New Blog - San Jose Photographer

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by. I no longer use this blog and have moved to a new location.

Please visit www.CharleneChavezBlog.com and www.CharleneChavezPhotography.com for my current work.

Have a great day!

Charlene

NEW BLOG

I am no longer going to post on this blog. I have gone live with my NEW BLOG!!!

Please update your bookmark and your RSS Feed.

Thank You,
Charlene

Jr Prom

"Remember me?", my blog said to me as I returned to dust the cobwebs off of the keyboard. I know, I know I've been busy but I do admit that I am not a Blogger nor a computer techie but a photographer. Here are a few pics of my son Gabe and his girlfriend Amanda. They are so cute! If I could be young again, those were the days...sigh.

I had them do this over and over again until I got the exposure that I wanted. Sorry about that you two! ;)


The light was coming through the leaves of the tree nearby that was providing us shade. This is one of my favorites!


Getting ready.


I learned how to use textures on images thanks to Matt Nicolosi!


They're just so cute!



I was still working on getting the exposure I wanted and snapped this while they were talking. Cute with the hands in the pocket, so gentleman like.


I will try to post more some time this week.
Happy Day!
Charlene

Voucher - My Gift To You!

Click on the image below to see the details. No need to print just mention it when you book your regularly priced session.

Happy Day!

Charlene

Baseball Collection

Since baseball is in full swing and I'm taking pics on the field, I thought I'd start a collection of images and turn them into art.

I'll let ya know when I'm done but here is just one I'll share with ya!

Happy Day!

Charlene

SpringSessions

Happy April!

I still have 2 mini session open this Saturday and Sunday.

Here is an image of my cute little niece. We went out to play and she wanted to wear one of her new dresses. I added some texture to the image to look like a canvass. I'll post some more images of her later this week.

Charlene

National Charity Model Search

Time is ticking. Just a reminder that March 24th is the last session I am accepting for the child model contest.

Details:
For ages 18 months to 14 years of age.
I submit images to an online voting website.
You ask family and friends to vote for your child.
Each vote costs $1 and goes directly to Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
Winner of contest receives a scholarship and camera plus
a chance to model for a day.

Session fee is $125 for two siblings for a 45 minute to 1 hour session.

Have a wonderful day!

Testing 1,2,3...

This was an attempt to upload larger images and I finally figured it out. The previous attempt lasted on only two posts so let's see how long this will last.

Cup of Java this morning, no not beer. I know it's 5 'o clock some where ;)



As you can see, I'm still having difficulty. I'll figure it out sooner or later. ;)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

It was a nice surprise to see this email from my girlfriend Tracy Cressio. So I copied it to share with you.

An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Hope you're wearing green today!

...and I want to thank my Secret Sister for the above gift. Thanks Sister!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Charlene

The Art of Hand Letter Writing

What ever happened to the art of developing a letter the old fashioned way, hand written?? I was reading the Merc over the weekend and came across the LifeStyle section where it was showcasing reader responses to comments or questions. This weekend's comment was, "Recently, I discovered..." The article was relating to one's self or travels but I ignored the suggestion and decided to write about hand written letters.

My response: Recently I discovered, but not really discovered because it is obvious, that no one writes hand written letters anymore.

I was reading Matt Nicolosi's blog earlier and he posted a picture of his hand written letter to his wife. It was very romantic! It reminded me, too, that we humans have really lost touch with the art of handwriting. We email, chat, blog and now twitter ourselves away. Reading a printout of your saved letters will never give you the same feeling as those hand written letter's bundled together ever so carefully. The feeling is almost like going back to the past and sometimes you can even smell it too. When was the last time you wrote, not typed, blogged, copied and pasted but hand wrote a letter? We are teaching our Kinders to write their name and the ABC's but what good does it do when they are taught to write essays on the computer in 1st grade? How about those teens you see at the supermarket texting away as if they had 5 thumbs on each hand? Technology can be a bad thing sometimes.

When I was a teen in middle school my best friend and I wrote letters to each other over the summer weekly. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to talk on the phone much so it was our little secret that she taped a dime inside each letter she wrote so that I could sneak away to the local 7 Eleven store and give her a call. I excitedly waited by the mailbox when the postman came around and couldn't wait to get my hands on the pink envelope to read the little scribbles of my dearest best friend Lorie!!

Of course, I was also excited to dash off to the store so I could call her too!

So, the next time you want to tell your kids or husband how much you love them, do it the old fashioned way, hand write it!

Happy Writing,

Charlene