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MOTIVATION

Im never quitting, doesn't matter how hard it gets...doesn't matter if i have to get a part time job. I feel it within me that im going to make it, become successful, be respected through my photography. become a role model to someone. 

Im back home for the holidays and i've missed my family so much that i dont even want to go out cuz i feel like if im not home i won't get to enjoy my parents. i have two more weeks here with them. fuck! time flies man....sometimes it sucks how fast it goes by.

I want to see my name in lights! to have a gallery opening of my work in NYC. shoot for magazines. and also be able to make enough money so that my dad doesnt have to work anymore, to take care of my  parents when they get old. to not have to worry about shit...if i see a shirt i like..i wanna be able to fuckin buy it and not feel guilty about spending money....i want to do a lot of things in my life.

but first things first....wiggle your big toe

Money

sigh...without it you can't do shit..lol.

Mikel

I met Mikel at barnes & noble. I was hanging out with my friend Jamar and this kid comes walkin around and i tell jamar "ey dude he would be cool to photograph,i should give him one of my cards" 

so i do......and we talk about i forget what...but i ask him to check out my website and if he likes it to send me an e-mail.

so he does.....and we end up hangin out and we did a shoot in which jamar styled .the shoot was at coney island. it was very simple. but yet still came out nice. 

a couple days later i end up hanging out with mikel and at this point i guess i could say were friends. 

the shot above was styled by david bell, whom he also styled the shoot i did at the hudson hotel in NYC. Mikel is a really talented musician. his music is dope. i am a fan. 

the life of an up & coming photographer Vol.1

Alejandro Garcia

I've been living in New York for three months now. I feel confident about my photography, everyone out here loves my work and im meeting the coolest people and not to mention working with awesome talented individuals. 

When I arrived i felt like i had to do so many things and there were some days where i didnt go out or just stayed at home and be a hermit. I felt bad cuz i felt like i had to be always out & about but i didnt feel comfortable going out and not knowing where i was going. At times i felt like just getting lost.

I showed my portfolio to Rolling Stone and inside there was a note saying " thank you for you interest in Rolling stone, we took a card for future reference" in my head im like onto the next one!

so my next stop was XXL. ( this is a magazine in which i LOVE ) so i drop off my portfolio and i go home and im all praying that something happens.A few days go by and this particular day i was with one of my friends hanging out at macys and i get an e-mail on my phone....

so i check it and its from the photo editor at XXL. this is all it says

You can pick up your portfolio tomorrow, it will be at the front desk. thank you. 

Rebecca Fain.

In my head i was like;

WTF thats it.

really!?

i mean .....?

WTF ..fuckin bitch.

i was upset and i just wanted to go home, so as i was on the subway i was trying my hardest not to cry. I kept thinking about the e-mail and it made me even more mad.

I get home and i tell my room mate all about it.

that night i couldn't sleep.

to be continued..

 Im really liking her new CD and the photography is nice too

ive been gone for a minute...now time to bring it back

 Alvin Bailey

The night was cold and I honestly don't remember what time it was. I knew it was late cuz my ass was goin' home. Walking down towards the subway I see this guy ahead of me. He was wearing some track pants and a sweater ( i think ) and to me, he looked like he played sports. basketball or football.one of those. so after thinking a lil bit to myself i go up to him

ME: ey , do you play any sports

Alvin: naw, yeah well i did play football

ME: ah ok, thats cool, well the reason i ask you is cuz im a photographer and you would be cool to photograph.

Alvin: i forget what he says so im fast forwarding it....

...

......

.......

so i give him one of my cards and i tell him to e-mail me if he likes my work .

a couple days later he sends me an e-mail asking me if i wanted to photograph one of his artist AMIRA.

so i do..great shoot btw.

a few days later he asks me to photograph another one of his artist H20. 

dope shoot btw..

and then he later on asks me if i could shoot him. 

my response to that ..

is the gun loaded? jk.

naw i agreed and we shot in a parking garage near times square.

This is Alvin inside a RR.

He is a coo friend

The Loved Ones

I was somewhat excited to watch this movie when i saw the trailer for a while back. so last night i watched it and i dont know. The movie has pretty intense gory scenes, pretty crazy i was like wtf.but check it out, you can watch it for free at letmewatchthis.com watch the one that says megavideo next to it. i give the movie 5 out 10 stars. cinematography is pretty cool, music could have better. acting is coo. styling and giving us a sense of place do a good job, it gives it an old feel to the entire flick. ..watch it and see whats up. 

My favorite slasher film trilogy

My love

At least it wont ever wake up and tell me it doesn't love me anymore

Isaiah Hamilton

so due to todays event of a flaky model. things didnt go as planned. its funny how if someone else doesnt pull through , everyone sorta crumbles. In this industry everyone involved has to contribute. The photo is of 

Isaiah Hamilton

I will be shooting him on sunday, lets hope for a good turn out! what do you guys think ?

-photo not by me-

Onto the next one

Jay Z

really interesting video.

love the styling on the girl on top of the speakers.

great editing.

awesome visuals.

DOPE.

Grand Opening

I remember when my mom first started going to beauty school to become a hair stylist. Years went by and she got her license! yay. good job momma! i remember the day of her test, she dropped me off  and I wished her good luck, later on she called me telling me she passed, so excited! years went by as she worked here and there but she would always talk about how she wanted a salon to herself..but  things always came up, money wise that is. 

Now looking back at everything my mom has done it came down to one very important day! her Grand Opening! I was so happy for her that day, you could just tell she was shining with happiness. I love my mom and i love my dad.

I took this pic the day of, it was when we were headed out and she had locked her salon. I told them "let me take a picture of you guys in front of the salon" 

this picture makes me happy

:)

Mexicano

Mi nombre es Alejandro Garcia Segura

soy Mexicano.

