Paulo Jordao Photography - BLOG

I want to update my Website, but first I need to finish this one that I started creating to my wife.

Peggy is a talented Photo-Stylist (CLICK HERE to visit Peggy’s Website) and she has been traveling all over the country helping her clients to create a personal and unique image for their catalogs and commercials. She works with clients like; Nike, The Home Depot, Kmart, Frontgate, McDonald’s, Macy’s and so many other companies and celebrities that it would take to much of your time if I have to mention all them here.

Anyway…

She has two very strong agencies representing her: Team and Ford, but once a while she has some other stylists or photographers asking asking her to see her work.

This week she asked me if I could create a website for her, so she could organize some of her work there to people see them. It might take few days until I finish the whole project, but I wanted to show you what the Landing Page will look like.

let me know what you think. OK?

Any Comment?

Once again is Father’s Day.

Sure I have been celebrating Father’s day since I was born, but I was celebrating it from other perspective (as the son). And by the way… In Brazil, we celebrate Father’s Day on “Second Sunday of August”.

Four years ago father’s Day started having a completely different meaning to me… Ryan was born in MAY of 2004, and a month latter I was celebrating my FIRST OFFICIAL FATHER’S DAY.

I don’t want to take to much of your time explaining how great my life has been this last four years, or how proud I feel seen Ryan growing up to be the extraordinary person that he is (at least through my eyes). I would have to write a book just to describe my last four years of fatherhood, but instead I wanted to show you only the beginning… and maybe you can understand what runs inside my heart!!!

Please whatch the video (Ryan’s First Year - around 10 minutes long) and Multiply my feelings X 100 times :-)

Click on this Picture to watch the show!!!

Click To Play

I know…

Just because I said SLIDE SHOW, you think that I am going to show you a boring picture after picture slide show…

PS. I will work a little more on the volume of the MIC. OK?

Be ready to be P A U L O R I Z E D!!! (click the on the Picture)

As I promised you few days ago, I would post some pictures of my 3 days vacation at Disney World.

Few months ago, I had to go to Orlando to a Videographer’s Convention, and I enjoyed the occasion to bring Peggy and Ryan along. I was going to my classes and they bought a 4 days PASS to Disney. At the time, they just used 2 passes and they would have to use the other 2 passes the next 6 months.

After Simon’s Bar Mitzvah (2weeks ago), we decided that would be the perfect time to have a little vacation.

OK!!! LETS GO TO DISNEY…

I thought that because all the kids are still in School, it would be perfect to go there on a week day (Thursday and Friday). Does anybody work? How about the economy?

For me, it was a huge surprise that the MGM and Magic Kingdom had that many people in. It was not as bad as Christmas time (believe me), but it did have a lot of people walking around. You will see one of the pictures that I took from one of the rides saying “wait time - 70 minutes”. Can you imagine stay in line for that long? In each park would have 2 or 3 rides that you would have to wait at least 60 minutes in line.

Just one more thing before I show you the pictures…

I AM GLAD THAT I AM BACK…

Wow… I need to apologize to my readers for these many days without a post…

One week ago I shot  Simon’s Bar Mitzvah, created two collages with few of the good pictures that I selected and uploaded all the pictures to my PICTAGE account. After that I thought that I deserved few days off, so I got my wife and son and drove to Orlando for a three days vacation.

I took some nice pictures of Disney and all around… let me download them and I will show you latter. OK?

Today I will be shooting a Engagement Session at Vizcaya and latter I will be shooting a Boudoir Session.

As you can see I have a full SUNDAY ahead.

I will keep you posted. OK?

I know that is a holiday and that most of people don’t work on this day.

But NOT ME!!!

In the morning I had to go to Gold’s GYM to teach a class there, after lunch I enjoyed to edit some more photos from Simon’s Bar Mitzvah and around 5:00pm I went to Downtown Fort Lauderdale to check some route for our Fort Lauderdale PHOTOWALK. Then, when I got home, I had some dinner and came to the computer to edit few more photos and write few posts for my blog.

I don’t know about you… But I am glad that the Holiday is over.

Twitter or not Twitter, that is the question. I recently signed with twitter, and for you that doesn’t know what Twitter means, you can visit their page Click Here.

When I signed my new account, I was in doubt about how to use it and what kind of benefit it would give me. But, mainly, it is just a way to you let your friends and people that follow your steps to know what are you doing and what you are up to (like an instant message). It might help me alot with the FORT LAUDERDALE PHOTWALK.

You can use the computer or your cell to send your messages. I didn’t try use my cell for that yet. Personally, I don’t see my self stop doing what I am doing when I am shopping, working out or working outside, just to send a message trough Twitter. I normally update what I am up to 2 or 3 times a day here on my computer, But as I said… I am new with Twitter. But do you know a very cool feature? Every update that I write there, is instantly sent to my Web-site. Give a look - Click Here

My twitter is: paulopics1

Let me know how you use your Twitter. OK?

Paulo Jordao

I would like to invite all PHOTOGRAPHERS (professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts, with big or small cameras) to this unique experience that is Photowalk in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I am still looking for a good route (maybe around Las Olas Boulevard - Downtown Fort Lauderdale) and a good date and time (June 21st or 22nd at 10:00 am). I am still accepting suggestions about route and date.

UPDATE ABOUT THE DATE: Most of people are asking me to do it on “SUNDAY - JUNE 22nd at 10:00am”. SO That will be the date. OK? I am still looking about our route. OK?

