August 31, 2009
Stretch a dollar - © 2009 Ivan Gonzalez
This is an assignment i did for my portfolio; i thought it would be a challenge to make it work and actually emphasize “Stretch your Dollar” visually. It wasn’t as easy as i thought, but i did end up with exactly what I wanted. I also shot other photos dealing with currency just to have and to fit with that one image.
Heavy Euro - © 2009 Ivan Gonzalez
Empty Vases - © 2009 Ivan Gonzalez
July 9, 2009
I am not that bad, i thought to myself after i accomplished this task; I edited this photograph that i shot in downtown Raleigh. They were doing construction around that building, and when i saw this shot i thought to myself: “I’ll just photoshop it”, Yeah Right!!! Well i actually went for it and gave it a try , as you’ll see in the before and After.
Before
After
June 30, 2009
I was sent out to scout all over Raleigh for skyline stock photos this past March, I went all over Raleigh, NC. I was walking right on Hillsborough street near NC State University when i saw this note that was posted on a light post. It’s content was kind of shocking due to that fact that it was a touchy subject, a subject to which i had been talking to to a friend just a day or two before i saw this.
I actually went on the site out of curiosity and i found a pretty interesting story, i’ll let you do it for yourself if you’re curious
(: Follow the white box at johndishwasher.org)
www.johndishwasher.org
June 23, 2009
Bueno, si escribo esto es en espanol es porque no tiene caso escribirlo en Ingles. Sombrero Verde es lo que ahora en dia se Llama Mana, que es uno de los grupos mas famosos de todo latinoamerica, y del mundo entereo. Soy uno de los millones de fans de Mana, tanto que me he dedicado a coleccionar posters, camisetas, y porsupuesto Discos, y hasta ahorita tengo 3 Vinyls, uno que es de 1981, donde Sombrero Verde grabo, este vinyl tiene dos lados, con dos diferentes canciones (Lo Siento y U La La La) .Tambien tengo el Vinyl de Sombrero Verde “A Tiempo de Rock”, Los dos los voy a poner en mi pared como coleccion y tambien tengo el vinyl de Sombrero Verde titulado “Sombrero Verde” que salio en 1981.
La Verdad es que este grupo Mana tiene mucha historia, se les conoce por todo el mundo, les gusta a los ninos, viejos y a los jovenes igual. Mana tiene mucha trajectoria y con mucho talento, Juan, Sergio, Alex y Fher: Miles respetos para ustedes. A seguir para adelante y espero que pronto sepamos algo de en nuevo projecto, se que en Febrero de este ano 2009, empezaron a trabajar.
Arriva Mexico!!!
This Article below is a wiki article from this band Sombreros Verde, who is now Mana. This article is for those of you who are interested in it. it’s in English
The history of Sombrero Verde (Green Hat) began in 1978, when a group of young men from Guadalajara decided to reunite and play various songs from groups that they admired. It was formed by José Fernando “Fher” Olvera (singer), Gustavo Orozco (electric guitar) and the Calleros Brothers: Juan Diego (bass), Ulises (electric guitar) and Abraham (Drums). Initially they had been called The Green Hat Spies, but soon after they shortened it to Green Hat. Soon after that, focusing on their Latin roots and repertoire to Spanish, they changed their name to Sombrero Verde (translated exactly as Green Hat).
In 1981 they managed to release their first album to the public: It was called “Sombrero Verde”, with Ariola; “Vampiro”, “Professor”, “Long Time”, and “Despiértate” were some of the songs found on the album. Later, in 1983 they released “A Tiempo de Rock” with Fonovisa; Laura, Hechos Nada Mas, and Me Voy al Mar were some of the songs found on this album.
June 16, 2009
Shots of Myrtle Beach, with my POV. 
June 16, 2009
These are some photos i took while i was at Isle of Palms, SC. After being there a full week and working on a photo shoot set; with almost no time to play, we managed to get out a bit and that gave me the opportunity to shoot some stuff,not much but some. I wish i had a different camera and a good lens.
June 11, 2009
Here’s just a random post, a edited photo i did while i was being distracted and out of track.
Bmw Before and After retouching
February 24, 2009
This is Will, also a model that came in to shoot with us, the commercial photography class of 09 at RCC. This was my first shot of the day in this really dark Alley, i had to really modify the light since even powered down it was bright. This was shot with a 24mm Canon Tilt shift lens, that’s why you can see select focus on some of the photos. I usually shoot with a telephoto lens and it was a bit challenging shooting wide for me, but i got used to it and got what i wanted.
February 17, 2009
Asheboro’s loyal resident, Mr Edwin Penry shares a little bit about himself in a interview done at Asheboro’s public library. Know as the “old man that walks the streets of asheboro”, Edwin is more than just a pedestrian he is a very intelligent person whom i got to learn a lot from by conducting this interview. This is for a multimedia class where we just got checked out on video cameras, and this is my first time actually editing video.
Here’s photos by Adam of me working.
February 17, 2009
“The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child’s complete education. Since 1997, the VH1 Save the Music Foundation has provided $43 million worth of new musical instruments to more than 1,600 public schools in more than 100 cities around the country, impacting the lives of more than 1.2 million public school students.” (http://www.vh1savethemusic.com)
This campaign Advertisement was done as a school assignment for that foundation, a team of three that planned this campaign with the mindset of creating really dramatic images that emphasize things that are done wrong with instruments. Literally we were going for photos that strike you and lead you in. This project was put together by Designer Mitch Allred, Photographer Jessica Seawell and myself. This is not the final product which will be presented, this is just a illustration i made myself with the photos i took. I will later on post images of the final product
here’s the final product with Mitch Allred’s layouts:
