Archive for February, 2008

Havana: Miguel and la Casa Madre

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by by admin

Havana, CUBA: Feb 2nd (morning excerpt) Supposed to meet Miguel @ 10am. Still not sure of the exact time here even. Sometimes its 2 hora different then my iPhone, now I guess its only 1 hora ahead. It feels like this place plays by its own rules… its weird. (its actually 3 hours different) Anyways [...]

Bachelors Ball: 2008

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by by admin

My second year photographing this Los Angeles Event. (Was even better then the first!)The “Achelors” an elite group of Bachelors host a extremely large costume Gala each year.The ball is always held at the ever so stylish Beverly Hilton off of Wilshire in Beverly Hills.Here are just a few images I took of the 600+ [...]

Rachel Gaglio’s shoot

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by by admin

Its been awhile since I shot this, but for Jon’s sake I better put it up. (Jon phelps happens to love this shoot, do you blame him?)Rachel is a ballet dancer as well as an actress and singer. CLICK (for more Rachel info) She was alot of fun to shoot and it shows through the [...]

Havana: The Students.

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by by admin

The crew. (LtoR Luis, Me, Mike,Geysis,Leslie and Ruth) Havana, Cuba -Feb 2nd,2008 I went looking for my young friends I met on the street. They told me what building when I met them. They must have said good things to their building mates because when I got there the people standing outside immediately knew who [...]

Fidel Resigned!!

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by by admin

HAVANA — Fidel Castro, bedridden for 19 months, on Tuesday gave up the almost unlimited power he has wielded in Cuba for nearly 50 years, but whether the surprise announcement represented a historic change or a symbolic political maneuver remained unclear.It is expected that his brother Raúl, 76, will be officially named president, and some [...]

Cuba: Hardcore Alley Stickball

Posted on February 19th, 2008 by by admin

Feb 1 – Part Dos (or 2) “stickball” That medical tape I brought has once again proven its worth (maybe even its weight in Gold?) First the pen(for journaling), now for béisbol! I was watching some older boys (14-20) Play Stickball in an empty lot. After about 15 minutes of watching, their ball got stuck/lost [...]

X Games practice or just wild Sunday?

Posted on February 18th, 2008 by by admin

Went to Saddleback Church today.Not impressed with Rick Warren. Felt like I was getting one of many sales pitches for his book. Ultra theme park feel. A friend of mine Sheena Fiktarz (One of my Alumni Brides) led worship. Shes extremely talented and I hope she puts out an Album. The main highlights of the [...]

I’m on "Pretty on the Outside"

Posted on February 15th, 2008 by by admin

Celebrity Blogger/Talented artist David Gilmore dropped my blog and info on his well traveled blog “Pretty on the Outside”. Heres what it looks like. It was about 2 weeks ago, but who’s keeping track? Its still fresh!Not sure if I’m in the “pretty” or “Not” category, I guess thats for the readers to judge. Gilmore [...]

Highs and Lows from Habana

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by by admin

Feb 1st (2 months till April Fools Day)New pen! WooHoo! It was broken, but w/ a little medical tape and some hard work… it is now my tool of choice.The new casa will be a good change of pace. The 1st spot was great, but I always felt crazy lonely and the place reminded me [...]

Cuba’s Bonita Playa

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by by admin

me. January 31st-=PLAYA!=-Cuba:Journal Entry #4I’m laying on La playa right now. Its not crowded, its beautiful! There is an Italian man lying basically on top of a Cuban chica. They are making pseudo love on a chair… they freeze everytime I look their way… very entertaining.Miguel borrowed some (local) pasos and brought me back some [...]