NYIP Award of Merit

I received an Award of Merit for one of my photos submitted for my NYIP course. I am so proud of this. I submitted this with information on my execution of the image. I spot metered on the highlights and then on the shadows and set my exposure to mid. I also gave him the settings on the camera and the lens that was used. The instructor said in his reply to this image, that he was trying to find something that I could improve on, a critique, that is what his job is, but he could not find anything. He said the image was flawless.

Here is the merit award and also the image that got it...

Carlos
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The Card

Mother's day creations: I created these images myself on Saturday, May 10. I started by going to the grocery store and purchasing a set of flowers, I immediately went for the roses and the stem with smaller flowers. I decided to use a short depth of field to blur the background. I created two, one for mom, the second for granny. I am not sure as to the name of the second flower. I love it because of the yellow and red combination.

Super Macro shots...

I took these images several months ago. I was checking out a setup of reversing a lens on a lens to get a super macro show of some things. Here they are...
A Macaroon from Godiva
A Penny
A Cedar Ball
A Coffee Bean

A New Start...

I have decided to go part time with Godiva. I hope the good folks there will accept this decision. My last day with them was Sat, Mar 15. I did ask for part time work with them, but was denied the opportunity. My new job title is Office Manager/Accounting Manager. With my 15 years experience in office and technical support for several companies and different softwares I have the skills necessary for this job. The past two weeks have been fairly busy, filling orders and shipping them out. Walk in sales have been wonderful. I love this part. I get to speak with the customers one on one. Something I loved doing at Godiva.

Wishing I were here...

Things have been very rough these past few months. I lost my uncle in October, he left us at 2:50am on a Wednesday. I have had little to no time to myself. I have tried to catchup with my photography schooling. Working odd hours at work. It is just a lot of work. Not to mention that I just got over the flu, and it brought me down like it did before. Glad I had my flu shot for this winter, if I had not, things would have been worse.

Well, we have finally moved into our apartment. Things are looking better. During my illness, I got to speak with a friend in Arkansas, www.conspicuouslycommon.com. He was here in Dallas, but his stay was short and worthwhile, I think, but had to leave because of family issues. Big Hello to David from Carlos in Dallas. We spoke about some issues that were troubling us and we ended on a good note. I told him I wanted to see what he crochet's in his meetup. We'll see.

Later
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CDPAA goes Mobile

I have created my mobile website. I figured it was time To create the mobile experience for cdpaa visitors. Upon viewing my website on your mobile device, you will see the link at the top labeled "mobile". I'm still working out the portfolio page for the experience to be easy and fast on download. Come on, the EDGE network is not 3G. So speed is important.

Later,
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Carlos

Psychinians

My boyfriend has been working on a book titled Psychinians. It is a novel he has written about psychics. The book is absolutely wonderful! A must read! Well anyway, he has asked me to do some artwork for his book and I came up with the idea of the above image. It was created in photoshop. You can find his book at psychinians. He is also working on a gaming book titled "Silvercord". This is what I based my image on. So the two are related. Psychinians is the novel and Silvercord is the game system.

Enjoy reading his book.

-L-
carlos

Finally finished the updates to my site...

as you can see, i have been working at getting the blog to work how i want it. it looks good and i am happy. the email form works flawlessly too.

everyone have a wonderful evening and hopefully you will see more blog posts and pictures up soon.

-L-

carlos

New website

Here is the latest incarnation of my site.

I worked on it for about a month. I have had very good response from readers and friends. I'm still trying to add an email form and other pages to be able to pull my blog into it.

carlos
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Sweet Agony

Here I write my song, a lasting piece of my mind. It has caused me great pain to see my beloved suffer so, for it has not only been him, but I too, suffer a great deal. My mind wanders through the vast darkness, only to find myself at agonies door. Should I open it? I feel agony, would welcome me with open arms. I am desperate, I am lost, agony, sweet agony, release my heart and mind, into the everlasting torment of my life, alone.

carlos
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lost in the circle...

Well, my site is back up. I was trying several different website replacements and none made me feel better about my site. So I decided to bring back the same look, I just made it darker. I did notice that in linux, the colors look funny, almost washed out. I don't know how the mac os looks. Must be the color profile linux uses. Any how, I have some images to upload and share of the Dallas Purple Party 2007. I just have to finish processing them. The parties were great! Exhausting, but great! Here is one image.

