Hola! My name is Chaz Cruz and I am a photographer based out of San Diego, CA. My specialties include weddings, fashion and lifestyle portraits. This blog is named after my obsession with "The Office" and of a lovable character named Creed Bratton. He writes about his random musings under a blog titled "Creed Thoughts," so I thought I'd do the same and name it "Chaz Thoughts." So please, browse around and don't forget to leave me a comment or two!
Shannon and Mike look good silhouetted, but they look even better in the light. Check back in a few.

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Krisandra Williams-Evans:

very nice idea! can't wait for the rest....

(06.24.09 @ 12:27 AM)
Shannon:

I love it, Chaz! Seriously though ...is my belly that big?!?! Yikes... :) Mike and I really had the best time shooting with you. Can't wait to see the rest!

(06.24.09 @ 12:16 PM)
Colleen:

Chaz....AMAZING shot! Man, is there anything you can't shoot?!?! I really love this!

(06.25.09 @ 11:11 AM)
A selection of my favorite photos from different sessions I did the last few weeks.

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January 9, 2009 // portraits
So if you were one of the many who visited my website and just loved my intro music, but googled in vain to find who the amazing singer is, I present to you Anita, or better known by her band name, Set to Sail.

I had heard her music a few months ago from my cousin and I knew instantly that her music was the perfect match for my images. We had worked out an agreement that I can use her lovely music on my website as long as I create some beautiful portraits of her, so we finally got around to it!

I would also like to thank my friend Sheila for assisting and Lisa Keeping for providing the amazing styling. Oh and of course my cousin Joey, who shared Anita's music with me.

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My favorite from the day.

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If you missed the link to Anita's website, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/settosail

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kim marcelo:

your pictures are very inspiring.
they inspire me. :)

(01.12.09 @ 06:55 PM)
Chaz:

appreciate it kim!

(01.14.09 @ 11:17 PM)
preston:

These are fresh Chaz. Makes me want to grab a beautiful girl, take her out to the woods and shoot her! Wait, that did NOT sound right.... :)
Keep up the good work man!

(01.20.09 @ 06:22 AM)
Welcome to the new year! I started it off photographing a family near and dear to my heart, the Salminao's! We had fun going to a local park and while it was a bit cold, they braved it and we came out with some great stuff.

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After the big family shoot, we had time to photograph the kids, so here is cool Eyzian.

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Then we had the cutest siblings ever, Justice and Kaiah.

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Here we had them having fun with their dad, Dennis. Justice thought the reflector was the camera.

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You always have to get kids running around!

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rommel salminao:

beautiful stuff as always Chaz

(01.03.09 @ 08:15 PM)