A busy season

Ok, it has been another one full month without any entry in my blog !!! Can you believe it? It has been a really busy and productive May... and since my last entry there have been lots of things and beautiful events that I should of post here, along with hundreds of photographs. As a matter of fact I am posting one more image right now that I took this last Friday out of a wedding... a beautiful wedding up in Wolf Creek Resort in Eden, UT.

Soon, after this season passes I will be able to post more and past weddings from May, including those Bridal sessions and Engagements. But in the mean time I'll post these few ones.

Enjoy them and have fun !!

Tell me your comments.







Don't forget to tell me your comments.

Take care!!

Almost a month later ...

Almost a month later (from my last entry) I am here again... feeling sorry (once more !!!) after my long time absent around my blog. But I am back!!! Yes, Once again I am here. he, he, he.

Well, there are way too many things for my to re-cap in some short lines (short enough so you will read it), right? I did have Bridal sessions, Engagements, High School Senior Portraits, Graduations, Children, etc. etc. But the best of all the things had happened to me recently is : My Birthday !!! Well, yesterday... but still, My Birthday!! May 01st. I had had a really great time with my family, just my family !! It was COOL!!.

Now, I want to mention really fast something a little bit different that I heard in a movie, a phrase that got stucked in my mind for a while : "Luck is when Preparation meets Opportunity" Well, I like it, and has placed some personal thoutghs under an interesting perspective; Preparation is what we are doing every day or at least what we should be doing all the time (using our time to be a better self, conquering our passions and learning better our talents). And even we can find our best Opportunities, sometimes we are found ... you see, technically Luck is not existent at all, it's just the junction between being well prepared to face those opportunities that are presented in front of us. I call it being at the right place at the right time... right?

Now, I want to show you some of the photographs that I've been taking lately... let me know what do you think about them.






There were quite a few Bridal sessions that I did but they wanted me to keep them hidden, just because the brides didn't want their fiances to see them in their wedding gowns! So I promised them that I won't post their photographs until they get married

Now I want to add some of other photographs; those that I took in my last trip to New York City and Washington DC. Since I have ended with over 1500 great photographs, I want to share some with you every time I post anything in here.
Here they go; Enjoy !!






See ya!!

a Bunch of Things Going on

Hey, has been a while, right?.
In my defense, I've been trying to catch up with my accumulated work.

I had had an amazing group of experiences that I probably won't be able to expound as much as want (because of time), but I want at least to mention them to you, so you can become somehow participants of my joy, as well.

First of all, my daughter, NICOLE CRISTINA has born about 2 weeks ago, on March 22nd 2009. She is, along my three other daughters and my wife, the most beautiful baby in the universe. She is really good and sleeps GREAT!!. We just need to weak up twice every night.
My wife is doing great as well, and her recuperation is almost over.
Our other 3 daughters are fascinated with the new arrival as well.
Here I am posting some of the photographs that I took in the hospital.


This is my new Whole family Photo...


These are my four jewels: Gabriela, Andrea, Sofia and Nicole.


The newest of my jewels, Nicole, sleeping after a rough "trip" night. (3 hours in this earth)


Mom and daughter first encounter. Just 3 minutes after delivered.

And let me tell you... I feel the man most blessed in this entire world... (I hope this feelings remain while they are teenagers !!!)


Secondly, I want to mention that my current customers are as amazing as my past customers... I've been shooting great photographs (because of them) and I am keeping my artistic view as current as my customers allow me.
Here I am posting some samples of my work so you know what I am talking about.

















And lastly, From my trip to New York (three - four weeks ago) I am posting some of the photographs that I love, so you can enjoy them as well.

These are diverse photographs that I took mainly in the Financial District (close and around Ground Zero)... as a matter of fact you can see Wall street, Brooklin Bridge, and some iconic images of basketball player at sunset, etc.







Let me know if you have a comment.

Take care... and I'll post something else as soon as... I can. Cheers !!!
AL.

I am back !!!

Hey !!! I am BACK !!!!. It took me a little while to catch up most of my work (and even now, I am not done yet, but I could not wait any longer).

The trip to New York City and Washington DC was super amazing... especially because I saw my sister Danella, Ervic and their family and one of my brothers, Alonso.
I know that time flies and probably I won't be able to tell you all my experiences while I was there, but I think it's enough to say that I couldn't ask for better hosts, my siblings are the best in the entire world!!. I love them a lot... to all of them!!

Now that I am back, I can do, once more, my job... taking photographs!!! Capturing important moments in the life of my customers!! I feel super blessed to become an important part in the life of my friends (regularly called "customers"). This is the case of this family that I took photographs yesterday; this is a beautiful couple that I did take their wedding day about 1 year and a half (including Bridals, Engagements, Family session (twice) and more). Yesterday I took photographs of their first baby girl: Hallie. It was a great experience for me... Thanks Jeremy and Rachell, I had a really good time.









