So here is our first poll or vote on the blog. To quote Jason Maraz’ song I’m Yours “to rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons”, the big question is: Do I keep the naturaly receding hairline OR shave my head again, as I use to have it when I was in my fashion photography heyday in New York in 1995. So the vote is ONLY on the hair, photo A or B, not the black nail polish. This was before Adam Lambert people. Only vote here on the blog.
My mission as a photographer is to continue my diverse loves of photography. What’s great about being based in fashion, commercial, and fine art, most of that work is during the week. This leaves the weekends for the fantastic weddings we do have. This also allows my personal vision to continue to grow as a photographer which translates into a broader vision on any project.
The image below of model Jessica was for the cover of a catalog that I have been shooting for years. I’ll try to post the cover after it’s printed.
While I was in studio shooting for one of my fashion clients, Alison, Carson and Cameron showed up to say hello to daddy, but also to catch up with our friends in the photography team. While at the studio, Alison grabbed one of my cameras and started following the boys while they were burning off some energy, and doing their best to distract the models during my shoot. I think the boys wanted to start their modeling careers, let’s see about that. They definitely have mommy’s good looks and hair.
I was happy to lend a hand to my friends Justin and Mary Marantz (you can see their images on their blog) when they had a wedding to shoot here in Miami. The bride Irena is a photo enthusiast as well, so when she asked, I felt obliged to bring the 600mm F4. As you can see, Irena can hold her own, or at least the 13 pound lens. My cameras never looked as good.
I had a blast having no pressure but to sit back and enjoy the scenery and pick the moments that would add to the great coverage that Justin and Mary were shooting. Being a fly on the wall sometimes leads to images that you could not get as the main shooter.
This last image was a “wait for it” moment. With the 600mm you don’t have much choice but to sit back and wait for it since it is so difficult to move quickly. I just knew she would turn.
Justin and Mary flew into town last weekend, May 17th, to shoot a wedding in my backyard, well almost, it was at the Deering Estate, which is 1/2 mile from our house. They asked if I would second shoot for them and it was my pleasure to. The best part was going to dinner with them and Alison my wife on Monday at George’s in the Grove . The images and the rest of the words are the Marantz’. When we first got there, the weather looked like this….
But pretty soon we felt a few drops…..and then an all out down pour. Apparently all the rain that they were calling for our Sunday wedding finally caught up with us. Lucky for us, Carlos & Alison know the Miami weather all too well, so they scored us a table under the canopy! 
How cute are they?!
yea….rain. It rained like this for over two hours! Welcome to Miami, indeed!
And the best surprise of the night! An early birthday surprise from C&A! How pretty is this??
Arielle and Russell are a fashionable young couple from Manhattan. Russell’s family is of the Kwiat Diamonds, a business with over 100 years of strong family traditions and values. Their ceremony and reception was held at the new Gansevoort South on Miami Beach, thank you to Christian Sarquis of the Gansevoort for his help and beautiful venue. With a bridal party with 17 groomsmen, luckily we had the help of planner Sara Renee of Sara Renee Events to help in keeping those boys inline and the event running smoothly. Also filming the event was Andrew King of King Me Productions. The party was amazing with great decor from Xquisite Events. We had an absolute blast into the late night hours, luckily we had our dancing shoes on for this one. A big thank you as always to my team Catalina, Jason, Caroline and Eudon. Scroll down below the photographs to see the slideshow.
Alison and I love to spoil our boys. So we decided to take a small break between two weddings and spend 5 days at the differant parks Disney has to offer. It was the second time there for both Carson and Cameron, but they were only 21 months and 3months old then. Now at almost 3 1/2 and 2, they were ready to take on the parks, or at least the rides that didn’t have a height restrictions.
From the time we left Miami, you could tell both of them were on the edge of their car seats. We stayed at a wonderful 3 bedroom condo with lagoon style pool, which the boys loved. But it was the parks that took all of their excitement and energy each and every day. We saw every character that 2 small boys would like, girl stuff is not in their vocabulary. As you can see from the photos, we all enjoyed ourselves and they can’t wait to go back, once we all recover. As I said on my twitter and facebook, the biggest thrill of the trip other then seeing Buzz Lightyear twice, was right at the end when Carson had to oppurtunity to build his own custom light saber. I got to hear that light saber all the way home on the 4 hour drive, heard it in my sleep for 3 days. 
I know their wedding is already up on a previous post, but I liked these images so much I wanted to share them.
Racquelyn is definitely a diva in hiding. As you can see, when the camera is near, she turns it on. Jeff, although shy at times, can ham it up, and bring out his own flair. Their day started and ended at the Epic Hotel in downtown Miami. The ceremony was at St. Patrick’s Church on Miami Beach. Thank you to Ivette Perez of the Epic Hotel for all her help, she’s the best. It was also great to work again with filmmaker Julien of Merge Studios, check out the short film at the bottom of this post. For the families, enjoy the photographs. 
Racquelyn & Jeff’s Wedding (Photography Version) from JULIEN for MERGE STUDIOS on Vimeo.