Works For July 4th Too!
Works for July 4th too! We have Red, White and Blue! As usual I am at Muscle Beach photographing the July 4th bodybuilding and fitness show. But this was a truly special event with the Tuskegee Airmen honored on Memorial Day 2012 at Muscle Beach. From left to right, Tuskegee Airmen… Levi Thornhill, Buford Johnson, Edward Tillman, and Ted Lumplin.
Brig. Gen. Roger W. Teague, Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base came to Muscle Beach to also be a part of this extraordinary day.
And giving everyone a reason to smile, Heather Clay, the overall Bikini Competition winner that day. She also gets my vote for absolute best salute of the day!
Will Be Looking For You!
We will be looking for you tomorrow morning at the big Muscle Beach/Venice show. You can still sign up now for me to shoot your photographs at the show on stage, backstage in the workout pit, and even your own mini photo shoot on Sunday. And I know that many of you are traveling and it might be difficult to sign up online. So see me backstage in the workout pit after you check in. Just ask for me and I will be wearing a yellow Muscle Beach cap. You can also ask for my gorgeous 6 ft tall assistant for the day, Natalie Lyle. Here is the online link for sign up and more information and Thanks! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Muscle Beach July 4th Is Here!
Muscle Beach/Venice July 4th bodybuilding and fitness competition is here! If you are doing the show and want photographs, time to sign up! You can have your photographs on stage, back stage in the workout Pit or even your own mini photo shoot on Sunday. I am driving to Venice Beach this morning for photo shoots but if you have any questions, send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com or a text to 213-712-1929. Thanks! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Girl Can Jump At Muscle Beach!
Laura Bailey was jumping for joy because I was photographing her backstage in the workout “Pit” at Muscle Beach/Venice. You can too! Saturday July 4th I will be doing the stage photographs and backstage photographs. You can even have your own mini photo shoot the day after the show on Sunday. I can still get you in for a mini photo shoot tomorrow. But you have to sign up. Here is the link for the online sign up form and more info. And if you have any questions just send me a note. Thanks! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Banners Are Up And I Am There!
Very Fun! The banners are up for the July 4th show at Muscle Beach/Venice and I am there right in the middle! I remember walking along that boardwalk as a young guy seeing those big bodybuilders working out in the “pit”. And also the almost naked women walking along the boardwalk as well. If you are doing the show, or for that matter want to do your own photo shoot over this weekend, I am taking sign ups now. For more info and to sign up online click here and Thanks… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Get Out Your Best Sox!
Get out your best sox! Maria Bertrand sure did! I will be photographing you backstage in the workout “”Pit” and on stage at the big July 4th fitness and bodybuilding show at Muscle Beach/Venice! You can even have your own mini-shoot the day before or the day after. But you have to sign up first. For more information and the online sign up form click here and Thanks… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Location, Location, Location!
One of my favorite locations I will be using for photo shoots for July 4th weekend. Here with an incredibly perfect for the scene, Jake Sawyer. You can shoot with me on July 3rd or July 5th, the day before or after the big show at Muscle Beach/Venice. You do not have to be doing the show to take advantage of these photo shoots. I will be doing the show photography on stage and backstage if you are doing the show on July 4th. As many of you know I never make these offers of less costly mini-shoots like this but I really want to do it so I can shoot with more you. So please sign up ASAP and let’s make it happen. Click here for more info and to sign up online and Thanks… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Saw Randalene In A Coupe de Ville!
Oh wait! That was Maybellene when Chuck Berry was singing about her. Randalene Sergent would look good in a Coupe de Ville! I am thinking if he had seen her, that very first rock and roll song would have been “Randalene”. Actually Randalene looks good everywhere and especially in front of my cameras. And she will be in front of my cameras again on July 4th weekend. You can too!
I will be shooting at the big Muscle Beach show on July 4th. However even if you are not doing the show, you can shoot with me at the beach in Venice or Marina Del Rey on Friday July 3rd or Sunday July 5th. I will be working with a few people each day to keep it as inexpensive as I can for you. I would love to shoot with as many of you as possible but there is only so much time. So please sign up as soon as you can, it is right around the corner. For more details and sign up click here and Thanks! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
“Buying Size 10 Made Me Want To Cry”
Nicole Zimmer Toepper said that despite exercising and eating right that she was resigned to thinking that was just the way it was going to be after turning 40. One year ago she couldn’t button her size 8 pants and the thought of buying size 10 made her just want to cry. And then another incredible transformation with the help of Train Insane Gym. Nicole went from a very unhappy size 8/10 to standing on stage at Muscle Beach on this past Memorial Day only about a few weeks ago. That wiped away the tears!
