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Ok I took a few days away from "business". My business of course is photography and I do live, eat and breathe photography 24 hours a day 7 days per week. I love it! But I did get away for a couple of days and that is why I have not posted any bodybuilding or fitness photos this week. But I did shoot some other photos while I was away like where I stayed…

Where I was at night for a few drinks…

But the hotel did have a nice gym and an indoor pool, quite opulent…

On the way out of town, last stop was world famous Canter’s Deli, I had not been there in many years…

Anyway back to work! Next stop for me is Las Vegas this weekend for Fitness America. So I will shoot more of the photos you might expect to see here when I get back.

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Not all of my photo shoots are in the gym or on a competition stage…

BodySpace member Ali Harris is getting ready to do the NPC Excalibur on December 5th in Southern California so she sent me a note to see if I would be interested in doing a photo shoot with her. For one thing, at the beginning of the year I photographed Ali for the Iron Man Magazine Physique of the Month, so I already knew I loved working with her. And I needed a model for a photo shoot for new designer fitness wear from DennisDennis. It was perfect…

I hope you think it was perfect too!

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I am very proud to have been selected as a featured photographer on PhotoShelter, a community of approximately 50,000 photographers from part time semi-professional shooters to some of the most famous photographers in the world. And it was my Olympia photos this year that got the attention and specifically this one of Phil Heath on stage at the finals…

So when you get a chance go visit my PhotoShelter website and check out the photos and let me know what you think!

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I have always said, my favorite body part to photograph is the… Face. I love faces, they are fascinating to me and say a lot. This is IFBB Pro Larissa Reis a few weeks before she did the Olympia in Las Vegas. A great body to make the Olympia stage and to grace many a magazine, but I am just drawn to faces…

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Yes, I do so think black and white photos in bodybuilding can be very unique. Here is one from a series I shot with bodybuilder, Sean Jones…

And you can see some more from that photo shoot in the gym and also some photos in a more unusual setting right here in a slideshow.

I hope you enjoy them, let me know, please!

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In the few weeks before the 2009 Olympia, I did photo shoots with a few of the competitors including the very popular Alicia Renee Harris. This is one of those photos, a little different from the standard figure photo, but I like it a lot. I hope you do too!

And here is a full gallery slideshow of her photo shoot!

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As one bodybuilder from England told one of the many television news reporters at the Muscle Beach competition on this Labor Day… "this is where it all started"! And that is why he and competitors from around the country and elsehwere around the world come to stand on the stage at Muscle Beach.

Over 80 competitors pumped up in the "Pit" and stood on the stage while an estimated 150,000 visitors and tourists walked the boardwalk at Venice Beach. And it was a great day for it too. Bright and California beach sun with a light breeze made it just like the Beach Boys sang about back in the 60’s.

So here are some show photos and also a few from the photo shoots I did back in the "Pit" with Moji Oluwa, Justin Hunter, Dan Decker and Victoria Kirsanova…

But you can never forget all the other fun stuff that Venice Beach is known for along it’s world famous boardwalk. Golden painted mannquins, flag raising, fashion statements, Mermaids, and inline skating Supergirls…

If you like, you can check out some more photos from the show and my photo shoots in the Pit right HERE! Let me know what you think!

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Actually I have shot with Jessica Jacobsen before but she has been making such great progress in the gym that I had to do another photo shoot with her. Jessica is now planning to do her first figure competition pretty soon…

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Certainly among the best biceps in the bodybuilding business and among the most photographed and publsihed is Dan Decker. Hardly a month goes by where you don’t see Dan in one or many of the magazines and for some time now. Here are a couple from a photo shoot I did with Dan…

Get my point about the biceps?

Here is a slideshow with more photos.

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Trail running and rock climbing for fun, health and fitness can be for bodybuilders too…

BodySpace member Jake Sawyer is a personal fitness trainer and makes running a part of his regimen. He also takes clients on hikes and climbing. This scene is near Yucca Valley in California.

Here is a slideshow of more from our photoshoot, let me know what you think!

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