If you had the chance to revisit a dream whenever you wished, how often would you do it? What would you be willing to give to be in it again? Fortunately all I have to do is buy a ticket to Miami and she will always be there waiting for me. Each time a new adventure, each shoot a deep pleasure. We shot at a gorgeous suite in Viceroy Miami, then headed off to a local nude beach. I didn’t want to risk getting arrested again! Stay tuned for day 2…

Jenny has been featured in Playboy many times, she is an exotic mix of half-Korean, quarter-German and quarter-Cherokee Indian. She is as stunning in person as she is in the photos, and I can’t say that about everyone! We shot at an amazing Las Vegas house and Palms Place hotel on her birthday. It was also fun using a Maserati Quattroporte as a “location”!

If you want to know where you can get some amazingly intricate lingerie like the last photo below, check out Luxxa.

Jenny’s Facebook
Jenny’s Model Mayhem

Visit my Facebook page to see additional photos!

I shot Lallana at the modern Palms Place in Las Vegas. We had an amazing time from start to finish, it was her first time bearing it all too. Sometimes you just get very lucky with Model Mayhem. If you want to see her in action, you can find her working at Marquee or follow her on twitter.

What do you do when you show up at a hotel room with a girl and nothing planned? Photograph her teasing you! I present to you another fun session with this Vietnamese chickie.

While I previously ranted about the irritating flood of Instagramesque, low quality photos over the web, there is a reason for such appeal. Everyone can look good or mysterious behind the filters. I also find a unique and intensely personal interaction between the subject and I during an intimate photo session. Instead of hiding behind a large black metal body and glass lens, I am up-close and personal, holding a phone camera. The relationship shifts from business to personal, professional to amateur, structured to spontaneous. I have deduced myself to simply a man who enjoys staring at a woman’s body and she does not deny she enjoys being looked at. Take away all the rules of photography, the etiquette of professionalism, the fear of society and you’re left with a raw experience guided by your senses. I am always ready with my iPhone.

Her last name ends in “love”. One look at her and you would fall in love too.

Can you guess which one was the model and which was the makeup artist? She had no idea she’d end up posing for the camera, it was great fun!

El Bob experiences his first winter outside of his cozy home in New Jersey. He went to Switzerland to experience the Swiss Alps and stops by Italy again. This is the first time El Bob has ever touched any snow, good thing he gets to taste pure Swiss snow instead of Jersey snow!

Imagine you’re on a vacation of a life time, you spend a large amount of time researching what camera and lens you need only to find out it’ll cost you more than you imagined just to snap some mediocre photos on your trip because you don’t even have time to learn how to use it. Not to mention, you will have to carry a few pounds of equipment every where you go. Or perhaps the only photos you will take during your vacation are a few mobile phone snapshots, which is not worth looking at again. So how do you solve this dilemma? Hire a vacation photographer!

I was hired by my friend Jennie for a snowboarding vacation to Zermatt, Switzerland early this year, and my job was to document the trip and scenery. I flew to Zurich, rented an eco-car Ford Ka, and proceeded to setup my iPad navigation to route to Zermatt. I found out the hard way that the Wi-Fi only iPad can only activate GPS when it’s connected to Wi-Fi, what a waste of a GPS feature! My iPhone had GPS signal but no data service, so I could only use a cached map of Switzerland on Google Maps to guide me through the major highways. The rest of the local roads and all German signs I had to learn on the way. What would’ve taken 3 hours on the major highways ended up taking me 7+ hours on local scenic routes. Every minute of it was exhilarating and beautiful, I would’ve missed all the sights had I used the highways. I was able to experience endless tunnels through mountains, windy dangerous roads, and car trains.

I explored the resort in Zermatt, and took a lift all the way up the mountain to 9,000 feet where they built a restaurant complete with free Wi-Fi. You can see the famous Matterhorn mountain which is the logo used for Toblerone chocolates. From there, I took another lift higher up the mountain followed by a short elevator ride and two flights of stairs to finally reach 12,736 feet on top of the Swiss Alps, “Europe’s highest mountain lift” so the sign says. Those crazy Swiss had also decided to build another full restaurant/gift shop on top!

I had once seen a travel show on Lake Como, labeled as one of the most beautiful places in Italy. Star Wars and James Bond were both filmed there, and Clooney, Versace, and Madonna have all had homes on the lake. After watching the show I knew I wanted to visit there someday. While looking at the map, I noticed Lake Como was only a short drive away, I couldn’t pass up the chance to visit. Jennie and I were so excited we planned a one day trip to Lake Como, and we can now say “Yeah, we drove to Lake Como, Italy just for lunch and gelato.”

I couldn’t have asked for a better trip. My ideal vacation is to be spontaneous and adventurous. Rent a car, and explore local sights and good-eats, with an occasional tourist stop. I have enough driving experience in different countries to get me around without much issue, and getting lost is half the fun. Jennie was able to enjoy her vacation fully without having to buy and learn a new camera, carry the equipment, stop to take photos, learn how to drive stick, navigate alone in a different country, come home and download/edit/upload tons of photos. All the things I take care of as a hired vacation photographer.

Where do you want to take me next?