Muscle Beach on July 4th I will be doing the photography on stage and backstage if you are doing the show. And even your own photo shoot the day after the show or the day before. But you must please sign up as soon as possible. For more information and to sign up just click here and Thanks… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Just Two Guys Except…
Just two guys hanging out and sharing maybe some past times. Well maybe not just any two guys. That guy on the left is Al Pacino, and the guy on the right, bodybuilding icon Eddie Giuliani. Eddie was Al’s trainer for many years and so Al came out on this July 4th 2012 to induct his buddy Eddie into the Muscle Beach Hall Of Fame. Only at Muscle Beach/Venice!
She Did It In Eight Months!
She did it in less than a year! Catie Fernandez Magdaleno said she always “hated her body”. She was a runner doing 8 -10 miles per day! Figured she could eat whatever she wanted because all that running took care of it. Did not work. So 9 months after having a baby, when this before photo was taken, she joined Train Insane Gym, stopped running and went on their program of food and lifting. The results speak for themselves. This gorgeous woman went from September 2014 to standing on stage at Muscle Beach/Venice on this past Memorial Day! Just WOW!
Are you going to be on stage at Muscle Beach on July 4th? I will be doing photographs but only if you sign up ahead of time. On stage, backstage or even your own photo shoot the day before or after. It is only a couple of weeks away so please sign up ASAP. There is a limit to how many people I can do. Here is the online sign up with more info and Thanks! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Her First!
You have seen her makeup and hair styling work in my photographs in magazines and online for some time now. Now you get to see Natalie Lyle herself in a magazine from one of our photo shoots. The latest edition of Planet Muscle Magazine. Yes this is the same Natalie who was helping me on my photo shoots all day at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day during the show. You will see her again with me on July 4th at Muscle Beach. So bring a copy with you and take a selfie with Natalie and the magazine and have her sign it. How Fun! And if you want to sign up for photo shoots at the show or that weekend, here is the link… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus Thanks!
I Don’t Have Enough Words!
It is a good thing I shoot photographs because I would not have enough words here. The incredibly beautiful, stunning, gorgeous, sensational fitness icon and my long time friend Ava Cowan. From a photo shoot we did in Marina Del Rey.
This is one of the locations I will be using the day before and after the July 4th Muscle Beach show. If you want to do your own photo shoot with me as well as have me photograph you on stage and backstage at the show, you need to get signed up. Here is the link to the online form and more info. I would love to photograph all of you but there will be only so many I can do. So please sign up as soon as you can, and Thank You! https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
I Knew He Looked Great!
I was very happy that Phil Barrios had signed up for me to shoot his photos at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day. He looked great and I was right, he took home a First Place Trophy!
It is time to be signing up for me to shoot your photographs at Muscle Beach for the July 4th show. On stage, backstage or even your own photo shoot the day before or after the show. There is even an option for a couples photo shoot should you want to include that someone else. But please do it now, I can only book so many people. Here is the Sign Up online with more details…. https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus Thanks!
From “Just Sick Of Being Fat” To Muscle Beach
Yet another beautiful woman to stand on stage at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day and in front of my camera with a special reason for that huge smile. A transformation again out of Train Insane Gym in Anaheim California. The first “before” photo below is Traci Jaye Hernandez in 2011 when, as she told me, “I was basically just sick of being fat and I wanted more energy to keep up with my two girls!”. “I changed my eating habits and got to a healthy weight.” She maintained herself by running and going to a gym.
That took Traci to April 2014 and the other slimmer “before” photo when she says she found Train Insane Gym which as she says “THAT was what enabled me to change my life!!!”. Well I think Traci changed her life, and Train Insane Gym does seem to have it going on! Makes that smile on Traci’s face very addicting!
Are you doing the July 4th show at Muscle Beach? If you want me to photograph you too, it is time to sign up. You have the options of stage photos, backstage photos and even your own photo shoot the day before or after. But please sign up ASAP, I can only do so many. More details and Sign Up here… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
After, Before, Amazing!