The day before (the 18th of March) I went out and took some photographs to a almost married couple: an engagement session in the mountains. Burkell and Curt did a great job hiking and walking and hugging and kissing (which are important parts in my engagement sessions). We went into several locations around some mountains close to my studio; and we had a great time as well.







Well, I will be posting some of the photographs of my trip to the U.S. east coast little by little, but now I will post some of the photographs that I took yesterday and the day before. I hope you enjoyed them.

Take care you all, and send me some comments. Bye, bye.

A new day in the east !

Hello to everybody. It's great to have computer access again. Though, I won't be able to write for long, since I have come to a different area... as a matter of fact I'm no longer in New York City but in Washington DC. I arrived yesterday night.

We are design to go out and visit the most "historical areas" (the National Mall) in the next 15 minutes, so in the mean time I want to upload some of the last images I took in the Manhattan area in NY.

I hope you love them as much as I do.

See ya later!.

From New York City with Love

Well, here I am again, and this time from the heart of New York !!, well, Actually I am residing in New Jersey, a bout 1 hour from New York City. As a matter of fact I already went two times to the "big apple" and spend some quality time with my camera... am I in Love or what?. Well, I have to confess that I love my camera A LOT!!.

Passing to a more adult-ish conversation, I want to tell you that I am having a blast here in the east of USA, and though I am most of the time away from a computer, I could have access to one and that's why I am going to add at least one image. I hope you like it.

Another thing I want to mention is that New York City is impressive... and I like it !. Though, as much as I liked it, and the possibilities are (probably) bigger around here, I still love my dear calm and tranquil Utah... probably because the moutains and its people.

Well, I leave you now with this image that I took one of these nights while I was hiking in the New Jersey border of the Hudson river, having a nice look of the Manhattan island. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Take care and I will write you again soon.

I'm going to New York !!!

Well, that's the truth... I am going to New York City !!! and I am SOOOO excited !!. I'm going to see Danellita & Ervic, my sister, her husband and their family and staying in New Jersey for a week, and then I'm going to visit my brother Alonso in Washington D.C. and stay with him for 4 days... I think is going to be phenomenal !!!

Sadly I am traveling by myself, since this trip is not for just pleasure but for business (70% of it). My wife and kids will have the chance sooner than they expect to go to New York City and see their cousins and family.

The business that I am going for is really interesting, I am adding a new line of service to all my wedding customers (and others that may be interested as well), by bringing some specialties for Kitchens for brand new couples homes (and for the families and guesses who want to give some gifts to the new couples). This new line is a TOP of the LINE kitchen equipment, that are not just beautiful looking, but long lasting and super high quality products.

Well, enough with advertising... I am going to NEW YORK CITY !!!! can you imaging? the dream of all my life as a photographer !!!. I'll bring some hundreds of photographs of my entire trip. As a matter of fact, I think I will have to post them in several different posts... well, we will see. I won't have a computer with Internet access, so I think I won't be able to post anything while I'm there, but I'll have my phone with me so my family and any of my friends, (all my customers) want to call me while there).

Now, I am adding some photographs from Ogden city, that I took some days or weeks ago. These photographs are part of a self-project about the "still standing" old structures in my home town: Ogden. Enjoy them and comment on them as well.

Well... this image is the Municipal cementery in Ogden (obviously enough). Though the interesting point that I am making in this photograph is the age of these small edifications... probably the oldest in the whole Ogden area... even older than any other building around.

This building is the first LDS chapel constructed in Ogden; I believe was erected back in 1910 or so... and as a matter of fact this building is 100% functional, serving for 3 different wards and LDS branches.

This is the Saint Joseph Catholic Church in downtown Ogden in a cloudy day after a snow storm. Again, this building was erected back in 1910's or so and is fully operational. And this building is one of my most popular areas where I go to take wedding photographs, since there are more than a few weddings there in the summer.

This building has being constructed (I believe) back in the later part of 1800's and currently serves as the Municipal building for Ogden City, where the mayor's office is. As a matter of fact, my studio is exactly in front of this marvelous construction... in front of the mayor avenue in Ogden, the Washington Boulevard. This photograph was taken during a snow falling afternoon.

I hope you enjoyed them; comment on them and tell me what do you think as well.

See ya !!.

PS.- tips and tricks are always welcome. Share them if you have them.

10 Years Anniversary !!!!

Hello everybody... I want to tell you that TODAY is one of the MOST IMPORTANT days of my life !!! Today is a GREAT MILE-STONE in my life !! Can you believe? I am 10 years married !! I have the MOST exquisite Girl in the entire planet !!! My Silvia is my entire world !! Did you all know that? Well if you didn't, now you know.

