Monday! Muscle Beach!
It is always a good time to be at Muscle Beach/Venice. Just ask Marc-arthur Moses Dautruchee working out and wowing the crowds along the boardwalk. And Monday will be even better! Come out for the final big show for this Summer. Guys with muscle and beautiful women will stand on that stage where Where Muscles Were Born. The original big three shows at Muscle Beach over the Summers are the most fun you can imagine. So be there! I will and with my cameras!
I Love Exploring!
An old concrete underground bunker near the Salton Sea. And Bailey Daniels knew exactly what to wear to explore it. I love exploring! From our photo shoot.
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!
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/
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!
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!
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!
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!
Another Side Of Ashley…
I said I would show you another side of Ashley Owens Gulina from our photo shoot. I hope you like this side as much as everyone liked her other side yesterday. You can sure see the hard work she put in to get her on stage at the NPC USA Figure competition in Las Vegas last weekend. And I must give a big Thank You to Natalie Lyle for her superb Makeup and Hair Styling for the day.
My Date… Well My Photo Shoot Date…
When my date showed up yesterday I decided to not post on Facebook all day. Well she was actually my photo shoot date. Ashley Owens Gulina fresh from her weekend on the NPC Figure stage at the USA in Las Vegas. That working out stuff does a body good! And she is so beautiful. Over the top fantastic Makeup and Hair Styling all day by Natalie Lyle.
Classic Photography – Not Digital…
I am always amazed and gratified that my skills as a photographer can equal the great looking people I get to photograph. Jake Sawyer works very hard to sculpt his physique so even better that we get to shoot at fun locations in a classic photographic style. Most of you will have no idea what I am talking about when I say that this was shot on medium format film. A film that is actually of historical importance, Kodak Tri-X. Anyway, one of my favorite ever photo shoots! Thanks!
Who You Gonna Call? Me Of Course!
Who you gonna call? Me of course! When you want to shoot those gym photographs after you put in all that hard work. When you are doing your ads for the magazines or billboards or banners. When you are planning your magazine features. Or when you are looking for special photographs from my archive. I think Mark Ebinger in front of my camera was the right combination. He sure put in all that hard work! I can do it for you too. Thanks!
My Idea Of A Race Driving Uniform…
End of the race and Regina Piazza got there first! Any question that she knows how to dress for driving and winning! From our photo shoot with Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle.
A Win From Venice Beach To Pittsburgh!
A few weeks ago she stood in front of my cameras at Venice Beach. Then on this last Saturday she stood on the bodybuilding stage in Pittsburgh and walked away with her IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Card! Congratulations to an astounding Lisa Marino Sanders! Just wonderful!
The Perfection Of The Lines Of Her Body
Look at the perfection of the lines of her body in that dress! Good thing I had a camera or I would have stared endlessly! Sasha Brown in our photo shoot at the Salton Sea.
Stacey Naito Always Leaves Me Speechless
Stacey Naito never fails to leave me speechless! From our photo shoot.Stacey is so amazing and beautiful in front of the camera! Makeup and Hair styling by Estee Lauder Makeup Artist extraordinaire Blanche LeBeau. Just Wow! Thank You to my good friend, and a great photographer as well, Jaime Klein who hosted us at his studio in Van Nuys CA. And Thank You to my assistant Clyde Sawyer for doing so very much!
It’s Good To Have A Pool!
One of the advantages I enjoy in having my own pool to use for my photo shoots, especially during the really hot weather here… I have no problem getting Randalene Sergent in it!
The outstanding Makeup and Hair Styling by Natalie Lyle.
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