Gomez Photography Blog

Radnor Lake

2011-10-03T17:17:00.001-07:00

My wife,Trish ,was out of town this weekend so I decided to take the kids out for a hike on a beautiful fall day. We walked all the way around the lake on the trails and Nicholas made the most out of getting a dollar for every wildlife animal spotted. We saw several deer, geese, other critters and a Great Blue Heron. We looked for the eagles but did not them. Maybe next time. Here is an image of the heron.

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A grape day at the Keg Springs Winery.

2011-08-31T19:07:00.001-07:00

We started out early with some friends from Belle Mead Plantation to pick and juice some grapes for the Plantation Winery. It was a great process to capture on still and video. I have been working on a documentary of the Plantation Winery for the past year so keep an eye out for the film soon.

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FlashMob

2011-08-07T20:29:00.001-07:00

I just was wondering, has there ever been a flashmob of flashers?

New book.

2011-08-07T10:11:00.001-07:00

I don't read books very often, but but I'm diving into a new book called Radical by David Platt. I might end up with more questions than answers , but maybe that's a good thing.

Got an ipad2

2011-08-06T21:50:00.001-07:00

Maybe I'll blog more.

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Proud mentor moment .

2010-10-17T17:59:00.001-07:00

Supermodel Helena Christensen Fetes Photog Drew Doggett | NBC New York

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Fishing in fall

2010-10-17T15:37:00.001-07:00

No bites,but a hell of a good photo op!

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A fall afternoon well spent

2010-10-17T15:30:00.001-07:00

Today my three sons and l spent a fine day hunting arrow heads ,stream fishing, and shooting the pellet gun. We always come home with soaked pants ,river pruned feet muddy shoes and a pockets full of rocks. But I came home with something more solid than rocks . Time well spent. These are the times they will remember, and the times they will look forward to again. No arroweds were found, no bites on the cricket baited hook, just pockets full of solid reminders of what life is really all about.

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the whole gang

2010-10-08T06:35:00.001-07:00

I showed Michael Carter this wasp nest early this morning .
He said that it was the whole gang: geleral, sargeant, lieutenant,captain corporal and privates. You don't want to mess wit dat dis morning! Day all gonna get you!

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wake up

2010-10-08T05:02:00.001-07:00

Birds are chirping, alarm is buzzing, another good day to mark things off the list one at a time and not think about the big picture. Just what's next.

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Head Games

2010-06-21T05:06:00.001-07:00

When I go to the restroom at a gas station or somewhere where it looks like a train plowed through it, I like to mess with the mind of the next one after me by dressing the toilet paper as if it was a fancy hotel.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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100 yr flooding

2010-05-01T16:18:00.001-07:00

Could this be what they call a 100 year flood? Wow it's mother nature way of washing out our mess. We found a football , a vollyball and a basketball in our yard.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Music City Kids Marathon

2010-04-23T17:15:00.001-07:00

My son Matthew ran the Kids Marathon today. He got Eddie George's autograph on his metal.
Now at Sonic for a treat. Tomorrow is the district Pinewood
Derby.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:25th Ave N,Nashville,United States

Jay Leno should use this on his headlines part if the Late Show

2010-04-17T20:25:00.001-07:00

Saw this on the way home from a date with my wife.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:25th Ave N,Nashville,United States

Out with the hottest chick in town!

2010-04-17T19:03:00.001-07:00

I'm out with the hottest chick in town tonight. My wife Trish. Dinner at Big River and a sparkle in her eyes. What more could a man want.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:Nashville,United States

Thoughts about this life

2010-02-16T17:07:00.001-08:00

Life is a series lessons, not a series of tests. There may be a pop quiz now and then or crossroads were we to stop and look back. We can see what kind of student we are. Maybe we see ourselves as a victim taking a course that we cannot remember signing up for.
As we discover answers we can sometimes also discover more questions to ask. Is this because we are asking the wrong questions to begin with? Maybe we ask questions where the answers are beyond our understanding in this life. I would like to believe that it is all arranged by angels but I cannot prove this theory one way or the other. I can just believe it to be true for myself.
On this cold but beautiful day , I stood behind my dear friend and his wife as they lowered their baby girl into the earth. If there was an answer to their "why?" I'm sure it would not be much more comfort then they received from family and friends who were most likely asking the same question.
How can we move forward when faced with a crossroad of this magnitude. In any direction we choose, there is a guarantee of pain and pleasure joy and sorrow. This goes for everyone and there are no exceptions. Knowing that may offer some comfort. The paths we choose can collide or merge with others on their life's journey. We can choose to remain close or far away as we travel. If we remain close, we can celebrate the joys just as we can comfort or receive comfort through the pain. This is the recipe we call life. We can also call it love, but only if we let one another know that they are not alone.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Valentines Day

