My First Photoshoot

Since salsa doesn't bring in enough dinero to pay the bills, I refrain from calling myself a "professional" instructor. I half-jokingly refer to myself as a "semi-professional" instructor. Still, professional or not, one can only benefit from looking the part. Recently, I was fortunate enough to have a student who is also a graphic designer and photographer. Far be it from me not to realize and take advantage of an opportunity when I see it, I was able to have a logo made and my first photo shoot as well. Below is a slideshow of the beautiful artwork (I consider photography artwork as well) of my wonderful student and photographer, Angela C. Smith. The beautiful young lady in my pics with me is my lovely dance partner, Sarita Atiles.

Till All Are One: My Transformers Collection

Techie and Artsy usually don't mix. Yet, the geek and artist in me never seem to conflict. I am a rare breed, indeed. Which is why I jumped at the chance to buy the shirts that I shamelessly rock in these photos to the left. I mean, come on, they're my two favorite things in the world (Salsa/mambo + Transformers) mixed together!

I say this to say that I fully embrace my geekiness. I make no efforts to hide it. I have my Transformers collection setting in plain view on the speakers in my living room. They normally sit there looking cool for months on end before I decide to transform them all at once. I think it had been close to a year since the last time, now that I think of it. For some reason I can't transform just one and be done; I have to do them all or I just leave them. I'm rarely home w/ that much free time; hence, my TFs never get transformed.

Never having time to transform my TFs came to an end when Atlanta was hit with about 3-5 inches of snow, its worst snow storm in years. (I can already hear my northern-bred readers scoffing at that statement.) Like many citizens of the Atlanta area, I was stuck at home and not able to go to work (Yaaaaay!) or go out (Boooo!) for days on end. I spent my time playing Final Fantasy VII, UFC Undisputed 2010, Halo Reach, and watching Dragonball Z w/ my roommates, but my antics of geekery came to a peak on the last day when I decided to not only transform all of my TFs, but take pics as well. Below are just a few of the pics. The full album can be found here: Till All Are One