just been messing around with my olympus pen.

having some fun with my new olympus pen and adobe lightroom!

Ok, its true, myself and Victor Sizemore, both lovers of Paris, have decided to team up and spend some time shooting one of the most beautiful backdrops for the aspiring and inspired photographer alike.  We are so excited about the potential of a late September Paris get-together that we want to see who else is interested!?  Would you like to come along and experience what we believe a unique and creative approach to the wedding photography workshop.  A 2 and a half day, casual affair that will among other things, get  creative juices flowing and flat out challenge your photography skills to live and breathe the passion in your art.  Time spent includes cocktail hours, a day of city shooting assignments and challenges, a day of wedding photography in class and around some of the sites of Paris and a possible third day of wedding fashion shooting though out Paris.

Sound fun?  Of coarse it does!  Just say Oui and join us in Paris.  Date to be decided for late September.  Limited seats, reserve your spot, please email either Jay Reilly or Victor Sizemore.

For more information on Victor's fantastic photography, please visit: http://www.vcsphoto.com/ 

is mia not just the cutest?! i met mia at oneil pryde, and she showed yvonne and I around maui for the day.  it was such a treat to get to know and shoot mia!  she is so sweet and her spirt just glows with fun!  aloha and mahalo to mia!

here are a few of yvonne in the waterfall, thanks to my aquatech housing i was able to get to the spot i wanted to shoot with the softest light.

here is some causal shooting in maui.  most is either kihei or paia, just found scenarios.  yes that is a dog on the SUP.  i was digging everyone i found to shoot, pretty fun.  these are all direct right out of the camera, no photoshopping at all, not sure that is good or bad, just trivia ;-)

i have so many images and separate shoots from Hawaii, i am just gonna trickle a few in here and there... here are some super fit and fun Hawaiian chicks doing what they love to do.  coach charlie somewhere off to the side.  Maui is small enough that i would shoot someone that morning and there was a good chance i might run into them later that day... kinda dig that small town feel.

shot for fun, shot for spirit, shot for lifestyle.

So i just returned from a trip shooting in Maui for a few days and the very cool people at pac safe sent me their duffel bag that turns into a camera bag.  well, i have about 15 camera bags so i really did not need another one, but the cool thing about this bag is that it locks up your gear in the bag and you can lock it to a fixed object.  well, if it worked, this would be idea, because when i am traveling for photography, i am always putting my equipment into jeopardy by leaving it in the room, in the car or even worse, leaving it on the beach while i go shoot snorkeling on the reef or surfing or whatever!

Pacsafe's motto is... "when your gear is secure, you can do more" and this was very true on my Hawaii trip.  a piece of mind allowed me to shoot more and worry less...photos to post soon! 

Other very nice features of the bag:
1.  a camera insert that allows for all your gear to fit and be protected.  I carried 2 1dsms bodies, 4 lenses AND my water housing and ports in this bag, plus shooting books and model release books
2.  the bag has handles, a shoulder strap and backpack straps - i thought the back packs straps were gonna be lame, i used them almost the entire trip.
3.  top pocket for the phone and wallet
4.  wire mesh and locking cable that fit around and locked up with no problem.

Here is a quick shot of the bag locked up before heading into the water. 

for more information, head over to their website:
http://www.pacsafe.com/

hey guys, just trying to catch up!  on location far from home will work on the contest stuff tomorrow!  thanks for your patience!  some from this morning... for a golf resort.