I realized that between rolling with the homies and being in photographer mode, I sure spend a lot of time actually on the mats when I'm at the gym. People are interested in the photography that I do and I get a lot of questions. I thought it might be cool to lend some insight into what goes on in my mind while I shoot by showing you some good and not so good frames from ... Read More
Long Beach
Enjoying My Last Days Of Summer at J2L
Not a lot of writing for this one, just some photos from nogi and open mat this past week at Jiu Jitsu League. I'm gonna miss training this often but it's back to school where I'm probably going to be teaching 8 periods this year... ... Read More
Jiu Jitsu is (Still) Fun
I'm not taking a ton of personal photos at the moment. I thought that summer would offer more free time but as it happens, I picked up a few side gigs to earn some extra coin. I'm still training jiu jitsu when I can which is basically about 1-2 times a week. More often than not, it's been open mat which is actually a bit of a bummer because I miss out on actual ... Read More
YMCA Skate Fest
In case you didn't know, I used to be a Director at a YMCA in downtown Long Beach at the Community Development branch. Fun Fact: It was actually the job that made me realize that I wanted to get into teaching and education in general. There's so much to be said about young people's needs growing up that many don't get either in the home or at school. The YMCA Youth ... Read More
Brawny Built
Brawny is one of those guys who's just genuinely nice. He just has this unique vibe about him; warm and inviting, rough around the edges and cool as hell. His shop is exactly how you'd imagine it to be. Eclectic tunes were pumping the entire time from a small speaker on a shelf. As soon as I arrived, I had to take 10 minutes to just look around and see what kind of ... Read More
