Trip to New York

This past weekend I took my daughter and niece to the Big Apple. It was their first time visiting and we had to cram it all into 2 days but, I definitely think that it was worth it! We got there early about 9am after flying all night from Ca. Our first stop was Central Park, where we walked around for about an 1hr and then took a bike tour of the remanding areas of the park. Next we headed to Harlem where we stayed in cozy hostel for a super cheap rate. It was actually quite nice and included a full kitchen but needless to say we had no time to cook. We stopped on 118th and ate some traditional Jamaican food including curry chicken, plantains and of course rice & peas. After a long rest we woke up early and headed over to battery park to catch the ferry over to Liberty Island. It was quite a treat b/c in all my visits to the big apple I'd never actually been to the statue of Liberty. We got to take numerous of touristy photos at the Island and also got a great view of the city while riding on the ferry. After that we headed back to check out of our room, but what would a trip to NYC be without a Slice of Pie? I'm talking about pizza you guys!!! A big ol slice of cheesy pie. Well, that's it, NYC in a day anyone???

Fashion Editiorial with Billy P

I recently went to NY to do a shoot with my good friend/model Billy P who is signed with Basic Model Mgmt. He came up with the concept and I did the shoot:) Here are my two favorites.

Happy, Happy, Happy

I recently did a photo shoot with a little girl named Ashley, she was such a joy to with. As many of you may know I am considering getting into children's photography. So, I've had several shoots with a few amazing kids and here is one of my favorite 2 pics.

Black & White...

Here's one of my favorite b&w images.

Catching the light...

One of my favorite ways to catch the light in the eyes is by using a small softbox directly under the face, this works great for indoor studio lighting. Outdoors you can achieve the same affect by placing a reflector right under the face with the subject facing the light (not too harsh of sunlight though) This creates amazing catch lights int the eyes. There are other ways to make the eyes pop, but I don't like to do too much post processing b/c I want the eyes to appear as natural as possible.

The Beach...

Looking through all of my photos of taken in Puerto Rico, I found this one and decided to edit it in a post card type of way. Lately, I have been in love with the vintage look. What techniques have you been working on that you can share with me?

Editing techniques....

It's been awhile since my last post, and I am really sorry for not keeping up with my blog. I was actually in training in Denver, CO for my job for 3 weeks with Frontier Airlines...the hotel had an incredibly slow Internet connection and I finally gave up on it. Than I took a nice relaxing trip to Puerto Rico! Well, I am back and will be posting a lot more to make up for lost time. I wanted to share some of the editing I have been practicing lately on the photos taken in PR. Here is one photo where I finally was able to get the eyes to pop much like the photos I've admired of other photographers that use natural light. Let me know what you think. This photo is best viewed larger to see the detail so just click on it. The photo is of my friend Johny who is an incredible muse and so easy to photograph.

Thanks