TRANNYSHACK: Palm Springs

Heklina and girls made their way over to the Ace Hotel & Swim Club for WEST COAST LOVE TRAIN over Gay Pride weekend in Palm Springs.  The show once again had us hollering and loving every minute of it.  Videos of the performances can be seen via YouTube on the Hard Times Presents page
(prepared to be WOW'D!!). 

Heklina lost her heart to a starship trooper

(which I have not been able to get that song out of my mind since, and we have been home over 2 weeks).

 Ethel Merman was once again OUTSTANDING!!!  Her rendition of River Deep Mountain High had Kendall SCREAMING and the crowd sang along for Ohhh La La

And Ms. Squeaky Blonde gave tribute to Miss California

Paint It Pink: A night for Susan G Komen

On October 28th, my friend and local comedienne Shannon Whaley held her first comedy show at the Pan Pacific Hotel in support of breast cancer.  Her show "PAINT IT PINK: A night for Susan G. Komen" had a lineup of local talent that left us all in tears and raised over $1000 for breast cancer research.  I was honored to have donated my time and camera to capture these shots. 



For additional shots of the evening, please click HERE

West Coast Love Train

WHEW.......It has been one heck of a week!  I have over 1000 photos shot to pick, process and display.  Guess where you will be finding me when not at work selling phones????!!!  Here is a glimpse though of our first night in Palm Springs for the West Coast Love Train!  It was an amazing trip, lots of work and way tooo much alcohol.  Yikes is all I can say about that.  I can not wait to get my pictures up for all of you to enjoy, but until then here is what you can see from night #1!  Live performances from Seattle duo Vintage Youth and my lady L.A. Kendall (and PS you can find more of my photos's via here blog)!

Please meet: Ethel Merman

Earlier this week I posted a photo collage from Trannyshack Seattle, I also posted these pictures individually to my Facebook page.  I was contacted by Miss Ethel Merman, requesting my pictures for use on her website (ok, I was a little bit excited I won't lie)!!!  I also had some additional photos I had taken of her that she requested.  She blew all of us away with her rendition of River Deep Mountain High at Chop Suey last weekend, and we can't wait to see her perform again next weekend in Palm Springs at the Ace Hotel for Gay Pride.    Can't make it to Palm Springs?? Jump over to YouTube and catch some Ethel Merman Experience for yourself!

Trannyshack Seattle

Last Saturday night we hit up Chop Suey for my first Trannyshack!  Wow what a great experience that was...nothing better than good ole drag show!  Hostess Heklina brought out a great crew (from LA and locally) for a night full of song and dance performance.  Take a peek for yourself. 

Want to see the full size images of these? Click here!

Also, keep your eyes open for more Trannyshack pictures from my trip to Palm Springs next week!

{CoupleShoot}: Marsha & Stephen

I know it's been F-O-R-E-V-E-R since I have sat down and posted to this great blog I have started.  Well, let me tell you...life has been C-R-A-Z-Y!!!  Let me give you a little catchup ~ October 8th was my last day working for the company that I had given 11 years of my life to, so with sad goodbyes I moved on to the corporate world!!  A chance for growth, many opportunities and yep you guessed it MONEY!  Funny how that is always a motivator isn't it?!?!  So all that being said, I have been consumed with training and new schedules, etc. 

I did though, get the chance last weekend to spend a few hours with some friends whom I have not seen in a long time and we took that time to head to Jennings Park and take some amazing photos.  I was honored to be asked to do this for them.  Marsha and Stephen have been married for 17 years and this was their first time doing a shoot together.  I am blessed to have this couple in my life and while it had been more years than I care to say since we had seen each other, it felt just like yesterday.  I want to share with you just a few of this great fall morning...ENJOY!

  

SAMMY LAFORGE

So FINALLY I am finished and releasing the studio pics I took of Sammy LaForge back in the beginning of September.  While I spent the afternoon in our studio creating great pictures of him and LA Kendall, but we still have to wait for those. 

Ladies and Gentlemen....SAMMY LAFORGE