Quick update. I'm in the process of creating a new website during my free time. It will include galleries and printing options. I signed up for SmugMug.com to host my photos and to sell prints to my all my clients, which is really exciting.
I'm still new to all of this, so it will take a bit of time to get used to all the site's functionality. I can't wait to get an actual custom website built. All in due time though. I'm going at a comfortable pace for me. I certainly don't want to overwhelm myself with all this extra work. After all, this isn't the only thing going on in my life.
More to come! =)
GZ
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Hey Look! A New Button!
Hey guys! I know, I know. Its been freakin' forever since I last posted, but I have been crazy busy. I have just finished my first semester back in school. I passed both classes and the Summer I semester is just around the corner. Check out my other blog (Aflipsnote.blogspot.com) for details of whats going on.
Anyway, back to the main point, I added a new banner here on the blog. Its for Client Proofing. What does this mean? This means that I added printing capabilities. For those of you who don't know, I usually don't provide printing for any of my clients. I prefer to just hand them a disc and say, "They're all yours, do as you wish." Well, for added service, I will not only give my clients a disc, I will also put their images in a protected gallery so that they may peruse through their images and choose what they wish to be printed.
Thanks to my friend Diane Hernandez for the tip about this printing service webiste that I am now going through! Check out her website at http://www.dianehernandezphotographer.com/. I met Diane my sophomore year of college in film class. Probably one of the most fun people I ever met in college. Now she's turning out to be one of my favorite photographers.
I just finished an engagement shoot at the Dallas World Aquarium today. It was so much fun to be back out there shooting. It has been a while. I did get pooped on by a bird during the shoot, which was no fun, but more on that later when I post images from the shoot.
Until then!
GZ
Anyway, back to the main point, I added a new banner here on the blog. Its for Client Proofing. What does this mean? This means that I added printing capabilities. For those of you who don't know, I usually don't provide printing for any of my clients. I prefer to just hand them a disc and say, "They're all yours, do as you wish." Well, for added service, I will not only give my clients a disc, I will also put their images in a protected gallery so that they may peruse through their images and choose what they wish to be printed.
Thanks to my friend Diane Hernandez for the tip about this printing service webiste that I am now going through! Check out her website at http://www.dianehernandezphotographer.com/. I met Diane my sophomore year of college in film class. Probably one of the most fun people I ever met in college. Now she's turning out to be one of my favorite photographers.
I just finished an engagement shoot at the Dallas World Aquarium today. It was so much fun to be back out there shooting. It has been a while. I did get pooped on by a bird during the shoot, which was no fun, but more on that later when I post images from the shoot.
Until then!
GZ
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Keep on playin'
Two posts within a week... what?? =)
Last year, I introduced my friend Nate to you all in the blog post "Dreamin' Big and Stepping Forward" (http://gzamoraphotographie.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreamin-big-and-stepping-forward.html.) He's currently working on a new album. He called me up again and asked me if I could come out to shoot a studio session. So I did.
I brought the flashes out, but I only used them half of the time. Most of the time we were in another room and I was too lazy to move my lights. Oh well. Bump up the ISO, open up the aperture and use longer than normal exposures and hope that none of them move for 1/30th of a second. Here's how some of them turned out.
I had fun that night... last night rather. It was quite interesting to see how an actual recording session worked. Needless to say that it was my first time in a recording studio, and I was amazed at the amount of work that goes into one song. We were there forever, but seeing my good friend Nate at work doing what he loves to do was well worth it. As far as the song, well, its stuck in my head, and I have a rough cut on my iPod on a loop. Nuff said. Great work buddy!
More to come from this session.
GZ
Last year, I introduced my friend Nate to you all in the blog post "Dreamin' Big and Stepping Forward" (http://gzamoraphotographie.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreamin-big-and-stepping-forward.html.) He's currently working on a new album. He called me up again and asked me if I could come out to shoot a studio session. So I did.