I photographed some fabulous bodies at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day. Only days later did I start learning just how fabulous. Melissa Loya as she stood in front of my camera backstage in the workout pit. What a beautiful woman with a rocking body! And then Melissa Loya only eighteen months before at 200 pounds when she said to herself “No More!”.
Melissa and other amazing transformations seem to have in common Train Insane Gym in Anaheim California. From what I am seeing, this gym appears to be the secret weapon for turning Befores into Afters!
Muscle Beach July 4th is coming up. If you would like me to photograph your afters, on stage, backstage or your own photo shoot the day before or after the show, please click here to sign up. And please do it soon, your after is waiting! Click here… Muscle Beach Photography Sign Up
It’s My Job!
By the end of the day she walked away on stage with a First Place Trophy at Muscle Beach/Venice on Memorial Day. One of the amazing, wonderful, outstanding people I had the opportunity to photograph that day. And I say this every time, Hannah Gordon Etherson is one of the most beautiful women I have ever known!
But back to business! Time to sign up for me shooting your photographs at the July 4th show at Muscle Beach. On stage, backstage, and even your own personal photo shoot the day before or the day after. I can only photograph so many people so please sign up now and let’s do it! Thanks! Sign Up Here… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus
Admiring The Other Side
It looks like Bailey Quist had an admirer of her other side while I was shooting her photographs at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day. Can’t say that I blame the little guy, I was thinking Bailey looked pretty outstanding all the way around myself!
Sign ups are now available online for the Muscle Beach July 4th weekend show. You can have your photographs on the stage, on the stage and backstage in the workout pit, and even your own photo shoot session the day before or after. You can even have your own couples photo shoot. Please do not delay, there will be a limit on the number of people I can accommodate. So click here… https://squareup.com/market/secondfocus Thanks!
Photos and Friends and Muscle Beach
Shooting photographs and making friends at Muscle Beach. And what great looking friends I get to photograph, old friends and new friends like Julie Morton. She was having fun which is all about Muscle Beach.
Many of you are asking about me photographing you at the next Muscle Beach Show on July 4th. I will have a sign up sheet online this week. You will have the option of stage photographs and an add-on for photographs backstage in the workout pit. There will also be available your own personal shoot on the beach Sunday, July 5th and possibly also Friday July 3rd. If you would like to know more please send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
July 4th Muscle Beach Photo Shoots
So Much Fun photographing so many of you at Muscle Beach on Memorial Day weekend! I will again be at the Muscle Beach July 4th show to photograph you on stage and backstage in the workout pit. I am also considering doing individual, perhaps one hour photo shoots, on the beach both before and after the show on Friday July 3rd and Sunday July 5th. A sign up form will be available next week but for now, if you are interested in knowing more, please send me an e-mail to SecondFocus@mac.com. Thanks!
Winner At Muscle Beach And Much More!
Elizabeth Gonzalez looking totally gorgeous and fit backstage at Muscle Beach. A First Place Class winner at the Memorial Day International Classic 2015! But it is what I have learned about her since I met her at the show that knocks me out. Only 19 months ago Elizabeth was an out of shape and might I say chubby 168 pounder who had never done anything athletic. A pretty girl however, describing herself as a “nerdy” “bookworm” “social type”.
It looks like she turned a big corner when she found the Train Insane Gym in Anaheim California. Elizabeth began her journey of health eating and working out. And dedication! Just look what happened!
Now also to my surprise is that among the many women who came out to compete at Muscle Beach from the Train Insane Gym this Memorial Day is that a number of them made tremendous transformations like Elizabeth. I had the opportunity to photograph many and I hope to be showing you them here on my Blog. That must be some gym with a bunch of great people!
A Lightweight And A Winner!
A huge congratulations to Toto Djong for winning the overall bodybuilding title at the Muscle Beach International Classic on Memorial Day. A symmetrical, proportioned muscle physique won him the day. Good job!
I Knew She Would!
I knew she would! In the middle of that line up, taking home a First Place trophy at Muscle Beach/Venice on Monday. Hannah Gordon Etherson who I have always said is one of the most beautiful women I have known. She is even a Mom now too! More photos to come soon!
USAF Flyover At Muscle Beach!
A giant United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III does a flyover at Muscle Beach to open the big International Classic bodybuilding and fitness show for Memorial Day 2015. Really something to see and hear! And it only happens at the Memorial Day show at the real Muscle Beach/Venice! A big Thank You to Ken H. Goode Jr. and the great people at March Air Reserve Base for making this happen!
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