Welcome Dean

Welcome to the world, baby Dean! Dean Sergio C. was born a few weeks ago, and he is absolutley adorable. My wife, and Thania (Dean's mom), became close friends in grad school. We are thrilled to be a part of this next step in their family's life.

On the other hand, I am the proud papa of a stunning little girl. So Dean we love you, but I'm keeping both eyes on you... (picture the dad in "Meet the Parents")

Congrats Thania and Ashley!

Thanks KelbyTV!!!

The kind folks over at KelbyTV chose me as a winner of one of their random drawings for a book, and I do so love photography books.  Check out their loads of free podcasts where they talk about the ins and outs of modern photography, from Camera basics to photoshop.

Disney's Animal Kingdom

As a native to central Florida, I'm aware of the standards to which Disney holds their parks, and I didn't think that Disney could exceed my expectations.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Disney parks and I think that everything is nice, I just didn’t think that I could be wowed anymore.  I was wrong.  We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and I knew that we would wake up with a safari outside our window, but I was completely unprepared for the impact of giraffes and zebras just meters away from our balcony.  It really felt like I was gazing out into another continent.

The Animal Kingdom was nearly what I expected, and felt very Disney.  My daughter was giddy at the animals and loved the colors and sounds of the parade. After the parade we went to see the Finding Nemo production.  What I expected was for it to be cute and more importantly, cool.  What they delivered was a show that rivaled some stage performances for which I had paid nearly the price of a Disney ticket to attend.

I love it when someone overdelivers on something you already expect to be fantastic.  I can’t wait to take my family back in the years to come.

The results are in!!!

The votes have been counted, and we have a clear winner (a double win for Floridians)  Congratulations are in order for Nobody's Darling - winners of the Band Press Kit Contest with 39 votes, followed by Big Cheese with 28 votes.  Check back here in the coming weeks to get the first peek at some the pictures from the winning sessions, and collaborations with new local talent.  Congratulations to all of the contestants fo a great show of support.

Have you voted yet?

So I got a lot of great submissions froma lot of great groups for the Press Kit Contest, and if you want to help your favorite band win, all you have to do is go to my Facebook Page and "Like" your favorite band's Picture.  The winning band will get a free Press Kit photo shoot, details in a previous blog post.

I really hope you'll go check out the bands and vote, as I'd be excited to work with all of them, but only the top two contestants win the prize.  Good luck, and don't forget to check back next week to see who wins...who will it be?