Good morning people, I have been working on this new series what seems for ever. I started this project a few months ago. I wanted to capture every lifeguard tower in Miami Beach in a different sunrise. At the beginning of the project I thought that this was going to be an easy task, let me tell you, it was anything but easy.
From the beginning of the project I wanted to capture cool sunrises with all this cool lifeguard towers, well very quickly I realized that the sunrise had to match the tower, making things a bit more complicated. Like everything I do I became a bit obsessed with this. I had to change my sleeping habits because I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss any sunrises until this project was completed. This took me a few months and I missed very few sunrises. (I can count them in one hand)
I started on 1st street and worked my way to 21st, some days the sunrises were not even worth photographing so I just sat there and enjoyed them, but that wasn’t my only problem, very quickly I realized the people where going to be a massive issue. It turns out people are attracted to things, they don’t like to just pick a spot in the sand and sit there, then need a cozy place, in observing people coming to the beach to watch the sunrise, 100% of them would congregate around this lifeguard towers not caring about me and my camera even though I was super close to it and impossible to ignore.
Tourists were not the only issue, homeless people crashing out at this places or underneath them where a bit of an issue also, lots of the time they would get up to use the bathroom (the sand) in the middle of my shot. No problem, I finally completed this and have hundreds of photos of this towers.
This is the coolest project I have completed to date. I have such a personal connection to this not only because I love this place but because I truly feel the sun to be something spiritual, and watching it rise for so many days in a row, well it was something really special. I got to see some amazing sunrises, met some amazing people, observed human behavior and learned a lot from it all.
Here is my final project, I hope you like the photos. (I have lots of different ones from this same locations that I will publish later, I feel this are the best ones) Here they are in order from 1st street to 21st street coming to you from Miami Beach Florida.
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Good morning and happy Monday. Here is another shot of an amazing Miami Beach Sunrise. I often forget that I live here and have been missing out on lots of this, but lately I started waking up at 5 am just about every morning to go watch the sun come up more often.
In this video I will show you how to create dramatic photos using Lightroom adjustment brushes. This is a very useful tool and comes in handy with just about any photo you are trying to edit, from event photography to landscape photography.
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I was going thru an old hard drive yesterday with over 79,000 raw files on it, I was surprised at all the cool photos that were in there. I think its important to go through your old work and see how far you have come and how far you have to go. At least this is how I feel aobut my work. I have come very far and I have sooooo long to go. This is one of the photos that was in the old hard drive and I think its super cool.
In this video I will show you how to turn a regular image into a cool dramatic scene. This is an HDR photograph made from three handheld shots. Please feel free to share and please subscribe to my Youtube Channel.
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Lightroom Edit Lake Tahoe:
Good morning people, here is another Lightroom edit. This time I use an underexposed photo and bring out all the shadows, colors and clean it up. Lightroom really is an amazing piece of software, you can get just about anything done on it with a few simple, sliders. If you have any questions drop me a line or a message and please help me spread the love peeps. Have a good Monday and I will see you on the next one.
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The new Smugmug:
So what is all this talk about the new Smugmug? Well let me tell you, it is awesome. I have been using them for a long time and I was never really happy with them. I have a main site www.edinchavez.com but I have always used Smugmug to sell my prints. A while back I kind of gave up on it and was looking for something better to sell my photos, and then there was a big announcement. The new Smugmug. Let me tell you what a difference, the new design is so amazing, from how it looks to how it functions. Not only can you display your beautiful work but you can also make some extra cash by selling your photos. Talk about killing two birds with one stone.
Ok ok enough of me blabbing about how cool it is. You can try it out for free. Trust me its super ez and if you hate it you have nothing to lose. I promise you are going to love it. It takes minutes to set up, and its free to try out. Click HERE and give it a run, if you need help drop me a message, if you want to se mine go to www.edinrocks.com
Let me know what you think peeps… Have a good weekend, spread the love and good vibes….
Storm at the Everglades;
Happy Sunday peeps, what are you doing today? Me? Im just relaxing I have had a crazy week/weekend full of activities. I have family visiting and we are going crazy touring everything South Florida has to offer. Here is a photo of the Everglades, I shot this yesterday right before getting drenched by a crazy storm that didn’t stop until this morning. It was awesome… Check out the before and after.
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