UPDATE ABOUT THE ROUTE: Click here to check the 1.7 miles around Riverfront and Las Olas Boulevard.

Just in case you don’t know what photowalk is…

Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting. (See Wikipedia: Photowalking). It’s really just a way to get out, take some photos of things you find interesting along the way and then share them with others that share your passion. No critiques, just mutual inspiration and maybe at the end, a little coffee, beer, snack, lunch… you name it.

I am already counting with the presence of few professional photographers from Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beaches. So… If you are an amateur, you might learn few good tricks. And if you are a Professional… there will probably be photographers of differing skill levels and you might be able to learn something, teach something, or just make some new friends.

In conjunction with the walk, I have set up a Fort Lauderdale Photowalk Flickr Group to upload images and discuss the walk (click here to go to the group).

So if you are interested, drop me a comment here on the blog or head on over to the Flickr Group. The more, the merrier.

I know that maybe where you live the weather might be a little different from here, but what would you do to celebrate Mother’s Day when is a beautiful 96* outside?

Peggy’s Parents Came from South Carolina for my son’s birthday and to celebrate mother’s day here, and after the Birthday (SATURDAY)… we were all exhausted (Click here to check all the pictures - PICTAGE).

So Sunday morning we were all inside the house asking each other about what we would do to celebrate Mother’s day. That’s when the idea of going to the beach and having some lunch around there came up.

Here are some pictures of our day.

P.S. Since I am the Photographer… guess the only person that does not show on these pictures!!!

We all went for a nice lunch at Oasis Cafe (Fort Lauderdale Beach)

At the end of the day we enjoyed the beach for a while

Ryan loves the beach

Jennifer and Peggy having a portrait with Dad and Mom

Happy Mother’s Day!

Today is my son’s birthday, but is also mother’s day. So My wife and I decided to celebrate Ryan’s birthday yesterday, so today we could focus more on mother’s day.

Ryan just turned 4 years old. We always celebrate his birthday in our house. So we have to organize the backyard, clean the house, take care of the garden, paint the deck, etc… To say the truth, It is a realy hard work just for a birthday, and we do that every single year.

But now, the party is gone and we have one year to rest until Ryan’s next birthday . I just want to wish him a Happy Birthday and show you few of the pictures that I took yesterday.

If you want to see all the pictures, please CLICK HERE.

Here, Ryan is hugging few of his friends ( most of his friends are girls )

          Few other friends…

          The kids enjoying outside activities

          Peggy’s parents and her sister Jeniffer

          My cosing Edson with his wife and daughter

          Peggy and her best friend Rosana

          These ones are For the moms… Happy Mother’s Day!

          Here is Ryan… The birthday boy!!!

          Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

 Do you remember a post that I wrote one week ago, about my son’s T-Ball team (Click here to read it), and that I was telling you how I uploaded all the pictures to Pictage?

Here is a cool Video Show that I created with that pictures.

I hope you enjoy it… (Remember that I had to download this Show in LOW RESOLUTION . There are more than 500 pictures to play in less than 4 minutes).

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Let me know what you think. Leave a comment!

Ok. You already know that I love Photography and Video, etc… etc… etc…

But, what I haven’t told you yet, is that I also love to read. The only thing is… I don’t read drama or novels. I just read books that I think that will improve my life in somehow. Example: I love to read books about Photography, Photoshop, Video, Editing Systems, so I can improve the quality of my work. But I also like to read books like; Marketing, Do it yourself (projects), Self Help, HOW to… (books) and any other book that teach me how to be a better person or how to improve my financial status.

I just finished reading a great book “The Automate Millionaire Homeowner - by David Bach”, you can read more about the book or the author at www.finishrich.com.

It is a very easy book to understand and give you a lot of helpful tips about how to built a secure financial future using Real State as a tool. The author also gives a lot of other helpful websites so you can keep you own research. Remember that this book is not about making money fast, or flipping houses.

Anyway.. I thought that this information would be helpful to you. If you have the chance, please don’t hesitate to try this book.

Let me know what you think. OK?

On Thursday I took some pictures of My son’s T-ball team (blue) Playing against the Dark green team ( Click here to read the other post and check some samples ).

I just sent all the pictures that I took that day to PICTAGE. Pictage is a company that handle my photography files and you can order any picture from the T-ball game direct from them ( Click here to check the pictures ) .

But…

In one or two days I will post here a Video Slide Show that I am creating with that pictures…

Come back in few days to watch the show… I think that you will be amazed!!!

Every Tuesday and Thursday, My son (Ryan) have been playing T-ball.

Yesterday, Ryan’s team (blue shirt) played against the dark green team.

I took a lot of pictures, because I want to try a new idea tht I have for a Slide Show.

All the Pictures will be available for Viewing and Purchase in few days (I will post the address here in few days. OK?).

But…

Since I promised to the parents that I would write a post in my Blog showing a preview of the pictures, here are few of the pictures that I selected.

I hope you like…

Our Coach (Blue Team)

Our Second Coach

Their Coach (Dark Green Team)

This one you know… RYAN

Here, Ryan is playing with his girlfriend (Alanna) and their friend (Ariana)

Some other major players of both teams…

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Here is the picture of both teams together…

Don’t forget… I love comments. OK?

Here is another picture that I took from my son Ryan on Sunday.

Is that a cool picture… or it is just a Sucker Dad’s opinion?