Julia Azcona

September 3, 2010 - 2:43 pm

Feuza - You look so gorgeous! beautiful shot Angie!
wow a year, congrats

Steven & Pamela – Let’s go fishin’: Preview!

08-30-2010 Posted in engaged

With the craziness of Manhattan’s traffic it took almost 4 hours to get to Pennsylvania for our scheduled shoot. Gaby, his wife, site-less (not for long I hope) Caritza the make-up artist, and myself headed early in the afternoon to meet one of the sweetest couples EVER! I truly mean that… so much so that when I saw Pamela who went to meet us because somehow we couldn’t find our way (fault of the GPS of course!) I completely forgot of the stress of being stuck on the road for so long. I jumped in her car and it was like seeing a friend I had not seen in a long time.

Building a photography career takes time and it takes a lot of patience to give it the time it needs. It is a little baby that you carefully have to watch grow. As a photographer, as a newbie in this industry, you definitely find yourself disappointed and sometimes discouraged when things don’t happen as one would have hoped it would.

And then you meet amazing people like Pamela & Steven and like a breath of fresh air all hope is returned. I mentioned to Caritza that Pamela has been with me through thick and thin and I don’t really know her KNOW HER! She’s been reading my blog since I very first started posting. She read my posts about my dad when he was very sick and emailed me with lovely words of encouragement. And she doesn’t know this, until now that isthat I read her wedding blog and I am so excited for her and Steven and your wonderful journey.

Gosh, I already can tell, I’m going to be in tears the entire wedding ceremony! Pamela, I don’t have the right words, honestly, to thank you for believing in me! You’re wedding is going to be amazing and I cannot wait.

Here’s one of my favorites from yesterday’s engagement shoot.

Also, Pam, I ate the entire tres leches cake and I did not even share with Ariel. Delicious! Thank you for everything!

by Julia

3 comments

August 31, 2010 - 2:57 pm

Yadeline - Awwwweee Pamela Love the Picture you guys look soooo happy and cant wait till the wedding!!! Beautifull

August 31, 2010 - 12:05 pm

Pamela - Awww Julia you got me all teary. You have talent and you’re going to make it to the top in no time. Can’t wait to see the rest of them. Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.

August 30, 2010 - 7:35 pm

cari - beautiful!

mabel & tay: wedding

08-26-2010 Posted in wedding

It was the perfect day for a wedding! I was so excited for Mabel and Tay, probably as much as they were to get married. I was also very nervous, and I think that I would always be nervous, but what I loved most was that as the day progressed, as I noticed both Mabel’s and Tay’s smily faces, even during rushing hours, those nerves turned into something bigger… and better! I couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant couple and their family to work with. At the end of the day, I think that I can speak for both Astami and Gabriel who worked with me, when I say that we were both a bunch of friends and each passing moment was a great moment to document.

“When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.” Unknown

Yes, I just quoted somebody. It seemed appropriate.

Mabel looked STUNNING in her dress. It was perfect!

When Mabel first told me that her and Tay opted for the first look, I secretly jumped for joy! I said a big loud YESS in my mind. By doing this we got extra time to capture more special moments like these. They both decided to see each other in front of a gorgeous church nearby their house. And though, there were tourists and the bridal party and other people walking by, their moment was private. It was beautiful! And then the tourists started clapping and cheering for them. We all felt the happiness!

Tay surprised Mabel with a gorgeous ring… I love her expression!

The wedding was celebrated at the Surf Club in New Rochelle. It is a gorgeous location and I’m so thankful to them for being so incredibly helpful.

It was truly an honor to capture this day for you. I wish you both nothing but blessings in your marriage!

A huge huge thank you to my dear friends Astami and Gabriel for working with me. I could not have done it without you. Please head over to Astami’s blog to view more photos from the wedding. She’s a great photographer with a huge heart! Stay tune for Gabriel’s trailer!

Happy Thursday!

by Julia

7 comments

August 27, 2010 - 1:57 pm

Jeffrey - Julia, thank you so much for capturing all of the day’s memories. All your shots have a true elegance to them and it was an honor to have you work with us that day. Here’s to future celebrations we will work on together. All the best…

August 26, 2010 - 9:13 pm

AhmetZe - looks great Julia, I love the colors and the neatness.

August 26, 2010 - 9:12 pm

cari - LOVE LOVE LOVE

August 26, 2010 - 9:48 am

astami - Beautiful Julia! Beautiful!

