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Syrian Wedding Part I {Lehigh Valley Wedding}

September 3rd, 2010

It was a bit cloudy, actually raining when I arrived at Omar, the grooms house for this fun Syrian Wedding I shot with Maggie from MJE Photography. I was immediately impressed by the friendliness of the family, hugs and kisses all around between men, women, men to men, women to women and so forth, I felt such a warmth in the air and although I could not understand their arabic language and chants I so felt the love, respect and important of family. I must say I had never been to such a wedding where the wedding ceremony and the institution of marriage was so highly regarded, I felt it in the air as they hugged, as they cried, as they chanted. I also had never seen a wedding where the maid of honor and best men are so honored as an essential part of the special day. Everyone told me the best man was soon to arrive and when he did, tall Syrian lad whispered to me, Nancy sent Omar a gift of which I will give to Omar. I waited for the special moment and as Omar opened his card and gift, his grandma chanted in what seem to be a chant older than I can count, a timeless chant, a beautiful chant and I got chills and my eyes filled with tears as I glanced over a memorial photo frame of Omar’s younger sister who had passed away so I knew that that chant where the grandma and mom chanted and the family around repeated with sayings was even more special. I was honored to be in that special room and honored to capture this beautiful Syrian Wedding. As I arrived at the brides house cause you see the groom’s family would then drive to the brides house to escort her to the church, I literally ran out of the car when I saw the cheerful drummer and horn player and all the dancing outside, Nancy’s house was jam packed, no I mean sardine packed with guests, family there to welcome her to her day as a bride, so so beautiful. There were many traditions though out the day so it will be a two or maybe three part post. Here is the Getting Ready which is long and you will see why.

so so many more to come….

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September 1, 2010

August 31st, 2010

Just blogged yesterday but in the mood to blog again today, why? because it is almost September 1, and August was the busiest month of this year so far and there were moments where I felt I would not make it this month, between some personal projects, some sponsorships, weddings, client meetings, family time, husband being away, oh and organizing a photo shoot where 23 photographers, 4 models and 4 vendors came. I must say thought that September is looking a bit busy too but hopefully it will be a bit more quiet and I can concentrate on some big projects coming my way or at least catch up to my blog posts. September is also a start of a new season for me, season of primary school, and my little Lucas will start kindergarten, so proud of how excited he is for his new school ( he is like his mommy and loves academics) I can not wait to see his reaction and also pray that Josh will be okay with this new transition and no big brother around for a few hours out of the day, so with a busy month ending and a new kind of busy month beginning I am glad we did a family day at the pool today and hubbie and I are going to the Statue of Liberty tomorrow. And now for some pictures of course. some more from the Jersey Shore Shoot out and a sneak of Maria’s Maternity Session which I did this past Sunday.

I sure do love birdcage veils…

Hope everyone else has enjoyed their summer and is gearing up for back to school and fall, the year is flying bye…

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Jersey Shore Shoot out @ Asbury Park, NJ

August 31st, 2010

While I was busy running around making sure all worked out well for this very first Shoot Out I planned with help from many cool folks, I not only wore two different types os shoes but I also did do some shooting, here are my favorite images from the day. Lots more coming soon, miss my blog visitors and my blog.

Was happy to discover that one of our models was Brazilian, coincidence huh and she had this gorgeous longgggg veil which came from Brazil for her wedding and boy did we all have such fun photographing this veil in the wind at the Asbury Park Boardwalk… perhaps a bit too many veil shots

First stop at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park, lovely wedding venue, will post more pixs of this venue…

Amazing flowers by Flavio Murillo from Divine Decor…

Now off to the Asbury Park Boardwalk

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If the shoe fits, WEAR IT

August 21st, 2010

Is it September 1st yet? because August has been insanely busy well at least for a mom of two youngens who has her hands in so much this month, a bit exciting, a bit overwhelming and been missing my blogging so here is a bit of recap loads more coming soon. In case you missed the buzz on facebook, I organized a Jersey Shore Photo Shoot out and it was a bit crazy, # 1) August being a crazy month, 2) running around with the kids and #3) I had a wake to attend to before the shoot out, I was very nervous and anxious as I woke up on August 12, since there were lots to do, drop off boys, drive to Divine Decor store in Kearny to pick up the bouquets, attend the wake then head to the Berkeley Hotel before folks started to arrive. I recall vividely as I was trying to rush the boys to school I saw the caramel shoe colored shoe I wanted to wear and saw its pair and thought to my self there it is perfect, what happened right after that I can not tell you, maybe I had the black shoe on, maybe I just slipped into the black shoe and it fit and I wore it, it was not til 5pm almost that my good friend Maggie asked me ” Did you know you have two different shoes one?” that was when I looked down and there it was two completely different shoes one, like summer and fall collection, like night and day, not even close to the wearing navy blue and black socks, nope, I had not looked at my feet all day and sadly even attended the wake this way. This is what you get when a mommy is in charge of such event, lol, I was so embarrassed and this is going to haunt me for a while

