http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=5658419
I had my very first photo accepted into the iStock library (a subsidiary of Getty Images) of stock photos!!!! The “tearful tiki” is mine, that was the photo I took in Dominical at Rio Mar!!! I would love for someone to purchase it however to be perfectly honest I really don’t care! I am so excited that after grueling submission requirements (the photos have to be near perfect in every way from resolution to color to size to everything….) that so far one of my photos was worthy of being accepted. It’s easier to get a passport than it is to get a photo accepted for stock galleries!!!! I was also very selective in deciding who I wanted to submit images to and work with.
After 250 accepted images, you will be eligible to become exclusive and all your images will also be available to Getty Images, the largest stock photo library in the world. Just another thing for me to "dabble" in as I love landscape and scenery photography as well. I am focusing my "paid" work on kids, seniors (of the high school variety) and maternity.
Woo Hoo! :-)
Now back to work on building my empire!! Off to find senior girls for my funky, urban, eclectic “trash the prom dress” sessions…….
I LOVE my job!!!!!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter!
HAPPY EASTER!
"Save me!"
"Save me!"I couldn't resist taking this photo!
Some of the goodies - not too much candy :D!
Warheads! Yum!
"I don't want you near my stuff or in MY picture!!!"
"Mine, all mine!! I LOVE my PEZ!!!"
My new guitar magazine - I got a subscription this year!! Saaweeet!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Generations
I had the honor and privilege today of photographing an 80th birthday party for my dear friend and neighbor's father. Tom, the honoree and Beth, his wife and classically trained pianist who has played with the Boston Pops were absolutely delightful and the shoot was so much fun!
Here is a sneak peak at some of the photos. There were 24 people I had to pose and keep entertained. 12 adults and 12 children. The kids kept moving not matter where I placed them, lol! It was a challenge, it was also the largest group of people I have ever worked with. I would do it all over again! I will post more after I process them.
Here is a sneak peak at some of the photos. There were 24 people I had to pose and keep entertained. 12 adults and 12 children. The kids kept moving not matter where I placed them, lol! It was a challenge, it was also the largest group of people I have ever worked with. I would do it all over again! I will post more after I process them.
My friend Kate is in the bottom right corner in blue, short hair. Her father is the old one in blue in the center back. I told him that since he started this whole mess that he needed to be in the back and center to anchor them all!!! Blown up this is a beautiful image!
This is grandma, grandpa and all 12 of their grandkids. I used screens to soften some of the sun however I didn't have large enough ones and the family only had this time of day to take the photos so I did the best I could with what I had. Some of the catchlights are nice but some I wish weren't there at all. The one kid behind the girl would not listen, behave or smile for anyone. He kept moving to behind someone so this is how he is in almost all the shots, lol! That stinker!!
This is the image that almost made me cry during the shoot. I asked them if I could do this and when I did the stories about hands opened up. This is how I learned about the mom being a concert pianist and performing regularly with the Boston Pops. I then also learned that their youngest son who worked in the World Trade Centers happened to be on his honeymoon that fateful day or else they said there would be one set of hands missing from this photo. It was all I could do not to cry so I cherish the fact that they were up for doing this picture. It also meant a great deal to them. I will never forget that moment, this is why I am a photographer!!!
Strength, wisdom, pain, grief, hard work, compassion, and so much LOVE in this generation of HANDS!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Leprechauns peed in our potty....
Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!
Of course it wouldn't be any fun if those sneakly little leprechauns didn't create a little mischief on a day created just for them. Those darned little creatures somehow got into our house (he must have spoken with Santa on those tricks) and "peed" in our potties...ALL of them! And they created a LOT of pee for such little guys!! You should have heard the exclamations all over the house. "MOM!" "DAD!" "how did they do that?" "COOL!" it was quite the scene.
We are having green milk with lunch because when we woke up it was suddenly green! And oh so many other goodies.....
Hope you are having nearly as much fun as we are on this festive Irish day.
Erin Go Braugh!!!
Of course it wouldn't be any fun if those sneakly little leprechauns didn't create a little mischief on a day created just for them. Those darned little creatures somehow got into our house (he must have spoken with Santa on those tricks) and "peed" in our potties...ALL of them! And they created a LOT of pee for such little guys!! You should have heard the exclamations all over the house. "MOM!" "DAD!" "how did they do that?" "COOL!" it was quite the scene.
We are having green milk with lunch because when we woke up it was suddenly green! And oh so many other goodies.....
Hope you are having nearly as much fun as we are on this festive Irish day.
Erin Go Braugh!!!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Capistrano Unified parents lobby against massive school cuts
I have never been so passionate about a subject as I am the CA state budget that is in shambles right now. We just pink slipped 7 teachers from our school alone and are getting ready to take away the 20 to 1 class size ration for 1st - 3rd grade PLUS add 1 additional student to the already oversized 4th-12th grade classes.
We are also cutting janitors, aides, groundskeepers and so many other much needed positions. Music, arts, and other programs are being removed. For a state that is wealthiest in the nation to become 50th in eduction (as of this coming July should the budget pass) is not only unacceptable, it is embarrassing!!! From a PTA perspective and especially as a parent I am doing everything I can to pass along information, to be heard and to let the state know that the budget is completely unacceptable.
You may or not be interested but if you are, read on:
A delegation meets privately with lawmakers to protest a proposed $4 billion cut to K-12 public education.
By SCOTT MARTINDALE
The Orange County Register
Comments 8 Recommend 2
SACRAMENTO – A delegation of parents from the Capistrano Unified School District traveled to the state Capitol Tuesday to plead with lawmakers not to move forward with a proposed $4 billion cut to public education.
