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I have seen this photograph in my head millions of times, but have never being able to produce. Maybe because I never really went out there to look for it or maybe because I was waiting for the photograph to find me.

This time as many times in my photography, the photograph found me. I wasn’t looking for it, in fact, I was on vacation walking along the beach when I saw it and I just had that little bell in my head go off <DING!>. Grabbed my camera and made 2, yes only 2 exposures to get it.

Canon PowerShot D10 -  14.3mm, f/4.5, 1/500 sec @ ISO 80

The fact that I’ve had this photograph in my head for so long, it was just easy to make, I knew how I wanted it to be composed and even how I wanted it to be treated in post-production.

Enjoy!

The Mauricio Báez Bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge near San Pedro de Macoris, located in the east of the Dominican Republic, around 40km east of the capital city of Santo Domingo. It is one of the most modern bridges in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. The bridge was opened on January 19th, 2007.

14.3mm, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec, ISO 80

I present to you, my 5 year old daughter, Carolina. She was just seating there taking it ALL in.

When I saw her sitting there, I just had to take this photograph, but then I had to actually sit next to her and do the same. Take it ALL in!!!

6.2mm, f/8.0, 1/320 sec, ISO 200

Can you blame her?

This is a bit of a confession post. I am one of those photographers that FEARS photographing strangers on the streets. I’m working on that, but for some odd reason, when I’m on vacation, that fear goes away.

Take this shot for example… We were in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for vacation and attended the resort’s bi-weekly beach party. Everybody is having fun and I had my camera with me, of course. I didn’t care who was surrounding me or watching me. I saw this woman on the stage in front of me having a blast and I just couldn’t resist photographing her. Now, I must say that I took approximately 20 images of her and this is the ONE image I keep coming back to.

30mm, f/5 @ .5 sec, ISO 250

I wanted to capture her as she was… having fun… in the moment.  I didn’t want her to be frozen in time, as most of these images could be. You see the movement in her hands, dress, but especially in her hair.

Could this photograph be better? Of course it can, but that is NOT the point. The point is that when on vacation I overcame my FEAR of photographing strangers. And BTW, I’m extremely happy with the outcome of this photograph.  It is one of my favorites.

Hope you enjoy!

50mm, f/1.8 @ 1/80 sec, ISO 160

50mm, f/1.8 @ 1/80 sec, ISO 160

70mm, f/2.8 @ 1/4 sec, ISO 250

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The following photograph was taken at the Flamingo Gardens in South Florida.

When I first kneeled down to make this photograph, the bee was not part of the thought process. I wanted to make this photograph because of the contrast between the green surroundings and the white flowers. When I locked my focus on that flower stem, the bee just sat there and I really mean, just SAT there… I took several frames and she just wouldn’t want to go and this is the result of that!

To download the small image file (1280×800), click on the here. If you prefer the larger image, download this (1680×1050) image here

Hope you enjoy the image and please feel free to comment.

70mm, f/2.8 @ 1/250 sec, ISO 250
Strobist: Speedlight from bottom right (Manual – 1/32)

Ingredients:

• Pesto Sauce
• Whole Grain Bagel
• Baby Spinach
• Tomato
• Avocado
• Red Onion
• Provolone Cheese
• Chicken Burger

~Enjoy!

I’m always trying to make different foods and this is one. I’m sure somebody else have made this before, but since I’m not aware of it, it is my creation for now.

~Enjoy!