bethany

so i had a shoot with BK (that's bethany;) on monday, and here are the results. 

i was pretty happy with how they came out. 

enjoy. 

december 27

was the one year anniversary of my mother's passing. i didn't feel like posting about it, so i'll post it now.

i surprised my dad with a Christmas present...

here is it. i did it all by myself (isaiah helped on a TINY part), and i  am very happy with the result.

sovereignty?

i can tell you first hand that we as humans have or own will. often it is good, and sometimes we believe it is good. many times it is even in our best interest, and often we only think it is. there is One who knows and desires the very best for us; that is, and always will be His will for us. 

i have come to understand that inasmuch as we all have things we desire, hope for, and sometimes even demand for ourselves and in our lives, the greatest miracle occurs when we embrace God's will for our lives. 

it is at this point that we acknowledge that we are incapable of asking for something that is better than what He wants for us. it is a major step of growth that a person experiences - not unlike when the light of understand goes on in a child's head and he grasps that mom or dad actually does know a bit more than him. 

this Sunday - December 27, 2009 - is the first year anniversary of my mother's passing. while she was going through her illness (cancer), and even against the doctor's prognosis, i remained 100% certain that God would grant me my prayer and request: that she would be cured to continue raising my siblings and me. 

i knew without a doubt that God was big and strong enough to do this miracle for me. it is not to be as i had desired...but now i've come to realize that God is much bigger than what i'd imagined, big enough to be with my family and to help us-  not only overcome the greatest lost i have ever experienced, but thrive. 

...

i know i have much learning and growing to do, but my confidence and faith is that His Word is never flawed, He will never deviate an iota from it and His promise holds true: He will never leave nor forsake me. i will not fear; i know where my help comes from. i am an over comer, because The Over Comer lives in me. 

semi recent shoots

the last ones were actually taken about a month or two ago..just goes to show my irresponsibility to my blog's fan base. 

enjoy. 

top 10 albums of all time

so i made a top 5 albums of 2009 list, and now i decided i'd make a top 10 albums of all time list. 

agree or disagree, this is my list. pipe up, though, and let me know what you think! 

listed in alphabetical order:

coldplay's "parachutes"

dave matthews' "live at radio city"

delirious' "deeper"

the listening's "lp"

mute math's "reset ep"

the national's "boxer"

P.O.D.'s "satellite"

relient k's "the anatomy of the tongue in cheek"

switchfoot's "nothing is sound"

U2's "the joshua tree"

honorable mention: 

audio adrenaline's "underdog"

blindside's "silence"

chevelle's "wonder what's next"

coldplay's "x&y"

dc talk's "Jesus freak"

jars of clay's "much afraid"

john mayer's "continuum" 

kings of leon's "only by the night"

sigur rós' "me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum endalaust"

switchfoot's "hello hurricane" 

taylor swift's "fearless"

top 5 albums of 2009

in my mind are:

5. taylor swift's "fearless (platinum edition)"

4. paper route's "absence"
3. mat kearney's "city of black and white"
2. dave matthews band's "big whiskey and the groogrux king"

and my favorite album of all 2009 was.........

switchfoot's "hello hurricane"

honorable mention: 

phoenix's "wolfgang amadeus phoenix"

chevelle's "sci fi crimes"

jars of clay's "long fall back to earth"

john mayer's "battle studies"

mute math's "armistice"

motivational seminar

today i attended a super awesome motivational seminar. 

tony parker.

colin powell.

tamara lowe.

zig zigler. 

some guy that i really, really, really, really liked, but forgot his name.

and president george w. bush. 

yes, it was awesome.

and i am totally motivated now. i will live a better life. i will, you watch and see. you naysayers, be gone. 

sobrenatural

pictures are up! check 'em out...only here, because i'm not showing any friends! just my avid readers. ;)

mwitt trip

was AWESOME! i loved it.. and i think they loved the pictures - or the ones that i have showed them already. 

and hopefully possibly maybe i'll be going with them to europe next year.. that would be PHE-NO-ME-NAL! 

here are a few shots i've edited and released. 

marcos witt

oh, and i'll be touring with marcos witt this week. 

can't forget that.

boston, ny, seattle, and los angeles.

puerto rico was (sadly!) canceled at the last second. blah. 

i'm so excited to go, though. i just rented a nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 from borrowlenses.com just for the trip. i'm sad i'll have to be returning it next monday though. :(

volleyball shoot

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so this was my first shoot in about three weeks... let's just say i was SUPER happy about it.

let me clarify - this was my first shoot for my portfolio, that i was looking forward to. 

hopefully i'll stay on this role and keep going and going and going! 

CD

so my friend asked me to shoot portraits for his new cd..

let me say, i was just excited to do this. he's a pretty good musician, and so i wanted to set him up with some sweet photography...or at least try. 

here is the result. they were, well, ecstatic with the final product. 

enjoy.

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two cari(s)

i saw this idea a long time ago, and i really, really liked it. 

it also made me realize that i need another backdrop color...maybe white or something? :D

as always, click to enlarge.

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a new friend

i've made a new, (good) friend this weekend: ferris. :)

we get along really, really well, which i like.

oh, and madeline is cool, too. 

ramsey

so i wanted to do something cool and a bit different for my portfolio, so i did this shot of my friend, ramsey. i think it came out pretty sweet, and in all honesty, it's actually one of my best shots i've ever done, actually.

from when i started setting up the lights, to when i put the camera down, i think the ENTIRE shoot was only 8 minutes long. 

this was taken about ten minutes after a football game, and for the entire game it was raining cats and dogs. finally, in the fourth quarter, it let up, thankfully. 

as always, click to view it larger. 

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shoots and stuff

i haven't been as busy lately as i would like to. 

i have a couple shoots going for me, but nothing spectacular. 

i need to pick it up some more. 

latest and greatest(?) shoots

as always, click them to view them large. 

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portfolio refresh

i need help picking 30 images for my portfolio, and getting rid of the rest.

so in the coming weeks i'll be doing some sort of poll and trying to figure out what to use, and what to keep out. 

btw, i added some more images to my portfolio.

http://www.davidteran.com/portfolio

photo shoots

i've been doing quite a few photo shoots lately, as you can imagine if you've read any of my previous posts. 

actually, i haven't posted anything about this, so i will now. 

im currently in 6th gear (on a 5 gear engine), working over time and pumping out shoot after shoot after shoot after shoot in order to print my portfolio by the end of september, maybe even sooner.

RIGHT NOW, i have approximately  7-8 images that i am SUPER PROUD of. when im finished with this, i want to have 30+ images that i am super proud of. 

i want every shoot to be better than the next. 

so with that being said, here are some shoots i've done recently. 

the last one is a re-edit of a previous picture i've done.

the second to last one, with the truck, was a LAST SECOND idea, and with no advance planning, we did it - i was pretty happy with how it came out. 

the man in the suit is my friend aldo, and it is for a show called madmen, and he is trying to just walk on, and if the picture is good enough, he just might be used as an extra. 

the last two are images i had been wanting to do for a while...sort of. 

i actually wanted to do this image when i first started the shoot, but ended up being most happy with these images. the first one is of my brother, and i was really happy with how it came out. 

the second one is of my friend samuel, and i thought it looked pretty sweet; while editing, i got the crazy slogan, and decided to stamp it on there. 

and i have like three more shoots this week, and more next week.