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Everyday I scout the Social Media sites and I look at the profile images and avatars, most of these "shots" are taken with either a point-and-shoot or a mobile phone. Now, I’m not saying that taking your profile Avatar is wrong, all I’m saying that if you are going to do it, make it professional enough.

Why not have a professional profile images / avatars done by a professional? Yeah, I know, at least 60% of the Social Media people are working for themselves and some not even making any money, still! a better looking profile image, will probably help you in your Social Media strategy.

For the rest of May and June 2012, I’m going to provide the following service at a very affordable price, it will be a win-win situation.

• 30 minute photo session

• 2 looks Profile / Avatar

• Online gallery to purchase at a moderate price

  • Digital profile images: $5.00

  • Prints are available at moderate price

You are probably thinking… How much is this going to be? I’m going to do this in form of a charity program. I recommend a $25 donation made directly to (feedingSouthFlorida.org) Once donation has been made (email receipt to me), your appointment will be scheduled.

Let me tell you what your $25 donation will accomplish: With $25 dollars, 7 toddlers will be fed twice a day for one week at a children’s services program.

If you need more information on this program, please feel free to shoot me an email @ info[at]raymedphotography.com with the subject of "Avatar Charity Program

Hope to hear from you soon!

I haven’t blogged about my little princess in a long time, but I thought I should share her new found love with Tacos. I’ve always been a Mexican food maniac and finally my little one is catching on… And if you are thinking I’m mexican…. NOPE, I’m not, but I do think Mexican food is simply amazing!!!

I’m sharing the following sequence of images with you as hope you all like it.

I really don’t know much about Andre Bruni, other than his name. I introduced myself while in the Wynwood (Sundays on the Green) event a few weeks ago and I asked if I could take some pictures of him. At first glance, this guy looks bad ass, but after I introduced myself, he seemed very normal (I mean, what’s normal anyways.. right?) I would love to cross path with Andre and maybe have a one-on-one with him and of course take not just a few photographs but many of them. I think this guy is a great subject.

So, Andre – If by any chance you get a hold of this blog post, don’t be a stranger and reach out!

On Sunday, March 25th, 2012 was the 3rd Sundays on the Green event organized by Daniel Wills (Owner and Founder of Wynwood Green) and Mary Keel of 305Green. Sundays on the Green is "bringing our communities together for events that inspire our minds to think green and experience something new. Working in collaboration with 305Green, they will be doing monthly events with Farmer’s Markets, foodtrucks, educational presentations about environmentally friendly ways to live and must of all, fun things for the whole family."

This was my first time attending to this event and definitely won’t be the last. From the moment you arrive, the energy, atmosphere and people are very welcoming. There are people from all walks of life. Skateboarders, artists, photographers, foodies, attorneys, musicians, etc… all coming together and getting together for a better community.

This particular Sunday, they had setup a Graffiti Bike Tour. I didn’t bring my bike so I started the tour, but for "obvious reasons" (didn’t bring my bike or skateboard) couldn’t finish. The art on these walls are nothing but amazing… Thousands of hours, gallons of paint and all to show a talent that many might consider reckless, getto, but if you stop for just a minute to actually look at the painting, it’s simply beautiful.

These are some of my favorite images from this event and all taken with the iPhone. Hope you like the images and I hope to see some of you there next month.

Below is another image from my weekend at the Florida Keys. Stopped for a quick water and saddle break and while sitting on this wall, I noticed the bird closing in and the following image popped into my head right away.

This is another example that if something caught your attention, pursue it!

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As you have seen in my latest posts, I’ve decided to start licensing some of my images for either commercial or personal use. I’ve always been PRO stock, but have never taken the plunge for it, never have applied to a Microstock agency such as StockPhoto, Getty, etc. Always wanted to do it, but I guess like every photographer, I was afraid to be rejected, but I think enough is enough… right?

So, I finally decided to create a new gallery in order to license some of my images as stock. The question that I continue fighting in my head is the following… Is licensing my images the right thing? Only time will tell, in the meantime, please continue visiting the gallery and this blog as I continue uploading images.

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Thank you for your continue support.

Most of you probably don’t know that I am afraid of heights. By the image below, you might be able to tell that I have surpassed my height phobia. While leaving the Florida Keys a few weeks ago, we were looking at the old broken bridge and wondered… How can we get closer to it. So we decided to turn around and try to get as close as possible in order to get a few photographs of it.

We parked at the foot of the old bridge and started our hike. Mind you that our hike consisted of mostly rocks and debris. We finally got to the foot of the bridge and started making some photographs.

After a while, my girlfriend climbed up to the top (previous post) while I was still at the foot of the bridge and yelled down to me to come up…. That’s when I started to sweat and shake. After 5 minutes of her coaching me and walking me through the same path she took, I climbed up to a portion of the old bridge, this portion of the bridge was actually suspended in the air. It wasn’t easy for me to stand there and photograph with my tripod and gear, but after a few minutes, I felt more and more comfortable up there.

I ended up laying down flat on my stomach with tripod’s legs fully extended on the floor to take the following shot.

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