I brought the flashes out, but I only used them half of the time. Most of the time we were in another room and I was too lazy to move my lights. Oh well. Bump up the ISO, open up the aperture and use longer than normal exposures and hope that none of them move for 1/30th of a second. Here's how some of them turned out.
I had fun that night... last night rather. It was quite interesting to see how an actual recording session worked. Needless to say that it was my first time in a recording studio, and I was amazed at the amount of work that goes into one song. We were there forever, but seeing my good friend Nate at work doing what he loves to do was well worth it. As far as the song, well, its stuck in my head, and I have a rough cut on my iPod on a loop. Nuff said. Great work buddy!
More to come from this session.
GZ
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Workin' hard for the money
It has certainly been a while since my last post on here. Like I've previously stated, I have been real busy. The last post was when I was in the Philippines, and when I got back Stateside, well, work took over.
Last year, I was given the opportunity to shoot more for the magazine. I haven't put them up on here because what I shoot for the magazine is the property of the magazine, but after speaking with my boss, she said that there won't be any problems with me posting the photos I took on this blog. So here we go. =)
I'm posting photos in no particular order. First up are Anne and Sharon, two oncology nurses I shot for the 4th installment our Extraordinary Healer Book project–a book project about oncology nurses and the amazing things they do for their patients. This is an end of the year project for us involving 30 plus photographers (that I have to contact and line up for each shoot). This is an amazing project that allows me to speak with and learn from very talented photographers all over the United States.
This is the latest shoot that I did for CURE. Another reason why I love doing this is because I get to meet incredible people who battle this disease, and instead of letting it defeat them, they do something about it. From becoming advocates to signing up for ground breaking treatments so that oncologist can learn from their treatments so that they may better help others.
Betty is an advocate for caregivers. Her husband passed away from cancer. While she was caring for him, she realized that while cancer patients get all the help they can get, caregivers are often over-looked for the emotional struggles they go through while caring for a loved one with cancer. Look for her story on our Spring 2011 issue due out in March.
Photoshoots can be difficult when you show up to a place without knowing what it looks like. Making the best of each place by doing a quick survey to assess the best light and scenery can really improve an image. Normally one would take a few shots before he or she can have a workable image. In this case, I got "the shot" with the first click. Don is an incredibly nice guy, but I felt bad having a reflector in his face, blinding him so that I can get the best light for the photo. He told me after the shoot that he has new found respect for swimsuit models.
Jackie is another oncology nurse that I shot for the Extraordinary Healer Book. I had to drive to Houston for this shoot. A day on the road was worth it to meet this lady. A very kind and generous Extraordinary Healer.
Road trips for work?? Yeah, I love my job. I drove out to Nacogdoches, TX for this shot. When I got there, she had baked cookies and brewed me a pot of coffee. I enjoyed meeting Jane and her cute little grand daughter who was more than willing to help clear her toys off the floor so her granny could be photographed.
I photographed Patty for the same article that Jane was in. Both women had the exact same diagnosis, but they both took a different path of treatment. You can read this article here... http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1540
Austin, TX was the stop for me for this shoot with Sandy–single mom of 2 and cancer survivor. This assignment is for our new microsite http://www.cancerbonehealth.com. Check out her story and video interview that I shot.
This is Sue from Grand Prairie, TX. Her article can be read here http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1539.
No one can be more motivated than Teddy. A prostate cancer survivor who lost weight by running so that he may improve his quality of life. I photographed him over the course of 2 days. Once for this shoot, and the other while he ran a 5k. He runs every 5k he can find. I could barely keep up with this guy.
Now for all you folk saying that I've been lazy. Yeah, I'll admit that I have been lazy about posting blogs. As you can see, hopefully, that I have been busy shooting and working.
Stay tuned for more!