August 26, 2010 - 9:29 am

Pamela - Gorgeous. Congrats to the couple and to you too for the great pictures you took.

August 26, 2010 - 8:54 am

stefany kueive - Julia, these came out amazing!! what a gorgeous wedding

August 26, 2010 - 8:48 am

nadya - Julia, these came out beautiful!! You captured is perfectly, looks like it was a beautiful and fun wedding, congrats!!!

joyce: boudoir

08-24-2010 Posted in portrait session - boudoir

There’s nothing more gratifying than the reaction of a man when he opens a surprise gift from his fiance. When he wonders what this square object might be….this book?! And once the wrap is off, and he notices that on the cover is printed a photograph of his beautiful future wife there’s no doubt that he feels that he is the luckiest man to have the fortune to spend the rest of his life with the woman printed on those pages. Priceless!

When Joyce spoke to me about a boudoir session I panicked just a bit. This was new territory for me because I wasn’t sure if I could do it, but guess what? It is sooooo much fun! So I’m going to be quiet now and let the photos speak of all the fun fun we had!

Joyce, you killed it! Gorgeous!

Super fun fun shoot!

by Julia

11 comments

August 26, 2010 - 1:55 pm

leo - joyce pode ganhar dinheiro agora. rs. bjs t amo foto lindas

August 26, 2010 - 10:01 am

michael - I’m very impress in your photograph julia nice pictures. Also I’m in love with the chick in the picture lol

August 26, 2010 - 6:40 am

Jacqueline - Joyce looks beautiful! You did a great job!

August 25, 2010 - 1:10 pm

Sandra - WOW!!!!! Awesome Job Julia…. Joyce You Look AMAZING & BEAUTIFUL !!!!!

August 25, 2010 - 11:55 am

Pamela - WOW! Great pictures.

August 25, 2010 - 9:59 am

Judie - These are absolutely gorgeous!! Wowza!!

August 25, 2010 - 8:15 am

claritza - Love your work. Really nice.

August 25, 2010 - 6:48 am

nadya - WOW these came out awesome! Great session!!!

August 24, 2010 - 11:13 pm

Caritza - AMAZING!!!!!

August 24, 2010 - 10:29 pm

Julia - Thank you so much!

August 24, 2010 - 10:21 pm

angel - these photos are HOT! love them all.. great stuff girl!!!keep it up!

Jersey Shore Bridal Photoshoot

08-17-2010 Posted in photography

Last week was quite eventful and I couldn’t be happier. I was invited by my friend Angie to a bridal photoshoot in NJ organized by Feuza. This lovely woman… I loved her instantly! She has such a great personality and she had no idea that all day she had been wearing two different shoes. Definitely my kind of lady.

I met up with Angie by the George Washington Bridge and made our way to New Jersey discussing our dreams as photographers. We realized that we can drive some people crazy with our non stop photography talks, but what can you do when you love something so much, right?

We arrived in no time, or so it seemed like it. We first saw Ahmet Ze walking in the parking lot of the Berkely Hotel and as soon as he saw us he greeted us with his welcoming smile. He’s such a great guy. Then Angie noticed Feuza, a petite lady with an adorable smile rushing towards the hotel… wearing two different shoes, and a small camera necklace. She stopped and said hello like we’d known each other before. I think that’s when it happened. She had me at hello.

After having a security guy read us the instructions of how to use the parking meter (oops!) Angie and I rushed to the hotel room to meet everyone else. The room was filled with photographers with their cameras in hand moving shoes and bouquets around to photograph, makeup artists working on the models while the hair stylists, well, styled their hair. It was so much fun! Especially the time when Feuza realized that she had two different shoes on and threw herself on the bed in amazement and told us not to blog about it. Sorry Feuza!

Hair by Heather Ballasy, she’s awesome!

Makeup was done by Yvonne Moss and another girl whose name I didn’t get, but will find. I got a chance to talk to Yvonne, she’s a sweet soul.

Venue: Berkley Hotel

The gorgeous bouquets were by Divine Decor. Loved them!

And now, the lovely brides!

Christine Ritter – gorgeous as gorgeous can be! She looked so elegant.

This is Genevieve LeBlanc with her husband Justin.

Our TTD girl – Kyleigh Dooley

To see more photos, please visit my FB album.

This was such a great experience. I loved meeting new friends and cannot wait for the next event. Feuza get on it! I also have to give special thanks to Ahmet for taking the time to talk to us about what he knows and helping me (us) improve certain things. A million thanks to you!

by Julia

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