Miss Isabella

Months ago I had the pleasure of photographing Zachary Lopez. And just a few days ago (yes that means i'm almost caught up!) I had the honor of photographing Isabella Lopez. If you haven't guessed they're brother and sister. Isabella too is an aspiring actress and an awesome one at that. We hadn't seen each other in a very long time. When I saw her I was immediately transported to the first time I met her. I was visiting my first high school Theater troupe 6822. When I first transfered I went at least once a week to spend time with my friends I missed dearly. Isabella was a freshmen, and didn't know me from the previous year. She came into the costume room where me and a few others were sitting indian style chatting about life, when she asked who I was. Sure most people would say thats a pretty normal way to meet someone but it was her sweet and perky personality that made it memorable. With such curiosity and genuine interest. I replied. And she hugged me and said it was nice to meet me.

Years later I can say my opinion of Isabella has not changed but grown. She's become a beautiful young lady full of promise working hard for what she wants. From the moment we got out of our cars Isabella was talking in accents and making jokes back and fourth. I also had the pleasure of meeting her boyfriend named Zack (this is not the same as her brother also named Zach lol) who ended up being an awesome assistant. I told him if his future law career does not pan out he can make a killing assisting hahaa. No seriously very handy he distracted security twice! They were also so cute together. I couldn't help after all was said and done snapping pictures of them together. 

Good Luck on Tuesday Bella! I'm sure you're going to kill it at the auditions!!!!!!

Half a Century of Pure Love!

Had the amazing pleasure of photographing a 50th year wedding anniversary! I love shooting weddings because you get to be a part of a couples first day of the rest of their lives. This past May I got to see a love thats lasted half a century and going strong. Its truly inspiring. Isn't love amazing?

They still hold hands, share a love for Mariachi music and smile at each other like it's nobodies business! I love it! I pray I'll be able to love and laugh 50 years from now next to the love of my life. 

The B Family

Mrs.Lara Bukens was a teacher at the high school I attended. When I was shooting for Sugar Muffin pieces I put out a call for girls from newborn-6yrs and Lara replied sending pictures of her girls. Mackenzie and Riley are just so cute. Riley is always smiling and loves to pose being the younger sibling she likes to follow in the steps of her older sister. Convince Mackie and its all smooth sailing from there! I look forward to capturing moments for them in the future and seeing the girls grow up from session to session. Since from the first session to the last you can already see how fast they're both growing, how smart they are becoming, and how their personalities are already blossoming. 

Miss Sarah

Oh Sarah! Isn't she lovely!? I met Sarah back in January and she was just so sweet. She is very down to earth and kinda shy which I think adds so much to her personality. Months after meeting we had her session, and although she's timid and speaks in a lower voice then my cuban self, she definitely doesn't show it in her pictures.

     

Kim Ross

Meet Kimberly Ross. Kim is an old friend from high school. We have an interesting friendship that consists of brutal honesty (I mean brutal), accents, and lots of laughing for no reason (actually its usually from a lack of sleep) Kim after high school left Miami to pursue her dream of scene design in North Carolina (I can't recall the school at the moment but do remember their mascot was a pickle). I don't say it often but I'm very proud of her and all she's already accomplished. And all I know she'll accomplish in the future. 

Michelle and Sam

Alright so I'm a little ticked off. I just realized at some point when making the blog temps to make my uploading easier I must have screwed up the size! Which has me a little peeved since they aren't as wide as they should be. I'm also a little sad since I would love to re do it but I've already resized and and done so much that doing it again will take me hours with the amount of sessions. 

Lesson 1: Don't procrastinate! Get your blogging done so that a mistake like this could be easy to fix. 

Lesson 2: check it before doing it a hundred times. 

Lesson 3: not all short cuts are good. 

Okay now back to this adorable couple. Now I believe in fate. While I was shooting with Russia's Next Top Model, I received a text from a client saying they were interested in an engagement session. Because I was on set I waited till break to answer. In the meantime I walked into a store at the beach which we were shooting in. Little did I know Michelle (the gorgeous gal below) was the owner of the very store we were shooting in, and the very same who texted me inquiring about the E-Session! We didn't realize we had met until we had a phone conversation regarding her boat idea led to my I just shot on a boat for RNTM and I have tons of ideas.

Lesson 4: It's a small world, but Miami is much much smaller.
Lesson 5: What's meant to be will be. God always has a plan. 

Enough of me, now time to read their story as told by Michelle:

Hmm our story, well, we are both from Connecticut. Sam was actually born on a boat, and has been obsessed with anything aquatic ever since. We met when I was on Sam's friend's boat, we had pulled into the Marina where Sam was working and we immediately locked eyes, I was in love!!! It took 2 years after that initial meeting for us to actually get together. Just when we were getting cozy together I received a phone call that I had gotten a job back in Miami. Sam being the amazing person he is packed me and my saab up and drove me down to Florida, we parted ways in a tearful goodbye, saying that we were going to try the "long distance thing" After a brutal 2 months of long phone calls and not seeing each other, Sam called me and said he was moving down. We've been together ever since.---------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh love, how amazing you can be.  

Michelle and Erick were so much fun to shoot! They had great idea's that involved off-roading in their SUV and nearly gave my second shooter a concussion. But all in the name of photography right?