10 years ago, I got sealed in the Lima, Peru LDS Temple and since then I've been happily married. We have 3 beautiful daughters with us and one other daughter in the way... yeap! she is being born in the last weeks of March this year and we are so anxious to have her with us. My Silvia is currently pregnant and she has 7.5 month in her pregnancy.

And since we have small children at home we are not planning a big social event, but enjoy this milestone to ourselves and make each other as happy as possible... the same way we've been doing it for the last 10 years.

One thing you all need to know is that as every couple in the planet, we had our differences and some times not so pleasant situations; but as few couples in the world know, we try our best to manage those situations and we try as hard as possible to make everything as smooth as possible; at the same time we are always trying to be calm at home and do things that please the other... you know, making family and couple's life. And one last thing: I would never change my family life and marriage for anything.

Now, I want to share this time some of our last family photo session images for you to see and enjoy my entire family and to have some fun with us. This session was about a month ago in my studio, by me. Let me know if you have any feedback.

















I hope you had enjoy this images as much as I do every time I see them. Let me know if you have any feedback and/or comment.

Take care.

AL

ABC Best Reporter

Hello to all of you once more; it’s always fun to be in touch like this.

Let me tell you, in my profession as photographer I have great experiences and opportunities that put me to think a lot …well, today was once of those days that put me to think that everything in my career goes really good, and life is super good !! About a week ago I received a phone call from a some-time-ago customer, a girl who I did her Engagements, Bridals and Wedding day about 4 years ago, Her name is Hailye Higgins, married to Zack Lewis. Well, she wanted some photographs done for her biography for her job.
This morning we met in my studio… well, let me tell you, she did look amazing. She is one of the best reporters in Idaho for “abc” affiliate channel 8 and I am so happy and excited to be her photographer; and now she is the reporter that has the best photograph in the biography page in the whole state… (I made that sure).
I am posting a couple of her photographs for you to look at them and I am sure you will agree with me.




Beside the great experiences I have with most of my customers, I have another set of great experiences in a different aspect of my career; this last week after a nice storm I went into a higher elevation area and took some of this sunset scenes. I hope you like them as much as I do.




Well, let me know what you think.

Thanks… I’ll see you around, you all.

Air Fair Fun

Ok, I hope everyone of you had a great weekend... well, let me tell you, I had a super weekend myself; I spend all day long with my wife and children doing fun stuff and visiting my brother and his family. Yeap, totally relaxed and family oriented weekend.

Now, I was wondering about what photographs I could share with all of you this week, and since I just had Bridal sessions (and all of my brides requested PRIVACY) I will not post any of them here today, but after they get married.

I found an activity I did for my photography, where a friend of mine, Matt and I went to fly in his Cessna plane about a month ago... I had found that experience fascinating, and worth of taking a closer look of those photographs.

We are planning to go again some time during this winter, so we can have more photographs from some other areas from the air; but, we will see if we can do it again.

In the mean time I want to share this images with you, and I'll explain what were we doing when I took them... so seat back and relax because you are now going to experience a nice ... experience.

This is the plane that Matt has... is a two passenger (as you are going to realize from other photographs).

This is my friend, Matt, coming out from the plane,while making sure that everything is perfect for flying. Those clouds in the sky that you see are leaving the area, so we had a beautiful sunset for our photographs. He is a pilot by profession and a photographer by heart.

Now, this shot shows, once we were in the air (as you can see it too) I turn around my seat and this is what I saw... there was nothing else behind me !!! The plane was small and all shaky, but sturdy enough to take us around and back with safety.

Ok, This is Matt, the owner of the plane, amateur photographer and excellent pilot. I took his silouhette agains the sunsetting sun behind the mountain in the corner of his window. We had the mountain in front of us while we were cruising the air... to be honest with you ... it was a breath taking experinece; it was my first time flying in a Cessna and, even though I was a little aprehensive at first, a few minutes after I was all enjoying it.
And as the last image I will share in this part of my blog, I want you to see ME !!! he, he, he; here I am with Matt in the cockpit trying to have a shot of both of us. I think it turned out good enough. I am wearing the head phones that we use to communicate to each other and to listen the air control tower.

Now that you saw my experience in the air, I want to invite you to see the photographs I took in this event and I have for exhibition. They are in my web site, in the Fine Art section.

Gallery with aerial photographs:
http://www.aa-photography.com/2009/010-Galleries-Port/0130-Fine%20Art%20Galleries/0136-Scenics%20Gallery/index.html

Gallery with aerial photographs:
http://www.aa-photography.com/2009/010-Galleries-Port/0130-Fine%20Art%20Galleries/0133-Cityscapes%20Gallery/index.html

I hope you enjoy today's blog; and I hope as well to hear from you.

Take care and remember to do something good always.