Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks Round 1 Game 3

That ball came really fast and awfully close, so why are they all smiling?

A selection of images from Thursday nights game between the Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks in Round 1 Game 3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

To see the Miami Herald photo gallery  CLICK HERE.

The Power of Influence by Professional Athletes

Michael, the nine-year-old boy next door, has always refused to wear shoes while playing outside. He would run around wearing sandals or go barefoot. Now he insists on wearing bright green neon Nike high top basketball shoes. 

Michael wears them so proud as he shoots under the hoop in his driveway. He loves them so much his grandfather bought him three pairs. I wondered what made him change. 

Recently, while photographing the Miami Heat’s NBA star athlete, LeBron James, I spotted his flashy green shoes streaking across the basketball court. I got my answer. I witnessed the power of influence on our children by professional athletes.

Chain Reaction: A Story in Four Images

Brian Smith photographed the Miami Mermaids on Miami Beach for Sony's Chain Reaction: A Story in Four Images. Also creating their own images for the project are Sony Artisans Matthew Jordan Smith, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier and David McLain using Sony cameras.

Brian used two mermaid models for the shoot, Misty and Medina. The blonde fish seen at right is my beautiful wife Cindy Seip who is a photographer herself. You can see her images at SplashFoto.com 

Brian used the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 Full Frame Digital Camera.

"We definitely turned a few heads when we photographed the Miami Mermaids Sony's make.believe Chain Reaction project and that's not easy to do on South Beach where beach-goers have seen it all...or so they thought" Brian Smith 

Fotokonbit at Moca: Empowering Haitians to Tell Their Own Stories Through Photography

FotoKonbit event at Miami MOCA on May 1, 7 - 9 PM at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida 33161

In honor of Haitian Heritage Month, MOCA will feature an evening dedicated to the work of FotoKonbit, a non-profit organization that teaches photography to adults and children in Haiti, empowering Haitians to tell their own stories through photography. Come learn how you can help this important initiative and get a view of Haiti through the eyes of its own people.

Special guests Maggie Steber and Edwidge Danticat.

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photojournalist Patrick Farrell Exhibits in Miami Shores

Photographic exhibit by Pulitzer-Prize winning Miami Herald photojournalist Patrick Farrell featuring dramatic imagery from Haiti and the Caribbean at Brockway Memorial Library Friday, April 19 from 6:30-8pm in Miami Shores, 10021 NE 2nd Avenue.

Thru the Lens: With Photojournalist Tim Chapman

Thru the Lens with guest speaker Tim Chapman, a former Miami Herald photojournalist, is presented by The Society of Professional Journalists and The Alpha Kappa Chapter & Gamma XI Chapter of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity Inc. Wednesday April 17, 2013 at 07:00 pm at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, Wolfe University Bay Campus Wolfe University Center 225, 3000 NE 151st Street, Miami.