It says Champion over his head because now he is one! Yesterday at the huge Los Angeles FitExpo, Travis Ely won the overall bodybuilding championship title! He worked hard, looked great, and did the homework! Good thing I brought a camera with me. Big shout out to Jake Sawyer who gave Ely that last week tune up! Outstanding!
I know I will be seeing my hiking partner Sherry Goggin at the FitExpo today. I don’t know if she will be wearing this hiking outfit she wore the last time we did a photo shoot out in the desert, but she is always looking amazing in wardrobe from her own line of clothes from Fit Girl Wear! If you are hiking at the FitExpo at the Los Angeles Convention Center today, send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com and we meet up on the trail! Thanks!
Stacey Naito will be at the FitExpo but has been asked by the Los Angeles Fire Department to wear something other than this. It seems that with a crowd expected to be 50,000, it is likely that number would skyrocket leading to overcrowding and the potential for spontaneous combustion from the heat. However, I am willing to take the chance if she wants to wear this again. From our photo shoot with Makeup and Hair Styling by by Estee Lauder Makeup Artist extraordinaire Blanche LeBeau.
The FitExpo is this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. I will be there on Saturday if you want to say Hi. Send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
Saturday I will be at the FitExpo at the Los Angeles Convention Center along with 50,000 other people that weekend among the 600 booths and 24 competitions. And you might see me walking around in the company of my good buddy Maria Bertrand. So just fair warning, take a little more effort if you are trying to get my attention while we are there. I do want to see and meet as many people as I can. But I might be a little distracted! Send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
The FitExpo at the Los Angeles Convention Center is this weekend so I will be there on Saturday. I get to see my buddy Randalene Sergent who will be there and maybe a few more people too. It is the biggest fitness event on the West Coast and one of the biggest in the country. So if you want to see Randalene or maybe meet up with me, be there and send me a note to SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
Travis Ely is determined coming into his second time at the NPC Iron Man Naturally bodybuilding competition this Saturday. In conjunction with the huge Los Angeles FitExpo this is great kickoff for his next year of competition and accomplishment. You can see Ely giving every inch of concentration as he listens to posing refinements from Jake Sawyer. Along with some last minute diet tweaks from Jake, between now and Saturday morning Ely will look ripped and refined when he steps on stage. So come on out and see the show, I will be there, camera in hand. And take in the FitExpo on Saturday and Sunday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. One of the biggest fitness events in the country!
My most viewed video ever was shot as part of the photo session and ad campaign I did for this magazine advertisement for Bodybuilding.com. The model is Maria Rogers who was nothing short of sensational. But you can see that in the photograph and video. 
If you had been at the Palm Springs Air Museum yesterday to see a flying Hellcat you would have had a lot more coming your way. The United States Navy F6F Hellcat was a carrier based plane that destroyed more enemy aircraft during WWII than any other Allied Naval Aircraft. A truly huge and impressive airplane that was plenty to see in flight all by itself. But extra added excitement at the Palm Springs Airport with United States Marine Harriers and United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets landing and departing during the day. A very unexpected air show! The Palm Springs Air Museum is a good place to be! 
Someone asked the other day if I ever photograph guys in the gym “for the ladies”. Well not with that thought specifically in mind. I do photograph a lot of guys in the gym for magazines, online features, advertising etc. Actually I am one of the most widely known photographers in the bodybuilding and fitness business. However in answer to the idea of “for the ladies”, will this photograph of Jake Sawyer in the gym do the job? 
People think of me mostly as one of the best known photographers in bodybuilding and fitness. But I always say that I reserve the right to photograph anything I find fun and interesting. From past photo shooting on the track at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana with racing by the Vintage Auto Racing Association. 
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