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April. 30. 2009

callie and niels new york city engagement shoot

Mike and I spent this past SUPER hot Sunday in the fabulous New York City  photographing our June clients Callie and Niels. They are some of the most photogenic people I have photographed, and made our jobs seem like a breeze! Which was good since it was so hot and all…. 

We started off a their amazing apartment- which had the most incredible patio I have seen in a New York City apartment! This mural was painted specifically for them, so of course we had to start there!

One of my favorite things to do on shoots is to use the natives, wherever we are and work them into the frame. The best part about the city is there never seems to be a shortage of people to use! 

Plague Town release

Shooter rip

Coming out of the subway I saw this and made a play for an absolutely shameless self portrait of Mike and I. Yes I am vain!

Too Many Girls psp

The downside to so many people in New York?  SO MANY PEOPLE! I am actually doing a separate post on how I navigated this particular problem! This area was nuts- we were at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

This area has been burned into my visual memory and I couldn’t for the life of me place how or why….UNTIL… I popped in my Netflix’d Rescue Me Season 4 disk and watched the opening credits! LOVE this area!!

The Ultimate Warrior video

Coneheads trailer

Mike gets mad props for taking his time here! I got my shot, or so I thought, and was all ready to move on when Mr. Romano said wait and wanted to work it some more…and then I looked down and was like

BAM DIGGITY DAWG

Callie and I were being silly here and this was how we did her spontaneous ring shot

I couldn’t decide which of the two I liked more, and so here they both are

Two Tickets to Paradise film

 

Coffin Rock psp

So I see these stars, right? And the light? Right? And then I shoot it, right? And THEN, I get home, edit and am like DANG this looks like Wonder Woman!!!!! Right!?

I love the Brooklyn Bridge

Did I say that I love the Brooklyn Bridge?

 

Luxo Jr. ipod

Seriously

Did I tell you???? LOVE the bridge, and I love my clients!!!!

 

Callie and Niels, thank you for everything and I can’t wait to for your wedding!!!!

 

make sure to check out MIKE’s blog for his supercalifabulous images!!


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Robert J. Trenske — These are really great, I love Brooklyn, great job capturing the bridge in a unique way!   ( April 30, 2009 @ 11:33 am )

Melissa — I love #4 so beautiful, But I really adore #6 the sunflare, the arch the shadow it's so stinkin perfect!!! P.S #11 loves it!   ( April 30, 2009 @ 1:02 pm )

Tracy — Carla, simply amazing! Thanks!   ( April 30, 2009 @ 2:56 pm )

Cookie monster — Very very nice stuff Mrs C..   ( April 30, 2009 @ 4:50 pm )

Kiira — These pictures are insane! I'm loving them! I want to be you when I grow up. :)   ( April 30, 2009 @ 7:21 pm )

Jerome Braga — I love the bridge too!!!! :-) Great work on that. Love "The Foundry" shot that Mike had to "work" a little more... Oh, did I mention I love the bridge!?   ( April 30, 2009 @ 8:24 pm )

eric — DUMBO baby....DUMBO!!   ( April 30, 2009 @ 9:14 pm )

Cheryl Cronin — Oh man I'm thinking we need to do a group dumbo road trip! What a cool place! Love 'em Ms. Carla!!!   ( May 1, 2009 @ 9:59 am )

Erik Maziarz — oh snap! these all have such a fun, fresh feel. awesome light, awesome scenes, and an awesome couple!   ( May 1, 2009 @ 2:51 pm )

Susannah McGlamery — the stars? OMG!!!! love all of these... they are intense and amazing and make me fall in love with this couple. i LOVE these...#1 where they blend into the grafitti! HOT.   ( May 1, 2009 @ 6:33 pm )

Robin Dini — I told you in person what I think of your blog posts :) but i must say, the wonder woman shot...I'm feelin' that...   ( May 2, 2009 @ 11:51 am )

meg — Woohoo to wonder woman...awesome pic of her with great light!   ( May 4, 2009 @ 7:00 am )

April. 27. 2009

meet my sister tere

This past week I took a vacation week to visit with my oldest sister Tere, who was up from Virginia to catch up with the clan. Tere is an incredible jewelry designer, in addition to be a super cool sister- be sure to check out her site – mypreciousstudio.com and see what she’s all about! She wanted to update her head shots on her site and so she decided to give her little sis a shot.

