Posts Tagged ‘inspiration’

What Inspires You? Pt. 3

In the past I’ve written a few posts asking the question, “what inspires you?”  It’s been quite awhile since I did an inspiration post so once I saw this video on YouTube of Ken Block doing his 5th installment of his Gymkhana series I was, let’s just say, QUITE inspired. Now granted, a race car […]


Instant Art Featured on Anne Wright Photography Blog / Father’s Day Gift Ideas

I was happy to see that Anne Wright a talented and wonderful photographer in Calgary blogged about Father’s Day emergency gift ideas.  With it being only one full day left for Father’s Day if you haven’t gotten your dad anything yet she has some really unique ideas that won’t break the bank. One of the […]


Have Fun In Everything You Do / Filipino Traffic Cop Doing His Job Like A Boss

This is a quick post to share a really strong philosophy of mine.  I try to have fun with whatever I’m doing.  No matter if it’s vacuuming the carpet, organizing my closet or staring at a computer screen editing photos I’d rather be behind the camera capturing images.  I’d be doing photography 24/7 if I could. […]


Best of Superbowl Commercials 2012

Every year we tune in to one of the biggest sporting events in team sports.  The big Superbowl game.  If you’re like me then you’re not watching the big game because you want to see who ranks supreme in football but commercials.  The commercials are teeming with superstar actors and sometimes production budgets bigger than […]


2011 Worldwide WOW Photo Contest

Every year CPC Elevate holds a worldwide WOW photo contest.  Open to all Canadians it gives amateur photographers a chance to showcase their work, win prizes and help a worthy cause.  CPC Elevate’s mission is to help motivated low income families break the cycle of poverty by providing support in their journey to long-term self-sufficiency (CPC […]


A Look Back / Four Years In the Making

As I write this blog post I’ve been up for almost 24 hours.  The life of a photographer isn’t easy.  Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.  When I sit at my edition station tagging and sorting photos till 3am I sometimes can’t help but look back at some of my […]


A Month in Review / March 2011

Wow… time seems to fly doesn’t it?  It just feels like yesterday when I got back from Vegas and the WPPI convention where I learned so much from other industry leading professionals.  The picture above is from my trip last year to Arizona and Utah with my good friends Chris and Chris (yes, a couple […]


Viva Las WPPI 2011 / Meeting Rodney Lough Jr.

This was my first year at  WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International).  For those of you who might not know what it’s about read on.  If you’re well versed in what WPPI is all about then read on anyways to hear what I thought of it.  I did the trade show and a few platform […]


Portrait of My Grandmother

Grandmother Black & White

My 93 year old grandmother Isidra Toledo (or “Apo” as we like to call her) is a very special lady to me.   I am who I am today because of her.  Every time I see her I’m reminded of the times when she would babysit me while my parents were at work.  I must have […]


All I Want For Christmas Is Photography

2011 Zen Calendar

Hey everyone, just a quick post on some of the photography related gifts I got for Christmas this year… What The Duck is a comic strip by the talented Aaron Johnson.  It follows the life of a photographer who happens to be a duck.  Imagine why I can relate? :)   The book is a […]


Holiday Greeting Card 2010 / Win Free Movie Passes!

It’s been a little over a year now that I’ve taken this leap into being a full time photographer.  I’m going to start the new year off by giving away some movie passes.  Read on to learn how! I wanted my greeting cards this year to be more unique.  I wanted it to be something […]


What Inspires You? Pt. 1

The Photographer Godfather Image Jeff Cruz Calgary Photographer

This is my first post in what hopes to be a long and perhaps never ending segment on inspiration.  Sometimes we lose track of what inspires us to create.  I know that I’m guilty of this quite often.  We are too busy trying to pay the bills, get to work on time, driving the kids […]