Yo!

I spent 4 days in Philadelphia 2 weeks ago with the L.A. Heat football team. The team was there to play against the Philadeliphia police department. Wait, let me rephrase that what I should've said was The Los Angeles Heat was there to WOOP the philadelphia police deptartment because that's exactly what they did.
Here are a few from my trip

Training Camp 2007

As I drove to Santa Barbara last Friday morning for the Los Angeles Heat training camp it hit me that this was training camp for me too. I was excited to use my new lens and try out the image stabilization feature. My friend Derek let me borrow his monopod which came in handy and not to mention made me look like a pro. I was a bit worried that I wouldnt get a chance to take pictures because of the forecasted rain but thank God it didnt rain all weekend. When I arrived the guys were already on the field practicing. The location was amazing, It was at the Santa Barbara City College football field directly across the street from the beach. (which is where we had lunch) I took lots of pictures and I wish I could share them all with you but these will have to do for now.






After practice we all went out to dinner
These guys love to have their picture taken--I hope they love to buy pictures too!

Los Angeles Heat

I got a job! Well I already have a 9-5 or in my case a 5-1 kind of job but I got my first job as a photographer. A while back I hung out with some old friends at a high school football game.

Earlier that day I was at the Operation Christmas Child warehouse taking pictures so I had my camera with me. I didn't want to leave my baby in my car so I brought it with me to the game. As I sat on the bleachers watching this game I took pictures of everything and everyone around me, including my friends. I drove home that night knowing that I had annoyed one of my friends by trying to get a picture of him and not focusing on the game. As a result of that night that same friend recruited me to take pictures of a football team that he helps coach. Now this is no ordinary team with ordinary guys. This is the Los Angeles Heat football team. This team is comprised of fire fighters and guys from other law enforcement agencies. Now before you start jumping to conclusions let me clarify something, this is not a calendar shoot and ladies I do not need help carrying my camera bag...I got this one covered. Saturday morning was my first official shoot. I was really nervous and I still had anxiety that started the night before. As I got out of my car I prayed and asked God to give me a supernatural ability to take great pictures. I got my camera out, walked on the field and did my thing. I absolutely loved it. I never thought that I would get a rush or high from taking pictures but I did and I have to say it's addicting. I cant wait to get out there and do it again.