Wedding: Michelle & Joseph

They say if you truly love someone you'll set them free and if they come back it's meant to be. Here's a poem I delicate to Michelle and Joseph.

Years ago I knew you 

It seems so long ago 

When I was young as you were too 

All those years before 

As if you never left me 

You never left my side 

As if time never passed... 

We had and wonderful time in South Beach being a part of a very emotional and fun filled weekend. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and I'm glad to have the pleasure of calling you friends.

Special thanks David for making the trip down with me to Miami, Florida.
Venue: The Setai Miami Beach

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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Frames: Angie Martinez

Here is another installment in the frames series.  I thought it would be cool to produce a short video of the photos from my shoot with Angie.  Most of the photos are straight out of the camera.  I just wanted to show you it's OK to have fun and be carefree  in front of my camera.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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Frames: Francisco

Here are the frames taken from my last shoot with Francisco.  He wanted to see all the photos from the shoot and wanted unedited versions of the photos.  My rule is that I don't give out unedited photos. So I decided to make a video.  Here is a glimpse under the hood. The photos for the most part are unedited with no retouching, just black and white conversion and the others got special color treatment.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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Angie Rocking It Out

With DJ Danny blaring the music through out the shoot.  I knew we needed to keep the shoot full of energy to match the intensity of music.  So what do you get when mix a pretty girl with a bit of attitude? The photos below that is...

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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Rocking it out with Francisco

Following the last series of photos I've use the same photography technique through out the day.  It's normally not my style and I have to say it's some what liberating not hauling so much gear.  I just wanted to do something different for a change.

I told Francisco when he approached me during the shoot and I said this is going to be different from what I normally do.  We have shot together in the past and he said he was up to doing something different.  He's versatile, open mined and willingness to try something new.  Such great traits for a good model.  Francisco it's always a pleasure working with you.

Please stop by his Facebook Fan page to view more of his work:  http://www.facebook.com/OfficialFrancisco

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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Partied Out

This past Saturday's theme was dubbed Partied Out!  I wanted to get a look of hard night of partying.  I want to thank Brooke the first one to agree to do the concept and Kristina Collins her creatively on the make up.

First off I wanted to give credit to Terry Richardson who has made this type of light setup/photography technique famous.  I dig his work.  I don't understand why other photographers give him grief and call him a hack?  I guess with success comes jealousy and envy?  Someone once said "jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius".

The style is raw. It's all about the subject and the story it tells.  I always say when photographing people the photos are about the subject and not about the photographer.  It's the job of the photographer to get the emotion out of the subject.  

And please visit Brooke and Nelson Facebook pages and show them some LOVE.  They are both talents at Leesa Robinson Agency.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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On the Roof with Austin

When taking a portrait of someone you just met and to break the ice... I fell it's best to ask them what they are into or what do they do.  When Austin told me he plays multiple instruments I knew a general direction to go.  It also helped he brought his guitars with him.  He asked acoustic or electric.  I answered acoustic.  Here are some of the photos of that day.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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On the Roof with Taylor

I had to admit Taylor's outfit was fun, creative and naughty. She was one of the models that embodied the theme of Saturday's shoot. We chatted a bit and I found out she was a dancer. This give me a direction on where I wanted to go with one of the photos.

 

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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On the Roof with Kenya

This was my last shoot this past Saturday.  I had the pleasure of hanging out and photographing Kenya.  The first photo in this post just reminded me that summer has ended.  We had the warmth of the sun peering into my lens accentuated by the bold colors that Kenya was wearing.

End of Summer

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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On the Roof with Ayisha

Continuing the series of photos from Saturday's shoot we have Ayisha a curvaceous model.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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On the Roof with Ashley

Here are some of my fav frames from this past Saturday's shoot with Ashley Romano.  The bright colors were her creative ideas for the candy themed shoot.  But I wanted to go in a different direction.  I wanted to tell a fashion/beauty narrative.

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Mark Anthony is a Washington, DC based photographer serving metropolitan DC, Maryland and Virgina area.
To contact him and to book your photo session visit: www.m-anthony.com

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