domenica 26 dicembre 2010
venerdì 26 novembre 2010
Diana Castro:photoshop,extreme makeover
Taking in work, just message me if you are interested and I will reply to you asap!
No TF at the moment, only paid assignments.
Serious inquiries only please.
- Contact me for rates
- My rates are very reasonable. Normally around £10 $15 per image.
- I can also do contract monthly work on one payment.
- Turn around time varies between 24 hours to a few days dependant on my work flow and schedule or you can pay a little extra for super fast turn-around times.
- Anything is possible. I make sure you are 100% satisfied with the work.
- Payments are done via PayPal.com
Hello I’m Diana.. I have learnt a lot in a short space of time, I am a published retoucher.. a HUGE perfectionist, I retouch pixel by pixel. I NEVER use blur, if a blur effect is wanted then I still retouch pixel by pixel to give that effect. I like the control it gives me for the overall image.
I’m very easy to work with and friendly. Many of my clients have also become good friends.
Photo retouching started out as a hobby for me which quickly turned into a passion.. I have retouched for a long time now and retouching has become my second activity (after working as photographer )
, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love creating beautiful images and showing clients the potential of their work and I look forward to picking up more work through this website and expanding my business with new clients.
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
mercoledì 24 novembre 2010
Freelance Photographers wanted
Diana Castro Website
i am currently looking for two more professional photographers to shoot weddings and events in Chicago and suburbs.
ideal candidates must have:
a qualification in photography,
dynamism,
at least 3 years of experience ,
a good portfolio,
a reliable vehicle,
a digital professional SLR
at least 3 lenses (28mm, 50mm, 120mm)
and a professional flash.
spanish language skills are preferred but not required.
friendly ambience and good payments.
if you are interested visit my site and apply. remember to send me a link with a sample of your work for consideration
Diana
diana castro website
i am currently looking for two more professional photographers to shoot weddings and events in Chicago and suburbs.
ideal candidates must have:
a qualification in photography,
dynamism,
at least 3 years of experience ,
a good portfolio,
a reliable vehicle,
a digital professional SLR
at least 3 lenses (28mm, 50mm, 120mm)
and a professional flash.
spanish language skills are preferred but not required.
friendly ambience and good payments.
if you are interested visit my site and apply. remember to send me a link with a sample of your work for consideration
Diana
diana castro website
lunedì 15 novembre 2010
Flesh exhibition Coming Soon
Flesh Introduction
A Poem By Anonymous
Oh body, you are a gift of the Supreme.
Potentiality inexhaustible you have, deep within you.
To misunderstand you means to misunderstand
the chosen instrument of God.
You want not, you must not, you cannot conquer
the length and breadth of the world
with your physical strength.
Offer your growing heart
to the hearts far and near.
Offer your glowing soul
to the souls around, below, above. Then alone you become the conqueror
and possessor of God?s entire universe.
O my body, invoke your soul always
for you to lead. Invoke!
Never shall the monotony of the
uneventful life plague you.
With lightning speed yours shall be the ceaseless march . . . upward
to the Highest, inward to the Inmost, forward to the Farthest.
Sing, sing the song of Bliss in Immortality!
Breathe, breathe in the breath of Consciousness in Immortality!
Live, live the life of Existence in Immortality!
Death? Die you must not.
For your death will be a great loss to humanity and by far a greater loss to Divinity.
Fight, O my body, fight with ignorance to the bitterest end.
Never allow ignorance to envelop you, your outer cloak. Your tearing efforts shall be crowned with success.
O body of mine, fare you well for eternity.
May each earthly year of yours have a trillion fulfilling years.
God the Eternal Dreamer is dreaming
through you, with you.
God the Eternal Reality is living
for you, with you and in you.
diana castro website
martedì 9 novembre 2010
Diana Castro Exhibitions
Diana 's ArtWorks have been successfully exhibited in: Italy, France, USA, India, Canada and Israel .
Diana Castro works also as post productor retoucher for other photographers and co-operates with other artists throughout the USA.Contact Diana for more details about exhibitions
diana castro website
sabato 6 novembre 2010
Diana Castro editorials
Diana Castro 's images have won local and international acclaim and have graced te pages of many art and fashion magazines. Her approach to style and elegance has earned her the trust of magazine editors to capture their editorial fashion spreads,including numerous magazines cover images.
lunedì 1 novembre 2010
mercoledì 27 ottobre 2010
Diana Castro: Limbo Introduction
The realm of the virtuous pagan dead. Christianity dealt with the problem of those who lived virtuously before the coming of Christ and unbaptized infants by placing these souls in a special part of Hell, called Limbo. Here they suffered no pain, but were excluded from heavenly bliss In the Divina Commedia the poet Dante (1265–1321) is guided through this place by Virgil, a resident himself.
