Capoeira Event

I photographed Mestre Cafu's capoeira event last weekend.

Capoeira is a martial arts created in the 16th century by the african slaves in Brazil. It is a mixture of martial arts with some dance and music. The practice of capoeira focus mainly on kicks and flips. Dance and music were used by the slaves to hide the martial arts training from their master. Capoeira is still practiced in Brazil and all over the world.

You can find more information on Mestre Cafu at http://www.armory.com/~cafu/

 Mestre Cafu

 Mestre Acordeon, Mestre Urubu and Instrutor Chipa

 Mestre Cafu

 Mestre Acordeon

Instrutor Chipa and Mestre Cafu

Mestre Cafu

Erena

I shot Erena shimoda a couple of days ago. She is a wonderful underwater photographer. Check her out. http://www.erenashimoda.com. We thought that is no better place to show her style than the ocean.

Martine and Tone

I just shot Martine and Tone wedding last weekend. It was a wonderful day with a sweat celebration. 

Takoyaki SF

I've just photographed Lily and her the Takoyaki SF this Saturday at the Asian Heritage street festival. Lily sells delitious takoyaki on the streets of San Francisco. She brought this idea from Japan, Takoyaki are very popular street food there, they are octopus battered balls. Check out her new events at http://www.yelp.com/biz/traveling-takoyaki-san-francisco or at http://twitter.com/#!/TakoyakiSF

 

My last job of 2010

My last job of 2010 was for the immigration Lawyer Norton Tooby, new website to come. It's going to be up in a few months. His site is http://criminalandimmigrationlaw.com. We did a few formal portraits, location portraits at his office, details and 1 event. He was great to work with. He shared great stories. One of them was that he worked with the Black Panters in the 70's. How cool is that?

Paris, October 2010

This was my first time in Paris, the city of light. I had a great time, mostly because of my friends. I have the luck of having many friends living there. I  enjoyed their company and saw some of their favorite spots. Kika was a wonderful host to me and my sister at her small parisian apartment. We spent many days walking around, taking pictures, drinking tons of coffee, wine and beer. 

 This was the view from my window

 Kika in her small cute kitchen

 The louvre pyramid

Cristal, my sweet little sister

 The fabulous camera woman Louise botkay.