chaz thoughts // the photo blog of chaz cruz

January 4, 2010 // personal / portraits

Happy new year everyone!

I received a beautiful story from a woman named Maria about a child named Thomas who was born with a heart condition that keeps him in and out of the hospital. Being fed through a tube, he has displayed a willingness to live to be with his older brother and sister. So through the holidays it took a little longer to get a hold of them as the family was in the hospital with Thomas, but I'm so glad I waited it out as they are definitely deserving of the Giving is Awesome event. Because of Thomas' amazing determination and his family's love, I know our portrait session will be beautiful and also very meaningful to me and hopefully to everyone else.

Thanks again to Maria for introducing me to this beautiful family!

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Colleen:

That is awesome!! What a great choice!! :) Prayers for Thomas and his selfless family!

(01.04.10 @ 03:09 PM)

NEMA Photography:

That's great! Yes indeed, it will be very meaningful to all! Have a wonderful shoot with Thomas and his family.

(01.04.10 @ 03:42 PM)

giving is awesome

December 13, 2009 // personal / portraits

I have joined up for Giving is Awesome, a worldwide photographic giveaway to a family who deserves amazing photographs.

I'm giving $1000 worth of prints/albums to the winning family and the person that nominated them will get a free session from me (valued at $175) as well.

How this works is you nominate a family who deserves photographs. Maybe they are going through some trying times, or they have given so much to others selflessly, or they just have really bad pictures on their wall, haha just kidding.

To nominate others, email me at chaz@chazcruz.com with a great story! The nomination window will be open until December 21st and I will pick a winner on December 23rd. This is a great gift for deserving people, so please spread the word about this to everyone in San Diego.

Here are some portraits that I have taken recently.

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ecologique: fashion for a green future

October 10, 2009 // models / personal

One of my best friends, Andrea, is doing her part to help the green initiative by putting together a fashion show at Thin/Onyx on October 17th. I'm going to copy and paste a little blurb from her press release:

Ecologique: Fashion for a Green Future will begin with a social cocktail hour and trunk show, which will allow guests to network with other attendees as well as introduce them to great new green products and designs. In addition to the trunk show, a silent auction will take place featuring unique designer clothing, accessories, and green- friendly products. All proceeds of the charity auction will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, San Diego (www.komensandiego.org), the local Affiliate of the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.

A few weeks ago she asked me if I could shoot some promo shots for a video she was putting together for a show and I was happy to oblige! Please visit the website or Facebook page for more information about the show!