First and foremost thanks to every one who attended the Jersey Shore Photo Shoot Out last week which was held at the wonderful Berkeley Hotel located in Asbury Park, NJ who accommodated 23 photographers from NJ, PA and NY, 5 wonderful models, great make up artist Yvone Moss who was model scouter and also introduced me to the fabulous Heather Ballasy on hair, as had some assistance from good friends Heather James Photographer and Maggie from MJE photography for moral support and for listening to me yap away. I met some great peeps such as some twitter friends such as Jaleel King and so many more. I honestly do not even know how I did this, it was an idea and just tried it, could have been a miss especially with cloudy weather on the day but thank you so much for all of those who attended, for funny Kylie for being super cool about doing a trash the dress session in a not so hot afternoon, and special thanks to our florist Flavio from Divine Decor for supplying us with the bouquets we used and Peter James for suppling us the boutonniere and the centerpiece. Here are some of my pictures of behind the scenes and some of other great photographers who attended shots too, and remember look at your feet once in a while cause you never know…

Thanks to all for posting pixs up so fast, loved them! and post of my pixs of models coming soon…

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Raven and the Peach part II

August 18th, 2010

I had the pleasure of photographing Jeanine’s Sweet 16 at Raven and the Peach in Fair Haven, NJ which is a great venue for smaller weddings, corporate affairs or celebrations and family gatherings. I knew Jeanine was beautiful in meeting her at a holiday party last year but as I discovered she is also a very talented model being featured on the cover of Super Models magazine and she is so down to earth and cool, her friends adore her, her family is blessed to have her and she was a pleasure to photographer not only because she is stunning but because she was so so nice. Thank you Robin for inviting me to capture your daughters special moment, you have such a beautiful family and the vent was oh so fabulous. Here are some of my fave’s but be sure to watch SLIDESHOW here for more pictures and some little fusion.

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Domingo

July 15th, 2010

Although Domingo means Sunday in Portuguese, Domingo I am referring to is a Dominican Replubic Native that needed some pictures for some possible modeling castings and of course I said yes. I met up with Domingo who I meat via my downstairs neighbors, and I we had only a couple hours left of sunlight so I took him to my favorite spot in my local town, I think I will call it the Feuza hang out from now on.

P.s We went to Dunking Donuts so Domingo could change outfits and of course I got a coolatta cause it was hot.

Here are some of my favorites from the male shoot. Domingo thanks at laughing with me as I made little sounds of fabulous pictures.

Now for some GQ ones and my favs unposed, the in betweens…

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Feuza does blog

June 9th, 2010

I know I have been missing in action for almost three weeks now and I do apologize, you know when a mountain of things to do pile up and then all of a sudden you don’t know where to begin? yup that is me very stuck and I felt very stuck with my old blog, felt I lost visitors, did not like my url, felt impersonal so I decided to create a new blog called feuza blogs so as Jessica Claire said it in her class taught at Adorama last week, my blog is the ” Feuza Land” and its where I do what I want and felt it was time for a change. Thanks to Lawrence Chance for the new theme which I am still playing around with but figured I would spring back to the blogsphere and say yes I am alive and yes I do blog. So where were we folks? Well a couple things, first and foremost, a glimpse at some sample albums I got which I love and very thanks to Paula Leme ( fabulous photographer) for designing my sample albums because when you are overwhelmed you reach out for outsourcing and she did a great job in a shot time. Here are some pixs of them as well as the video of the Glamour Expo that I participated in last month.