T.I.

Super talented but I feel like with all that money people still make mistakes and these arent mistakes that you can just rub off with an eraser. these are put you in jail type thing.  when he did that show with mtv or vh1 going around telling youth about how they should stay on the right path and do the right thing.LOL.

so after he gets out of jail and everything seems to be cool, he is caught with -i think drugs- but im not sure..the point is that hes facing charges again and possibly jail time...

but do people care though ? I mean just as long as he makes good music right ?  when his music starts to suck thats when we will care..lol..i think.. but either way...I dont think its a good image especially young kids that look up to him.

Carl

We met on the set of my shoot I shot at Sugar Cafe. From that day on we became pretty cool friends. Whenever I would have an idea for a shoot I would call him up " Ey Carl, I got this idea for a shoot and I want you wearing this and doing that" and his response would be "hell yeah man, im down"

he's great to work with and always brings a positive attitude. I miss Carl! hopefully the next time I shoot him will be in New York.

Ryan Holmes

Track Shoot @ UC Berkeley

Security

I forget his name.

He was cool. 

Alex & I were waiting in the lobby and I asked security dude I was about to take his picture. I wrote down my info on that notebook you guys see right over there chillin next to him..you see it? 

the bag under him is from McDonalds btw just in case you were wondering what that was.

Alex

This is my friend Alex! he helped out in todays shoot with Amira. I took this picture on a rooftop as we waited for them to get ready and come up to us. I was testing out the lighting and whatnot. Also he networked with Alvin , who manages Amira which turned out to be a shoot full of productive people. 

hustle.

AMIRA

Today I got the pleasure of shooting pop artist Amira, she's from Atlanta currently working on her single "Girls just want to have fun". She was great to work with, personality and charisma made me feel like I knew her before. That's a good thing cuz it makes shooting so much better. 

Tupac

Literally THE BEST baseball movie EVER made

      A League of Their Own

Everytime I watch this movie I enjoy it. Makes me feel like I know the characters personally.lol. such a good movie. I especially love Kit for being a rebel. good job Penny Marshall !

Why I lOVE Quentin Tarantino

I love all his movies. Especially his use of violence and dialogue. His cinematography is always looking great. especially in Kill Bill ! ( cannot wait for VOL.3 )when i watch a movie i pay attention to everything, from how the editing is done, to the way music starts up at a certain scene, the styling and what props they use in backgrounds..like i said...everything. im very picky to how a movie entertains me. and Quentin Tarantino does all that for me. one day I will shake his hand. 

!

M

DOPE

Te Quiero Mucho Mi Amor Heel

"Yo Quiero Mucho Tambien"

True

The only guy I love from high school as a friend.

why ? 

cuz

he's coo

she didn't like The other picture

HOT like Mexico, don't call her name

Katherine

I met her while we were both in school in our intro to film class.

I remember thinking to myself

" she's so good with what she does, always does a great job with her assignments"

and I wanted to be like her secretly, on time and dedicated.

I don't know how we started talking but we did. it was cool, I liked her style and how she carried herself as a person.

-I'm attracted to real people-

who would have thought that I would be living in her space and it was cool how she reffered me as her room mate this one time at band camp! LOL..jk..at her restaurant...here's the dialogue

kate= "I want you to meet my room mate, Alejandro"

My heart smiled :)

Anywho......

I want to take this blog time to thank her and tell her how much I love and admire her ( she knows, I'm sure she's reading this smiling calling me a dork )

whateva..

Two Photographers Against The World

Katherine Chunn & Alejandro Garcia

Claudia, Andrea & My brother

I love them without a doubt. Yes! we do argue sometimes and we fight about stupid shit at times but at the end of the day you can't help but forgive them and get over it.

It's weird to see my sisters grow up. I have the coolest sisters in the planet 3 reasons! 

1. they are not pregnant

2. they have goals!

3. Im their older brother !

My brother:

It was cool to go to school with him and actually take classes with him.LOL.so funny at times. we would make jokes about everyone in the classroom. haha. when he didnt go to class and stayed home I felt like wtf were suppose to go together! 

The coolest part:

We graduated at the same time, 

how cool is that? pretty fuckin awesome if you ask me

where are my glasses btw ? ugh

Mr. 3000

His style, lyrics & performance amazes me

My Love Gwen Stefani

No doubt!

inspiration for my shoot next week

I'm in Love

New York City

Saying goodbye to my family was a hard thing to do. I knew I was going to miss them like crazy but at the same time I was so excited to leave home and struggle to make a life of my own. At the airport.....I dont even know how to describe it, as I passed the security check point and looked back I saw My mom, brother,my sisters and my really good friend yadira and wondered when will I get to see them again and I couldn't believe it. The moment that I've always been waiting for was happening. I tried my hardest not to cry as I waved goodbye to mi familia. I sat down in the waiting area and started to think about my life. About all the things that I've done to help me get to where I was headed. I thought about how much hard work and dedication it took to accomplish what I set out to do. I was happy, I am happy and grateful for all the help and support my friends have given me -there's no need to mention any names, you guys know who you are :)   


         SFO to NYC JFK airport now boarding..


....sigh. I sat down and took out letters that some of my friends had written me. I couldn't help my tears from coming out as I read through them. I didn't give a fuck about who was sitting next to me. THIS WAS MY TIME TO CRY.LOL. ( I wasn't ballin' out or nothin' like that, they were just tears and sniffling ) as we took off I was saying goodbye to everything. Leaving to make my dream come true. 


       6 hrs later..
      
       - Now arriving to JFK airport, welcome to New York -


    

welcome to mi blog

My name is Alejandro Garcia. I'm a freelance

photographer living in New York.

enjoi ;)