This past weekend I was blessed to capture the children of my good friend Wanda and her husband Herbert.  I had a blast photographing them.  Often time kids are much easier to photograph then adults because they don’t hold anything back.  They no nothing else but to be themselves.  And I love it.

New Orleans is a beautiful city, full of life, music and food!  I had an opportunity to go down this past November for a photographers conference called Partner Con sponsored by Pictage.  Below are some images  I took while participating in photographer extrodinair, Joe Buissink’s bridal portrait workhsop. I took out my film camera and wanted to document my time in NOLA on some celluloid and most of the B&W were taken on film  We had such an amazing model, it was hot, she had heels, but she was all smiles. Peace.

This past weekend I had an opportunity to be present and document The Gratitude Project in the amazing WOW cafe .   My friend, choreographer, dancer, educator and wonderful spirit Maria Bauman invited me to partake in this great journey of dance, poetry and soul expansion. I was totally captivated by the all the artists involved in the performances.  For me, it was a night of healing and I am grateful for that.

The Gratitude Project was choreographed by Maria Bauman and Dawn Robinson.

Below are some of my favorite images of the night.

Dawn

Maria

Maria Bauman

Lizzy Fox (Spoken Word Artist)

I’m Grateful.

This weekend I had the biggest honor of documenting my best friends Heartbeats for Haiti benefit aerobics class at the fabulous Equinox of Roslyn.  I was floored to see the amount of people that came to support such and amazing event.  The benefit class was packed to capacity and I am sure a lot of that has to do with the intensity, dedication, fun humor, and highly motivational spirit of my friend, Yves Maco. Boy does he have a following of dedicated students/clients.  Not only is he well loved by all in the class, but he has a heart big enough to give it right back.

On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti and destroyed most of its capital. Most of us watch the horrific details on the news.  For a lot of us, our impulses led us to help through monetary donations.  For Yves, he had the same Idea, but on a greater scale.  Yves organized the Heartbeats for Haiti benefit class along with Pam Polestino, manager of Equinox who graciously sponsored the event.  Thank you to everyone who donated and participated in the fundraiser.  Your generosity will go a long way in helping the children of Haiti.

Below are some images of everyone working out in solidarity for the Haitian people.

Waiting in anticipation.

Let the class begin!!!

After the class Yves and I had some time to make these:

My favorite shot of the day.

Peace.

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