Saturday, November 30, 2013

Paul Walker dies at 40

Paul Walker passes away in a car crash 

I was truly hoping I would not have to report on any more young beautiful actors losing their lives in 2013 but sadly today the world lost "Fast and Furious" actor Paul Walker ironically in a car accident. The actor got into the accident and passed away around 3:30 this afternoon actually down the street from where I live in Santa Clarita, California. He was in a car with one other person when they collided. They reportedly hit a light pole and a tree which then lead the car to explode into flames. Both people in the car passed away. My thoughts are with his family and friends and especially to his little girl who has now lost her father so close to Christmas. Paul was 40 years old. He will be greatly missed. 

Friday, November 22, 2013

Sexiest Man Alive

Adam Levine takes the prize....... but should he?



This week People magazine announced that the title of sexiest man alive in 2013 goes to Maroon 5 rocker and front man Adam Levine. Now most people seem to be ok with the choice and even though I agree that at time Mr. Levine can be very dreamy I feel like their are a few other men that could have also received this title. 





Joseph Gordon-Levitt would have been a great choice. In 2012 this actor was everywhere with three movies coming out and this year he debuted as an director and writer along with actor in his directorial debut of the movie "Don Jon". He isn't exactly the most popular choice for 2013 but I feel like we have all seen him grow from a child actor to this amazing (and beautiful) man and he would have made a great sexiest man alive. 









With the crazy success and buzz around the show "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul would have also been a great choice for the title. Everyone this year was all about the final season of the series "Breaking Bad" and what is sexier than a great actor who also plays a bad boy?? This year has been great for him on a personal level too because he got married to his long time girlfriend Lauren Parsekian. Even though he didn't win the title this year I feel their is plenty of time for him to take it. I can't wait to see what comes next from this great actor. 






Even though Ben Affleck won the sexiest man alive title back in 2002, after the year he has had (and last year) he kind of deserves it again. At the beginning of this year all anyone could talk about was Ben and his Academy Award winning movie "Argo". Once the hype of that moment cleared we all got the news that the next Batman would be played by Mr. Affleck as well. Though most people seemed to not be happy with this choice when they first heard about it, most movie goers seem to have accepted it and are getting excited to see where he takes the character. By far the sexiest quality Ben possesses is how amazing of a husband and father he is. We all got to see first hand the love his has for his family this year. I think with the great year he has had it looks like things will keep going up for him. 






If you were one of the millions who saw the newest "Superman" movie this year you too were probably drooling over Henry Cavill. Everyone seemed to love the choice of actor for the character and couldn't help but love how handsome he is. I think the more we see Henry the more likely it will be that in the next few years he will probably take the sexiest man title. I am just going to take a moment and look at him and please feel free to join........






My top pick for who I feel should have received the title (no surprise here if you have been following my blog) is Mr. Justin Timberlake! Who has has a better year than this guy. With the albums, movies, and tours he has been in the spotlight all year. Debuting his new look this year as well has only made him look more mature and sexier (which I didn't know was possible). If Justin didn't get the award this year I don't know what People mag is waiting for because if he gets any hotter I don't know if millions of women will be able to handle it. 





Sunday, November 10, 2013

You may "hitRECord"

My first hitRECord experience



The other day I had the opportunity to join actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and help capture and contribute to a monologue he was filming for an upcoming episode of his "variety show" that revolves around hitRECord. If you have not yet heard about hitRECord let me catch you up. HitRECord is a website where anyone can go on a collaborate with one another to create these amazing projects. When you get on the website you can find some pretty amazing pieces of work along with some pretty inspiring artist of all kinds. I am a photographer so I took a lot of photos of the event I attended which was revolved around the premise of fantasy. 

Everyone that came was supposed to wear something fantastical and have a mask, and as with every hitRECord event we all needed to bring our recording devices whether that meant a fancy camera or just your cell phone. We got to watch Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) do a couple takes of his opening monologue for the show and then we got to sing a song and do a little dancing and that was that. Even though I didn't get to truly interact with Joe it was an amazing time and event. I walked away getting some pretty cool shots of the whole experience. 

I suggest if you are an artist of any kind whether that means you are a photographer like me or videographer or writer or illustrator or even just an editor you need to check out hitRECord. It is so cool to be able to come together with others to create something amazing and sometimes your work is even published and shown to millions. Check out the website today! http://www.hitrecord.org/