Andre & Sherese - Trinidad & Antigua a gathering of families

I'm rarely at a loss for words but I'm not exactly sure how to describe this one, maybe its because I have too much to say :-)

This wedding was significant on many levels, none of which I can really get into.

Perhaps a simple summary will do;

Surrounded by family, Andre and Sherese were built, processed and matured. This was a wedding of two cultures but one, two persons but one heart, two individuals but one path. It was the right time, right atmosphere and it produced the accurate thing.

Well done Andre and Sherese!

Sherese looked stunning...GJ Dre!

On behalf of my wife and I...

These mills and the pineapple are icons of Antigua (Not to mention the 365 beaches) how could I not do some stuff here...

Tropical Power Coast 2 Coast '08

Well, I don't normally do sports stuff, but lately I've been thinking about it and I decided that it would be a good Idea to take some photos at the Coast 2 Coast race this year. The race is a multisport race; running, cycling and kayaking over two day and its open to international competitors (and there were many). You can enter in teams with each man doing a leg or you can rough it and do it all yourself...which I must say is not the easiest thing for the average Joe.

You can check out the site here www.trinidadcoast2coast.com

These photo outings are generally done just for practice so there's not pressure of deliverables...(yes!!) and of course this allows you to not only have more fun with the whole thing but you actually get a chance to observe so that when you are actually commissioned you are treading on familiar ground and I'll always encourage anyone who is getting into photography (or in it already for that matter) to get out there and just do stuff, just shoot...and you'll realize that the experience is more valuable that any monetary compensation.

Of course I had to roll with my photo peeps...Ayinde was along for the ride (literally, as I had to do all of the driving through that rugged terrain...its times like this I wish I had a 4WD vehicle of some sort) and we were able to get there just before the start of the race.

I decided to make this a BLACK & WHITE affair to maintain some of the "artsyness" in the midst of the hardcore multisporting.

Check it out!

Chatting before the start of the race

Committee member Keron Kong talking to the mulisporters before the race.

Last minute prepping before the race...

Off we go!

Some people found themselves in early trouble...but got by with a little help from fellow multisporters...

Ayinde in action.

The last descent of the cycling leg...

Here is Abigail Hadeed one of Trinidad and Tobago's and the Caribbean for that matter top photographers, met her for the first time...friendly gal.

Cooling down after the first two legs of the race

Some final arrivals.

Alana & Chris - Home again

Alana is another fan of mine and has done a fine job of converting alot of her friends, she once said in an email after noting that I had updated my site that she feels like a groupie...LOL.

I still remember when Alana first called me...it sounded like she just wanted to blurt out "just reserve that date!"

However from seeing them together its quite evident that Alana is a groupie for one person and one person only...Chris :-) (who happens to be photog himself)

Even though they both have been living abroad for sometime they just had to come back home for their wedding and some cavorting in Tobago.

They are back to their second home now but I just got Alana on Facebook a minute ago and she said blog away!