Charleston, South Carolina wedding

I’m on my way back from South Carolina, I would like to congratulate Perstine & Michelle Sanders on their wedding Saturday at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Frederick, Maryland

I am back from my week long Maryland vacation. I flew into Baltimore, Maryland and drove 30 minutes to Mount Airy where my father Arthur Luby was from. Although I grew up in Florida the trip brought back some good memories of my two years that I lived in Frederick, Maryland and played basketball at Frederick Community College. I went up for a family reunion and got to spend some time with my daughter Alicia, granddaughter little Miss J and see a few family members I hadn't seen in a while.

I don't miss the snow and cold weather but I do miss the scenic countryside. I have added my last newspaper clipping and a photo of my granddaughter.

Fourth of July first Friday NFL Weekend

Arizona Cardinals star receiver Anquan Boldin a former Pahokee High and Florida State standout and Stand-up comedian-turned-actor Mike Epps were in attendance on the Fourth of July for the NFL Fourth of July first Friday weekend party at the Ultra Lounge downtown West Palm Beach, Florida,

Saturday night Chicago Bears All-Pro return specialist DEVIN HESTER a Suncoast High and University of Miami standout will have his party.

Fourth on Flagler 2008

I started off wanting to go out and shoot fireworks at the Fourth on Flagler downtown West Palm Beach. After the late afternoon thunderstorms I got a late start. Because of the weather and the traffic I could not get remotely close to downtown before the fireworks started. When I realized I would not get anywhere near the fireworks I got out of the traffic and parked on a side street. After walking three or four blocks to get to the waterfront the fireworks display has well underway. I decided to just shoot what I could get using an 80 - 200mm f2.8 lens handheld at shutter speeds as low as a 30th of a second.

Fourth on Flagler, the area’s biggest and best fourth of July celebration. Residents and visitors enjoyed fireworks, food, concerts and much more along the City’s waterfront. This year the City of West Palm Beach was celebrating Two Decades of Independence Day Fun and thanking everyone for coming out to enjoy 20 years of fireworks, festivities and most of all…freedom!

Will E Robo at West Palm Beach Improv Comedy Jamz Wednesdays

Last night I was at the West Palm Beach Improv where I was just going to take a minute to get my basic shot of a comedian on stage with the Improv sign behind him. Pretty much your basic run-of-the-mill shot except for the fact that I didn’t expect comedian Will E Robo was on stage. As I was going through the motions, checking the lighting did not want to cause distractions by moving too much, trying to quickly figure out his stage tendencies. Robo moved around quite a bit on stage so then my boring shot on stage when took on a new light as he would break into these characters and impressions as he moved across the stage. When I noticed that he had the audience rolling in laughter that boring shot on stage took me again in another direction, now I wanted to see if I could come up with a different shot of him going into these impressions and catch the audience in the background laughing. I got the photo, not quite happy with the overall quality because of the lighting and trying to capture the folks in the audience I had to really pushed the film to ASA 1600. Oh I forgot we don't use film any more and the grain in the digital world is called noise.

Will E Robo from Baltimore, Maryland is well known for his impressions of animals, entertainers, and characters. Will's stand up also includes sound effects that will truly amaze any audience. Will E has appeared on television shows such as the Apollo winning six times as an amateur, BET's comic view, Russell Simmons HBO def comedy jam and P. Diddy's Bad Boyz of Comedy.

Pastor, Albert Wilder Jr. fellowship day

This was a reunion photo Sunday of Pastor, Albert Wilder Jr. with the 1976 Class of Palm Beach Gardens High School for a fellowship day at Hilltop Missionary Baptist Church in Riviera Beach, Florida.

In shooting large groups of people you are sometimes forced to sacrifice based on the time of day and your locations. In this particular photo it was a decision of a good light environment or elevations. I when with the elevations where I had some steps that I could use to get three different heights at the sacrifice of the harsh backlighting as opposed to having a better lighting location but could not see everybody faces.

New York Jets Abram Elam A Day in the Park

On Saturday, at the Dan Calloway Recreation Complex in Riviera Beach, Florida New York Jets football player Abram Elam organized A Day in the Park to tell his friends that drugs and violence are a dead end.
Elam knows firsthand the affects of violence three times he has lost a sibling to violence on the streets of Riviera Beach. Food and drinks were provided as well as live music, fun and games for the kids, businessmen in the community, and a couple of fellow NFL players.

Bizzle aka Mr. NAKED HUSTLE

As a photographer when you show up for an assignment you accept the challenge of capturing the mood and feel of that event. These photos of Bizzle aka Mr. NAKED HUSTLE were a joy for me because of the excitement and the frenzy of all the money flying in the air, it was truly an electric night on 6-14-08 at the Ultra Lounge in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Kenny Howell at Palm Beach Improv Comedy Jamz Wednesdays

Sometimes you want to try something different as I tried to do last Wednesday with the inserted photo of the comedian Kenny Howell. I was attempting to get a shot of the comedian performing from outside in the lobby as the door would open and close as people were coming and going. This was very difficult to do because as the people were coming in and out I had about a second to get a photo before the door would close.

Howell from Chicago, has been seen on The Parkers, Comic View and Live at the Apollo, and Tell it to the Judge.

Go out and support the West Palm Beach Improv Comedy Jamz Wednesday each and every week for a night of laughter, drinks, and the best comedians from BET's comic View, HBO's Def Comedy jam, Jamie Foxx's Lafapalooza, and many more, Hosted by Benji Brown and X 102.3's own DJ Severe AKA Sever Saprano.