CALIMA Portraits

Jan 12 2012

Abegg Adventures | Seattle Film Photographer

Sometimes Michael looks at me and says, “What are we doing today? Nothing? Let’s hit the road then.” Yes please, and thank you.

Here are some randoms taken with a toy camera, from the last two months of travel. One of my friends said she now calls us The Go-Go’s instead of the Abeggs… sounds about right.

Mexico, Miami, California, the Washington Coast, an unforgettable trip to Disneyland with all of Michael’s family on one of their 45-foot charter buses, and a sunny little airport in Denver… all of which filled my soul in some new & odd & wonderful way.

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Phil Chester - So awesome. It’s a disgusting day here in Columbus, you’ve inspired me to take my white slim angel out for a spin.

Karen Obrist - I love you and Michael’s sense of adventure- still to this day one of my fondest memories of my first summer in Seattle was when you asked me if I wanted to go with you guys to Heather and Jon’s family lake house. There’s something about that van… magic happens.

gil - hi Catherine!
these are truly beautiful. such unique angles!
stuff like this inspires me to pay attention to ordinary moments in life and capture them as art.
particularly love the one with the little girl smiling with the father.
xo

annette - Um. I LOVE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD!

Heather Perera - Your photos are definitely growing…nice job! These are awesome!

jonathan canlas - rad rad rad rad! i have to get some bw film and shoot that camera!!!

amy - the tiny intricacies, the off beats, the glances, the movement, the light…this is where life is found. you see it dance in such a special way. i’m wading through the thickness of loss, and you have thrown me a line of something real, hopeful, simple, and true.

Jan 09 2012

Oreo & Cristal | Miami Wedding Photographer

“But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.”
-R. Burns

FIND Miami, was a game-changer in many ways… but I am very proud to say that it was our first workshop where a same-sex couple modeled for us. I feel that this is truly a testament to how beautiful love is, and how strongly it prevails… across social, political, and religious divides… and in the end, in the beginning, and everywhere in between, it remains the same. Love is what remains.

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Jonas Seaman - So beautiful and true! Love is all that matters!

Elaine - Such beautiful images of such beautiful ladies in love. Only a someone like you could do it so beautifully. I need to find better adjectives. ;-)

Oreo Diaz-Vilarino - Words can’t express how grateful we are to have been a part of FIND Miami. It’s wonderful that you are spreading LOVE. I hope that other same sex couples out there feel the warm of the welcome that you guys gave us. Huge thanks to YOU, Jonathan Canlas and all the photographers for capturing such stunning images and sharing them with us. With the world. Hopefully it opens up people’s hearts and eyes to that LOVE comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, sexes, but in the end, it’s just LOVE. Thank you. These felt so real… so us. Besides, you made us look good!! We have never felt more beautiful.

Cara Loren - Simply beautiful!

Jan 08 2012

Happy Birthday, Dad!

This post is dedicated to my dad on his 65th birthday… Alejandro Dumas Delano Poblete Manalo.

Named after the novelist, Alexandre Dumas; as well as after our 32nd President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt… both men that his father, my Lolo, greatly admired.

It also happens to be the birthday of one of my best friends, Alexandre Noble, the mad genius.

And the birthday of David Bowie.

And the birthday of Elvis Presley, may he rest in peace.

So basically this post is dedicated to four Men of Greatness. Four men that I happen to love…

“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”

-David Bowie

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Alexandre Noble - Thanks, Catherine!

Jan 06 2012

Jeanette & Finley | Miami Wedding Photographer

Give me your hand
Make room for me
to lead and follow
you
beyond this rage of poetry.

Let others have
the privacy of
touching words
and love of loss
of love.

For me
Give me your hand.
-Maya Angelou

Hello, Jeanette & her man Finley… so luscious. So divine. What other words can I use to describe them? Earthly. Ethereal. Enigmatic.

These were taken at Miami FIND, but as the title of this posts suggests–Miami Wedding Photographer–I travel wherever you want me to go. Seattle, Mexico, Miami, and beyond…

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Mr. & Mrs. Davila - How absolutely elegant and beautiful. What a unique and artful way to show and tell a love story. We really enjoyed the looking and watching these photographys. Excellent job!!

amy - alright, this set could be the stand out feature in any major fashion magazine. the last three images are absolutely breathtaking. every time i look at your work, i am more enamored and inspired. my fandom grows <3

brenda fite - these are very elegant professional and of excellent quality. I think you caught the very essence of the two. Great job.

Jonas Seaman - Oh man. These are gorgeous!

michael rowley - holy smokes! you slayed this, girl.

Dec 30 2011

La Familia García | Miami Family Photographer

This is Ozzy Garcia… film photographer extraordinaire, mad surfer, family man, and The Heart & Soul of Miami. As well as my main man at Miami FIND.

Ozzy with his amazing lady Linda, and their sweet daughter Faith.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
-Mother Teresa

This is my last blog post of the year, and although I heavily considered doing a “best of 2011″ post, I thought it felt more appropriate to feature a family on the blog, since family photography is what I love to do best.

But I will say that this has been an amazing roller coaster of a year. wow oh wow, is really all I can say. I went to lunch with some friends yesterday, and was reminded that at the [epic] holiday party I threw last year… out of over 120 people, I only personally knew 7 or less at the time. And since then, I have worked closely with some of those people, have travelled with some of them, and have so fortunately come to call some of them my dearest friends. This is the very first year of my whole entire life, that I feel like I have found my niche… that I have chosen my friends & they have chosen me.

I am wholeheartedly looking forward to 2012. I believe–I have faith–that the direction we are heading can only be one of positivity & of hope. The other night, Michael said to me, “Life is life. You’re not writing the story, you’re living the story.” So for 2012, I vow to live my story… and to live it to its fullest extent.

Happy New Year! And much, much love.

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Dana Pleasant - Absolutely stunning session!! Beautiful family as well.

J Shoda - It’s an overused word, but all I can say is “Amazing”. Describes the level of your work (which these are f*****g beautiful btw), and how I consider you to be as a friend. Love you, been such a great year to know you. Cheers to 2012.

Eileen Garcia - Catherine, you did an amazing job at capturing this family! They are dear friends of mine and I can’t stop smiling with these photos! Beautiful work and stunning composition!

melanie benson - super sweet, I can feel the love

Ozzy - Catherine, thank you so much for capturing our family so beautifully. It’s such a treat to finally have pics of the three of us together. You did an amazing job and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome. :)

Elaine - I could write pages celebrating you and the happiness I feel looking at your pictures. Here is to an even better 2012!

amy - such mastery. the images have soul, the framing is knock your socks off, the careful perspective beautifully conveys the weight of the relationships, and yet there is a lightness that uplifts me just taking them in. the details and fleeting moments are surely where we find the pulse of our lives. you get it. wow. such a fan :)

Fotograf ślubny Lublin - Such of stunning family.

Jonas Seaman - I love this set so much! Your work is always inspiring! Mary & I are so happy we got to meet you & hang out in 2011!! Here’s to an incredible 2012!!

Karen Obrist - So beautiful- love the movement- that little girl is too cute!

London Wedding Photographer - Like the colours in your shots! :-)

Ali - This is beautiful. The family is so gorgeous!!

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Abegg Adventures | Seattle Film Photographer

Oreo & Cristal | Miami Wedding Photographer

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Jeanette & Finley | Miami Wedding Photographer

La Familia García | Miami Family Photographer

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