Documenting Life Through The Art Of Photography

Hmm....so a few things have been going on lately!

2010-10-19T13:00:00.004-04:00

Ive been working on a new website, its taking a while...trying to do it in my spare time...but I am getting a lot of new pics in it, Im also revisiting some old pics and adding a new twist to some of them, I think you will like the new site...its kinda cool!

The past couple days have been hell on me, Im suffering from a kidney stone that is being stubborn, it doesnt want to pass yet. This stone makes number 15...yah thats right, FIFTEEN! Ive been blessed with horrible kidneys.

This Saturday I will be in the World Class Taekwondo Championships...going for the gold with my daughter Victoria. We are both competing in board breaking and our belt forms. Hopefully this stone will be out before then!

Here are a couple pics, that will be on the new site...

Really?

2010-10-08T12:00:00.005-04:00

So these scammers are STILL at it...lovely dont you agree...Im worthy enough to be flown to London to shoot a wedding....read on...

Hi,
Hello,
I am Mr. Radi Haram of Alcastek Global Wedding India,a

wedding planner that has been contracted by Mr.Ghandi Doule

for a smooth running of his wedding.Kindly confirm

availability of your service for the following details:

Date of the wedding:11 December 2010
Type of wedding: social
venue of the wedding:[Church and reception will be held in

the same place,St Jonn's wood Roman catholic Church of Our

Lady,54 Lodge Road London NW8 8LA
Time of wedding: 10 A.M local time.

For photography services.
Full day of coverage
Unlimited photos shots
All copyrights transferred
All files sent back to HD slide show

Every other necessary details will be forwarded to you as

soon as they are available.Please let me know the total cost

including your transport fare.

Lest i forget, our payment is by either cheque or credit

card.So once we agree on a price, i will need your details

to write the cheque.If you have a facility to charge credit

card,we can as well send our credit card detail for full

prepayment immediately.Please confirm to us the payment

option you prefer.
Thanks in anticipation of your favorable response.
Radi

I actually Googled the name and address of the church/reception and its a legit place, so I sent an email to them letting them know of the scam, I suggested them putting a notice on their website to inform other would be photographers.

So anyway....pass this info on!

If you follow me on Facebook...You know ive been a tad busy!

2010-10-04T13:03:00.002-04:00

So yah the past couple of months have been crazy for me!
Summer flew by so fast...too fast :(
My son started his Jr year at a new high school and so far has been thriving...thats a good thing! My daughter Vickie and I have tested for new Taekwondo belts very recently, she is now a red stripe and I have my first of 2 black stripes towards my black belt! VERY exciting!
Been doing a LOT of photo shoots lately too. I did several River shoots and a martial arts shoot on 2 of the Jr. instructors at my TKD school...I will put up a couple of those shots right now to show you.

I will be updating my website shortly too...its not ready yet to go live as I am putting almost all new content into it! I hope you love it as much as I do!

Im thinking of changing my logo too...anybody out there that knows how to draw a really cool dragonfly...or take a pic of the dragonfly on my back and make a fantastic logo from it? Get back to me if you know anybody!

More pics from the past few weeks will come up on this blog too...not a lot though, I want to show them on the new updated website...

Ok 'nuff for now, here are a couple shots from Dominica and Biancas photo shoot!

Just had to put this out there....

2010-05-25T15:29:00.002-04:00

I got some gorgeous flowers delivered to me today for my 16th wedding anniversary from my husband! Isnt that just so sweet!? Then he called me just a little bit ago and told me to hang on for a moment....next thing I know his entire classroom full of middle schoolers was screaming happy anniversary into the phone to me! LOL
So when Bill gets home...I get to reveal his combination Anniversary/Birthday/Father's Day gift.....cant tell you what it is yet though, he might be peeking in on here...I will update later today! Intrigued? Well come back and read later...its an awesome gift....really!!! I dont know how I can trump this one next year!!!

OOPS!!!

2010-05-25T11:05:00.001-04:00

Good grief...I was checking over my post and I posted that the textures will be $11! Heck no!!!! I mean to say they are starting at $1!! LOL Sorry for the confusion!!

Been a busy few months!

2010-05-25T08:21:00.004-04:00

I know, I know, I havent updated in forever....I really am not very good at blogging as you can surely tell by now! ANyway the past few months have seen me healing from foot surgery and preparing for my Taekwondo Red belt test which is on THURSDAY May 27th! Yah Im just a little bit excited! My 8 yr old daughter is testing for her blue belt on the same day...can ya believe it!

So anyway...Ive had just a little bit of idle time to play with so I decided to have some fun in photoshop and create stuff like textured backgrounds and patterns. Im going to offer them up for sale to those interested in buying them for use in their scrapbooking adventures or if you want to use them in your wedding albums or portraiture albums...feel free to do that as well! Eventually I will be creating full sets to use for any interested scrappers out there so spread the word!
I will have samples up on here and I will have them in my gallery for purchase...how does $11 to purchase a textured background sound as starters? You like that idea? Good because thats what some of them will be starting at! The more complex ones will be a little more but not too much!
And they will be in PSD files so you can resize them. Some of these textures I have made into Photoshop patterns as well....For a small fee those will be up for sale too, just ask :)

So anyway....here is a sample of what I will be putting up on my site today for your purchasing pleasure!....The tan one is called Sands of Time, the dark one is Chocolate Dream and the green one is called Summers End.

Working at UB for student affairs...

2010-01-31T16:07:00.009-05:00

Ive had the privilege this year to shoot with a good friend and fellow photographer Steve Morse at The University of Buffalo for Student affairs, getting shots of the students and activities..Its been fun and I am hoping to keep shooting with Steve in the future! Here are some of the photos I have taken at UB

This set is from the Battle of the bands which included some area high schools such as Mt St Mary's Academy, W. Seneca West, Lancaster High school and more.

It was a BUSY season!

2010-01-07T14:10:00.007-05:00

I was fortunate enough to have several family portrait shoots this season, this is the
Louth Family, arent they great looking!!

These 2 kids are cousins and they totally hammed it up for me!

Here are more shots of the family as separate entities :)

If youre a family looking to get some photos done....email me, Im always willing to take on new shoots!

2010-01-07T07:02:00.006-05:00

So my friend Bonnie decided that she wanted more practice posing her face for photos, she like to give these little 1/2 smiles and smirks that are just plain adorable so we decided to do a bunch of headshots so she can get some camera time in. These were taken a while back but I have never posted them...I hope you like them!

Bonnie is also a make-up artist and a model...should you ever need her services!!!

~2010~ A new beginning!

2010-01-06T21:12:00.000-05:00

Well here I am in my 7th year at being a photographer! Has it really been THAT long since I decided that THIS was my calling?
I am hoping that 2010 will be a very prosperous year for me. Im also hoping that I will grow even more as a photographer and visual artist so I can bring to you the beauty of what I see in our world and in your photos.

I will start my new blog with a fresh clean slate and a fresh new look.
Be on the lookout though as I add photos...some might be older, some might be more recent, either way...its eye candy for you to enjoy!

Have a wonderful 2010!!