WOW! It's exactly two weeks away from the first big show of the Summer at Muscle Beach! Monday. Memorial Day on the 28th! Be there! Mike Manibog was there in the "pit" and in front of my camera! Go to BodyBlog

The weather here this week... Hot and Sultry! So I wanted to start the week out with the right photograph. Victoria Kirsanova from one of our photo shoots.... I think this one makes the point. What do you think? Personal fitness trainer, national level competitor, model, spokesperson and professional horse trainer. One of the most intriguing people I know. The beautiful Victoria Kirsanova. Go to BodyBlog

Leave it to Andy Haman to drag his wife Michelle on top of a graffiti covered dumpster at Venice Beach for our photo shoot! That's Andy... a big guy with a bigger personality who has become the biggest star in bodybuilding. And he has brought his wife and kids along on the journey first hand like no other guy before him!Keep watching for Andy, you find him everywhere, in the magazines, at the shows, guest posing or maybe even on a graffiti covered dumpster near you! He is always too fun and... Go to BodyBlog

It's a marriage! My love of photography and my love of bodybuilding and fitness. Made even better when you add in the extraordinary Sasha Brown. A fitness competitor and trainer, Sasha has travelled the globe competing and certainly makes herself known by her presence alone. Thanks for being in front of my cameras Sasha! Go to BodyBlog

I try to take the road less travelled. You meet more interesting people that way like the beautiful Sherry Goggin, one of the most respected and best known women in our world of fitness. From our photo shoot... Go to BodyBlog

I do like my photo shoots outdoors! Give me a palm tree at the beach in Marina Del Rey California and I am good to go! Especially with Jake Sawyer! Fitness model, a personal trainer who has clients including the biggest music stars, actors and business elite. You have seen Jake in many magazines, television commercials, and coming up... billboards and more around London for a major sponsor of the 2012 Olympics! Keep it going Jake! Go to BodyBlog

Doug Brignole doing preacher curls during our photo shoot. Doug is perhaps the most knowledgeable person you could even know in the world of fitness, bodybuilding, weight lifting and exercise. His recall in the world of bodybuilding is encyclopedic. Very respected and ever enthusiastic, Doug Brignole is one great guy! Check out his book "Million Dollar Mu$scle at "Million Dollar Mu$cle", cover photo shot by yours truly!  Go to BodyBlog

A huge congratulations to my buddy Stacey Naito! She walked away with a trophy as tall as her for winning Overall Masters Bikini at the NPC Pittsburgh Championships this weekend! But I will tell you something... I'm not surprised! Stacey is just amazing!! From our photo shoot... Go to BodyBlog

Which came first? Photography or lifting weights in the gym? Well for me it was photography when I was about 9 years old and lifting when I was 12 years old. To this day those classic photographs we saw in the magazines years ago are still my favorites and yours too. All those photos you see of Arnold and others of that time are still the best. Photos before "photoshop", before digital cameras. I still shoot that way too when I can. One of my best subjects in front of the camera ever,... Go to BodyBlog

The place "Where Muscles Were Born"... Muscle Beach at world famous Venice Beach. And Jack LaLanne inducted into the Muscle Beach Hall of Fame. Can't happen anywhere else! It all starts again on Memorial Day weekend, the big shows of the Summer and the only bodybuilding show in the world that starts out with a United States Air Force flyover! Be there on May 28th... you will LOVE IT! Standing behind Jack LaLanne is John Balik, the Publisher of Iron Man Magazine. One of the most... Go to BodyBlog

Just a little over a week ago in front of my cameras he was an amateur... How he is a Pro! Congratulations to Mark Ebinger who picked up his Pro Card at the INBA/ABA Colorado State Naturals. And he did it on his birthday turning 46 years old. Looking good at 46 to say the least! Very cool Mark! Go to BodyBlog

The now famous Kelechi Opara from our photo shoot when we featured him as an Iron Man Magazine BodySpace Physique of the Month. That was two years ago and now you see Kelechi in magazine features and advertising all over our world of bodybuilding and fitness. Good Job! Go to BodyBlog

A little over a month away, the big Summer opening of the shows at Muscle Beach Venice! Did you know there is more at Muscle Beach for Memorial Day than just bodybuilding, so much more! Like how about a huge day of amateur boxing too! There is nothing like it in the world... Muscle Beach Venice! Go to BodyBlog

Alright I know what you are looking at, but there is much more to this photograph! Of course Ying Tan looks phenomenal! However I have to tell you about the people who really make my photo shoots work so good. First I did not shoot this photo. My assistant Clyde Sawyer shoots behind the scenes photos in between handing me cameras, working with props, getting us all water and so much more. He sets up my lighting and even builds sets. He is truly amazing.Then there is Natalie Lyle who you see in... Go to BodyBlog

First time out and picked up a 3rd place trophy! Duyen Ariss had worked very hard and never wavered front the diet and the workouts. Then stepped on stage for Bikini at the NPC Grand Prix and did good! Then a few days later she stepped in front of my cameras and I could only say a jaw dropping WOW! My good friend Duyen Ariss, co-owner of Palm Springs Fitness with her husband and accomplished competitor too, Carlos Ariss. Very cool people, very cool gym! Go to BodyBlog

Why is Laura Bailey leaping with happiness? Because she is the Bodybuilding.com BodySpace Women's Spokesmodel for 2012! That's Why! I first photographed Laura when she became an Iron Man Magazine BodySpace Physique of the Month. Now you will find her featured and on the cover of the June 2012 issue of Iron Man Magazine! Well deserved... Congratulations Laura Bailey! Go to BodyBlog

A big shout out to my buddy Charles Johnathan Flanagan who decided to do Physique at the NPC Grand Prix this past weekend and walked away with some hardware in the form of a First Place Trophy! Doing Good! Go to BodyBlog

I get to introduce you to a new and beautiful face in our world of fitness, Ying Tan from Saskatchewan. In front of my cameras fresh from a weekend of competition at the SABBA Provincial Championships and Inside Fitness Magazine Model search. There is more story here...!! Growing up in hugely difficult circumstances led Ying to depression and she "ended up in the hospital after trying to end my life". But that gave us Ying today! "Then it hit me – I can do that too! I can be an... Go to BodyBlog

Multiple choice question... Were all of the guys standing around watching Randalene Sergent doing squats for our photo shoot...A. Waiting to use the rack?B. Learning proper form?C. Hoping she needed a spot?D. Lined up to apply to be my assistant? Randalene Sergent, Fit Lifestyle coach, personal trainer, fitness model and one of the most enthusiastic and enjoyable persons I have ever met. Check out her Facebook personal and fan pages. It will do you good! Go to BodyBlog

Maria Yvonne Bertrand... Model, Actress, Fitness Consultant. In front of my cameras which is pretty outstanding. You see, Maria has been a model who has appeared in the most prestigious of magazines in fashion photo shoots in exotic locations around the world. And she is an actress who has appeared in many movies you have certainly seen opposite some of the biggest stars. Just too good! Go to BodyBlog