In my ever evolving quest to document Mexican immigrant communities in New York, I stumbled across the Sabatina Baseball League, an all-Mexican league playing out of Red Hook in Brooklyn, with an adult division and a youth division. I very much enjoyed spending the day with them, and also very much enjoyed the barbacoa tacos I ate at the Red Hook food trucks afterward. No hot dogs, just tacos.
The end of my summer was crammed with a lot of places to see and people to visit. First person, Erika in Montauk….
TJ harasses a local seagull
Next stop was Playa del Carmen as TJ and I explored the Mayan Riviera on our annual August vacation. Here TJ enjoys the rooftop pool at Hotel Basico, below a shot from the restaurant….
TJ ponders climbing a palm tree in Tulum
This shot is my attempt at some night time photography in Tulum, at what turned out to be a clothing optional beach, inspired by the photography of Ben Canales
Visiting old friends in Puerto Vallarta, Victoria swimming
Best birthday present, Diane walking down the beach with a handful of balloons
Another amazing birthday present, declarations of love for your best friend on your new boobs
Next part of the journey took me to Mexico City to visit family. Aldo’s first birthday surrounded by his big sis, brother, and mom….
Next stop San Miguel, Oaxaca??
I had the pleasure of working another Crunch party, they are always so much fun to shoot and always a good time. Here are some of my favorite shots from the event… 
I am very excited to have finally gotten my act together and put up my new website! This new site is a WordPress site with, as you can see, the blog built right in, which I plan to use often. Very exciting. And for those who don’t know, my photographs were featured in a book, a big book! UNO is a book about the food stylings of Enrique Olvera, Chef from Mexico City/my cuñado. It has photos of the restaurant, the plates created by Enrique, and a section on Mexico City. Photographing the city was so incredibly hard for me but it was a great learning experience and what doesn’t kill you (but makes you cry on several occasions) only makes you stronger. Here are images of it and from it, more info can be found under the menu item “In Print.”
After receiving an Andres Serrano book as a xmas present, I was inspired to do portraits in a style similar to his. So I broke out the flash kit and tried something a little different. Controlled lighting in a controlled atmosphere… making a simple illustration of the head. I was really pleased with the results and I hope to do more of these with all types of people.
