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2013-06-13 21:51:50 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

Body builder Alex

By: Shahiz Almonte
Location: North Miami, FL

2013-06-13 15:38:10 (7 comments, 6 reshares, 42 +1s)

Native by: Andrey Bychkovskiy

One of my favorite photos! 

2013-06-09 23:27:51 (355 comments, 370 reshares, 1423 +1s)

Manila, Philippines. 

I could not remember this little girls name. But she was very curious of my camera. She requested me to take a photo of her playing the hula hoop. She was so happy to be photographed and kept asking for more photos.. Kuya, photo me, Kuya photo me! I remember her sweet voice.

At the end I hugged her and swing her around like a hula hoop. She was overjoyed. To me she was a little princess. She was so adorable.

Children are employed for their small sizes and cheap salary. They could easily crawl into those small pits behind.

But the condition is really terrible. Hot, smoky, polluted and bad for health.

Image by: Mio Cade

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramdiboy/4501975875/in/set-72157623174470967/

#children   #child
#childlabor   #phillipines  

2013-06-03 14:50:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 42 +1s)

Miami Beach Album

I love shooting at the beach!

More coming soon....

2013-06-01 20:03:49 (59 comments, 109 reshares, 364 +1s)

TOO COOL! 
OMG if you are a transformers fan.... you will probably enjoy this lol
AUTOBOTS.... TRANSFORM!
Some people are just good at what they do :O

2013-06-01 18:36:35 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 36 +1s)

When it came to photographing the women of this community, the presentations were limitless. While much of it was for the sake of the tourists, including me of course, there were examples when they were themselves and enjoyed the session. My inability to communicate with them directly, as well as my translator's inability to do the same, led me to use hand gestures and facial expressions.

Their laughs were surely directed at my clumsiness, at my difficulty within their environment. While everyone else was dressed comfortably for the heat, here I was in the formal attire of pants and shirt. They saw my camera as an antique compared to the digital versions in the hands of the tourists. They were used to standing for group shots for a few seconds, and interpreted my work with a tripod differently.

My friend and guide just advised them that my camera was an old one and that all of my... more »

2013-05-31 20:37:08 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 53 +1s)

Yemaya
Goddess of the ocean
Model: RisaJilane Smith
By: Shahiz Almonte

Jilanes FB: https://www.facebook.com/risajilane.smith?fref=ts

#miami   #sobe   #miamibeach   #southbeach   #bikinimodel   #risajilanesmith   #shahizalmonte   #shahizphotography   #Beach   #beachphotos   #paintography  

2013-05-31 03:13:53 (16 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

Model: Gwen Rakotovao
Photographer: Shahiz Almonte
Location: Miami Beach

2013-05-30 16:14:58 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

SonRisa

Model: RisaJilane Smith
By: Shahiz Almonte
Location: Miami Beach

#miami   #miamibeach   #memorialdayweekend   #model   #bikinimodel   #sobe   #monochrome   #blackandwhite  

2013-05-29 17:08:51 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 41 +1s)

Ocean Catwalk

One more of Miss Jilane Smith

Her FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RisaJilane-Smith-Model/373635389315169?fref=ts

#miami   #miamibeach   #memorialdayweekend   #model   #beachmodel   #sunset   #paintography   #sobe   #southbeach   #risajilanesmith   #shahizalmonte   #shahizphotography  

2013-05-28 23:35:29 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)

Model: RisaJilane Smith
Photographer: Easter bunny
Location: Miami Beach
Memorial day weekend

more stuff.....

Her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RisaJilane-Smith-Model/373635389315169?fref=ts

#miami   #miamibeach   #memorialdayweekend   #sobe   #southbeach   #paintography  

2013-05-28 23:30:24 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

Miami Beach boardwalk at night.
By: Shahiz Almonte
Model: RisaJilane Smith
https://www.facebook.com/pages/RisaJilane-Smith-Model/373635389315169

#model   #miamibeach   #miami   #boardwalk   #bnw   #blackandwhite   #monochrome   #monochromemonday   #memorialday  

2013-05-28 12:57:13 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 41 +1s)

Memorial day weekend shoot with the beautiful Risajilane 

Miami Beach Florida sunset

to see more of her check out
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RisaJilane-Smith-Model/373635389315169
model mayhem page at:  http://www.modelmayhem.com/1023283

#miamibeach   #miami   #beach   #photoshoot   #sunset  

2013-05-24 17:56:19 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Some of the Miami events I shot

#events   #miami   #miamievents   #southflorida   #vizcaya   #bmw   #mercedes   #benz  

2013-05-23 12:13:19 (11 comments, 3 reshares, 37 +1s)

Loyalty

My Animals album

2013-05-23 19:01:51 (46 comments, 73 reshares, 117 +1s)

MUST SEE!
trust me you will NOT regret it, this video is amazing.

