Mariesa+Brian’s wedding day started raining and I was concerned about all the things that we had planned like the fist look and the full hour Mariesa+Brian were giving me to do creative portraits. All these portraits were schedule to be done outside, using beautiful natural light. Of course I had a plan B, but I didn’t want to go there and I have to admit I was a bit sad.  I sat in silence looking out the window praying for mother nature to cut me some slack and give me at least half an hour of dry skies, then I got ready and headed to the hotel to meet my bride and groom. By the time I left the rain was pouring even harder.

Once I got to the hotel I went straight to meet Brian and his boys, and take some images of them getting ready.

This is what I saw there…

Then I headed to Mariesa’s room. The rain was stopping and at that point I knew mother nature, today, was on my side

This is what I saw at Mariesa’s room.

Mariesa, you are stunning!

Time for the first look! (Thank you mother nature! You gave me dry skies for me to rock this day)

A little surprise present for the future Mrs. Eikevik

They had a candy bar at the reception. A super sweet detail!

Their first dance…

Party Rock!

Thank You! Mr.& Mrs. Eikevik you guys are super awesome!!!

Their first dance song: All for a Woman by Airbone Toxic Event

Mariesa in 3 words according to Brian: Funny :: Athletic :: Beautiful

Brian in 3 words according to Mariesa: Thoughtful :: Handsome :: Genuine

Bride & Groom Fist look: Hyatt at Bonaventure, Weston Fl

Reception Venue: Bonaventure Country Club

Wedding Coordinator: Patty Leon

Florist: Hearts and Flowers

Cake Designer: Edda’s Cake Designs

DJ: Party Time Dj’s

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Jeannie+William proudly introduce Presley Reign. Her session was amazing! She slept the whole time and allowed me to captured some stunning pictures of her

Jeannie+William thank you so much for inviting me to be your family photographer! Your family is stunning and I can’t wait to photograph all of you very soon

Presley Reign

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7lbs

This gorgeous tree was at Jeannie’s baby shower. All the guest wrote wishes for baby Presley, how cute is that?

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Dear Stacey:

Words will never be enough to tell you how grateful I am for having you in my life. You were my very first client, a complete stranger that trusted me when I told you that I was a professional photographer and that I wanted to photograph your children. You and your family were kind and generous to me, and showed me so much love and appreciation for my art.  Seeing my images hanging on your wall reassured me that I was born to do what I do. Not only were you guys absolutely amazing to hire me once, but I had the pleasure of working with you several times during that year. Meeting your dad and capturing his joy around his grand kids was a very important moment in my career and although his presence will always be missed, I am so happy you have those images to cherish them forever.

I am so happy to see your creativity, love and energy in this new project of yours. Little Miss Pepper will be a complete success! Your jewelry is amazing, classic and so personal. I am absolutely in love with the piece you sent me! How thoughtful of you to add my wedding date, my dog’s initial and a beautiful heart that reads “C&C”. I am now truly wearing my heart around my neck!

Thank you,

Caro!

Gratitude is by far the best feeling you could have (after Love, of course) so because I am truly grateful to have you all visiting my blog, my facebook and my website and because Stacey, the owner and designer of Little Miss Pepper is super generous, We are hosting a FABULOUS MOTHER”S DAY GIVEAWAY!!

Little Miss Pepper is offering 150.00 store credit (not valid for cash) to one lucky winner, does it sound like fun? You bet it does! So here is what to do: Easy, Breezy get ready to win..

just Like Little Miss Peeper on Facebook and leave her a comment on her page. Since Little Miss Pepper gets a lot of LOVE, don’t forget to let her know that Carolina Guzik Photography send you her way.

(make sure you leave a message, otherwise it would be impossible to get your name into the raffle)

One time is not enough? Are you an over achiever and want to increase your chances of winning?? Easy, Breezy… After liking Little Miss Pepper and leaving her a comment on her wall, just do the following…

Like Carolina Guzik Photography on Facebook, and leave me a gratitude message for introducing you to the best Jewelry designer in the world and give you the opportunity to win 150.00 store credit!!!

You have until Sunday, May 13, 2012 to participate. The winner will be announce on Little Miss Pepper & Carolina Guzik Photography Facebook Pages on Monday May 14, 2012

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Brian+Mary+Leo are super awesome! I’ve met Mary months ago and I knew she was my kind of person: funny & straight to the point, plus we have several things in common like our love for other cultures and food   Being around Mary and Brian is always a good time, so when they hired me to photographed their brand new baby I was over the moon! It was a very amazing baby session.

This session was a celebration of Leo’s first months in this world. His grandparents came along and some other amazing props made it into the session, like his parents’ traveling gnome that has been a family tradition for years, an uber cool dragon(becuase Leo was born in the Year of the Dragon) and Mary even read to Leo paragraphs of the famous book The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Here are the amazing images of this session, Enjoy!

Find the traveling gnome on the image on the left, set GO!

Just so you know this traveling gnome has been to: Vietnam, Italy, Cambodia, Greece, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, NYC, New Orleans, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Jose & Key West + It was also present at the Leo’s birth

Dragons Personalities (according to Google):

Dragons prefer to live by their own rules and if left on their own, are usually successful. They’re driven, unafraid of challenges, and willing to take risks. They’re passionate in all they do and they do things in grand fashion.