So here is an 8 by 10 Linear album, a press print book and a 12 by 12 Flushmount Album

And here is video- check it out oh and many blog posts hopefully to come….

thanks for stopping bye

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It’s not permanent…

July 15th, 2010

Today I woke up in a very joyous modo because I knew I would have a day to myself so I thought of all these you know, how to conquer the world ideas but of course my plans involved dropping the boys off, getting my hair done, laundry ( was big obstacle ) and maybe some editing and blogging. Well in the hot humid day, laundry took a lot longer than I thought and I tweeted how I wish I was one of those people very particular about their laundry folding, like even their underwear nicely folded but maybe I just wish one of those people would fold my laundry, because 40 minutes of laundry folding is a little sad don’t you think? Then I headed to one of my mom’s salon and I said let us do something crazy, like go blonde, yes I used the word BLONDE, you know women always want change and want to feel good about themselves and want to be different and today I woke up feeling like I can do anything I want because this thing called life, la vie its flying fast and I have only one life to live and even if I look hideous, even if I have to sit for hours til my back end hurts and I get so hungry that I had the guts to go out to my car and go to Mc Donalds drive thru in my cape and aluminum foil in my hair ( think they thought I was too early for halloween) and then more hours under dryers and all to pick up my boys and here mom what did you do, you look different, you have white spots in your hair and hear that they disliked my new look and said I was UGLY, I still don”t regret getting blonde highlights because first of all its just hair, and hair is not permanent and secondly is that I would not sit still till I tried and although many times with this photography thing I feel like what am I doing, I should just stop, my dream of become a wedding photographer ain’t gonna happen, its the drive, the passion, the very little voice that says, you must try first and if you fail remember it ain’t permanent and knowing that God has big dreams for me makes it a whole lot easier to accept my crazy and sometimes bad ideas because this life, la vie, it ain’t permanent either so dance in the rain, get some crazy hair color, go to the beach when you should be working, hug loved ones, go to the matinee movies, eat gelato or very fatning ice cream of perhaps ice coffee with sugar and cream and whip cream ( I never do that- well maybe once a week) but also take care of your self, take care of your hair, your nails, feel great because we all get the ups and downs and nothing is permanent, except as I believe God’s love. Hope you are making a silly as my dear friend Leila’s Jones daughter used to say and I hope you are living your greatest life now.

And now you will not get a picture of my new hair do, need to blow out this sucker first but you will get part III Tennessee Fabulous destination wedding at such a cool farm that I shot with Knoxville’s best Wedding Photographer, Shannon Kelley- if you do not follow her blog, you are missing out!.

This picture below reminds in the state I am right now and makes me smile

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Pink Randomness

July 17th, 2010

Today was part II of my day to myself and boy does the day go by so so so fast, woke up drove boys to pre- school, went to do my nails then bank and some iced coffee then I went to Perth Amboy, NJ to a Dominican Salon where I knew the girls would be able to handle my type of hair, since it was only like 2 pm I thought it would be almost empty but nope 15 other ladies had the same idea I did, need to look good for the weekend ahead, I was surround my big rollers, hair dryers, spanish accents and Latin Music so with my hair blown out, I feel much better about my crazy idea of getting highlights, it is growing on me. Then my evening was topped off with purchasing PINK file cabinets? why not, hey I had been looking for file cabinets since I am still reading getting things done and I found this pink file cabinet in the you know section for dorm furniture for college students, hey dorm furniture lasts quite some time so double deal. I also had to get my third external hard drive before I fried my pc for good ( dream of a MAC some day….), Another reading for me or shall I say podcasts and audio book by Dave Ramsey, trying to get financially fit as well as physically fit and trying to take care of things around me…. speaking of that I am on way to catching up folks and here is some pink and sweet goodness from Ralfaela’s and Brian‘s Pink and Green Love Story of when I shot with Shannon Kelley in Knoxville, TN. More to come…

This wedding has such awesome details and love Candy Tables so we played around lots with ring shots and the lighting at Hunter Valley Farm was amazing…

not sure which ring shot is my favorite, which of these do you like the best?

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New York New York

July 18th, 2010

It’s late and my sister had told me I should not blog so late because I make many spelling mistakes when I blog this late and I am very tired, just got back from second shooting with Ginny Corbet, a North Carolina photographer who I met last year during the Dane Sanders Fast Track workshop and I loved how sweet and southern she was and I will blog because I am trying to blog every day to catch up. It was at that workshop that I also met Trent Bailey who came down from NY and picked me up so we could ride together to the Desmond Hotel in in Pa for this fabulous wedding. We totally caught up and ironically enough we had both been with Jessica Claire on the same day a few weeks ago, Trent was able to go to the photo walk she presented and I was able to see the class but I did not see Trent and had not photographed the ubber cute New York couple from the photo walk and right after Jessica’s Class which I got to attend thanks to Joel from Adorama, I got to meet Kat English who I had been blog stalking lately and who lives in my county, she was super cute and sweet as I imaged her and she had this crazy idea to invite the couple from Jessica’s shoot for some shots out in the New York streets, vintage style and of course I had to tag along, I did not tag along for too much but here are my favorite shots and I hope to photo shoot with these fine folks very soon again, and a big thank you to the big Apple, Manhattan is a happening place for couples getting married, planning a wedding or for having couple sessions because when you are in NY, there are so many options to shoot and it is so much fun. Here are some faves from this last minute shoot and thanks to Pax and Mary for putting up with us and allowing us to shoot some more…