feel free to Re-share this amazing video
information:
Black Sun is a meticulously choreographed projection of motiongraphics onto dance,combining traditional and modern elements of Japanese culture and martial arts. 

http://www.orientarhythm.com/ for more videos from the creators

Edit: Props to +Julian Maytum and +Ottaro Chabo  for finding out the information

2013-05-21 14:48:44 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 45 +1s)

Finally got off my lazy butt and organized my photos lol, this is one of the albums.  To see all albums hover over the photos bellow and click on 'see all albums'.  Took me a day and a half for the other albums (im slow)

2013-05-18 18:57:28 (16 comments, 5 reshares, 51 +1s)

by "Lee Jeffries"

2013-05-16 16:31:24 (36 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

New +Google+ Stream

Another post about this, I just realized that the new +Google+  stream is based on your resolution, on one monitor I have 2 lanes and on my 3rd monitor which has the highest resolution it has 3 lanes... However this does not explain what makes it so that certain posts have a full screen, do any of you know any +Google Developers  that we can tag to see if they can chime in on how this functions? I have tried to do some searches but this is fairly new and I mostly found old posts about random things unrelated. 

I'm sure there are other rabid poster's out there that would like to know the answer to this, so if you know anything on how this works or anyone that may know, please tag them in the comment section.  

Thank you!

2013-05-12 19:55:58 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 32 +1s)

I really liked the look of this one food truck, not sure how good their food is but the thing looks awesome! had to shoot it by itself, what do you guys think?

2013-05-12 19:39:11 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

Endless rows of food trucks in Wynwood art distric, Miami FL

So many choices, just make sure its your cheat day.

+Miami Art Scene 

#miami   #artwalk   #wynwood   #miamiartscene   #florida   #southfloricaart   #southflorida   #hdr   #photography   #hdrphotography   #foodtrucks   #food  

2013-05-08 18:45:20 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 56 +1s)

My good friend fashion designer Yoshini!

www.yoshini.com

2013-05-08 02:30:43 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 42 +1s)

Part of the Key west series I shot, check out the blog post if you haven't seen them all yet! :D

I really liked this one
Link Bellow!!! thank you!
http://shahiz.com/blog/2013/4/24/key-west

2013-05-06 18:58:19 (24 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

Wynwood Walls Project

The entire 24th street walls in wynwood.

This is an ongoing project, we will be shooting the streets of wynwood in the weeks to come, if any of you amazing g+ friends happens to know any of the artist that did any of these pieces please leave the name and or link to their site so we can tag them and credit them appropriately, thank you!

2013-05-06 03:33:34 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 58 +1s)

Clevelander night shot, revisited
South Beach FL
2011

2013-05-05 21:42:42 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Edel 15, hanging out by his pool, looking at people jump off the roof

Miami FL

2013-05-05 01:07:49 (12 comments, 4 reshares, 60 +1s)

Check out my new friend Puff the magic dragon

Video and more photos in the link bellow:

http://shahiz.com/blog/2013/5/4/puff-the-magic-dragon

2013-05-05 00:56:12 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Check out my new friend Puff the magic dragon

Video in link aswell! :)

http://shahiz.com/blog/2013/5/4/puff-the-magic-dragon

2013-05-02 21:38:50 (74 comments, 7 reshares, 26 +1s)

Here are 120 people that you want to have as Google friends

PLEASE Reshare

These are all very interesting individuals with a lot of awesome input and constantly engaging.  I have added mostly people that dont have a gajillion followers but are very active and or have really amazing content.

Here are some of the people that stand out to me and some of their work in no particular order
+LU PER for his series of Havana, Cuba: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104401462206426890612/albums/5856711825915387489

+Danka Dear For her amazing seascape photos and overall kindness, she is one of the nicest people I have been privileged to meet on Google+

+Thorsten von Eyb One hell of a photographer, and always grateful for the comments and +1's he gets, I am a big fan of his work!

+Hengki Koentjoro His black and whitephotogr... more »

2013-04-30 04:43:01 (72 comments, 2 reshares, 33 +1s)

Spotted this on my way home from a shoot, No idea what kind of car it is and I highly doubt i can even pronounce it anyways

I see a lot of nice cars in Miami but this one caught my attention!

2013-04-29 00:02:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Blog post of my shoot with Gwen Rakotovao this past friday, really enjoyed this shoot she was a lot of fun to collaborate with!

Check it out bellow!

http://shahiz.com/blog/2013/4/28/photoshoot-gwen-rakotovao

2013-04-28 22:15:52 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

Fitness Instructor - Alex 
North Miami FL

2013-04-29 00:26:39 (23 comments, 1 reshares, 53 +1s)

Breathe.

Part of the series of photos I shot with Gwen Rakotovao, one of the nicest and motivating young ladies I've shot thus far! blog post coming soon! 

2013-04-26 22:35:16 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 66 +1s)

Gwen taking flight!

