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FRIDAY FUN PIX {el paso texas athlete photograhers}

2012-02-17T16:27:00.003-07:00

We've had a LOVELY work week....

we asked our cheerleaders to give us some love on Valentine's Day.... XOXO!

SNEAK PEEK {el paso tx sports photography}

2012-01-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well, we're back on the 'Sports Train' again.... Yes I watched Unstoppable!

This year the El Paso High Wrestling team moved into a new facility to practice in and I couldn't pass up shooting infront of the garage door. I'm very excited to print these out, they're going to be gorgeous.

STANDING BEHIND THE CAMERA GIVES ME HOPE {texas child photographer}

2012-01-02T21:50:00.000-07:00

Within five minutes of Jasmine Star's Exposed Magazine announcement I had ordered my own copy and I was uncharacteristically ELATED when I received it in the mail. You see, Jasmine Star is not only a talented photographer but she also shares every aspect of her career and personal life on her blog. And, since I now live and work in the same dwelling day and night, the things bloggers share on the world wide web have become a connection to my perfect world. A world of creatives, photographers, and inspiring individuals. As excited as I was to read Jasmine Star's story about her leap into photography, her success, and her husband's accompaniment to her journey, I was extremely moved to read about her mother's battle with brain cancer. I just have to say.... She Put Into Words Everything I Did Not Allow Myself To Feel.
It was 2000 and my dad began to lose his vision, then his balance, then before we knew it he was in surgery to remove a brain tumor. We just knew he would come out if this ok, he had to. He had established himself as a 'Godfather' type, taking care of ANYONE who came to him for help, gaining respect from his peers for his hard work and honesty, and building a multi-million dollar business on the premises of paying it forward. God could not take him away from us just yet. I was so 'strong' about everything I wasn't able to grasp the severity of the matter. I replaced fear with confidence. We were so sure of ourselves and in a way it helped us cope with the journey that lay ahead.
After surgery, there was radiation on the remaining benign tumor, pain killers for headaches, numerous amounts of medications to keep his body going. Speech problems, strokes, steroid rages, and sometimes the inability to get out of bed for days at a time due to body pains, are what followed. And not once does he say anything other than "I'm good, Gracias a Dios. Don't worry about me."
The second blow to his livelihood came in the summer of 2008, when everything he had worked so hard for came crashing down with the housing market. Fuel prices soared and his trucking company closed. We lost everything. It was a mess, and still is. We are still dealing with the legalities and I pray every day that my parents find closure and peace. They then scraped up whatever money they had left and entrusted it to my brother to open the Pot Au Feu. Who does this? They are beyond supportive of their children even when they are physically, mentally and financially broken.
So where do I come in? The GUILT.....I feel guilty everyday for one thing or another. Questions like what could I have done to save the company, still to this day, make me want to stay in bed FOREVER. I feel guilty for being a spoiled brat because at one point I had everything a child/teen could want. I feel guilty that I wasn't a good daughter to my father when he perhaps needed me the most. I feel guilty that I cannot financially help my parents out with living expenses and medical bills. I feel guilty that above all this I have the perfect husband and two healthy children. And, to top things off, all I want to do is photography, even when it is not income generating! How horrible am I? Still, most days I wake up and leave circumstances to my God, feed my addiction to food, and cherish this beautiful life with ALL my loved ones. I take refuge in my home, use my fellow bloggers as a form of 'healthy' socialization, and try to grow and succeed in photography. No matter what...I AM GRATEFUL.

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE {el paso tx child photographer}

2011-12-06T14:35:00.001-07:00

One last photobooth shoot with my boys before I erase the chalkboard.

BECAUSE WE NEED 20 EXTRA DAYS OF CHRISTMAS {el paso tx child photography}

2011-11-11T09:55:00.001-07:00

I've decided to add 20 more days to our Christmas. This weekend I'm putting up the Christmas tree and turning on the holiday music. I would so trade in Thanksgiving for this! Here are the boys a couple months ago as my eagerness for winter was in full force. They were little pills for this shoot. Sometimes one image is just enough with little boys. And to get them together...Yah right!

Here's to the upcoming holiday season... a safe, healthy, prosperous one!

THE BOYS - El Paso Senior Portrait Photograhy

2011-11-08T10:28:00.001-07:00

As you all know, I am surrounded by boys. My hubby, my two boys, and even my dogs. Growing up, I had to compete and survive the wrath of my dominant brother who was just a year younger than I. Barbie time had to wait, he had set the mattresses on the floor, it was WWF time! I then had to conform myself into a more positive and sensitive person when our much younger brother came along. Hoping he'd be much sweeter and less physically aggressive than the older one! Ah, good times, good times. Sometimes, I do feel there is just too much testosterone in my life. Wanting cleanliness (before my one year old puts the cracker in his mouth, he crushes it between his fingers) and prettiness every now and then. Flowers on the set table, a fur free rug and less hot wheels on the floor, under the pillows and down the toilet! Then there's a handsome high school senior.....forget about sugar and spice and everything nice.