Jan & Carlton - Overjoyed

Whew! I've been itching to post for a bit now, just been ultra bz but Jan and Carlton is a good a place to start as any.

I did a couple shoot with Jan and Carlton last year...waitaminnit...its 2009...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Ok, back to the post, so yeah...I did that shoot, which I loved because its not everyday you get a couple that wants to do the whole industrial thing, usually its water or foliage but Jan and Carlton were game so I was looking forward to the wedding and seeing them again.

(I love to meet people that treat you like family because as I always say relationship is so much more important than photography.)

Save for a slight sprinkle at the start the weather was excellent and if there was any lack for sunshine you should have seen Carlton's face when Jan broke the corner on her father's arm.

You can find more sunshine below :-)

Carlton worked it and Jan massaged her brow :-)

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.