2010-02-14T15:39:00.001-08:00

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

Mother Teresa

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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It's my birthday

2010-02-13T16:57:00.001-08:00

It's my birthday! This is my wife Trish who is turning 39 tomorrow. Where does the time go? She is still 25 to me. We missed our movie yesterday after diner so we strolled through the mall and got massages at Brookstone. We also tried on the brain massage unit. She will get a real one tonight : ).

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Happy Birthday to Dad

2010-02-09T22:46:00.001-08:00

Bella , Matthew, Charlie and Nicolas in a group photo with Grandpa who turned 72 today.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Good game.

2010-02-07T19:36:00.001-08:00

Well it looks like it was the year for the Saints.
That was a good Super Bowl glad the Saints won it.
Thanks Damon Bagwell for the awesome gumbo and hospitality a Super Bowl party to remember.
Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:Tennessee 100,Metropolitan Government,United States

Just like the old days.

2010-01-30T09:59:00.001-08:00

Iced streets make great sled tracks. I felt like I was 8 years old again. Matthew had to be talked into going all the way to the top of the hill, but when he laughed all the way down it didn't seem as bad as he thought it would be. Kind of like me skiing a dew weeks ago in Squaw Valley with my buds Durand and John. They talked my down a few slopes that I would shy away from. Then I could not wait to go up and do it again.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:St Andrews Dr,Franklin,United States

Weather!!!

2010-01-29T06:57:00.001-08:00

I love the snow. Hope it snows all day and night. Bring it ! I don't know why people here feak out so much about it.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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At the Ringling Bros Circus

2010-01-22T18:51:00.001-08:00

It's been a long time since I've been to the circus. What a show indeed. The kids are wide eyed amazed. Me too. Now I know why they say that life is like a circus, sometimes I feel like I'm in my own circus blind folded and walking a wire.

or jumping through fire.

Maybe about to get bounced on by a large beast.

but thank God it's mostly like a big group of crazy friends having a great time.

yeh, thats what it is ... One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready , go Gomez go.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:5th Ave N,Nashville,United States

Life is a walk in the park.

2010-01-18T21:40:00.001-08:00

A nice lunch with my buddy Matthew Drumright youngest son Nicholas and our new puppy Lyla. Then a walk around the park to feed the ducks and my soul. When I first started shooting I lived less than a mile from the park. I was here all the time taking photos with a borrowed camera. It took me back and made me ask myself. What would I be doing now if I didn't discover photography? I have no idea, because I cannot see myself doing anything else but photography now that I'm here. The trick now is to separate myself from what I love to do. Can this be done? I am what I think!? What do I think about most? God the most, but I am not God, I am Michael Gomez and photography is what I do to pay the bills and for fun. I am a husband to my wife, a father to my child, a dog to my dog, a friend to my friend and strange to a stranger. Who is normal anyway?What is normal? We are all really strangers to each other unless we are mind readers. Who am I to God? Who is God to me? I have been lucky enough to ask this question to myself now and not seek the answer from someone else. Most of my life I have been told who I am or should be and who God is or should be to me. I had my doubts about it all. To many details to digest without experience to go along with it. That's like cookies without milk. A filet mignon without red wine or peas without carrots. How do I cram for a pop quiz that life has for me? Well believe it or not I found my answer! You can find your own. You just have to ask the right question(s). So I am something different to different people but I can be a photographer to all of them. To a client, my wife, child, dog, friend, stranger, myself, and even God. I love photography and with the same bond I can be the same to to everyone around me. LOVE. You thought I was going to say photography. I'll take their photo, you bet, but LOVE is my answer
to the big picture I want to share with the world.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:Centennial Park Nashville

View from my room at the Resort at Squaw Creek

2010-01-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

This is the view from my room in the morning. Not bad , but it could be better if Trish was here to share it with me. Squaw Valley is a great place to ski. Long trails nice coverage. It seemed like everyone just left as we arrived. New Years celebration is over here so the slopes are wide open.

