March 2, 2010
My first job in photography was as studio manager for Paul M Bowers, Imaging for Business back in 1998. I was always impressed with Paul's great, gritty, black and white street photos of New York City; the subways, the bagel shops, the towering World Trade Center towers. The camera he used, I was surprised to find was a little Olympus XA film camera.
A few months ago, I asked if he still had the camera and if he was interested in selling it to me. He refused to take my money and gifted it to me.
What a cool cat!
You can imagine how excited I was...I immediately shot a slightly outdated roll of Fuji Velvia just to test it out and am in love all over again. I found that it does need some lens focusing maintenance but at super deep depths of field, it produces great, sharp images.
Two days ago just before surfing at Oceanside Pier, I set the camera on a trash can and took a long exposure just before the moon and sun swapped shifts and the tones were recorded perfectly. Thanks so much Paul!
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March 1, 2010
All our closest friends think we're a bit weird when we talk about the special friendship we have with the Bonobos at the San Diego Zoo and one in particular, a 30 year old female named Lana.
But we think it's pretty special...
We've been members of the Zoo on and off for about 12 years and, before leaving for New Zealand for 7 years, went so often and were so drawn to the Bonobo group that they started to recognize us as their friends and would come to the glass to say hi when they saw us approach. We've only been to see them once this year and once last year as we now live much farther but on our last visit, Lana came running up with the rest of the group and pressed herself up to the glass, giving me a smile and a hello. I think part of the reason we're so drawn to these primates is that we share 98% of our DNA with them; they're extremely intelligent, obviously have great memories, and wonderful social interaction and conflict resolution skills (you'll have to read up on that one yourselves).
Okay, enough rambling...here are a few of our friend Lana. What a smile!
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February 23, 2010
Here are a few more from our road trip through Nevada, Utah, and Colorado last week. Having grown up in New England, winter and snow are part of who I am - even though I moved as far away from those two aspects as I could back in 1993. Since we've been so travel-happy the past few years - working between New Zealand and California summers - we haven't really experienced a true winter for a long time. Being cold and snowy is so good...
A few from the incredibly beautiful Moab, Utah
Alex's first snow angel
Farm dogs, Monticello, Utah.
It was incredible how much snow this town had. 15 minutes earlier and there was just a few inches on the ground. Monticello, Utah.
One minute we're in the snowy desert, the next we're in bloody Las Vegas! 
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[February 23, 2010]
shannon said:
gorgeous
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February 19, 2010
So, El Niño has it's good points - as mentioned in the last post but it has it's drawbacks too. It rained harder than I ever remember it raining in San Diego for five days leading up to our 5 day surf trip deep into baja. Long story short, 5 bridges washed out on the main highway the day before our trip so our trip was over. We didn't let the weather get us down though and continued packing, but this time we were headed north. We ended up camping at the beautiful Jalama beach park and still had some fun surfs but even more fun tearing around the (almost) dead campground on Andy's trail 77 motorbike. Good times!
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December 17, 2009
New York is such a multi-dimensional place; I still have trouble focusing on one particular aspect at a time (sorry for the image overload). Between the architectural three-dimensionality and added socio-economic layers, the city feels like some Orwellian experiment and is at once hectic and peaceful, maker of dreams or destroyer of hope...truly unlike any city I've known. Add to that the holidays, a small child, lights galore and you have a whole different experience altogether.
Hey, that's me!
Hey, that's me!
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December 15, 2009
Do you have the right stuff?
WE WANT YOU!!!!
Applications close January 1, 2010.
The weak, whiney, and lazy need not apply.
Apply via email only - jaime@vieraphotographics.com
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November 11, 2009
It's a bit unfair we've waited so long to post any photos of our newest family member but better late than never. Here's Buckley - our 1-2 (?) year old Rottweiler/Mutt/? mix. He was found on the way back from Arizona wandering the streets and no one claimed him so we took him on as a new recruit. No more beatings little guy!
Just got a new lens in on demo Canon today so I thought I'd snap a few off to make sure it works and what a great and patient test subject.
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Anna Gross said:
So cute! Buckley and Izzy would be best friends. Izzy was found on the street too. He says hi and hopes to see you again when we beg you to come back for our next big occasion.
[November 18, 2009]
Sinead said:
He is GORGEOUS! Well done for taking him on board, I'm sure he's never been happier...
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September 12, 2009
I didn't realize how crazy the fires were over the past few weeks until a job put us just a few miles east of them. Here are a few as we passed through Pasadena. Things got worse before they got better and as of this morning, the fires were 81% contained.
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June 30, 2009
I just got introduced to Yelp recently when we were walking around with a friend looking for a restaurant. We just typed it in our iphone and... pop... it gave us reviews on all the restaurants in the neighborhood. It is such a great way to get the word out about great (and not so great) service providers!
I just added our business to it and would love for all our clients to review us, not only for our potential clients to see, but for us to see how we are doing!
And because we are photographers, I am compelled to put up a couple of photos... here is Alex a couple weeks ago at Lake Isabella, being a character as usual!
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November 24, 2008
Of course we are a bit bias, but we believe that photos are timeless and priceless and make the very best gifts. In the spirit of the season, the bad economic times, and just wanting to spread a bit of cheer, we are giving everyone 25% off any purchase until 1st January 2009*
Here are a couple of ideas to take advantage of the holiday discount:
- Holiday Cards - Beautiful custom made holiday cards printed on art paper with any image(s) you choose. This can be from your wedding, engagement session or just something from our site that you like. Also, if you have an idea of a photo you want on your card, we have an endless back catalog of images - pick our brains!
- Prints - Custom Prints, you can choose unframed and do it yourself or we can frame them for you! A great gift for anyone.
- Canvas Prints - A great way to turn any photo into a work of art.
- Digital Negatives - Parents, want a great gift for the newly wed couple? A gift of the digital negatives from either their wedding or engagement session.
- DVD Slideshow - The slideshow you see online, put to your choice of music on a DVD. A great gift to say thanks to a special wedding guest.
- Clients - A great way to get something that you have been wanting at a discount!
To take advantage of this rare opportunity (we have never done this before) - either email us with your ideas or go to any proof site (choose to pay by check) and I will discount it for you.
For clients - you are welcome to pass this discount on to your family, friends, and wedding guests- this applies to them as well!
*Only applicable to new products purchased from previously photographed weddings or engagement sessions.
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