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Sign here—connect and reconnect with happy-awesome people

It’s always a good idea to connect and reconnect with happy-awesome people. And it’s even better when is done over roasted food. Thanks Kate for inviting us to this lovely get together.

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Carla Morisson, Mientras Dormias

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Una tarde de Verano. How a 2 year old became aware of his potential.

He was so happy. For the very first time he was able to really ride his tricycle without bouncing around furniture and stopping at the rug. I can’t believe how fast he is growing. Everyday he makes me realize how fast time is passing and how limited has become. Today he’ll ride, tomorrow he will teach how to. Kudos big bother.

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Una tarde de verano

Wedding Dress Extravaganza Shoot

The Wedding Dress, is one if not the most important piece of the puzzle when it comes to your wedding day. There are so many styles, fabrics, and ornaments to choose from that it can be mind bugging. Finding the right one can be a fight to the death—but when you finally find “The One” you can’t help but to burst in tears of joy.

This past Sunday, Olga from Glamorous Bride NYC brougth some of her dresses to our studio for a wedding dress extravaganza shoot.
Tell me which one is your favorite?

Makeup and Hair:
Making Faces By Salome Gonzalez

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Everyday women

It is about doing the things you love and making people happy, that’s all!
A year ago I decided to start a new project about the beauty of everyday women. The idea was very simple, to provide women of all ages and sizes magazine-like portraits sessions of their life and to save her legacy for her clan. I love the idea of portraits and the significance that the years give to the overlooked present when captured forever in a portrait session.
Here you can visit the site the Before & After gallery and look around… perhaps this is something you’ve been waiting for.

Please Play the audio for better viewing experience. Song by: CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’, Love Letter 

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Alejandro’s Trip

Papi i’m bored. Let’s head out for an adventure. Ok finn, Adventure Time!
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Solitary Bride Session

 I must admit, I have the fall syndrome.  The changing times when the air is transforming from humid-nasty-hot New York City weather, to a fresh-lysol-just-mopped-wooden floor feel—If you know what I mean. I have a fascination with fall, specially when leaves are brown and dry. That always makes me say that this is the best season for Solitary Bride sessions.

Usually these kind of sessions are reserved exclusively for the bride that takes no “NO” for an answer and the ones that want to remember how her life was before the big YES. Which one are you?
Enjoy.
Hair/Make-up:
YBC Beautifier

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Song by: Carla Morisson, Tu Luz

Starry Night

 Friend —pretty common word to hear all the time and now even more with the commoditization of friendship by social media.
There’s not a certain thing that would show your friendship more than time. Time has passed and it seems that we met yesterday…
Good day, beautiful place, lovely people and the most beautiful starry night I’ve seen in ages.
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A month of parties

October is the month of horror movies, monster costumes, pumpkin carving and Octoberfest for those beer lovers like me— It’s Halloween time if you will. But it is also a very special month in my family, a Party-all-month time. So the party starts with our wedding anniversary follow by our engagement anniversary. Then we have the birthdays—Alejandro’s on Octuber 19th, me on the 26th, my  mom on the 29th… I mean is a Paella-Party-Month.

Looking back it is so hard to imagene that eleven moths ago Luz had a belly the size of two extra size watermelons put together and a walk of a pretentious wobbling duck. Now my little one is becoming a little man—or so I’m seeing him like that. I’m the happiest father in the whole world.



 

La Española. Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

Times flies… it seems like it was yesterday that we were in front of our hotel room window, alone. This time Alejandro was there to be part of La Española. More to come…

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Song: Season Of The Witch. 

Making-of: Pamela & Johan

There is more to a finished image than what we often see. It takes planning, a great location, a fantastic team and a big deal of passion to do great work. May & Johan’s session just had a great amount of all this elements. Here are some behind-the-camera stills of the shoot.  Enjoy  🙂


Can you feel the time?

Sitting in my home studio, hearing the AC fan blasting air over my rigth side. We await a very hot day today. This summer has been brutal here in NYC. Is one of those days that my son woke up too early,  just to play. I guess I used to do the same when I was his age.
But besides the heat, today is a great day to look back and give thanks. It has been a little more than 6 months that I made the radical switch from design to domestic photography and I’m feeling pretty good about it. I’m seeing my photography work improving or at least going to where I want it to be. Many of you had giving me the oportunity to record your moments and that makes me feel special.

Today is a typical day for me, running errands up and down the city for the weekend’s shoot. Perfect! I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Happy Times (family Portrait)

This is the true, “A man without a family, is a man without dreams.” At least is what I feel every time I talk to my compi (my son’s godfather), Francisco AKA Chiqui. “There’s no real love than the one you feel for your kids” he used to say to me, until Alejandro was born… I must admit that he was right all along.

June in an insta-view

1-great Son song, 2-nice line, 3-The brain 11 in statue, 4-Alejandro got my glasses, 5-nice sky, 6-visit to the dentist, 7- second visit, 8-Old Bronx court house, 9-Maya ciclonica at the chimi, 10- I found Bedsy, 11-Just a dot, 12-Trap in the rain, 13-ligth corner, 14-location hunting, 15-bronx river, 16-Old indian cave WaHI, 17-Wild berries, 18-Location hunting, 19- Monte house, 20-I can see you, 21-Cool lines, 22- Location hunting, 23-Castle Dragon, 24-Got new watch!, 25-Sold used gear, 26-Ikea Trip, 27-First encounter, 28-Father’s day gift

MAY in an instagram moment

1-my first insta, 2-morning boost, 3-waiting, 4-long line, 5-crazy silos, 6-bird view, 7-got new cards, 8-target towers, 9-death forest, 10-pan con chocolate, 11-cool lines, 12-pagoda from my H window, 13-crazy drop, 14-nostalgia, 15-is it dangerous?, 16-lost, 17-helicopter trip, 18-cool casino, 19-washing out, 20-where mama earth bleeds, 21-new location, 22-nice dots, 23-other view, 24-lonly aged, 25-locker room location, 26-upper view, 27-crazy body remodeling, 28-vanising points, 29-CN tower fun, 30-new gear, 31-wait for me there

2011 Dominican Republic Vacation

In the summer of 2010 we were invited to a friends wedding—Karina Peña + Jose Manuel Dominguez and I couldn’t help to bring my gear and snap some photos.

They got married at the Iberostar Resort in Puerto Plata, Dominican Rep. A beautiful place full of great dominican food and the typical of most resorts(pool, activities, more food, kids running, more food…) Anyways, Here’s  a few shoots of a little session I did with my wife and her family… that now is my family too.

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