October Salsa Fest Friday Performances

I took the chance last week to attend the October Salsa Fest which was held at the Smooth Latin Groove studio on Friday. It was a great location to whole a latin dance party with heaps of space to dance and was the music top notch. Hats off to Khosro and Carlos for the great music that kept dancers on the floor and pulling out not only fancy but also smooth moves. The main highlight of the night was definitely the performances that were lined up, fantastic choice for the welcoming night.

Josh and Mandy from Latin Steps

Josh and Mandy from Latin Steps

Josh and Mandy from Latin Steps started off the night with a salsa routine. Let me tell you this, Josh and Mandy have only been dancing for less than 6 months, 2 months before the Sydney Salsa Classic. It is definitely not an easy task to be able to perform as a solo couple but with the help of Carlos and Elli, they are definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Alan and Little Liz from LDA Sydney

Alan and Little Liz from LDA Sydney

Followed by Alan and Lil Liz from LDA Sydney performing an impromptu Zouk performance. I covered their performance during the LDA Ball 2008 and their performances are not something I tire of easily. Its simply amazing how to see the connection between them. You just gotta see it for yourself (probably can find something on youtube) in person.

Fernando and Becky from Salsa Suave performing a Cha Cha

Fernando and Becky from Salsa Suave performing a Cha Cha

If there is one thing I admire, it is definitely Becky’s never ending legs(not because I want a pair of legs like hers). This is the third time I have covered a performance by Fernando and Becky, the first being my first ever paid gig(and boy, did i screw that up, lucky i was backup). They are totally (Salsa) Suave!(smooth in english) with Becky’s never ending legs and style mixed with Fernando’s smoothness, this is the kind of couple you look forward to at every shoot!

Seriously, how hot is that?

Seriously, how hot is that?

Future Salsa Champions? ;)

Future Salsa Champions? ;)

By the way, you can view the rest of the performance pictures that I took on Friday and Sunday performance nights on my Flickr.


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Tags: Allan Dantas, Amanda Beckman, Becky Lee, Carlos Galiano, Cha Cha, dance photos, Elli Torres, Fernando Providel, Josh Godwin, Khosro Zarif-Raftar, Latin Dance Australia, Latin Steps, October Salsa Fest, Salsa, Salsa Suave, Smooth Latin Groove, zouk


Jen and Wade, Married

A couple months ago, I rushed back from Malaysia to attend Jen and Wade’s Wedding. I know Jennifer from QUT where we did our final year project together and we grew to be good friends. It was held at St Andrew’s church in South Brisbane and was joined by a huge following of family and friends. Here are some shots I took on the day.

Walking up the stairs

Walking up the stairs

Jennifer on St Andrews Church Stairs

Jennifer on St Andrew's Church Stairs

Jennifer feeding Wade

Jennifer feeding Wade

Ronald and Melissa

Ronald and Melissa

The beautiful bridesmaids, Karen, RuiMin and Paula

The beautiful bridesmaids, Karen, RuiMin and Paula


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Tags: South Brisbane, St Andrews Church, wedding, wedding photography


Ridiculous!

The most ridiculous things happened in my inbox on my birthday. I could write about it but I rather show you the picture.

Click to enlarge...

Click to enlarge...

 …and results in replying to every single one of them and did that take a long time…anyway, thanks for all the wishes, especially the people who took the time to message and call me!

Facebook is really ridiculous…


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Tags: Birthday, facebook, gmail