Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championship

I had the honor last month of photographing the Jiu Jitsu World Championships for Gracie Barra.  This has become a new passion for me (I have bruises to prove it) so it was cool to see the world's top fighters up close and personal.  Myself and assistants shot about 6,000 images with our Nikon D3's.  Here's one of my favorites.  I shot this image at 1/500 sec at f2.8 and 2000 iso.  It was a bit too perfect for my taste so used Aperture and Alien Skin Exposure 2 in Photoshop to rough it up a bit :)

Who's going with me tomorrow to wait in line for the new iPhone 3G?  I'm sure you've heard about this already... but in case you haven't, check out Apple's latest life simplifier!

Missing my iPhone and MacBook Pro

I can't remember the last time I was without a cell phone.  I can't remember the last time I was without my laptop either.  Right now, I'm without both at the same time!  I lost my iPhone while shooting a wedding last weekend at Mandalay Bay in Vegas.  When I got home, my laptop screen started freaking out and I had to send it out for repairs.  I should get it back on Friday and I'll be in line at the Apple store waiting to get my hands on the new iPhone 3G as well.  Friday will be a good day :)

Oh yeah!  Wow!  Let me just tell you how cool the bride and groom are!  They found out that I lost my phone and sent a gift card in the mail for not one, but two new iPhone G3's!  Thanks Melanie and Mohamed!  You will have a direct line again to reach me 24/7 :)

Has anyone seen Us Weekly yet? I think Timbaland and Monique's wedding will be in the next issue so check it out.  I'm going to attempt to get approval on some more images to post on the blog and website so keep an eye out for those soon!

Have a great Wednesday and don't forget to spend some time doing something you really enjoy today!  I'm starting my day with some Jiu Jitsu training with my bro and reading a chapter in "Bringing up Boys" by Dr. James Dobson.  I'll be ending my day with a date night with Julie.  Any suggestions on where to take her?  Last week we went to the batting cages.  Can you believe she had never stepped into a batting cage in her life?  I told her to go into the 50 mph cage and found out that it was marked wrong and was really like 85 mph!  Poor girl!