When I started this incredible journey I never thought it would become what it is today.
I first started coming to the Everglades 6 years ago when I first moved to South Florida, and I quickly fell in love with it.
I started photographing it, and quickly realized that this place was very challenging to photograph, but nonetheless it was incredible being out there. I wanted to share this experience with everyone I knew, so I started bringing my friends and family. They all would always smile at the incredible wildlife and sunsets.
I wanted to create an experience where I show people the Everglades from a locals eyes, and cover most of the Southern Part, (the coolest places) and at the same time teach them how to capture it through a lens. I also want to make sure to have people at the perfect spots at the right time. I have been trying to dial this in and I think my self and my team have it down pretty good.
I also wanted to create a sense of community and make everyone feel like family, were we are all friends, and it is amazing how within 20 minutes everyone feels like they are hanging out with their best friends.
At first this event sounded like a good idea, perhaps if you are young and like to party this could be for you. I personally do not like large crowds and rather spend time on the beach alone or with a close group of friends.
This event is called Floatopia and its supposed to raise awareness about painting the beaches clean and pollution. Let me tell you it did just the opposite.
Here is a video and some aerial photos of the actual party. 100,000+ people showed up.
Ok now here is a video of the next morning and photos that will shock how the beach was left.
What do you think? Crazy right how we can just destroy our own planet.
I felt compelled to make this videos and take this photos in order to create awareness. We must stop this madness and take care of the planet we live in.
There is something always happening is Miami Beach, and this past weekend was no different celebrating Miami Beach Gay Pride. The streets were packed and the festivities were in full effect.
This is a really cool event, there is a parade and people dress up for the occasion. From drag queens to people wearing almost nothing it makes it for a fun event specially if you have a camera in hand.
My good friend had access to a roof top and thats where I spend most of my time, shooting down at the madness. I was also lucky enough to have access to the stage where some cool shows were happening. If you are ever in this side of the world during pride weekend you have to come check it out.
My friend Karla reached out to me to do a really cool photoshoot on the beach. Somehting different, somehitng that was not your typical Miami photoshoot on the beach. After she showed me her outfits I imediatelly thought of a goddess with some sort of super power.
I think we accomplished what we were looking for. I mean with such a beautiful and talented model its hard to mess it up. We shot at sunset for about an hour.
The crazy thing about shooting on a public place is that you start to get quite the crowd around you as the shoot goes on, as if it was some sort of public performance… Well I suppose it kind of is.
When I shoot a model, I usually narrow photos down to 1-2 photos. I decided to pic a few so you guys can check them out and see that its possible to get a nice variety of photos with in an hours time. You just have to plan, have a good team around you and execute. You can find Karla here.
