This is an invite to everyone who wants to come out and shoot with us and Ron Henry of BlackRapid . We will be at Venice Beach in California on Saturday December 4th at 3PM!

Bring your gear, this is a photoshootogether! We are doing a national campaign for BlackRapid and if you want to be a part of it, come on down!

If you have any questions, leave a comment and we'll get right back to you!

See you there!

So after the 1st attempt at shooting Paulo Andres Escobar and his Free Running was a kinda failure because of my nap time...we go attempt Part 2. This time, everything is planned out a little better. We have a little more time because we are going to be staying with Paulo the entire weekend in a town called Guatape, Colombia.

Check out photos and the rest of the story after the break

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Andy and I had the rare opportunity to take photos of the Mamos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (note: an indigenous tribe from the mountainous region of Sierra Nevada). The Mamos don't normally allow people to photograph them because of their spiritual beliefs. This particular family fled to the region of Antioquia to escape persecution from the FARC (guerillas).  We drove deep into the mountains to meet with the family, and when we arrived the smell of roasted tobacco and burning herbs permeated the crisp air.  Andy and I took time to get acquainted before asking if we could photograph them.  I even had a chance to play some guitar with the head chief before taking Josca with the family (Josca is powdered tobacco mixed with other plants that when inhaled is supposed to cleans the mind of bad thoughts)

Pictures after the break...

So we were sitting at my apartment deciding where to go and shoot for the official help portrait day (12-12-09). Over peanut butter and jelly we decided on two towns, the first day we would hit La Ceja (means Eyebrow in English) and the second, El Carmen (no direct translation). They are about 25 minutes apart and they would be easy to reach by Colombia's very good public transportation system.

We pack up our backpacker's studio along with the, what feels like 100 pound vagabond battery and canon printer. A full set of ink cartridges and 40 sheets of paper...oh yeah!!!

Photos and more details of our trip after the break...