A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

    Never thought the life of a photographer would be so hard and wearing.
    Long before the day before the wedding I did a huge research on this type of photography, even though I had done this before.
    Nothing new have I learnt when it comes to shoot, everything that I needed to know was already given to me through experience: capture the heart and soul of the moment, just capture all the feelings.

   So there I was at 15:00 sitting in the wide highly decorated in gold hallway, waiting for someone to lead me. I was completely lost and every minute I was feeling smaller and smaller, realizing how important my job should be, and how professionally should I act. 40 minutes later a man (who was working there) lead me to all empty and prepared rooms so I could picture them before all the guests would come.
    Once all the people arrived, I had to be ready to photograph every single detail. A few minutes later I was called by the bride, to picture her getting out of the car. Once finished, I got back to the ceremonial room to capture her getting in, and to capture the main event.
    Hugs and kisses after, we went to the cocktail room where smiles were framed, and speeches were held. Then was the bride and groom's turn where places were picked and pictures were taken, and so it was glamorously done!
    When it came to speeches after dinner, more hugs and tears were captured, even when the cake was getting cutted and dances were getting twirled.
    A few minutes mixed with laughter later it was time to go home, and 9 continuous hours were over.

    It was hard and stressful, but the bride and groom made it easier as they were just the sweetest to me! I was a bit looked aside at first, but at the end when we get to look at the results, the feeling of self-accomplishment is definitely rewarding.
    I guess this is the lifestyle I chose to live from now on.

Beatriz Mariano © 2012

AGFA ISOMAT-RAPID

Kurt Cobain

    Yesterday I got the most wonderful surprise from my boyfriend. 
    I've been reading and searching around about these magnificent vintage cameras from the 60's/70's that, through a chemical error, would result an accidental passionate photo style that we now call the art of lomography.
    When he stretched his hand to me and said I found this at home, I thought you'd might like it, I couldn't believe I was actually holding an original Agfa Isomat-Rapid from the 60's (bought in the 60's)!

    This 35mm fixed lens camera was given in 1873 to a company that was founded in Berlin in 1867. The AGFA, abbreviation for Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation, became more popular hitting its peak in the 60's, conquering the world-wide population with its warm colors and vintage aspect, being produced for over 115 years.

    This example from Agfa (and many more) gave birth to a new movement called The 10 Golden Rules Of Lomography that is still infecting every Don't Think, Just Shoot generation:

#1 Take your camera everywhere you go.
#2 Use it anytime, day and night.
#3 Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it.
#4 Try the shot from the hip.
#5 Approach the objects of your Lomographic desire as close as possible.
#6 Don't think.
#7 Be fast
#8 You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
#9 Afterwards either.
#10 Don't worry about any rules.

http://www.lomography.com/about/the-ten-golden-rules

Beatriz Mariano © 2012

ALL-AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Behind The Scene: All-American Nightmare from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

    The old loved in glory of fifty stars red white and blue american flag is now becoming more popular and fashionable than even in the 60's. Let's go back to the time when this red white and blue pattern was adopted by the young hippie culture showing astonishment for the "cool country", admiring the cradle of rock n' roll, and the home and land of the free, where opportunities were anywhere to be found.
    Oh say, can't you see what this new youth culture from the XXIst century has done? Inspired by the vintage clothing from (again) the 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's, teenagers got into their parents' trunk and found out a not-so-new style of trashy ripped jeans and large t-shirts with old dad-no-one-listens-to-that-anymore bands where red, white and blue represents the red from the lips, the white from the shirts and the blue from the ripped denim jeans we now found so cool and trendy.

Beatriz Mariano © 2012

PERSONAL STYLE

The style you wear tells a lot about who you are . It should be something you identify yourself with , and something you feel as true as wearing your own personality . 

Here's a piece of my closet . Since a little girl I've been introduced to great bands such as Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd or The Doors , and since then I've been growing with rock , punk and metal background songs . 

There's nothing wrong with grabbing some of your old clothes and giving them a new look , so from time to time , instead of buying new things , I get my old stuff back and change it . 

I've been bleaching a pair of old denim pants I have , giving them a new grunge and trashy style . 

From time to time , once I get the money , I buy S sized male metal tshirts and cut their sleeves off , making them look more "metal styled" and sloppy . I wear them either with skinny or baggy ripped jeans , black , denim or bleached , and sometimes with with black ripped glass tights and shorts .

I alway wear these pair of clothes with either army boots , black all stars , or classic squared vans .

With all of these I either wear a black leathered jacket , or denim jacket , with a black or gray cotton coat underneath .

What tells a lot about who I am is my hair .

I don't every wear make up , but every month I dye my 75cm straight hair with a different color from leaving it bleached to every color in the rainbow .

(C) all pictures registred , all copyrights owned .

Beatriz Mariano © 2012

Letter of Apology

I'm sorry I haven't been able to spend as many time as I wanted on my blog . But now that I have more time during summer , I'll start using it properly , promise .

I'm thinking about sharing some more of my feelings and thoughts and all that gay stuff , as well as my inspiration and work on my daily life . 

Rock on & stay tuned , I'll try to post something everyday .


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What You Give

As my first cover video went pretty well (according to feedback) I decided to do a new one with one of my favorite songs ever from one of my favorite bands "What You Give" by Tesla .

I know there are some mitakes , such as time and a line I didn't meant to skip in lyrics , but the feeling's there .
Rock on .

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

I've been told that I have quite a voice , and encouraged to do a video of me singing .
So there you have it , this is me singing one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite bands "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin .

w a t e r c o l o r

Watercolor [full HD experience] from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

One of my greatest passions besides photography is music . And since I have a great creative mind , and such a huge love for music , I decided to combine them both .
So this is my first full HD video , but it's only a tryout . There're more to come soon .

THE SKINNY TREND

Desde a década dos anos 60, com a revolução dos direitos da mulher emancipada, a cultura do corpo começou a ganhar cada vez mais importância no dia-a-dia de uma mulher. De geração para geração foi-se tornando cada vez mais pequena a tão estimada barriga levando hoje ao extremo de mostrar os ossos, sendo assim considerado o standard da beleza.

(C) Beatriz Mariano .