During more than four hours of private meetings with representatives for the governor and key lawmakers, eight parent leaders from the Capistrano Unified Council of PTSAs, along with school board member Duane Stiff, demanded that the state budget deficit not be balanced at the expense of California children.
"We hope that they understand that, for Capistrano Unified and for school districts across the state, the budget is absolutely unacceptable," said Kim Anderson, legislative chair for the Capistrano Unified Council of PTSAs. "We want the governor to come out with an entirely different budget. We want no legislator to support any legislation that suspends Prop. 98."
In January, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed suspending Proposition 98, the California law that provides a guaranteed source of funding to K-12 schools. For Capistrano Unified, the proposed cuts would mean a $27 million shortfall, forcing the 51,000-student South County district to lay off 427 employees, including 266 teachers, and eliminate the 20:1 class-size ratio of students to teachers in the first through third grades.
Across Orange County, more than 1,590 teachers could lose their jobs and an estimated $204 million could be cut from next year's school district budgets.
'SHOUT OUT' RESULTS
Capistrano Unified's district-wide PTSA organized a "shout out" effort Monday encouraging parents to flood the offices of key Sacramento lawmakers and the governor with phone calls protesting the budget cuts.
The office of Sen. Jack Scott, chair of the Senate education committee, reported logging about 1,000 phone calls Monday from Capistrano Unified parents, said spokeswoman Wendy Gordon.
"The phones rang for eight hours nonstop – eight of our staffers answering four lines for eight hours," Gordon said. "While we're glad to hear people are energized, Sen. Scott is very much on top of it and is fighting to maintain education programs and not to make draconian cuts."
The office of Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, chair of the Assembly budget subcommittee for education, reported receiving at least 300 phone calls from Capistrano Unified parents Monday.
"It helps us know that people really are genuinely concerned," spokeswoman Jennifer Mashburn said. "You get a feel for how families are personally affected."
While the Capistrano Unified parents said their voices were being heard, they acknowledged that the news was still grim. Paul Navarro, deputy legislative secretary to the governor, told the Orange County delegates that public education would have to share in the state's fiscal crisis, Anderson said.
"He can almost guarantee there will be a suspension of Prop. 98 because there is no way to avoid that," she said. "The state budget situation is a mess."
Contact the writer: 949-454-7394 or smartindale@ocregister.com
We are also cutting janitors, aides, groundskeepers and so many other much needed positions. Music, arts, and other programs are being removed. For a state that is wealthiest in the nation to become 50th in eduction (as of this coming July should the budget pass) is not only unacceptable, it is embarrassing!!! From a PTA perspective and especially as a parent I am doing everything I can to pass along information, to be heard and to let the state know that the budget is completely unacceptable.
You may or not be interested but if you are, read on:
A delegation meets privately with lawmakers to protest a proposed $4 billion cut to K-12 public education.
By SCOTT MARTINDALE
The Orange County Register
Comments 8 Recommend 2
SACRAMENTO – A delegation of parents from the Capistrano Unified School District traveled to the state Capitol Tuesday to plead with lawmakers not to move forward with a proposed $4 billion cut to public education.
During more than four hours of private meetings with representatives for the governor and key lawmakers, eight parent leaders from the Capistrano Unified Council of PTSAs, along with school board member Duane Stiff, demanded that the state budget deficit not be balanced at the expense of California children.
"We hope that they understand that, for Capistrano Unified and for school districts across the state, the budget is absolutely unacceptable," said Kim Anderson, legislative chair for the Capistrano Unified Council of PTSAs. "We want the governor to come out with an entirely different budget. We want no legislator to support any legislation that suspends Prop. 98."
In January, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed suspending Proposition 98, the California law that provides a guaranteed source of funding to K-12 schools. For Capistrano Unified, the proposed cuts would mean a $27 million shortfall, forcing the 51,000-student South County district to lay off 427 employees, including 266 teachers, and eliminate the 20:1 class-size ratio of students to teachers in the first through third grades.
Across Orange County, more than 1,590 teachers could lose their jobs and an estimated $204 million could be cut from next year's school district budgets.
'SHOUT OUT' RESULTS
Capistrano Unified's district-wide PTSA organized a "shout out" effort Monday encouraging parents to flood the offices of key Sacramento lawmakers and the governor with phone calls protesting the budget cuts.
The office of Sen. Jack Scott, chair of the Senate education committee, reported logging about 1,000 phone calls Monday from Capistrano Unified parents, said spokeswoman Wendy Gordon.
"The phones rang for eight hours nonstop – eight of our staffers answering four lines for eight hours," Gordon said. "While we're glad to hear people are energized, Sen. Scott is very much on top of it and is fighting to maintain education programs and not to make draconian cuts."
The office of Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, chair of the Assembly budget subcommittee for education, reported receiving at least 300 phone calls from Capistrano Unified parents Monday.
"It helps us know that people really are genuinely concerned," spokeswoman Jennifer Mashburn said. "You get a feel for how families are personally affected."
While the Capistrano Unified parents said their voices were being heard, they acknowledged that the news was still grim. Paul Navarro, deputy legislative secretary to the governor, told the Orange County delegates that public education would have to share in the state's fiscal crisis, Anderson said.
"He can almost guarantee there will be a suspension of Prop. 98 because there is no way to avoid that," she said. "The state budget situation is a mess."
Contact the writer: 949-454-7394 or smartindale@ocregister.com
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