I had a great time photographing the Bat Mitzvah of Anna Cecilia at the beautiful Stone Pine Estate in Carmel Valley, CA. Although the family currently resides in Chicago, they are originally from Mexico City. Therefore, guests of the event traveled from both locations to celebrate Anna Cecilia. Most of the family stayed overnight at the estate, while others used accommodations at other nearby properties.

San Francisco Latin band, Pellejo Seco started off the night with amazing Cuban jazz, while well-know Bay Area-based DJ Solomon worked his magic to keep the party rocking into the night. A surprise performance from an amazing mariachi band capped off the night. An undeniable highlights for the birthday girl was a personalized message from the New York Yankees!

It was wonderful to see this family reunite from great distances for such a special occasion. All the guests had a great time, and the family took great care to ensure that every little detail was taken care of.

Venue and catering: Stone Pine Estate, Carmel Valley, CA

Music: Pellejo Seco, DJ Solomon

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This year’s trip to Coachella was both fun and productive. Golden Voice really knows how to put on an organized, fun and safe festival. My favorite acts were Girl Talk, MIA, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Method with LMFAO and last half of Paul McCartney. Anthem Magazine and Urb Magazine put on some great parties which kept our crew cool in the desert heat. After a trip back to the condo and a bit of BBQ most days we’d be at the festival by sundown, which is an improvement form last year, when we had unused tickets for Saturday’s performances. My photos got a good deal of traction, including URB Magazine (Article 1, Article 2), Metrowize, Fusicology and possibly some print as well.

To see full galleries follow the links bellow:
Coachella 2009 Photo Gallery
Anthem Magazine Pool Party
URB Magazine Pool Party

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Eddy Santana, a local DJ from Energy 92.7 is coming out with a 2 disk album. The concept for this shoot was to have two girls with Eddy, one a sexy pornstar looking girl and one a rockstar which corresponds to the music on each disk. We did the shoot under the freeway, right outside the station.

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What a great experience to go shoot at Coachella as well as party with friends. We went to the actual festival only 2 of the 3 days we were in Indio. Saturday was spent at the Anthem Magazine pool party named “La fiesta de fiestas”. What an experience, they had free flowing booze, food, girls and a donkey. There are two galleries for this one, Coachella photos and Anthem Magazine La Fiesta de fiestas pool party. Enjoy!

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My friend hooked me up with Nika who put together the Eternal Spring fashion show at SomArts space. I wasn’t going to go all out, but when the show strated I was ready to go, with my friend Matt shooting from the front of the stage. I decided to take the back, facing the spectators. I always like that perspective, since the lighting at most runways is not optimal for the style I shoot. The site for the show is http://eternalspring08.com/

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