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Superbowl XLIV Sunday giveaway!
Posted on February 6, 2010
SO i just found out the game doesn’t start until 3pm PST so .. entries taken until then.
Ok so I’m not even going to try to pretend that I know anything about football, other than there’s a quarterback, a running back, a brown football some people call a pigskin and a referee or two. Nor am I going to pretend that superbowl sunday is about football, cause seriously it’s about the food, the commercials and hanging out with my friends! So basically just about having fun!!
Exactly like a photo session with me!!!
so on that note….
I am giving away one mini session to be redeemed during my Spring Portraits in the Park 2010. These are very special mini sessions that give you a chance to get a fun updated portrait of your kids, your pet, you & your honey or just you. A date has not been set yet. If you win and cannot make the date you can choose to trade in your Spring Portraits in the Park mini session for $100 off any portrait session of your choice.
How do you win? AHA! that is the easiest thing ever. Leave me a comment below with your name and email, the winning team name and final score of Superbowl XLIV! One entry per person please. All entries must be in by Sunday, Feb 7th at 12:00pm PST. I will post a winner Monday. And maybe some photos of my Superbowl adventure. In the event of multiple correct entries, a random number generator will be used to determine the final winner.
Good luck everyone!!!!
And of course here is a picture. I love this set my very dear friend Paola horsing around at dinner last summer while we enjoying a fantastic time in Nuevo Vallarta!
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How do you say goodbye? {Gilroy, CA}
Posted on February 5, 2010
{I started writing this post on Monday Feb. 1st, I couldn’t find the right words to honor my friend and instead will be true to our friendship and just tell it like it was/is}
Death is always sad no matter what age. In fact I’m not on talking terms with the Grim Reaper. He has came and taken from me, too soon too quick many loved ones in the past couple of years.
It was Christmas day when I got the news that a friend/brother/ex coworker had been taken abruptly from this world. All I could think was “but I was just joking with him a couple of days ago via Facebook”. I was in shock.
And then I thought of his wife who had lost a husband, and worse his children who had lost a dad.
The rest of my thoughts came jumbled, but all I could think was WHY. Why on Christmas? No one deserves to have the Grim Repear break down their door on Christmas day. That’s the day a jolly old fat man is supposed to climb down your chimney bringing joy & cheer- but it wasn’t he who appeared.
David was many things: a wonderful son, brother, nephew,cousin, husband, father, and soldier. To name a very few. And each person he met will remember him in their own way.
Here is my way:
Ten plus years ago he came into my life. He was this crazy kid that had started working with us at San Jose Live. He was a friend’s little brother. Soon enough he became like a brother to me, always joking, giving me a hard time, stealing my food and running over if any guy not in the “circle” talked to me too long. We all grew up like everyone tends to do. He met a beautiful hearted woman who became the love of his life, he got married, had children joined the service and moved- alot! Throughout the years we always kept in touch and he never stopped teasing me about everything and nothing. I will always remember David this way and am thankful he came into my life.
The below images are images were taken with a heavy heart, still in shock at the loss of my friend. Not too close because it might become real. My shutter sounding as loud as eachgunshot that went off to honor David, because I was not the only one silenced by shock.
How do you say goodbye? I don’t I say until we meet again my friend.
As they did the day he was laid to rest I leave you with a song that in one moment went from a Bugs Bunny silly cartoon tune to a difficult goodbye.
RIP
SSG David H. Gutierrez 8/16/74 to 12/25/09
**If you knew David,please feel free to share to share a quick story about him with me in the comments section. If you leave a comment for his wife, kids, mother or sister I will be sure to forward the note.**
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February 5, 2010 at 6:54 am -
Thank you Mari. You did good for your first Military Funeral
Thank you for being there, and thank you for you being a friend. Love you.
They grow so quickly! {San Jose, CA – bellies to babies session}
Posted on January 28, 2010
I remember being a kid and only wanting to play with the teenagers and then as a teenager wanting to be 18 and then 21. My dad used to say “cual es la prisa?” (what’s the hurry?) I didn’t get it waaaay back then.
I have known Angela since she was a freshman in high school. Coincidentally the same high school I went to Notre Dame San Jose, although she’s a few years younger than me.
I have known Jose since they were dating still in their teens.
Together they have become a couple I admire. They are not only awesome husband & wife but also fantastic friends and amazing parents!!
Angela asked me to photograph their 10 year annivesery/family portraits with their not quite 1 year old back in November 2007. Which also happens to be when I first started blogging. Since then I have seen that little girl go from being the baby of the family to an older sister, who is learning to share and look out for this new being.
As an older sister myself, I can tell you sharing isn’t the easiest thing to have to do after a few years of everything being “mine only”. 
Each new session, I want to hold time still and tell these two little girls Don’t grow up so quickly!