Later, Carlos
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Dust Storm hits Dallas, Tx - Feb 24, 2007

This is something you don't see everyday in Dallas. This is my first. You could actually taste the dust when you breathed through your nose or mouth. These are the actual images as they were taken. All I did was brighten them. These are actual colors!

Carlos
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Drawing for a living...part two

These two I created because of the name of the product or the company, I can't seem to remember which one. But I had so much fun creating these images for them.



If you see these somewhere in a store, drop me a line and let me know what product they were on.

Carlos
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Drawing for a living...

I created these drawings for one of my clients. They needed something out of the ordinary and eye catching. First I started with the bow, then I created the ribbon. The next drawing is of some holiday decorations. I just started to draw them and then I had to add some depth to them. So I made the background blurry.





If you see them, drop me a line and let me know what you saw them on.

Carlos

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New Creations

I started working at Godiva at the beginning of October. I just Love working there. Not only do I get to be around all that chocolate, but I also get to be creative with dipping chocolate. Recently, I have created two new items. A gift box and a snowman. I know that the giftbox is a little rough, but I think that it's the thought that counts. Let me know what you think.
Carlos
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Survivor

This picture says alot. This guy survived the mating ritual. He is missing his front arm and one of his antennae. One lucky mantis. I took this image in Leavenworth Kansas in August this year.

I was there working on an event that spanned 6 days, including travel time. So, I've been busy with processing photos.

I'm hoping to get out more and get some more artsy images.

Carlos
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Added Artist Blog to my website cdpaa.com

I thought about adding my blog to my website, but did not know how to go about it. Then it hit me. I created a new entry in my navigation and called it Artist Blog. This then opens my Reflections Blog within my website. It's pretty cool. I had to change the blogs features to closely resemble my site. In the mean time, here is another one of my Fragile Worlds photos.

Carlos

Time has passed.

Time has passed and I have not kept up with the blog like I wanted to. So much has happened since April.

Let's see, my apartment was burglarized, the thief took most of my photography equipment. He took the S2 Pro along with the sigma wide angle lens and a nikon vr lens. This totally sucked, big time. I have done some portraits and also a family reunion. So I am now working on processing these images and will have them done soon. I am also working with a client on graphic design work for their clients.

Here are two images, one a photo from the dallas arboretum and the other that I drew for one of the RPG campaigns I am currently in.

Till next time.

carlos
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To my best friend...Asel

On April 14, I said goodbye to my dear friend, Asel. He was such a joy to have around, a lap dog by breed. I will miss you dearly, my friend.

I've struggled with allergy problems since I saved him back in February of 2003. He was only 2 months old, a pomeranian/chihuahua mix. I did not know I was allergic to him, until about a year ago. I thought that my allergies had become worse over the years, but turned out it was Asel. It was a surprise to me. I tried lotions, allergy pills (several brands), antihistamine sprays, but nothing seemed to alleviate my allergies. At the end, I made a difficult decision, I surrendered him for adoption at the Dallas SPCA. They let me know that he would find a home almost immediately, since he is small and well trained for his breed and that he is the cutest little guy. This is how I will always remember him...

Well, needless to say, I lost it at the counter, when I was asked a simple question, why was I surrendering him? I broke into tears, I could not bring myself to tell them that I was allergic to him. The vet asked if I wanted to hold him, I did, I calmed down a bit and was able to speak after that. I let her know I was allergic to him. But soon after I broke into tears again. Asel, by this time, somehow new, was aware that we would be going our separate ways. The vet and her assistant were amazed to see that as I was crying so did Asel start to cry, he had tears coming down his face, he looked at me and I just couldn't hold on any more. This made it even harder for me to give him up. But, I had made a decision. I had to be strong, for both of us.

love you always,

c
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If you are the new adoptive parent/s of Asel, I would like to hear from you, I'd like to know if he is ok.

Moving from here to there...

Been a while since I posted something. I have been busy with leasing my home and moving to a new place. The move was ok, but very exhausting. I have finally settled on a one bedroom apartment. This will give some needed extra cashflow. No photography has happened. I am hoping to get settled in as soon as possible and start with the photography again. I am looking for a part time job. Hope I get something soon. It would help out with the days I don't have anything scheduled.

The other thing is television. It is in storage and am looking at selling it and getting something smaller that will fit the apartment. It is a 52" screen. Hope I can sell it soon so I can have TV! Life is boring without one!

Later
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