A Smile for You: Kids Portraits

portrait of a beautiful girl smiling for the camera
A Smile for You

A Portrait from a session for Christmas cards that was done in the fist week of December. She is a great model loves to ham it up for the camera.

Un Retrato tomado para usar en tarjetas de Navidad. Es una tremenda modelo, le encanta la camara.

 

fotos de una linda nina para usar en tarjetas de navidad. portraits by miami photographer jorge r gonzalez.

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Sunrise

The incredible power of one image to active the memory of an event, of a moment in life. The image above to most viewers is a simple one, just a girl on a boat looking at the sun. To most viewers it would seem just that. But for those involved in that moment, it becomes much more. It brings into remembrance the many factors that where involved; the water with its movement, its smell, its color. It brings into remembrance that wonderful moment of seeing the sunrise at 6:30 am with its magnificent light over the water. Of chasing the birds hoping that they are on top of a school of bait fish signifying that there are dolphin or tuna underneath. The sound of the powerboat engines with its propellers cutting into and pushing the water causing the craft to move eastward to open water, towards a place where man becomes lost by the immense ocean. A place where even the largest of vessels fight the currents and waves to arrive at their destinations. The expectation of the moment that will not come back, you can try to replicate it yes of course, but this moment is lost forever into the memory of our minds and into a bit of information store in the hard drive of a laptop.

The fleeting moment as with all of life events can truly never be duplicated, all that we are left with is small souvenirs locked in our memory which requires  a catalyst, a key if you will, to bring back all that was involved in that long gone moment. Nothing like a photograph to help in retrieving those precious memories of one’s life. That was my goal in taking this image, to create that bit of information that could be store be it on a computer or as something more tangible be it an album or hanging on a wall. It is not a perfect image technically, of course I know that but that is not the intention. I was not looking for that, I wanted a small button to active my memory of when the future comes and I want to remember my little girl I can look at this image. I will remember the dolphins we found, the smiles, the expressions on our faces, and of course my daughter whispering into my ear with a challenging attitude towards me and the rest of us on the boat “my where the biggest”. All eleven years of her defying us to do better.

Wow that is what this image will bring back and more. It is very personal, but is also what been a photographer is about. Helping others create those catalysts for the future, the buttons, that they will push in the future to bring into life the memories of today.

Viewing the World Sideways…..

From our travels in Mexico

As we walked the small corridors between the vendors in this outdoor market I got a glimpse of this beautiful set of eyes staring at me. Quicker than you can say “howdy” the shutter button was pressed. I love this type of image where only fast instinctive reflexes will get you the photograph. Only after I really contemplated the image on my laptop did I truly appreciated what I captured. It is one of my favorites from the many trips to Mexico that we made.

This is the typical way they carry babies in Chiapas, Mexico. You will only  find a hand full of baby strollers, it’s all constant contact with the mother or other female family member. It is the indigenous way of childcare.

 

 

 

 

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The Beauty Again…

Here is one of my favorites from the series “When I Was Two….”

Image of Little girl next toa fountain taken by a photographer

Photographing her was great even though she never stopped for a single pose it was constant movement I felt more like a paparazzi photographer than a portrait photographer. Unbelievable the energy these kids have you have to be fast if you want to capture an image from them.

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