South Beach, FL.

2013-04-25 16:55:35 (13 comments, 4 reshares, 44 +1s)

2013-04-25 02:11:53 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 67 +1s)

Little road trip to the Keys! 

Check out my blog for more photos of my trip, thank you! :)
http://shahiz.com/blog/2013/4/24/key-west

#monochromemonday   by +Hans Berendsen 
  #streetphotography   #BNW   #blackandwhite   #monochrome  

2013-04-24 02:55:03 (13 comments, 3 reshares, 58 +1s)

Can you believe someone abandoned me in a canal and left me for dead?

Hello, my name is Lady Coco Monroe (some of the many names given to me by my new friends), lucky for me a nice fella spotted me and took me out of the canal and put me in an empty lot, he couldn't take me home as he had other dogs that were very territorial... Some of the people who would walk by would toss me some food sometimes. Attacked by other dogs my wounds were starting to get infected as well as my overall health deteriorating due to the heavy Florida rains storms last week. A guardian Angel finally arrived and took me out of the lot I was in, he let me stay in his home where he could tend to my wounds and try to find me a safe home out of the elements and helped me get better. After about a day or two he decided he wouldn't continue the search for a new family as he realized that he had already found one... more »

2013-04-23 20:58:28 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Check out my latest project and remember to please + the page and circle! will be updating this daily, thank you very much!

2013-04-21 19:57:49 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 51 +1s)

First and last family road trip

Certainly not one of my best quality photos... shot in 2005 with an old rinky camera, its one of my most memorable ones.  This takes place in  Santiago - Dominican Republic.   This was on a road trip from the city to the beaches of Sosua quite the ways away, this was not any road trip... but the very last one for my grandfather Rafael Almonte with what would be in my memory the first and last full family get together.  This photo buried within layers upon layers of folders I have on an old hard drive, when I saw it I instantly had a plethora of flashbacks from the trip as my grandfather released what I assume were some of his honest dying words as he explained in great detail some of the great and bad experiences he had as a young man on this very long lonely road, I wont get too into details but there was topics that ranged from car breakdowns, funroad... more »

2013-04-20 16:09:20 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 72 +1s)

Beacon street Boston MA.

The people of Boston are as tough as the bricks they walk on, devilish deed's as the ones we saw this week will not break the spirit of my people.

R.I.P to the 3 Innocent victims of the Boston Marathon.

#Boston #downtownboston #downtown #beaconstreet  +HQSPPromotion #hqsppromotion #hqspwinners #plusphotoextract  

2013-04-19 23:17:44 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 46 +1s)

I always admire the sky above North East Miami on my way home from the beach, the luxuries of living here, great weather and beautiful skies to name a couple...

www.shahiz.com

#downtown #miami   #florida   #miamicosway   #sunset  

2013-04-19 13:11:23 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Poetry.
I love pitbulls they are one of the most abused and wrongly accused breed in the planet based on their look....

B.A.N.G. - BROTHER

#dogsrule   #dogs   #doglovers   #pitbull  #puppies  #shelter

2013-04-11 03:01:12 (29 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

So many social networking sites..... I mostly use Google+ because of the endless photography community and support for photographers by the devs, what do you guys all use and prefer?

Also if you have any of the other social networks throw me a like, follow, pin:
Facebook Photography page: https://www.facebook.com/shahizphotography
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shahiz
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/shahiz/
Model Mayhem: http://www.modelmayhem.com/2984655

2013-04-08 11:35:35 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 38 +1s)

Transformed by Light - Gibson's Steps, Great Ocean Rd, Victoria.
 
"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." - Marian Williamson.
 
I had taken an image of the Gibson's Steps minutes before this, and all of a sudden I turned around to see this gorgeous light shine gloriously. Although it still had it's beauty in the image just minutes before, the beauty intensified and was transformed by the light. As I was working on this, it made me think of our own selves... we may look the same externally but it's the light within us that makes us glow. Whether it be spirituality, your passion, your love that makes you come alive... hold on to it dearly and let your own light shine brightly.

2013-05-23 12:13:23 (19 comments, 6 reshares, 82 +1s)

First Look at the universe

Stray kitten found on the sidewalk baking in the sun wiggling around (We found a good home for him and his little brother

2013-04-05 00:36:33 (13 comments, 3 reshares, 105 +1s)

Wavy.

Because walking in a straight line is too mainstream!

Miami Beach Boardwalk

2013-04-04 20:08:36 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 59 +1s)

Miami cruising!

While driving in Miami is quite frustrating, thank god we have this beautiful weather to calm us.

2013-04-04 10:30:09 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 58 +1s)

The aging fountain of youth

Vizcaya Garden - Miami, FL

2013-03-31 23:30:21 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 69 +1s)

Miami swamp water EXPLOSIONS!

It looks like blooming water flowers :D