rio filho!

soooooooo, way back in march, i went on a spectacular 2-week vacation to south america with some friends to see the radioheads...and do other stuff. it was amazing - everywhere you looked in rio and buenos aires was a phototunitiy. (sao paulo was another matter, but i digress.) and i shot some photos...600 or so...really good ones...of really beautiful places...but no one believes me because no one other than me has seen them. because since i've been back, i've taken a million pictures...of lovely people and events...who have paid us money to do so and expect their photos in a timely fashion. but that fact hasn't stopped the chorus of "WHEN ARE WE GUNNA SEE RIO PICTURES???" messages i've been getting from pretty much everyone i know. so, yesterday morning my brain clicks awake waaaaaaaay too early. and instead of diving into work pics, i decided to make a quick run through the vakay pics to quell the masses. so, here are 6...594 to go.

gin courtesy of united



iguazu falls. so ridiculously beautiful.


christ the redeemer. i was more knocked over by this than i thought i would be. the clouds had a lot to do with it.


sao conrado beach in rio...i know, huh!


the view from sugar loaf at twilight...dramatic cloud cover included with admission price.

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And the Winner is....

So, when I don't have my camera strap slung across my shoulder, my day job is in the magazine printing industry. I work with publishers to get their magazines printed and on the newsstand, or in my case, crammed into my barbie-doll-coffin-sized mailbox.

Anyway... there's an association (http://www.wpa-online.org/) that honors the best of the west in magazine publishing at an awards event each April called the "Maggies". Deanna and I shot this year's event and the HIGHLIGHT for me was seeing my favorite magazine, VegNews (http://www.vegnews.com/) winning two Maggie Awards! (THE best Vegan Lifestlye Magazine EVAH!)

When the Publisher and Associate Publisher from VegNews each left the stage with their award, I swooped in for a photograph AND had to tell them that I was Vegan and I loved their magazine and they were awesome, and that VegNews made being Vegan easy and and and and .... okay.... I'm sure I came off like a total freak stalker, but in the end I took a fun photo of them!

I LOVE getting their magazine in the mail and read it cover to cover. I was so happy that they won two WELL deserved awards!!!

Cheers times 2!

-Catherine

Here are a few other fun photos from the event too.

Orange Coast Magazine celebrates.
My favorite photo of the night... these gals from Nails Magazine won at least 5 awards!
Foot and Ankle Magazine posse pose for me.