2nd day Skiing , my legs are burning at the end of the day. I went down some trails that I would never go down if John 'Ski Dog" and Durand didn't talk me into. Glad I went now. Blue and black diamonds. Tomorrow will be another adventure. Hope to take the big camera up on the slopes to get some better shots.

Ski trip

2010-01-03T19:50:00.001-08:00

I'm skiing in Thaoe right now with great friends and thank God
Good ski coaches. I cannot believe some of the slopes I went down. And the speed. Tomorrow I'll push a bit more. Blue diamonds and a few black diamonds. Be looking on my site
www.gomezphotography.com for a new photo of the day.
I just got out of the much needed hot tub. I'm going to be aching tomorrow but that's ok. When I get back it's px90 time.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Location:Tahoe

2009-12-15T15:39:00.000-08:00

Gomez Photography blog update.

Well , I'm not the best at updating my blog . It seems that there is always so much to do in the day and I just don't get around to it or have anything to write about. I also just have to make this a habit.

Today I worked on my computer all day. I have taken everything off and reinstalled all my applications. Its a time consuming project. The sad thing is, i still cannot get some of my Photoshop plugins to work on CS4.

I talked to a few other photographers about a Nashville co-op studio today. It seems like this project can be a reality. Im still looking for the perfect place. Im also waiting for the Holidays to pass so I can spend more time on it.

Location:

Nashville Co-op Photography Studio

2009-10-29T09:47:00.000-07:00

Nashville Tn Co-Op Photography Studio Meeting . Nov 09,2009 6pm and Studio Daylight

521 8th Ave South Nashville TN 37203 Studio # 307

Open Meeting .

Discover the possibilities of a co-op Photography Studio in Nashville. Member based.

Share your vision pros and cons.

Hosted by Michael Gomez and Gomez Photography

http://www.help-portrait.com

2009-10-14T12:58:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Cowart is a very good photographer but even a better human. Check out this project. Help Portrait.

Some times we forget where we come from or how we got here. We forget about the ones who helped kick down doors for us. Where are they now? What would they tell you to do next? The one who gives more, has more. Share your talents, share your time, share who you are. We can discover our true self and purpose by the reflection we see in the many lives we encounter.

http://www.help-portrait.com

Talk Radio

2009-07-31T16:05:00.000-07:00

My wife was just on the Phil Valentine Show talking to Phil about nutrition and diet.

you can see her web site at www.thewellnourishedmom.com . Proud of her! Go Trish! You can hear her interview at http://galleries.gomezphotography.com/phil_valentine_show.mp3

I did his book cover a few years back. He is a good guy , but I don't like to listen to all that political talk radio poop any more. Its just too negative for me. Stirs up hate and polarized info.

It's just like every group. They all want to be right. So they talk and gripe among themselves to feel that they are supported in their "right" ways and press 6 the "heathen" button to reject the others with a different opinion. You should not condemn unless you have a real solution. There is no real solution , because everyone is different and deservers to do what works for them excluding imposing themselves on others. ahhhhh, now thats the key. Well , I dont have the answers for you because Im still trying to figure the answers out for myself. That is a hard enough task.

Buddies

2009-07-15T06:07:00.000-07:00

See top of blog. Deep thoughts time.

Have you ever walked into a totally dark room that you have never been in before and just knew that there was a light switch in there somewhere. The room is full of all sorts of crap that you have to step over and trip on to finally find the light switch. When you finally find it , you have stepped out of the room to get a break from the darkness and the unknown . You say OH ! YEH! Cauze you found out the switch was on outside of the door just before you went in. You just assumed it was on the inside of the room and to the right where most switches are found. Well that happened to me this past week but it was all in my head. I found the switch and the light is back on. I stepped into a dark place in my mind, and became angry at God. I was not really angry at "God", I was angry at the god that everyone else wants me to believe in. I don't know that god, the only God I know is the one that I have discovered for myself and come to believe in. Guess thats is why they call it a personal relationship. No matter how hard people try to explain what God means to them, one may never fully understand what the others really feel or what they are talking about. The only God you will ever know is the one you find inside yourself. So if you are angry at the god every one wants you to believe in and tells you about, you are just swinging in the dark and at something that is not there. You only know what you have come to experience about God and that will have to be good enough for everyone else. If you discover this truth , then you will discover that God then dwells in you. Yes, you are part of God and God you. Where does your brain end and your mind begin? Find the switch and discover for yourself the divine that you possess. Thank you Kyle Wyley for being a Buddy