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Becky & Isabella came all the way from California to do a lifestyle session with me! (and to spend some days with family and loved ones, of course) During our Skype meeting, Becky mentioned she wanted a vintage session with a twist. This is the result of our planning

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I am happy and proud to introduce to all my future and beautiful brides an amazing, elegant and uber cool way to display their wedding images: PANO WEDDING ALBUMS are here

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HOSPITABLE. old. fashionable. modern. FRIENDLY. muslims. DELICIOUS FOOD. walking. mosques. hills. museums. the bosphorus. TEA. hookahs. LAMB. kebabs. pita bread. CONSTANTINOPLE. more walking. sunsets. GALATA TOWER. taksim. istiklal street. call to prayer. MORE KEBABS. the blue mosque. hagia sophia. GRAND BAZAAR. spice bazaar. pashminas. EFES BEER. basilica cistern. STREET VENDORS. sufi whirling dervishes. pistachio. POMEGRANATE JUICE. nuts. OTTOMAN EMPIRE. sultans. byzantine empire. hummus. olives. AMAZING CULTURE.

All images taken with my dear Lupe, a Canon Rebel XTI, and a 50 mm 1.4 lens.

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I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Do you remember this birth & newborn?

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” -Dr. Seuss

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

It has been a long time since I devote some time to my self-portraits, and by that I mean a good, planned session. I miss having that one on one time with my camera, for me it is liberating, inspirational and just plain awesome! But a present all the way from Texas, from a complete stranger gave me a great reason to go out, and think of some cool images to give in return. If  you know me, you know that GRATITUDE is at the top of my list, and when someone shows me LOVE, I am on a mission to give as much LOVE back as I can. Here is the story of the amazing woman that gifted me the most UBER COOL SCARF I have ever owned…

It all started on Facebook, I was looking at a photographer’s page that I love and she had posted an instagram of her wearing a uber cool scarf. I was the fist one to commented on it and if I recalled correctly my comment was: “OMG I love it! I WANT ONE!!!” (Yes, all caps and excessive exclamation points) 3 minutes later, the creative designer of the scarf  contacted me. Her name is Shareen and she is just plain AWESOME.  After several emails and exchange of information, she sent me two gorgeous scarfs! These scarfs are super beautiful, chic and very trendy, an accessory that will make you stand up on a crowd! (Believe me, I wore mine to an event yesterday and several people approached me just to ask me about my scarf! )

Shareen, Thank you for such beautiful and generous present! I am sure your store is going to be very very successful!

For more info on prices & colors contact Shareen at shareen@shareenfrater.com

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My marketing materials are finally here! Every year, I try to design a new marketing tool so when future clients come across my work either at offices where I have displays or auctions they can get an exact idea of what my brand is all about. These year, I went with some super cool 5×5 trifold cards.

Here are a couple of pictures of what they look like, enjoy

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Giselle + Family Session was amazing and when I delivered the final products they were extremely happy & grateful. Giselle & Alex thank you so much for trusting me & allowing me to do what I love! Your family was amazing to work with and I can’t wait to do it again

My husband helped me with the installation, and this is the final result…

This was a piece for Gaby’s room

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Alejandro is two and his mom and dad had a fantastic celebration for him. It was such a fun party! Lots of games for the kids, delicious food, great decoration and plenty of cupcakes and cookies to keep the little ones up and running

I had an amazing time capturing such a special day, and I am beyond grateful to have met this amazing family! I can’t wait to see them again very soon in Curacao

Decoration, Cake & Cupcakes by: Tio Fiesta

Cookies & Popcakes: Chocolography

Lemon Dessert by: Lemoine Bonbon  Phone: 786 340 8764

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a very talented photographer asked me the simplest question of all: “Why do you do what you do?” I sat in silence for a moment and my memory took me back to a an exact moment in time, the moment where I knew the power of a camera. I was 5 or 6  years old and my uncle was a well established photographer, we were on a family outing to the country side and he had his camera with him. I was following him, not because I liked him, but because I wanted him to take my  picture! He was always photographing his kids and he never, not even once pointed his camera at me. I was determined to have him photographed me. I thought that if I was to walked right next to him, the two of us alone, then he had no other choice but to take my picture. I was wrong. As we were walking, we saw this five year old, country girl, standing on the street and he asked her if he could take her picture. He was so excited to take her picture, but she looked at him and with a determined no she ran away.  I stood there looking at him, in my mind I was screaming at him: “DON’T YOU SEE ME?? I AM HERE, TAKE MY PICTURE!” but I said nothing and he kept on walking.

20 years later, and after collecting only a handful of pictures of me as a child, I asked  my husband for a camera, and I started a Self-Portrait project. I photographed myself for two straight years before I pointed my camera at somebody else. I do what I do, because I know people want to be celebrated & remembered.

Here are my latest set of self-portraits.

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I am in love! Head over heels type of love. I met this gorgeous family thanks to one of my very best clients and we clicked right away. They are gorgeous, funny, kind and just overall AMAZING! We had an awesome time during their artistic session and here are the images to prove it!:

Enjoy

and because it is February, I leave you with some LOVE <3

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The wedding of Nili & Jeffrey was very lovely! It was an intimate celebration at the Weston Hills Country Club where family and friends got together to celebrate love. Here is their story:

Nili & Jeffrey opted for a first look before their ceremony

Venue: Weston Hills Golf Club

Catering Manager: Melanie Santos

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