GZ
Last year, I was given the opportunity to shoot more for the magazine. I haven't put them up on here because what I shoot for the magazine is the property of the magazine, but after speaking with my boss, she said that there won't be any problems with me posting the photos I took on this blog. So here we go. =)
I'm posting photos in no particular order. First up are Anne and Sharon, two oncology nurses I shot for the 4th installment our Extraordinary Healer Book project–a book project about oncology nurses and the amazing things they do for their patients. This is an end of the year project for us involving 30 plus photographers (that I have to contact and line up for each shoot). This is an amazing project that allows me to speak with and learn from very talented photographers all over the United States.
This is the latest shoot that I did for CURE. Another reason why I love doing this is because I get to meet incredible people who battle this disease, and instead of letting it defeat them, they do something about it. From becoming advocates to signing up for ground breaking treatments so that oncologist can learn from their treatments so that they may better help others.
Betty is an advocate for caregivers. Her husband passed away from cancer. While she was caring for him, she realized that while cancer patients get all the help they can get, caregivers are often over-looked for the emotional struggles they go through while caring for a loved one with cancer. Look for her story on our Spring 2011 issue due out in March.
Photoshoots can be difficult when you show up to a place without knowing what it looks like. Making the best of each place by doing a quick survey to assess the best light and scenery can really improve an image. Normally one would take a few shots before he or she can have a workable image. In this case, I got "the shot" with the first click. Don is an incredibly nice guy, but I felt bad having a reflector in his face, blinding him so that I can get the best light for the photo. He told me after the shoot that he has new found respect for swimsuit models.
Jackie is another oncology nurse that I shot for the Extraordinary Healer Book. I had to drive to Houston for this shoot. A day on the road was worth it to meet this lady. A very kind and generous Extraordinary Healer.
Road trips for work?? Yeah, I love my job. I drove out to Nacogdoches, TX for this shot. When I got there, she had baked cookies and brewed me a pot of coffee. I enjoyed meeting Jane and her cute little grand daughter who was more than willing to help clear her toys off the floor so her granny could be photographed.
I photographed Patty for the same article that Jane was in. Both women had the exact same diagnosis, but they both took a different path of treatment. You can read this article here... http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1540
Austin, TX was the stop for me for this shoot with Sandy–single mom of 2 and cancer survivor. This assignment is for our new microsite http://www.cancerbonehealth.com. Check out her story and video interview that I shot.
This is Sue from Grand Prairie, TX. Her article can be read here http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1539.
No one can be more motivated than Teddy. A prostate cancer survivor who lost weight by running so that he may improve his quality of life. I photographed him over the course of 2 days. Once for this shoot, and the other while he ran a 5k. He runs every 5k he can find. I could barely keep up with this guy.
Now for all you folk saying that I've been lazy. Yeah, I'll admit that I have been lazy about posting blogs. As you can see, hopefully, that I have been busy shooting and working.
Stay tuned for more!
GZ
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Firebreather
Sorry I haven't blogged in while. I have been busy with work. No surprise there, but I do have some new photographs to post soon. I'm on vacation right now in the Philippines, and blogging on my food and travel blog. Check it out at http://aflipsnote.blogspot.com and you can also check out my brother's blog http://mark-kari.blogspot.com/.
We're having lots of fun here with our family. Here's a photo for you to see... check out my food and travel blog for more photos and videos.
GZ
We're having lots of fun here with our family. Here's a photo for you to see... check out my food and travel blog for more photos and videos.
GZ
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Hercules, Hercules!!
This is a late post. Its been crazy the past month. I've been on the go almost non stop. Anyway, at the beginning of August, my friend Jerome asked me if I could do a photo shoot for him for his fitness modeling portfolio. He wanted some head shots and some shots while he's working out. So I met him up at LA Fitness, where he works and took some shots and had a little fun.
I got a background system a while back for a shoot for work. So I figure, since I have it, use it. Its nice to be able to get studio-type shots just about anywhere. Here's how a few of them turned out.
