Friday, January 21, 2011

And that girl is me

This is my diary.  Of course, I wont be writing about the new, cute boy in class or the reason my mom yelled at me today. OK, well, maybe Kuddy will play the role of the cute boy and I may throw my mom in here yelling sommmetimes but this is the journey of a girl who started from scratch. A girl who didn't know anything about photography but knew that with a click of a button a memory is saved. Forever. And that girl is me.

I was working at a bank in NY for 4 & 1/2 years.  I didn't know exactly where my life was headed but I knew the next step in my career was the assistant managers position and I didn't want it.  So the beginning to where I am now began to unfold.  At my cousins baby shower in NJ.

While Kuddy and I sat at a round table surrounded by laughter, jokes and a huge room drained with loud music and mingling, I spot a woman with a huge camera.  Now, you need to understand, Kuddy purchased my first digital camera for me about 3 months before the baby shower so the sight of her huge camera muted the room and the heavens opened with a bright light as angels sang hallelujah.  I swear !

I turned to Kuddy in search for the push I needed to approach her.


Babe, look, a photographer! a REAL one! 
Go ask her how to get started Kat..
But what if she thinks i sound dumb.. or I'm a groupie?!
Just ask her for her business card..


The light bulb goes off in my head and I approach her as the groupie that I really was. :]

i want to do what you do.  i want to be a photographer. how do i get started??


She was a little busy because duhh kathy shes working!! but I felt as though I couldn't let her get away!!! Stalker, i know. So, she handed me her card which said Feuza Reis Photography and told me to go home and search Jasmine Star Photography Blog.  I thanked her maybe a million times, unless I'm just being easy on myself, and went back to my seat next to Kuddy and gave him my wide smile of success.

When I got home I jumped on the computer like a mad scientist who found the cure to a disease I'd been searching for for years.  From that point on and with many tabs opened to the internet, I went from one page to the next, then the next of linked links & I ordered my first DSLR camera.  Thank you Feuza.  You've made me realize that just a few seconds of time can change someones life completely.  And J* for your awesome blog. You both inspire the heck out of me and I'm forever thankful!



A girls path is opening up.  Slowly but surely. And that girl is me. :]

Have a Fun Friday all!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kathy with a K

So I want to make this post about myself.  I want my readers to get to know me so here we go.

I was born and raised in The Bronx, NY.
I'm twenty something and I'm a Capricorn :] .
I moved back and forth between several parts of Florida and NY throughout my life.
I'm Puerto Rican but my Spanish you can call Spanglish.
I eat chicken and turkey and stay away from beef, pork, steak and all the rest of them.
I love to laugh and love to make people laugh.
I always put other peoples concerns and judgments before myself but in recent years I've learned how to make myself happy and not really give a crap how I'd be judged.
I speak very loud (not intentional though, I swear).
My laugh is horrendous and I'm sorry I cant change it (trust me I've tried) .
I have an annoying tendency to mute TV's and  radio's if someone is talking or I am trying to have a conversation. I dont know why I do this.  Maybe my ears cant handle the commotion of two things going on at once, weird huh??
I love God and i believe everything happens for a reason.
I believe in karma but I dont wish it upon anyone.
I'm tall -- 5' 10 and as I grew older I learn to love and embrace my tallness :] .
All the rest you will find out through this blog little by little.. I mean, Hey.. I have to leave some mystery right??
And oh yea, I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY !! :]


Happy Tenacious Tuesday!