Sun-Drenched

    Recently went to cocoa beach for a fun beach photoshoot with one of my favorite models Stephanie Jerez. If you follow this blog you know that she is in a lot of my photos. So once again we teamed up to make this shoot happen. It was a beautiful/ hot day, but we had so much fun running around and getting the shots. Also with us was another photographer Usman Butt from AhmadPhotography. All I can say is that we had a blast.    

 

 

 

behind the scenes. Usman

Usman and Stephanie. Behind the scenes

 

 

Model: Stephanie Jerez

Location: Cocoa Beach, Florida

Music while editing: MSMR, many random stations on Spotify

Photographer #2: Usman Butt from AhmadPhotography

 

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Free Spirited

 

Last week I had the pleasure to work with Stephanie Jerez. We’ve been planning to shoot together for a very long time and it finally happened. I was very excited to collaborate with this beautiful lady because she has such an amazing personality and fresh face that I knew she was the perfect model to portray my vision for this shoot. She arrived at my house at about 9am and from there we started to put together some of the outfits that were going to work perfectly. Then came hair and make up, she has beautiful long hair so there wasn’t much to do and I wanted the hair to be loose. She did her own make-up, I didn’t want anything too drastic just something natural that would look great with the carefree look I had in mind. Carefree but still beautiful.  The idea for this shoot came from my love for freedom and being comfortable. Also from the bohemian/vintage style I’ve been seeing all around lately in festivals such as Bonnaroo and Coachella  just to name a few.  This style has made comeback into the 21st century and I love it.

We arrived at our first location around 11am and the sun was already very high up in the sky, so trying to shoot with the sharp/hot sun was a bit tough but everything came together. We then drove to our second and final location and it was beautiful  so close to nature and a boardwalk, it was perfect. There was a lot more shade at this location which made things way easier it was still hot Florida weather, but we still had  a lot of fun. Music was a big part of this shoot, we got to relax and have a good time while taking the pictures. Music truly made this shoot a lot more fun and enjoyable it made me forget about the hot weather.

Here are a few of my favorites.

 

 

 

Model: Stephanie Jerez

by: MBerri

 

Music while on location:

–Tiesto

-deadau5

 

 

Editing  music:

-Cloud Atlas (soundtrack)

-FUN

-Neon Trees

-First Aid Kit

-Lorde

-lots more….

 

 

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Finding new places

Found this neat place in Downtown Orlando in where people leave their street art. (Well I didnt find it my friend told me about it)

Last week after classes officially finished. I met with my friend Usman at this cool place in Downtown Orlando. This is the first time I go to that place and it’s pretty cool. There is lots of graffiti art in every wall and the neat thing about it is that its always changing, every week there is a new piece of art. Some are very nice others not so good, but hey who am I to say what is art and what isn’t. My friend Usman goes there all the time to shoot, you can check out his work HERE. He has evolve as a photographer and has a very unique style. Th Gonzalo another friend of mine showed up a little while later and it was a lot of fun. We all walked around taking pictures of each other and checking out the place and getting ideas, maybe for future photoshoots and videos. Gonzalo, he is an aspiring filmmaker/director and he’s always shooting videos and coming up with script ideas for his next videos and scenes. He is very talented and can also act he is not afraid to be in front of the camera. You can check out his youtube channel HERE and HERE. Trust me you will laugh with all the things he comes up with.

So yeah check out my friend’s work and be inspired to create art.

Here are some of the photos………

trying out my friend’s 35mm f1.8 Nikkor lens. I loved it.

Finally using a watermark on my photo. By the way this is my friend Usman.

lots of homeless people have stayed at this place. found a random sweat shirt hanged from the wall.

Another friend Gonzalo. He is a Canon guy…

my models.

Playing with Photoshop a bit.

A photo of me that Usman took.

Another photo of me that Usman took. I’m not much of a model. I rather be behind the camera. =)

Thanks for looking…. Did you check out my friend’s work yet?

Usman Ahmad Butt: Ahmad Photography

Gonzalo Acuna : Acuna Speaks Youtube…………..more

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FuN

I’m trying to make the transition from Blogger to WordPress and so I got a lot of old photoshoots that I want to share with all of you. This one was from back in December. I made this photoshoot with my good friend Johanan Colon, he is a very talented individual  attending school to become a graphic designer. Check out his designs and creations on his blog here.

It took place about 10 minutes from my house on a golf course. It was almost sunset and the sky was beautiful. 

Johanan helped me edit this one. I’m still in the process of learning photoshop.

 

Let me know what you guys think and constructive criticism is much appreciated =)

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