I woke up with the song in my head. On the way to the airport. On the flight. ” I throw my hands up in the air sometimes.” The drive to the hotel. Dance party for 1 in the hotel room. The wedding. “Saying Ayo.” Driving to South Beach. On the beach. “Gotta let go.” Dancing under the Palm trees and moon. ”I wanna celebrate and live my life. Saying ayo. Baby, let’s go.”
Jess had never heard it. I made sure to sing out loud every so often so she could become well aquanited. It became the theme song of our trip. Every good time, every what the heck did we just see, every wow moment.
Miami, it’s beautiful. If you saw my status updates on Facebook, South Beach is completely INSANE. People watching was at a whole new level.
It’s the first trip my best friend Jess and I have been on together in over 10 years. She recently started photography and I invited her to come along as my second shooter to Miami. She obliged, put up with all my wackyness and I think had a ittle fun too
Here are a few pictures. And in the final words of Taio Cruz…”we gon’ light it up (Miami that is) like it’s DYNAMITE!”
You would never know this picture was taken in a moving vehicle. Good job Jess. It’s exactly the moment I saw when I scared you half to death pointing like a wild woman and yelling to take a picture while I drove 25 miles per hour on a busy road.
Our room was so cute!
Welcome to South Beach.
Breakfast on our last day. This coffee was so good I wouldn’t shut up about it. I even had the server find out what kind of roast it was. (It’s Lavazza 100% Arabic). Jess I just realized that the brand is printed on the cup!
I convinced Jess she should try it and she decided to order a cup for herself. Here she is with her first cup of coffee. Ever!
Our only picture together. We waited until we saw someone with a SLR camera (since it was all we had) and asked him to take it.
I don’t think I saw this work out area empty once.
Downtown Miami.
And a little photo shoot time
Okay. I died laughing when I saw this next picture. Here comes the lioness…
I tried to make up for it…
This is a Bayside Banyan tree. The interesting thing about these trees is that the roots acutally grow down from the branches. Once they hit the ground, they grow into trunks.
I thought I would be sly…Where’s Waldo?
Looks like SOOO much fun!
And that hotel has my name on it–I want to stay there!
So fun! Wish I could’ve gone with ya’ll…oh the fun. Just imagine all the places your photography will take you!