Studio Tests - Olgamaria

06 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: portrait, personal

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So I haven’t been in a studio for ages. I’ve decided I want to get back into it, and get a nice portfolio together of my kind of pictures. My friend Olgamaria was down to come in and let me shoot her for fun. Playing with the basic lighting and some fun photoshop stuff, working up from there in the coming weeks. More to come…

Apocolypsis

10 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: personal

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Lucha libre fighter ‘Apocolypsis’ talking on his cell…

Model shoot gone wrong…

10 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: personal


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My buddy Chainz is the photographer of UnderDolls, a suicide-girls’esque site in Panama. Anyways, came along today just to check it out. The shoot was at a shoot at a local boxing gym, where some ‘extreme wrestlers’ like ‘El Carcinero’, were also practicing. Then it all went wrong…hahah!

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Burning Effigies

03 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: news, personal

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In Panama, people burn dolls of people they love and hate.

Top: On New Years Eve, a guy burns a doll of David Murcia Guzman, or DMG, a 28-year old Colombian scam artist now behind bars, who took locals for millions of dollars in a complex pyramid scheme in 2008.

Bottom. A Palestinian man burns a shoebox with a photo of George Bush, who he blames for supporting Israel in the invasion of Gaza.

Mixed Messages….

24 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: feature, personal, travel

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I find the humongous billboard for Coca-Cola right next to a mural of Che Guevara mural decrying capitalism to be incredibly ironic.

Simply put, the mural of Che reads: “All of our actions are a war cry against imperialism. Revolt.” Above it, the ad of Coca-Cola reads (symbolically, not in words): “Consume our imperialist products! Conform.”

Sassy Rollers

15 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: feature, personal

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From Panama Christmas Parade.

Santa H20

14 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: feature, personal, travel

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Santa sneaks in a sip of water after hours under a scorching sun and blazing heat during the annual Christmas parade in Panama City, Panama.

Panama Skate

13 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: sports, feature, personal

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Vans Skate Tour event in Panama City, Panama.

Went down to practice shooting skating, something I’ve never shot much of before. The combination of great access, nonstop action, and beautiful light made for a fun time. It felt good to just mess around…

Toughness

12 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: personal

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So I’ve been really bad lately about updating the blog and in lieu of letting it get even more stale, I’ve put up some portraits from the past that I did of athletes….Enjoy!

Prezident Obama…

06 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: news


After watching the election last night I went back and looked at some coverage of Obama rallies I did over the last year. This has been a lonnnnnnng campaign. Anyways here are some sets from the archive:

California 2007 Rally
Missouri 2007 Rally

Drop ‘em

03 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: feature

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A male model shows off his underwear to the eager press, part of a new design collection on display during Panama Fashion Week.

Reverse Runway

03 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: feature

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Some fun pics from Panama Fashion Week. I tried some stuff like this shooting from the opposite end of the runway, pointing towards the photographers and into the studio lights. Some cool rim and halo lights….