The Mike Colón Experience

So I'm about a week behind on updating my blog but better late than never.. :)




Last week I spent the week with Mike and 8 other awesome photographers in Newport Beach, CA attending Mike's workshop. It was a blast! Above is a group photo of all of us down on Hollywood Blvd. Gavin and Brittany were our models for two of the three shoots we did during the workshop. They were great sports! Can you imagine having 9 massive telephoto lenses pointed at you while walking down the strip?! It was really funny because all of the lookey loos (is that how you spell loo?) were asking "Who's that? Are they famous?, etc." Ha!

I'll post some of the Hollywood photos soon. For now, here's some images from the beach shoot with Brittany and Gavin!

Samuel Portugal

Our friends Sarah and Esteban had a baby boy! I've been waiting for a week for her to pop! She was quite over due and as such, I missed the birth. Within an hour of showing up at the hospital Samuel was born! That was quick! We all went over to the hospital the next day to see Sammy and his proud parents. Check out Sammy's slideshow.





Check out their family website to see more photos of Sammy and the rest of the Portugal family.

New MINI Cooper S - Waa Hoo!

So, we went out this weekend and traded in the VW GTI for a MINI Cooper S. I've been looking at them ever since Charlize Theron zipped around in one in The Italian Job. (Fun movie!). Unfortunately, even 4 years after the new MINI started shipping, they're still 8-12 months out to get a new one. Of course, that means the used Coopers are selling for just as much as the new ones! Nutty.


Isn't it cute? Red actually wasn't my first choice but you kind of have to take what's available when you're buying a MINI. I wanted a British racing green car with a white roof and white bonnet stripes but we ended up with a chili pepper red, white roofed Cooper S with the bonnet stripes and a factory roof rack.



I didn't even have to talk Sara into it. She saw it and said, "ok, let's buy it.". Wow, that was easy!



I didn't even realize it was a six speed until Sara's Dad, Doug, rode with me on Saturday evening! For such a small car, it's fast and handles like a go-cart! I love it!

Gabrielle Hatsue Sasai's website

A Couple of weeks ago I had David, Aisa and baby Gabrielle in the studio to take her 2 month portraits.


The session went very well, even with a bit of fuss from Gabi. :D

David and Aisa attended a birth class reunion this weekend and I gave them a CD of Gabi's slideshow at their request so they could show it to the group. How cool is that?!

Here's the email I received from David after he had a look at the show:

Again Jeff...your stuff blows me away! Aisa is going to be so pleased. The studio shots came out way way better then I was thinking. Only thought it was not going to because Gabi was fussy :). By any chance can you optimize the movie so I can place it on my gabi.47degreesnorth.com website?

Thanks again!
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I love it when my clients write and tell me how much they love my work! I mean, who wouldn't like to receive praise like that?

Here'a a link to Gabi's website where you can view her slideshow.