Yashica Electro 35 GSN

Cracker Barrel image done by miami wedding photographer jorge r gonzalez

Victory at Cracker Barrel

Yashica Electro 35 GSN  Kodak 100 TMAX

Portrait of a Young Man taken with an old film camera on Labor day with the special treat of just having consumed a large amount of “healthy grease food” at Cracker Barrel. Boy we love breakfast there especially the Uncle Hershels menu. There is nothing that compares to being with your family, enjoying time together while you shoot a roll of film.

I love walking around with this old camera it has become my favorite. The focusing takes getting used to but the fun of the sound has you advance the film. It is so quite when you press the shutter. It is a beautiful camera with the shinny chrome and the old school look, now fuji came out with something similar in design. My kids say that it is my Leica. Too think that I picked it up at ebay for less than fifty including shipping. It has no light leaks and it was CLEAN!! I had the film developed and scanned here in at a local lab, but I’m not happy with the file size. I will be trying a lab in Cali next time. All of the shots are straight out of the camera only the logo was added no Photoshop adjustments!!

 image done by miami wedding photographer jorge r gonzalez

Nothing Chages

Yashica Electro 35 GSN 100 TMAX

 

A bit of info on Nothing Changes, this is a body shop in the Miami area that I have been going to since I was about 15 years old. One of my uncles is the owner of the business, him and is brother. They have been working at this location in Miami since the early 70’s. I find it interesting that the vehicle which takes up most of this image is about as old as the business. It feels like you are walking into a museum, at least for me it does. Nothing changes everything stays the same it is locked in a frame of my mind and of my camera. Without question soon there will be a change since they, the owners are both getting very old and there will be no one to replace them.

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.

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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New Additions to Site

I have added more details on what  I will provide to those interested in obtaining my services for their photographic needs. Check under Family and Quinces-Sweet 16 and you will find all inclusive packages. My goal is to provide the highest quality of photographic images for your cherished memories. After it is all said and done it is the photograph that will more easily take you back in the years to come, to those special moments in your life. Be it a small intimate portrait session or an all out full blown wedding with all the bells and whistles, my job as your photographer is to capture the moment, provide you with that rectangular mirror that will let you in the future see the moment that has long passed. Your life now recorded for your memories of tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

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