Boy

Girl

Ice cream

and they fall in love

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Camping trip

July 19th, 2010

So for July 4, weekend, I wanted to do something fun, to get away even if close by and had no immediate plans and a friend suggested Cedar Creek Camping so a day before I booked us a trailer. So me, my boys, Max, my brother in law Maycon and our friend Gilson got in our cars, packed up with food, the gas grill and went to Cedar Creek to spend the weekend. I am not a camper so this was an ideal place, not too secluded, close to stores if needed and the trailer still gave you the camp feel with out being just in a tent because with kids that is not so easy to do. It was so nice to be away, to be by nature, to relax, to play volleyball, to swim and to lots of Brazilian barbecue and did I say to be away, yes, everyone needs a life retreat, a few days to rethink, replenish and to have some fun because I can not live with laughter and having fun. On our second day we went on a trail walk to see where people went canoeing, it ended up being quite a long walk but fun with the kids. Lucas and Joshua got very excited once they saw they could swim with the noodles and life vests on their own, but they thought that meant they knew how to swim and kept telling people they knew how to swim, well not quite my boys, here are some of my faves from the trip.

There are lots more so slideshow coming right up

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Brazilian Boudoir

July 22nd, 2010

I am embarking on a new challenge with photography which is to shoot boudoir pictures for fabulous ladies and fabulous brides to be who want something fun for their bridesmaids or for themselves. Feuza Reis Photography will be launching pin up parties in NJ and eastern Pa, details coming soon. I love that though photography I can help in some way make a woman feel great about herself, her body and be in a great mood. So if you want to gift yourself and or gather some girl friends for some laughs, make up, hair and cocktails, then shoot me an email feuza@feuzareis.com for a special pre-release offer. I was thrilled when my old high school friend who I had not seen in years found me online and asked to do a boudoir session to gift her hubbie. Syreeta came from PA where she now resides to do her session which first started out with hair and makeup and some girly fun. Syreeta was so great to work with, love how she had fun, was not shy and smiled beautifully ( thanks girl for rocking it!) Wishing all you ladies to do something to feel fabulous today and also have a great laugh, that always cheers me up and I helps feel great. Get ready for some hotness up in here Brazilian Style but not too much, lol just some teasers

Hair and Makeup- Cleiva Alkani

Lighting- All natural baby

Location- South River, NJ

Book your Brazilian Boudoir Session today and feel sexy and fabulous…. sort of like the girl from ipanema meets pin up….

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Jersey Shore Bridal Shoot out

July 24th, 2010

UPDATES- the Berkeley Hotel has joined us and we will start our shooting at the Berkelely Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ for a getting ready session, more details will be posted on FB page….

So I had been wanting to get some photogs together in NJ for a Jersey Shore shoot out and I am happy to say the it will be on August 12, 2010. Exact details to be determined. New Jersey is becoming a local destination wedding hot spot for NY, PA, CT, MA brides and my goal is that we show folks via some rad wedding photography what the Jersey Shore is all about. I already have a couple, wedding dress and working on trying to get a venue so we can do a getting ready session and detail shots and a mini mock wedding, well sort of, as much as can be done til then. I am still looking for a hair stylist and need suggestions on color scheme and inspiration board. I know Jersey reality shows show Jersey as cheesy and dramatic, let us show them that the Jersey Shore can be a great destination place for tri-state brides and grooms. If you are looking to build your portfolio, I would love to have you, the event is free to attend and very chilled back, it is not a workshop, just some shooting time with some friends and you will be responsible for your own gear ( bring reflectors if you have), transportation and for your dinner later. So I am feeling a tad nervous, sort of like back in gym class when I was picked last for team sports but more like oh no, no one will show up but me, but even if that is the case, it is still on!. I do need your help spreading the word on twitter and facebook and also please rsvp here excited for this bridal shoot out at the Jersey Shore, August 12, working on getting a venue involved, http://bit.ly/9cNiY6 . So I am taking a poll what color schemes should we do? I was thinking in orange and gold tones, but so many possibilities, greens and purples, what colors do you think of when you hear Jersey Shore? taking a poll, leave a comment and help us decide. and a picture to end this blog post.
Postcard designed by my Charlene Vaz for a marketing campaign ( picture got screwy as I resized it) looks much better in real life but it reminds of the Shore and makes me smile, Have a great weekend everyone, stay cool.

