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I have so much to be thankful for. I have such an amazing life in such an amazing spot with such an amazing family. I had such an awesome day today. So I'm home and thought about all I had done: surfed at the crack of dawn with my surf brother, met up with some awesome friends for lunch, had a great cross-fit workout with people that I love training with. I absolutely love my friends and my family. People seem to always bring out the best in me. I fell blessed all the time but especially today.
So now I'm home and I'm tired, I don't really want to work on anything. Then I think about my foundation and where I come from. One person that taught me about enjoying work, relishing it, being passionate about what I do is my Grandpa. He loves working and when he was staying with Ali and I, we could not stop him from working. My surf van which used to be a clutter of absolute mess is now a super organized surfboard storage display system (SOSSDS for short).
I was looking through some of the pictures I took of him while he was working and I could see the determination in his eyes. I thought I'd post the pics since I'm sure everyone will see the same determination I do. He is so awesome, crazy at times, but awesome.
Thanks Grandpa, because of you now I will get back to work.
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I got to shoot with an absolute NINJA this past weekend. The ridiculously amazing Ray Santana (www.raysantanaphotography.com) is my mentor, my inspiration, my Obi Wan (I am kind of a Star Wars nerd). I tell you what, Ray is an amazing shot but he is an even more amazing person, father and host. You will not find someone so eager to give and such a pleasure to be around. It was an honor to shoot along side him. Pics of the wedding coming soon, here is a shot of the man himself.
Gavin Wade:
HAHA! Total ninja that guy! What you don't see is the nearly 1000 people sitting in church watching all of this happen! He just steps up, get's the shot, and walks down! Cajones grandes on that fella :)
Can't wait to see the rest Oz!
(02.26.10)
Brad Ross:
Dude...awesome pictures...but I thought I was your Obi Wan!!
(02.27.10)
Lara Rios:
Oz What a great shot of Ray and what great pictures! All of them! It was an awesome wedding. I hope we get to shoot together again one day! It was fun! Take care, Lara
(03.04.10)
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It's Christmas time! It's Christmas time! Okay so it's just after Christmas time but everyone that knows me knows that I love stretching out special occasions. I have two month birthday parties, I have haloween weeks, fourth of July months, so a few extra days of Christmas is no big deal. Anyways, Ali and I decided to take Blake and Pebbles to Colorado with us to see our parents. Here are some shots of the trip and our animals playing in the snow, Blake was a natural, pebbles, not so much.
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Southern California has been getting rocked by storms all week. Storms make me feel cleansed as they are always followed by amazing sunsets and beautiful clearing winds. My friend Ryan Moore stated after seeing this picture, "God spent some extra time on this one." I couldn't agree more.
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You are about to see two of the coolest people and one of the coolest dogs in the world. Collin and Megan are two of our awesome friends in Orange County and when they asked me to shoot their Christmas card picture, I was so stoked. Just look at how awesome Bear looks in this picture!
Megan:
looovee the photos!!! Its going to be so hard to choose just one for the cards!
(11.20.09)
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i love it.
(03.26.10)I love my dad so much.. I love you soo much...I am one lucky person :-)
(03.26.10)That is awesome! Great pictures! Such a great memory too! You're a great guy and you deserve all that comes to you! XXOO
(03.26.10)Reading this and seeing the photos of your grandpa just got my weekend off to such a great start. Thanks, Oz!
(03.27.10)Nothing to say much for these pictures...Nicely balanced, dynamic...speaking for themselves...
(03.27.10)DUDE! I love this post. Great thoughts here and of course the photography is great - way to document your history!
(03.27.10)so rad! he totally adores you oz! :)
(03.30.10)