emily…{mcallen texas photographer}

angela — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:48:33 +0000

little emily did not like sitting in the basket…

pp2010|week2

angela — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:03:41 +0000

this is a familiar site around our house…both abby and i love curling up on the couch and reading a book. i can think of few other things that bring me joy :) right now abby and i are reading the percy jackson series…whenever we read the same series there is fighting over who gets to read the book first! consequently, abby is on book four and i am on book two…the sacrifices a mother makes to keep the peace!

sarah & tommy|wedding…{mcallen texas photographer}

angela — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:08:25 +0000

we had lots of fun with sarah and tommy :) love the graveyard!

~angela

laju & jose bride & groom session {mcallen texas photographer}

angela — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:05:59 +0000

we had so much fun shooting laju and jose!!! and i have been dying to post these pics…

we shot at barcelona lounge, the old ice house and the elephant room…each club had their own beauty and vibe and we loved each one…thanks to each of the owners who let us take over their venues for the afternoon :)

heritage makers…

angela — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:33:35 +0000

my friend michelle, who scanned all of my families photographs, also has a business creating memory books. for the month of march, she is offering a spectacular deal on getting all of your old photographs scanned…

For the Month of March 2010 all clients referred by Gerardo Garmendia photography can take advantage of this Heritage Makers scanning/storybooking promotion.

1000 photos scanned = An 8×8 book and Free month of Premier Membership (45,000 pieces of artwork) A $70 value
$50 in Free Heritage Makers products for every additional 1000 photos scanned

~You have One year to make your book/products from the date of purchase
~You have up to 90 days from the date of purchase to activate your free month of Premier artwork

www.createyourownstorybook.com ~ (956) 532-0236

personal project 2010|week 1…{mcallen texas photographer}

angela — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:14:08 +0000

as a personal challenge, i will be posting a tidbit about our life each week throughout the year of 2010.

so, one thing i did this past fall was have my friend michelle scan all of my families old photographs. among these pictures were some love letters that my father had kept. they were written between his parents (my grandparents) during world war two. michelle scanned all of them…all 1,133 pages!

i cannot express enough how precious these letters are to my family!!!

they tell a story of the love between my grandparents in a way that we would have never heard from their mouths…one time, while reading the letters, my dad exclaimed ‘ i don’t even know who these people are! they never talked like that in front of me!!!’

my grandmother died young…when my father was only 11 years old…the same age abby is now. i never got to meet her, so any pictures, stories and snippets of her life are always fun to hear and see.

~angela

2010 motion cinema workshop in tabasco, mexico

angela — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:58:02 +0000

gerardo had a great time in tabasco mexico this last week…he spent time with videographers teaching them concepts of moving while filming and introducing his new product… the flytrack. he is really excited to be able to offer this in his line of product including the flypad and the flydish…more on these to come :)

~angela

2010 motion promo

angela — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:56:14 +0000

gerardo’s promo for a workshop in tabasco mexico…he was asked by eduardo gomez to come and speak…

~angela

henna…{mcallen texas photographer}

angela — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:47:57 +0000

i had so much fun photographing laju’s henna party today…i even got some done as well :) can’t wait to share the rest with you !!!

~angela

growing up…

angela — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:39:09 +0000

i’m officially addicted!

during the fall i had a friend of mine scan all of my pictures from when i was growing up. actually, she scanned mine, my brothers and sister, my parents and grandparents. so, i have been having a great time putting together photo books…

i cannot express how much these books mean to me! i love being able to browse through them and recall the thoughts or feelings from the moments that were captured…

and my kids love looking through them and hearing stories of what it was like for me growing up…seeing their grandfather with a mustache, seeing me as a teenager…seeing their uncles and aunt all chubby and rolly as babies…

so…in an effort for you to get your pictures off of your hard drives and into a place where they will be readily available to view, i am posting below a few pictures from the layout of my book from when i was growing up…on the layouts i left room on the sides so that i can write my own thoughts and feelings of what each picture means to me. the books are easy to make and there are many places that offer them…shutterfly, snapfish, kodak, lulu and blurb to name a few. most of them are drag and drop and you can save the project on your desktop. i always wait for the specials/coupons and then upload my books so that i can buy one get one free, or get 40% off or some other such deal.

you can see that there are lots of snapshots in there, but there are also lots of professional pictures that i am so glad my mom took the time to have taken. each picture is precious and means something…

~angela