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Inspiration

July 28th, 2010

I was having a lovely chat today with local photographer Heather James who is also very known for her awesome graphic design work and she said something that was so true, she said you know when we first started with photography, we were so passionate and not even that technical but there was this burst of creativity that would just flow and oh I do remember those days and even had talked about the pressure to perform in a previous post. The wedding industry buzz words are inspiration boards, every where you look brides are more and more looking for their inspiration in colors, textures and style which is amazing the many resources to brides and grooms in blogs like wedding chicks, brooklyn bride, , style me pretty , rock n roll bride and so on( all great blogs to check out). I am amazed how people have the ability to create and I believe I as a photographer, I am a story teller and some times I lack inspiration and have decided to do some inspiration boards of my one and also work on some personal shooting projects and pick up on some reading, I think I need to do mini versions of what EAT PRAY LOVE is all about, I do not want to lose my drive, my passion, my creative side, my desire to be a story teller, to capture and stop time with my shutter, so what inspires you? what motivates you? what pushes your buttons?

I was very impressed when I saw all that Caroline did for her TN wedding and how she drew inspiration from my conclusions from this one piece in this first picture, that purse, not a great picture but wanted to show that one purse summed up her theme for the evening and it was brilliant and I love how brides to be have that vision and passion – here are some pieces of Caroline’s inspiration and some sneak peak of this lovely TN wedding I second shot for Shannon Kelley.

Lots more to come and still looking for some inspiration for our Jersey Shoot out, any color schemes or ideas for that? leave a comment below. Many more pictures of this amazingly beautiful wedding I had the privilege to second shoot.

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Wanna be on Creative Live

July 30th, 2010

Okay so some of you may know I enter a few social media contests here and there, some friends say I win it all which is not true but I must say my luck has changed quite a bit, growing up I always lost on bets, stakes, guesses, bingos, if it will rain or not, ground hog day, I used to say that if I placed a bet against my own shadow I would so still lose, I do have a sister who always wins so much, she has what I call that luck but I have been fortunate with social media (twitter, facebook,blog) as a marketing, connecting and learning tool because as a mom with two small kids and self stater and running my own photography business, I have relied on resources which are reachable to me and where I get to meet such great friends, blog readers and clients, so not sure if my winning streak will continue with this little ole contest called CREATIVE LIVE I entered. I would get a chance to shoot a wedding LIVE with fabulous Jasmine Star, crazy creative idea created by non other then Chase Jarvis, oh if I could pick his brain for five minutes and it will take place next month in Seattle, hopefully the west coast awaits for me real soon. I want to win this so badly that I had the courage to even sing, I mean girlfriend here can not sing, shower sometimes but it upsets the water, seriously it does or maybe the birds out side, water gets all cold then hot and unstable so I sing in my dreams, but it wakes me up. When I was a teen ager, I tried singing in my church youth choir and was labeled as the girl who ruined our choir then never have I sung in public, I lie I sung reggae once for a music class in college, so it has been quite a few years that I have sung and allowed the public such torture, be ware, be afraid, very afraid, I say do not watch it and wait for the bloopers which involves the kiddos, coming soon.

Have a great weekend every one, lots of blogging to come… peace out.
Creative Live Final Application2 from Feuza Reis on Vimeo.

I should do a movie, Brazilian girl can not sing, I hope I still have some online friends tomorrow morning.

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Raven and the Peach

August 3rd, 2010

I had hear about this NJ Venue called Raven and the Peach located in Monmouth County and the name sounded so interesting to me and it reminded me of the New Brunswick and last week I had the pleasure of photographing a fabulous sweet 16 for a very beautiful teen, will have to wait to post those. But the venue was exactly what I expected it to be quaint, sophisticated, warm and had a an incredible staff, lately I have been photographing a bit more food for certain projects and could not happen to photograph the main dishes as they were coming out and be ware, you might get hungry. On other note food, food has become my enemy lately, I can’t stop eating seriously and the weight has just come on and on, I have joined the gym but with my calorie counts, it aint doing nothing, why can’t I just control my mouth, resist say no, I must say that I have been eating anxiously and I must really commit to reaching some weight goals and more important healthier living goals so watch out blog readers, new Feuza in sweat pants dancing to Rocky song once she loses some pounds, I just gotta do it and if that is you too, let us hold each other countable and also admire the pretty food from the Raven and the Peach which is a perfect place for event or small wedding, loved it.

