Willamette River to the Portland Saturday Market. In Portland Oregon.
Hung Far Low
A sign that speaks for itself in so many ways. In the Chinatown District in Portland Oregon.
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