Limbo Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tis a strange place, this Limbo!--not a Place, Yet name it so;--where Time and weary Space Fettered from flight, with night-mare sense of fleeing, Strive for their last crepuscular half-being;-- Lank Space, and scytheless Time with branny hands Barren and soundless as the measuring sands, Not mark'd by flit of Shades,--unmeaning they As moonlight on the dial of the day! But that is lovely--looks like human Time,-- An old man with a steady look sublime, That stops his earthly task to watch the skies; But he is blind--a statue hath such eyes;-- Yet having moonward turn'd his face by chance, Gazes the orb with moon-like countenance, With scant white hairs, with fore top bald and high, He gazes still,--his eyeless face all eye;-- As 'twere an organ full of silent sight, His whole face seemeth to rejoice in light! Lip touching lip, all moveless, bust and limb-- He seems to gaze at that which seems to gaze on him! No such sweet sights doth Limbo den immure, Wall'd round, and made a spirit-jail secure, By the mere horror of blank Naught-at-all, Whose circumambience doth these ghosts enthral. A lurid thought is growthless, dull Privation, Yet that is but a Purgatory curse; Hell knows a fear far worse, A fear--a future state;--'tis positive Negation!
Diana Castro website
Diana Castro: Dejavu' Introduction
I look at the world from another side of the window my heart waiting with anticipation, struggling with nightmares. hour of solitary in meditation looking to find the next dimension, the meaning behind death, before it's too late our souls binned outside life's prisms, scraps of past lives before my eyes.
ghost shadow, waiting for me to find the consequence of our purgatory . An already lived moment Already seen Remembering the future Somewhere we have already been
A shiver down my spine A flash of eeriness too A feeling that you've already lived that moment.
This is just a dejavu'.
My Website
sabato 23 ottobre 2010
Diana Castro: Conflict&Rebirth Introduction
Life revives at the point of art’s rebirth,
Where we dream of painting the infinite.
Dreams are the language which mediates life,
Through life’s endless renewals we offer our dreams,
We pen and paint and sing this born pretense
To lend substance to what is endless air.
We dream of seeing what we are,
Of feeling it in our hands.
We invent the clay we need to sculpt
Ourselves into immortal forms, to populate the void.
The painting which mirrors the map of stars
Reflecting the image our souls have seen
Is the sacrament of our primal myths,
Though our efforts all sum to miniatures,
Scrimshaw scrawled on the fossils of our souls.
Our ambition demands the mirror-quest,
We search through our minds for the sheens we need,
The scene demands all perfections at once,
For the image of life to reflect what life is,
For the sum of the suns to shine on the waves,
Compiling an arch toward the solar key,
Rosetta stone of the night’s lost mystery,
Promising illumination at last, forever -
As the lines tremble and coincide,
We behold the bridge consummated.
We dream the eternal bridge, an eternal cycle crystallized.
Plato called thought a process of remembrance.
All past threshholds of sleep sum the souls which awake,
Our long-sleeping souls which carve lines into shade,
Which the new sun inflames into visions.
But these are the scenes which danced in our eyes
As we last fell asleep.
While we dream we compile a new image-world,
We only dust off the old one.
Waking, we only dust off ourselves.
This is the crystal we dream.
We wake anew, to a sun we’ve never seen,
Whose mystery lends clues of continuity.
We search the dawn’s shadows for traces of night,
And of what we dream we saw
In the dreams we dream we dreamt all night,
In a night we know never was
But we try to pretend into having been.
For if it really passed, and the dreams really danced,
They could have danced to a song from yesterday,
Where we once danced for a different sun,
Whose clues of continuity lend mystery
To this morning’s sun we’ve never seen.
If the light and love of our newest dawns
Were mingled in any of our past nights,
The spangling would range infinite,
Splashing the sky with a million dazzling suns.
The shores of this sky at our islands’ fringe
Would dissolve all bounds of vision and voice,
Assuming all life we could ever know.
The fringe of forever would harmonize
Becoming and being, and we’d finally find peace.
But in art we find only intimations,
Whose frailness belies the dream of peace,
Implies storm and surge and the billowed fears.
But the battering wave is why we live,
To share its ride’s the vast purpose we dream,
And we see that life is not what we paint,
That our art is our souls’ respiration;
That we paint our lives at our breathing pace,
Conjure ourselves from the nothing we were,
Blaze with the light of the life that we are.
Diana Castro Website
venerdì 22 ottobre 2010
The last reincarnation Introduction
Reincarnation, by Wallace McRae
What is reincarnation? A cowboy asked his friend.
It starts, his old pal told him, when your life comes to an end.
They wash your neck and comb your hair and clean your fingernails,
And put you in a padded box away from life’s travails.
The box and you goes in a hole that’s been dug in the ground.
Reincarnation starts in when you’re planted neath that mound.
Them clods melt down, just like the box, and you who is inside.
And that’s when you begin your transformation ride.
And in a while the grass will grow upon your rendered mound,
Until some day, upon that spot, a lonely flower is found.
And then a horse may wander by and graze upon that flower
That once was you, and now has become your vegetated bower.
Now, the flower that the horse done eat, along with his other feed,
Makes bone and fat and muscle essential to the steed.
But there’s a part that he can’t use and so it passes through.
And there it lies upon the ground, this thing that once was you.
And if perchance, I should pass by and see this on the ground,
I’ll stop awhile and ponder at this object that I’ve found.