Also loved how the pictures of the food came, out bounce with SB 900 flash.

Enjoy.

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Back To School

August 9th, 2010

There is something about the back to school frenziness ( is that a word?) that I so love, in reality I love seeing the new school materials lined up on shelves ready to picked up by rowdy kids, teens, college students and many parents. When I was a kid, this was my favorite time of year, not actually going back to school but going to buy a new back pack, new colored pencils, new matching folders, new new kids on the block folders to be exact. One of my strongest memories from before coming to the USA from Brazil, was the smell of my school materials, the Faber Castel ( think that is the name) pencils, the pencil cases, school materials in Brazil are very expensive but have great quality and also my lunch box, a sweet smell of lunch, that that brings me back to my childhood, where I had no worries except what to wear, and which tv show to watch, back to school is an important time in a student’s life and I was ecstatic when little model Marcella ( she is running in some pageants and her mom asked me to do some photos) first outfit was a back to school theme and to play a bit more with an editorial approach to my photography I decided to make a story, perhaps in my head, after all as photographers, we are story tellers. So now your turn, tell a story based on these photos and the one closest to my story will win a $10 Itunes Card, after all back to school means listening to a lot of music while doing homework. This also made me think of a back to school special for parents, so mini sessions for back to school will be on August 21 and August 22, 2010, shoot me an email, feuza@feuzareis.com with subject Back To School Special. Now tell me your stories please…

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When I grow up…

August 13th, 2010

Growing up as a kid in Newark, NJ Ironbound section to be exact, you know where all Brazilians and some Portuguese first live once they arrive in the USA. I was very much home bound and would play in staircase of our apartment with neighbor kids or by myself, I remember playing with all my barbies, the pink corvette and Ken and all and I would set it all up and get easily bored, lol I also watched loads of tv, my mom worked a lot and at the time as the only child, tv was my comfort or my habit I mean. I would even watch Arsenio Hall and Honeymooners at the age of 11, strange I know, Woot woot, ( arsenio hall thing) but when I was 13 I took a career placement class where we had to study well careers and I was interested in languages so I found that an interpreter in the U.N’s starting salary was 80k and I was like this is what I want to grow up and I even tried language arts a bit and did a year of Spanish and year of Italian in college but ended up majoring in Latin American Studies and Portuguese cause my big dream was to go back to Brazil and be able to work there,see growing up I was stuck between two cultures where I felt I did not belong to neither but instead a third culture was formed, one of Brazilian immigrants and I had a lot of issues, was very depressed as a teen and so forth and I had spent great summer vacations in Brazil at grandma Feuza’s house and thought I want to live there! and when I was in college at such an early age, 17 kid living on her own, I would find myself at least once a month at the career placement office taking aptitude tests, trying to figure out you know, what will I be when I grow up because after I saw the languages you needed for the U.N I was like no way, that will not happen.So I achieved my big American Dream of getting a college education and then after sending out hundreds of resumes, and only one phone call for a marketing assistant job in Rhode Island making a wopping $8 an hour I was lost and sad because I believed education was the key, it was the answer so I would not be a house cleaner like most of Brazilian women I knew but sadly I did not really study what I should have, I just did not know better, took classes that seemed easier,so I ended going to Brazil after college to “find myself” and was a teacher for almost three years and once that adventure was over and reality hit I was back home to the USA and not to long after I would meet the love of my live Maxwel and we would have this beautiful family. I just kind of told you my life story a bit huh but seeing this post of Marcela and how she quickly had the idea of grabbing her red guitar made me just be there again, a kid not knowing much about life, bills, problems, decisions or not even knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up but just imagining that I could be anything I wanted to be and although it took my a real long time to find my passion, I am blessed I did and that inner child needs to come out and dream and imagine a bit more. So with we need some pictures don’t we.,

Here is part 2 of Marcela’s modeling pictures… ( see part 1 here) we need some inside shots with believe it or not natural lighting from windows not fully open but some shade with some blinds half way open, a stand and the lovely drop it modern backgrounds which I love so much and excited they just launched a sturdy stand to go with it. Marcela has natural talent and she will go a long way..