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February 1, 2010 at 6:53 pm -
I always wanted to hang out with the older kids too! I was in such a hurry to grow up ;p these photos are so great!!
iPhone the new Polaroid …sorta
Posted on January 26, 2010
Ok not even close. However when you are suddenly inspired it’s not a bad alternative and it makes calls most of the time. Hey Apple -ATT can you please fix the dropped calls issue. It’s bad especially when it drops right as I’m driving past Apple headquarters in Cupertino , CA. But that is a post all of it’s own.
So anyways if you follow my blog/twitter/facebook you know how much I hate cold & rain. But as much as I hate it I love it! Not the cold, I still hate the cold. I love the beautiful filtered light on overcast days, the reflections found after a hard rain when everything is slick and the amazing intricate shapes raindrops leave on windows causing an altered reality as you sit on a cold train heading to an even colder city: San Francisco, CA.
Taken with the iPhone, edited in phone with iPhone app Shake it Photo
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Azucena {East Bay, San Francisco, California}
Posted on January 25, 2010
Ok Let me just say how much I’m loving my new site and the big pictures!! I hope you love them too.
Her name is Azucena, it means White Lily. But I call her Azu or Zay-Zay. My dad used to call her Zayna and a few people call her chuchis…regardless She’s one of my two sister and there’s a brother too! All of which will possibly make a debut here.
This post is a bittersweet post. A few weeks ago I shot my Little sister (um yeah she hates that I call her that especially when I tell everyone I’m the little sister). Anyways we had so much fun. It was pretty cold out but she was a total trooper and a big ham in front of the camera we just had fun. Zero inhibitions and a lot of goofing off.
We did a little hill climbing, she was wearing cute boots I was wearing grimy flip flops. We didn’t really think it out obviously but still it was fun.
Later she changed into something more casual and warmed up by doing like House of Pain and ” jump up jump up and get down”
Oh and here comes the bitter part…. She MOVED this weekend and not just across the Bay. She moved across the country to some place in North Carolina. I mean really what is there??? Ugh!
So anyways, this little Just because session was a fun adieu. And when the moving truck arrives with a framed print from this session I expect a photo of it hanging in her new home.
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WOO HOO!!!!!!!!
Posted on January 23, 2010
Notice something different?? I am sooo excited to introduce my new awesome site. I took my old website (portfolio) & my blog and combined them into one!!
Introducing my new BLOGSITE!!
I have been working on this since end of last year so you can imagine how utterly excited I am. There’s a few details missing but as I have learned working in hi-tech with software engineers, it’s always best to release 1.0 and update it later as you work out the “bugs” in upgraded versions. HAHAHAHA seriously that was just my inner tech-geek coming out. UM thanks to every single engineer I have worked with in the past decade.
Hopefully there won’t be too many bugs but if you find one please drop me a note to let me know. I’ld love to hear your thoughts on this site don’t be shy! Just leave me a comment or shoot me an email (info@marianamaya.com)
and since this is a photography BLOGSITE here’s an awesome image I took a few weeks ago.
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Valentine's Special!
Posted on January 15, 2010
Wow the time goes so fast!! I can’t believe Christmas isn’t quite behind us (I still haven’t put away all my ornaments) and it’s already Valentine’s. Who scheduled all these holidays so close together??!!
I’m offering A Valentine’s mini session (40min) with a set (of 24), 4″x5″ cards for only $150.00 Sample cards are shown below.
I am holding these sessions on Jan 23rd & 24th (if it rains the date will be moved to Jan 30th & 31st) in San Jose. A $75 non-refundable deposit (applicable towards session) is due at time of booking. Email me to check availability & sign up.
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Happy New Year!!!
Posted on January 15, 2010
hello all! I can’t believe it’s already mid January WOW! Hope everyone had a great holiday season. I was a little sick, but didn’t let that ruin my holidays. There was so much food and fun times. Here is a little video taken with the IPhone
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However it was not all play. I’ve been working on a huge project – that is almost ready to be unveiled. I am soooo excited!! I won’t say anything about it .. instead I’ll leave you with this image and ask you to come back soon….
more images from this session coming…
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formspring.me
Posted on January 12, 2010
Ask me anything http://formspring.me/theMarianaMaya
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sneak peek of 2010
Posted on December 27, 2009
In 2010 I will be creating lots of …
fun.
dope.
dreamy.
daring.
stylish.
classic.
romantic.
carefree.
in-motion.
beautiful.
nostaligic.
avant-garde.
funky-fresh.
spontaneaous.
images!
Which one will you be??
here’s a super teaser of what’s to come….
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Here’s the score for Superbowl….I want the saint’s to win but unfortunately it’s gonna be the following:
Colts 45 Saints 28