Award Winning Photography & Video Production
Sunday, the family and I went up to Jijoca de Jericoacoara to Lagoa do Paraíso, 'Paradise Lagoon'. The day before we had had the pleasure of meeting Australian singer/songwriter Melissa Otto and her husband, who were in town to sing at several churches and a concert at the convention center in Sobral. We met up …
I love going to the Mercado São Sebastião in Fortaleza, Ceará. I always try to take my camera with me when I'm there because the vendors are so friendly and the variety of fruits and vegetables are so colorful. This visit today I entered through a different door, and walked past 5 or 6 spaces like …
My family and I have spent the New Year in Fortaleza for a couple of days, then we went up the coast to Cumbuco. A small beach town just 5 blocks wide running between dunes and beautiful ocean. The beach has become quite a destination for foreigners, mostly european, drawn by the great winds, sunny …
This year I have been busy. In September I heard about HELP-PORTRAIT, a photographic movement started by Photographer Jeremy Cowart. An ongoing project where you, 1- find somebody in need, 2- take their portrait, 3- print their portrait & 4- deliver it. My wife was a huge help in getting people and a few local …
Every other week a very lovely lady comes to our home to clean for us. Over the past year plus, her family has gone through many difficulties. One of which is that her father was diagnosed with brain cancer. In preparation for December 7's HELP-PORTRAIT event that we coordinated here in Sobral, we asked her …
Last Friday was my daughters ballet recital. She was a rose and danced the Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite. She danced so beautifully! It was the cutest thing to see her little legs and feet moving so quickly. Catching her mid-pirouette, this proud daddy picks this picture as this weeks Photo of the …
Here in Sobral, during the middle weekend of the month, they host a party called Carnabral. A festival very simular to Carnival, but months earlier. Driving past the morning after the first night of the festivities I spotted this party-goer and could not pass up the image. Exif Data Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix XP60 ISO: 100 …
Last Saturday night the Woman's futsal team from Faculdades INTA defeated UCRAFF-Crateús 5 to 4 with the help of this goal by Rayra Carvalho. This spot above the goal has recently become on of my favorite perches in recent weeks. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 6400 Focal …
Driving home from the beach this last weekend I had to pull over to make a few images of some boys playing soccer on their roadside field. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 320 Focal length: 24mm Aperture: f/8 Exposure time: 1/160 sec
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