I got a background system a while back for a shoot for work. So I figure, since I have it, use it. Its nice to be able to get studio-type shots just about anywhere. Here's how a few of them turned out.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Birthday fun
Well, yesterday I turned 30... yay! ...sarcasm. Aside from leaving my 20's behind, it was a pretty fun day. Usually I'll go out and party and such, but tis time around I decided that I would tone it down and just relax and spend time with family. Oddly enough, dad and my brother had to work, my mom left for Las Vegas, and my twin sister is in Florida. By the way, this is the sad part, this is the first birthday that my sister and I have been apart. That's a 29 year streak, broken! Oh well, it was bound to happen eventually, and there's always next year. Miss you Mina!!
Anyway, so that said, I hung out with the Mark, my Godson, his little brother Lui, and Sig Sauer Zamora. Yes, he's a Maltese. My brother got him a couple of Friendsgivings ago. He named Sig after his favorite brand of guns. Sig is kind of a sissy dog, but he's cute and has a tough name.
We had a lot planned for my birthday, playing arcades, eating all sorts of stuff, but instead they came with me to a photo shoot I had to do for work, and hung out with me while I processed the images and uploaded it to my boss so she could work on it. In retrospect, it would have been alot faster if I went in to the office and just handed them to my boss when I finished, but that would have defeated the purpose of being on vacation. Anyway, I did get a few shots of Mark, Lui, and Sig before we headed off to my photo shoot.
I got a background system a few weeks ago with a white and black muslin backdrops, which I have been using alot lately. Its fun and makes a great portable studio. Mark had asked me to take his graduation photos since he never got them done when he graduated high school last year, and I was happy to oblige...
While he had everything set up, I figured it would be great to get shots of every one. Here's Siggy's set.
And even though I'm against anything OU(sucks), I let Lui wear his jersey for the photos. By the way, thanks Kari, if you are reading this, for enabling. You're an enabler!!! Get him something awesome next time. Maybe something with a Longhorn on it. lol just kidding!!!
Of course, Mark being Mark. Silly. Just silly.
Anyway, over all I think the photos turned out well. They are well lit in my opinion. I think I'm really starting to get used to getting the lighting just right when I'm using my lights. I did buy a 5 foot reflector to bounce around light with. That was set up on the opposite side of the frame. The main light was to their left and the reflector was to their right.
GZ
Anyway, so that said, I hung out with the Mark, my Godson, his little brother Lui, and Sig Sauer Zamora. Yes, he's a Maltese. My brother got him a couple of Friendsgivings ago. He named Sig after his favorite brand of guns. Sig is kind of a sissy dog, but he's cute and has a tough name.
We had a lot planned for my birthday, playing arcades, eating all sorts of stuff, but instead they came with me to a photo shoot I had to do for work, and hung out with me while I processed the images and uploaded it to my boss so she could work on it. In retrospect, it would have been alot faster if I went in to the office and just handed them to my boss when I finished, but that would have defeated the purpose of being on vacation. Anyway, I did get a few shots of Mark, Lui, and Sig before we headed off to my photo shoot.
I got a background system a few weeks ago with a white and black muslin backdrops, which I have been using alot lately. Its fun and makes a great portable studio. Mark had asked me to take his graduation photos since he never got them done when he graduated high school last year, and I was happy to oblige...
While he had everything set up, I figured it would be great to get shots of every one. Here's Siggy's set.
And even though I'm against anything OU(sucks), I let Lui wear his jersey for the photos. By the way, thanks Kari, if you are reading this, for enabling. You're an enabler!!! Get him something awesome next time. Maybe something with a Longhorn on it. lol just kidding!!!
Of course, Mark being Mark. Silly. Just silly.
Anyway, over all I think the photos turned out well. They are well lit in my opinion. I think I'm really starting to get used to getting the lighting just right when I'm using my lights. I did buy a 5 foot reflector to bounce around light with. That was set up on the opposite side of the frame. The main light was to their left and the reflector was to their right.
GZ
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