To cap off our visit we hit up a cemetery in Simsbury and the light was just perfect! Here are our the shots and some behind the scenes to show you where I was and what I got…

 

There was this really cool gate at the entrance to the cemetery that I just HAD to incorporate….. and so….

Dreamy CITY, love the floating cross on the left

Check me and my reflector out. I really wanted to show some of the flowering trees, of which there were really only two and they had haircuts….so I chose to shoot up on the trees

and this is the result

cool hand luke movie

I am SUPER unobtrusive, right? I swear I DO tell people that eventually I may end up in your grill, like seriously IN it, but that you will actually be OK with it! Tere had a bit of a laughing fit, but that’s OK! Laughing is always good!!

getting up and close and personal pays off!

Flawless full

 

I love the light here

I moved all of about 4 inches over and look how different the light was

My sister has some mad tats

Tales from the CRYPT, for real.

I am the apple of her eye…. no actually I AM the apple of her eye!! Look.

What a different feel with her eyes closed!!

these columns were way cool

 

Thanks sis for letting me play! 


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melissa wilson — OMG CARLA!! STUNNING.. not only are your images STUNNING, but so is your sister. I am in awe of you all the time... I really admire your work, and man!! love the colors, contrast and edge to these......Thanks for sharing   ( April 27, 2009 @ 5:11 pm )

Kim Bova — Dynamite, Carla! I love the images.   ( April 27, 2009 @ 5:13 pm )

Laurie Crutchfield — wow she looks like georgie to me!! these pictures r awesome!!!   ( April 27, 2009 @ 5:37 pm )

Ashley Scobey — Gorgeous pictures...and family. She looks SO much like Georgie!   ( April 27, 2009 @ 6:10 pm )

Erik Maziarz — dang! the doorway. the pillars. the sun flare. your sister. OFF THE HOOK   ( April 27, 2009 @ 6:50 pm )

Katie Slater — these are gorgeous, Carla!!! Tere you look amazing!   ( April 27, 2009 @ 6:56 pm )

Val McCormick — AWESOME and OOOooooooooooh #7 LOVE IT!!!   ( April 27, 2009 @ 7:46 pm )

Eileen Broderick — I am wiping drool from my chin. These are incredible. She has a very cool look and your effects plus the setting and light--it all comes together. Nice.   ( April 27, 2009 @ 8:23 pm )

Geoffrey R. Boka — Dude, I love these! your sister looks amazing! Love the sun flare shot (i know which one right?). So cool. And I love your flat out on your stomach in the grass holding up a bounce card by your ear kind of resourcefulness!!   ( April 27, 2009 @ 9:23 pm )

stacyt — beautiful Carla!!! i can't pick one fav - they are all amazing!!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 6:32 am )

Charlie — thanks   ( April 28, 2009 @ 11:18 am )

Robin Dini — LOVE these!!! I love that profile shot of her holding her necklace. Is that the momma necklace? So sweet to capture that. the crypt shots...gawgeous!!! LOVE the family LOVE on the blog lately. more more!!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 12:10 pm )

Charlie — by the way 003 is now my desktop which will embarrass her completely   ( April 28, 2009 @ 12:18 pm )

eric langlois — your sister is gorgeous - and of course, these photos are as beautiful as it gets!!!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 1:06 pm )

Krystal Prue — Wow....these are breathtaking. You really captured the essence of your sister here...and I can't believe how much you guys look alike.   ( April 28, 2009 @ 1:15 pm )

Cheryl Cronin — Love these Ms. Carla! Your sister is quite the model!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 1:48 pm )

Eric Foley — Awesome shoot C10! Love all the effects too!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 1:55 pm )

abiQ — Wow. you have an amazing eye and awesome style! Love your work!   ( April 28, 2009 @ 2:10 pm )

Susannah McGlamery — I love these. You totally capture Tere...surprise surprise! Sorry i missed her while she was home...   ( April 28, 2009 @ 6:19 pm )

dorelies — love the ones in the grass - also the photoshop work is great. lovely sister   ( April 29, 2009 @ 1:20 pm )

bethany — I love seeing Tere and your dad on your blog!!!   ( May 5, 2009 @ 8:12 pm )

April. 24. 2009

carlos hernandez chavez, the artist and political activist

This week I had an opportunity to see something really incredible. In and of itself it was awesome- to watch a muralist in the final stages of their process- to see and hear their thought processes- which washes would go where, what tones they were hoping for, textures, overall feel.  The kicker? I was watching my Dad create this masterpiece.


