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Fitness with Edward Taboada

U.S. Coast Guard Serviceman, Bodybuilder, Fitness Competitor

By Matt Pendleton Photography

July 25^th, 2016

Meet Edward

Edward Taboada is serviceman in the United States Coast Guard. He’s also a dedicated bodybuilder and fitness competitor.

We shot with Edward back in May 2015 on location at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, FL right before he was to depart for a bodybuilding competition in Chicago. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Edward wasn’t able to travel so he reached out to us to document and memorialize his progress.

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Here's some of the gear we used for this shoot:

Photographers: Matt Pendleton
Camera Gear: Canon 1D-X, Canon 70-200mm f2.8L II, Lexar 32GB Memory Cards, Tiffen UV filters
Lighting: AlienBees B800 strobes, Paul C. Buff beauty dish, softboxes and grids, and PocketWizard Plus X radio wireless triggers
Locations: Cecil Airport, Jacksonville, FL

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Footnotes

Photos by Matt Pendleton for Matt Pendleton Photography. Visit MattPendleton.com for more information.

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Photos by Matt Pendleton for Matt Pendleton Photography. Visit MattPendleton.com for more information.

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