Friday, February 11, 2011

New Pro and Amateur photographers I'm looking at

I've been looking for inspiration, and one of the things I like to do is check out what other photographers are doing, here are two Photographers I really like and admire.

Jeremy "Kurse" Rodgers from Alpha Dreams Studio, Kurse is an old grappling friend, we met via a Martial Arts forum we both frequented, and since, I considered him family, he is a really nice, easy going guy based in South Florida, you can see some of his sample material in his blog, but here are some of my favorites:

Luis "El MAcho" with his daughter Fuyumi


Pandinha and I fighting for grips


Me messing with Pandinha by wearing a whitebelt


The crew of the 2009 South Florida Throwdown


Luis, Fuyumi and Hiroko San


The other Pro photographer I've been checking out is Mr. Dustin Snipes, I really love his method of lighting and post processing. Also, his athlete's portraits have a very distinct feeling to them, I'll encourage people to check him out.



New hobbyist in tha house!!!


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

One Year


So, one year and a handful of days ago, we moved from sunny Florida (read: HOT AS HELL), to beautiful Virginia, and I got to say, it has been one of the best decisions we could have taken.

We took a leap of faith, and it paid off, we stepped outside our comfort zone and I'm happy we did. This link is for a video I made for my wife, it shows some of what we've been doing since we moved here

http://vimeo.com/19597344 (Funny fact, the song [as cheesy as it is], was playing on our first date, so I hope I don't get sued for using it without permission)

I wanted to thank all the friends who helped us move (Primo, Andre, Gabs and Michi, Wade, the Wertz here in VA), and I want to thank Kell for everything we have accomplished (God knows it is thanks to her that I do anything), and I want to promise her that things will keep changing for the better.



In that note, recently I decided that I need to reevaluate and change some things in my life in order to give her a better tomorrow (which she deserves, the woman works hard), I will go back to school (Applied arts (photography), and journalism major), my web presence will diminish (cancelled Tumblr, started a new Twitter page just to follow some photographers, and I will only use this blog to post pictures once or twice a week), and I'm downgrading my phone so I won't have web access in it. I wanted to thank you for your readership (all two of you), and I hope I will be able to be back in the future with more to share.

Many Thanks and Hope to be Back Soon

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Hello

Hi, New Pictures on my Photostream.

I'll post some more tomorrow