Basic Instinct full

See one of the things that my Dad is like, the BEST at is painting. He is so incredibly talented. But the best part for me? This guy has got something to SAY.

download Left Behind

His show in partnership with fellow muralist and immigrant Marela Zacarias ‘the Mural as Mirror: Reflections on the Immigrant Experience’ opens:

See Arnold Run dvd

next Thursday April 30th at 5:30 till 7:30 at the Charter Oak Cultural Center 21 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford CT

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True psp

there will be live mariachi music!


My sister Tere and I stopped in to see my Dad paint, since Tere won’t be here for the opening. He told us stories about some of his past pieces while he worked. One of them was absolutely heart wrenching. A few years back he had worked on a project with a group of recent immigrants to Connecticut.

Through their stories my Dad became their artistic voice, and told the story of their very difficult journey to the United States by painting a mural. There was one man’s story in particular that my Dad spoke of. He was from Vietnam and was traveling in a group of about twenty people, one of which was a little baby. During a very close call with some hostiles the group was hiding in the reeds and water and the baby started to cry. The mother had no choice but to drown her baby to save the group, who would face certain death if they were caught. My Dad painted these stories, of all of these people that he spoke to and listened to.


Equus move

I would tell you to go see this work of art but someone authorized the painting over of his mural saying that the images were ‘no longer relevant.’ 

American Swing video


This current show is about the immigrant experience through both of the artists’ experiences. My Dad’s piece features images of my grandfather, great aunts and uncles working in the fields. It is an incredibly powerful piece and I would love to have you all there to celebrate my Dad’s talent, his voice and the experiences of all of the immigrants that have helped shape this country.

The Ice Pirates on dvd Donald's Double Trouble download

I love this- the image in the foreground is my Dad at 11 when he got his first guitar. Yes all mexicans are Mariachi’s!!! LMAO

Invasion U.S.A. divx

He let Georgie paint a little section, she was so excited



I hope to see you all there!!!


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Valeen — Wonderful post... amazing, thanks for sharing.   ( April 24, 2009 @ 10:05 am )

Amanda Herzberger (Orchard Cove) — Bummer - I'll be in Boston :( Love these images - pretty amazing stories to go along with them. ox   ( April 24, 2009 @ 11:24 am )

E. Broderick Photography — Yikes. Way to put a lump in my throat! (Sure puts our so-called "problems" in perspective.) These are incredible! I will do my best to be there--I would be so honored to attend.   ( April 24, 2009 @ 12:32 pm )

Ashley Scobey — Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! The last one of Georgie is amazing...I guess there is no question where the creativity comes from.   ( April 24, 2009 @ 12:41 pm )

Val McCormick — This is AWESOME! I am going to put it on my calendar! We still need to do lunch. I would love to tell you about the fields and camps and marching with Cesar Chavez not me of course, my Uncles :-)   ( April 25, 2009 @ 1:21 am )

Robin Dini — that is so cool! i've always wanted to see more of your dad's work. Thanks for sharing :)   ( April 25, 2009 @ 4:21 pm )

Erik Maziarz — amazing. looks like artistic talent and creativity runs in the family.   ( April 27, 2009 @ 6:51 pm )

Susannah McGlamery — I love the top shot.. it is an incredible abstract portrait of your dad. I was at COCC a few weeks ago and knew that the mural was in progress so peeked in...it was just sketched at that point so i CANNOT wait to see the end result and feel the stories... see you there.   ( April 28, 2009 @ 6:23 pm )

Michele Butler-Martel — Your Dad is an incredible artist/muralist. His work is so inspiring and poignant.   ( June 22, 2009 @ 10:40 pm )

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