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Speechless.

The grand performance was last night and there are no words to describe how proud I am of these kids. They worked so hard the past ten days and performed an unthinkable task in putting on a show with such little time for preparation. They rose to the occasion and then some. I’m leaving for California tomorrow so I haven’t had time to go through all of the photos yet, but here is one of my favorites from backstage with the kids. This is Ali. We have the same birthday.

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Ana.

I am trying to get all of my editing done in order to enjoy a little bit of the festivities in town. Add to that my project for the Colectivo and I have pretty much been stuck at my desk for the past week. This is an outtake of the project that Luz and I are presenting on the 27th and 28th in the Plaza del Sol in San Pancho.

Sara

I took some photos for my friend Sara the other day to promote her fire dancing. She is amazing. I was trying a new technique where I used a gelled flash to get more of her face lit up. Shooting fire dancers is a little on the difficult side since they are always moving and the light source is constantly changing so often the dancers faces aren’t as exposed as the fire. If you use straight flash you lose the effect of the fire so that’s where the gel came into play. I’m pretty pleased with the way they came out.

Malia

Outuali y Imelda

I love this little girl. Her smile brightens my life.