Oh, I will get better at posting while working full-time, I will!
I recently took a trip to Costa Rica that has me all fired up and excited..more to come on that!
For now, I´m going to say what I always say, but is there anything more beautiful than a vineyard?
I’ve been to Mendoza several times and I always just love it. I’ve jumped out of an airplane there, ridden bikes to visit wineries, eaten amazing slabs of beef and always made new friends. I didn’t shoot too much this trip, as it was just a quick hop over the Andes a couple weekends ago….
Spring is on its way and I could not be more excited. Cheers to no more electric blankets!!!!!
I live right beside a big, beautiful hill, Santa Lucia, on which Pedro de Valdivia stood and said, we will conquer this land. Can you even begin to imagine the view he had?! Undisturbed by smog and buildings…
Sustainable agriculture favors natural elements to maintain a clean and healthy environment. Geese help control little pests that want to ruin the wine. It’s smart, beautiful and Eco-friendly! And that is the type of establishment I now work for!
So, it’s been a while, most definitely the longest I’ve gone without posting since I started this site so many years ago. I have a good reason though, not good enough to keep up with this behavior, but good enough to excuse my momentary silence.
I, my friends, got a new job. A fantastic job. I really love this job. So, I’ve been a bit preoccupied. I was contracted by the renowned Concha y Toro, the second largest wine producer in the world and I’m working exclusively with their premium brand Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery as their Web Manager. I am in charge of maintaing our bilingual website, creating content in both English and Spanish, I run our social media networks, I’m in charge of all incoming communications, I do a lot of translating and I’m involved in several smaller campaigns and projects. It’s utilizing my degree while learning all kinds of new things and being the only native speaker in an office of +20. I’m given creative freedom, the occasional bottle of wine and well, I’m just oh-so content. That’s not even to mention the amazing work environment…
So for this post, I’m bringing in some photos I took on a recent visit to the winery with two Koreans, a journalist and the country’s top sommelier. I’ll start with our amazing tasting, where we tried more than 15 of our top wines.
Literally just two city blocks in area, this little neighborhood is a gem.
Like all big cities, Santiago is many things. It covers a large area and has many different people and sectors. And though at times, there is nothing more I want to do but to leave it behind for a few days, I always come back; it is my home and I love it. Continue reading Oh Santiago.
I feel a post is needed when you have two llama-in-the-city sightings within two days of each other. It’s like when I was in Bangkok and every once and a while, there’s an elephant. Llamas, elephants, dressed to impress.
It’s the people that make a place, isn’t it?
Barrio Yungay, where the buildings are fantastic and the streets are quaint, it is a peaceful neighborhood where the people seem less like city dwellers and more like small town, friendly faces. Continue reading Barrio Yungay
I’ve chosen this Monday Memory simply because it is fun and colorful. Enjoy!
(It’s fun to see how I’ve evolved as a photographer and in shooting these festivals. Granted the recent San Pedro was during the day and had good natural light, but there is a clear improvement, which is kinda the point eh?)
I headed to the coast in Valparaíso this past weekend to join the fishermen and celebrate their Patron Saint, Peter. Colorful costumes, lots of music and dancing and avoiding the 90 percent chance of rain, it was a fun weekend and yet another peek into Chile’s complex culture, mixed with Catholicism and Chilean-isms. Continue reading San Pedro
So after my photo shoot with PSO this morning, walking through a little plaza with busts of Chile’s famous, I came across a favorite, Pablo Neruda; with a drizzle falling upon us, it looked as if he were crying.
I would love to go back and hike around right this minute, however, after a weekend full of rain, I figure it would be more like cross country skiing. The Andes are striking today in all their snow-capped glory.
Yerba Loca Continue reading Monday Memories – Yerba Loca After having lived here for more than two years now, I’ve learned quite a bit on just how Chile works. And I’ve also learned to accept –on most days– that there are some things I will never understand.
Remember those swanky lights and how I said there were more photos featuring ZEN Club Boutique to come? *Drum Roll* Here they are… Continue reading ZEN: Art & Space
I got to thinking about this old phlog over the weekend, when I got to get out of the city and head to Olmue for a friend’s birthday. Sometimes, there’s nothing better than not being in a city of more than six million people. This phlog was the first time I really got to see the Andes’ glory. I fell in love.
I recently had a shoot with ZEN Club Boutique, and while I got lots of fantastic photos, I just want to show a few now, focusing on their swanky sources of light.
I think it would be very fantastic to own a small winery one day. For now, I’ll just keep taking photos of them. Here are some shots from the Cono Sur Vineyard, in Chimbarongo, the heart of the Colchagua Valley. Continue reading Cono Sur Vineyard
It’s been a while. There were too many new memories to share, but today I’m busting out a Monday Memory, my area, El Centro…
June 16, 2010
So these were shot several months ago when doing a photo shoot for Con Sur Vineyards & Winery. Harvest season meets Pinot Noir.
If we have to be optimistic, and why not, one great thing about smog is how its dirty particles’ hanging over a city react with the sun, scattering light, creating spectacularly red sunsets. Continue reading Smog at night, viewer’s delight.
Well I’ve now been an expat in Chile for two years as of today. What better way to celebrate than by raising a glass of delicious Chilean wine and giving a big ol’ ¡SALUD! Continue reading Viña Cousiño Macul
Alas, the Patagonia phlogs come to an end. As the sun rose on our last day and the sky became nothing short of amazing, I scurried for my camera, ran out of the hostel and took my last photos of Patagonia. It was an amazing four days full of unforgettable images and memories. Continue reading Patagonia…
So often I feel I only show the mayhem from all the student protests. And while that most definitely is a part of it, another part — when they are government approved — is all of the fun, the creativity and the passion that goes into the fight…the peaceful part, the part with a purpose.
Continue reading Let’s just call it, “A Parade with a Purpose…”