Give A Damn Sunday

2009-07-12T19:32:00.000-07:00

Watching Nathan Lee play at the 12th and Porter. All Proceeds go to dig wells in Africa. Come next Sunday and see a great show.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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2009-07-08T15:27:00.000-07:00

Harrison Ware

Future Tv Star.

This is who I had a session with today. You just know what "it " is when you see "it"

Happy 4th and Happy Birthday Matthew

2009-07-04T17:02:00.001-07:00

Went to my buddys Birthday Party cookout. He is 26 today and launched his new website www. matthewdrumrightphotography.com

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Chuck Wicks in Studio Daylight today

2009-07-02T16:49:00.000-07:00

Had a quick photo session with Chuck Wicks in the studio. Very nice guy, easy to work with. Chuck will be the host of the CELEB GOLF CLASSIC for Nashville State Community College in October 2009. Thank you for all who helped. Brent Young ,Jenny Newman, Nick Bumgardner , Wess Aldridge, Matthew Drumright,Taylor Floyd, and Gina Anderson. Here is a personal shot I did of him.

A Great Builder

2009-07-01T08:49:00.001-07:00

I went to see about a kitchen project today. My bud, Donnie Thompson can really do a fine remodeling job on any area of your house. He will have a new web site coming soon , and i will be taking the photos. You can call him at 615 593-4694

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Working in my undies today.

2009-06-30T11:54:00.001-07:00

Well maybe that sounds a bit TMI but I have a ton of Photoshop Retouches to do and office work. Maybe at the end of the day Ill make it in to Nashville and organize Studio Daylight a bit. It's funny ya know. Photographer Norman Jean Roy named the studio when he worked out of Nashville. He gave it to me when he left and took off like a rocket to fame and fortune. The name stuck. Studio Daylight is for sure one of Nashville great photo studios. Great natural light. Some of the best Nashville photographers have worked out of Studio Daylight over the years. Many out of town photographers too. Back to the retouches. Here is a photo of me next to a portrait I did of the 2009 World Grand Champion Walking Horse El Nino.I had to make 7 giant prints to hang up all over Tennessee. There is one hanging at the State Capitol Builing in Downtown Nashville. Chromatics did a great
Job on the printing. This was the day we hung it up for display at TWHBEA. I hope I can take the portrait again this year.

photo taken by my bud Shawn Davie a very talented and up coming photographer and world travler.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Website blog

2009-06-29T13:29:00.001-07:00

Way cool just learned how to link my sitewelder website to my blog page. They said it could not be done. I should have been a genius. But I'll just have to stay a goof ball instead.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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Another first time blog from iPhone

2009-06-29T06:08:00.001-07:00

I can't wait to get the new iPhone and post some cool pics from the new camera and video. Blog is such a funny word for this. I'll test an image from my iPhone right now. Second hand better not. Still naked in bed.
I have a lot of computer work to catch up on today. This is good since I'm sore from all the yard work this weekend. Dang it was a hot one! Maybe Al Gore is right. That was hard for me to say.

Check out my friends Nathan Lee and Kyle Wiley at 12th and Porter July 5th. Help get some water to thousands of thirsty Africans. And I thought I was thirsty this weekend.

Michael Gomez
www.gomezphotography.com
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First blog !

2009-06-28T23:54:00.000-07:00

Good night! just got all this set up stuff done and I'm pooped.

Fantastic shoot today with Patrick Davis

2000-12-31T16:00:00.000-08:00

Who did Michael Gomez Photography work with today? Patrick Davis
What a class act. Working with Patrick was a breeze. A real and down to earth musician who writes his own music.

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