This is a photo of Miami based artist, Majic.

Here’s a pair of sneakers that a friend and I customized at the Nike southeastern headquarters. I took a couple product shots of them as soon as they came in the mail…

Photo of 16 year-old pop singer in the making, London. Taken in front of an amazing array of colors which only added to her bubbly personality.

Here are a couple photos of new artist Shanell, who is signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money imprint. She’s an incredibly sweet and talented singer. I hope she definitely sees much success in the coming future.

Here’s some product photography I did for a local company called Paper Glitter (which I’ve posted before). This is for an Easter themed set of their paper printables line.

Deuce Poppi. Slip-N-Slide Records artist.

This is one of the first videos I did on the new Canon 7D I bought, which DOES come with full HD video capabilities. This small feature is on local Miami singer Jovi Rockwell. It was put together a little last minute and we ran out of natural daylight, but when I saw this one storefront in the heart of Downtown Miami, I knew it’d b e the right fit as a backdrop. Expect more videos coming soon.

- DRO

I did these product shots for a company called PaperGlitter™. They wanted a very vibrant and cartoon kind of feel. We put together their whole line for the first shot. And then, for the other two we used various themed paper as a background to make the pieces “pop”.

This is a project I did for Terror Squad artist O.Z. I did the photography and designed the artwork as well. We went for something simple and wanted to a blue background for the look of the release.

I got the opportunity to go to a special edition of “Super Saturdays” at Dolphins Stadiums presentation of the Florida Marlins. Local radio legend DJ Laz, and Miami-born rapper Flo-Rida were at hand to collectively throw the first and second pitch. It was a great event and I was glad that the Marlins were open to seeing hip-hop entertainers at the stadium.

Zuly at Culture Kings sneaker boutique for a photoshoot inspired by recent Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame inductees, Run-DMC. From an unreleased issue of 305 Magazine.

Here’s a quick photo I took of my niece Kaylee. Its part of this special project that me and my sister are working on. More details later…stay tuned.

Here’s new work of mine that was published in the Winter 2008 issue of LTD Magazine. Which is available at limited retailers, but more details can be found at www.ltdmag.com. Essentially, it was a project to display the “Best Spots In Miami” through the eyes of Miami-based clothing/sneaker store Shoe Gallery. I took tons of photos of great restaurants, retails stores and celebreities for the project. Above is a snapshot of the tearsheet. Below the tearsheet are a couple photos that were shot for the project that didn’t make the final published version, but nonetheless are great photos.

Here’s a photoshoot with North Miami based Musician/Producer by the name of Shiv. We chose to use a wall installation created by Obey located in Miami’s Overtown area. The post production of this shoot involved a couple various retouch techniques and per request of the client, and these specific versions shown above show a granier and over-sharpened effect.

This was a project that I did for the first issue of 305 Magazine entitled Scarface: Remixed and has really been one of my most acclaimed shoots. We wanted to do something special for the first issue and wanted do something that was iconic to Miami. Thanks to the brainstorming of local Miami stylist Angie Garcia, she came up with the concept of remaking photographs of popular scenes in the movie Scarface. The only catch - our Scarface will be played by a female.

By us deciding to recreate scenes that were influenced by one of the most influential movies in hip-hop - we were setting ourselves up for a challenge. But with the help of Jumbo’s Restaurant & Star Shooters Photo Studio, we were able to do a damn good job and surpass all of our expectations.

Jessie Camacho came along to star in the leading role of the shoot as “Tony Montana”. Natalia Trejos played the lovable “Manolo.”

Our main attention was put on detail. As you can see below, the “scar” on Jessie’s face was actually make-up. I couldn’t tell you how many countless amounts of people thought the scar was real. But either way, the “scar application” was easy to put on, but not so easy to take off. In short, the lesson of the day: do not use liquid scar creator near anyone’s eyebrows. Sorry Jessie for the mishap! You’re a trooper!

This was a day long shoot and everybody involved was definitely pleased with the turnout. And one last bit of behind-the-scenes-info, for the “Sunset” scene, we actually created the sunset image behind Jessie and actually also changed the color of her jacket to reflect a blue colored one that appeared in the original scene of the movie. It took a lot of work, but it got the job done.

This is one of my favorite photos. This was a photoshoot for hip-hop/rock artist Quote-7. The trick to nail the shoot was to take a photo that can speak what Quote was about. Quote was as equally a hip-hop artist as he was a rock artist. So with that in mind, I took him to this wall that a friend was commissioned to paint (the skull with speakers graphic) and the rest was history. And for my nitpickers reading this, the washed out detail on his left arm and watch was done intentionally in post-production.

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Here are a couple product shots of the final “numbered” Air Jordan sneaker to ever be released. Entitled the Air Jordan XX3 “Finale”. Retailed for $230 with only 529 pairs sold worldwide.

Here are a couple photos from a photoshoot I did with Sarah. Sarah isn’t aspiring to be a model or anything, she just wanted photos for herself and from what I assume, to use on her Myspace profile. Both shots were taken using natural light at around the 3PM in the afternoon.

Make-Up By: Maria Fleita
Styling By: Model
Location: Miami Design District and Fountainbleau Hotel Beach

Here are a couple product shots of Nike’s Air Force 1 release entitled the “Black Friday AF1″, designed by frequent Nike collaborator, DJ Clark Kent. The sneaker was released on the day after Thanksgiving 2008 to the fanfare of enthusiasts who waited in line for up to 7 days to receive their pair.

This was a photo of Miami-based recording artist Pitbull. I took it back in June 2003 (might’ve been earlier in the year) behind a barbershop called Fademasters. I actually took this with an old film camera that I bought. If I’m not mistaken this was one of Pitbull’s first photoshoots when he was an “upcoming artist”, years before he ever catapulted to international stardom.