I’ll think about Reincarnation and life and death and such,
And come away concludin’, why, you ain’t changed all that much.
dianacastroart.jimdo.com
sabato 9 ottobre 2010
venerdì 8 ottobre 2010
Diana Castro photography: Portraits,fashion,weddings
We document weddings in an unobtrusive and relaxing fun way to capture your natural beauty and personality.Some call it storytelling.
We believe that good wedding photography should incorporate all these styles to bring out the uniqueness of your day.
We provide a variety of services to accomodate your specific needs,including destination weddings,on-location shoots and studio portraits.
You ca trust us to capure the beauty and the magic of your most important day.
Diana Castro and her well trained professional photoraphers are dedicated to providing individual attention to every couple.
Diana Castro prides herself on offering the best in creative wedding , fashion photographyand postProduction.
giovedì 7 ottobre 2010
lunedì 20 settembre 2010
Diana Castro: "magic Arts" Artwork
What do i mean by "Magic Arts"? i mean that each human being is actually a divine one since we have a part inside of us that survives death and natural psychic abilties.
Do Magic really exists? We establish the value and the power that people or things have over our minds. Magic Art exists if we believe it does.
those such called "magic arts " are not really Magic they are just a potential of our minds.
of course i'm not a superstition person, but is evident that there's something in the universe which is much much bigger than us.
The universe communicates with us anytime although we don't even realise it most of the times .
Universe talks to us through signs . So if your lucky symbol is a butterfly for example and you need an answer the universe will create for you events of syncronicity to give you the answers that you need . and you'll tend to encounter more and more butterflies in your daily life.
The universe can talk to you through the words of another person or even through the phrases a song that is "accidentally" played when you feel particullarly doubtful.
Some might say it's just an illusion or concidence but "coincidence" is another name of The Holy Spirit.
there are thousands of things that we cannot see with our eyes but it does not mean that thay not exist... none of us can see the waves of the radio, but who can say that radio is an illusion?
i 'm very happy for being born in this wonderful era .
today Wisdom and knowledge are at the hand of everyone. You just establish the way to communicate with the universe. you establish your own luck and destiny.
All the things that we have in our life (both Positive/Negative) are just the results of what we have attracted .
My work "Magic Arts has been considered as Surrealistic Art by many. but i can tell you that i never been so real and accurate. Each image has a specific meaning.
i chose to express myself by using symbols and icons that probably are not understandable for those who believe only in Five senses.
The image called "delivery in waters and lotus " can look weird but.... water is a symbol of birth , rebirth and purification .
Our terrestrial journey resembles a lot to the evolution of a lotus.
The roots of Lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on top of the water surface. the lotus represents our spiritual evolution.
The Image called "Leonardo and Monalisa" is very funny and full of imagination.(is whispered that Leonardo attended esoteric groups)
Monalisa was probably an appartion or she was just in his imagination.
how can you justify the way that this brunette woman who is not so attractive obliges you to stare at her and to leave reality until you are subject to her glance ?
Many people claimed to feel a strange energy coming out from that painting.
besides artistically that painting is not even Leonardo's best one...
And yet there 's not price in this world to buy "Monalisa".
My Work "magic arts" is dedicated to all of you who are still able to believe in our natural self-healing power, in our inner Light and Love for The "Unexplainable".
Diana Castro
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
Diana Castro: About Photography and digital editing
Status =
Taking in work, just message me if you are interested and I will reply to you asap!
No TF at the moment, only paid assignments.
Serious inquiries only please.
- Contact me for rates
- My rates are very reasonable. Normally around £10 $15 per image.
- I can also do contract monthly work on one payment.
- Turn around time varies between 24 hours to a few days dependant on my work flow and schedule or you can pay a little extra for super fast turn-around times.
- Anything is possible. I make sure you are 100% satisfied with the work.
- Payments are done via PayPal.com
Hello I'm Diana.. I have learnt a lot in a short space of time, I am a published retoucher.. a HUGE perfectionist, I retouch pixel by pixel. I NEVER use blur, if a blur effect is wanted then I still retouch pixel by pixel to give that effect. I like the control it gives me for the overall image.
I'm very easy to work with and friendly. Many of my clients have also become good friends.
Photo retouching started out as a hobby for me which quickly turned into a passion.. I have retouched for a long time now and retouching has become my second activity (after working as photographer )
, I wouldn't change it for the world. I love creating beautiful images and showing clients the potential of their work and I look forward to picking up more work through this website and expanding my business with new clients.
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
domenica 19 settembre 2010
Diana Castro "About Fashion"
1. Always pick a striking avatar!. It must stand out! I browse through hundreds of profiles daily (its fun) and I've discovered that avatars can be first impressions (or last)
2. Pick your target audience Photographers? Wardrobe designers? Makeup Artists? What genres are you interested in? Do you want more paid gigs at this point or just trade shoots? (Write down your expectations from each collaboration. )
3. Ask yourself "how should I represent myself to my target audience?". You, yourself, and just by yourself are a company and corporation. You have profits, losses, and assets. You can outsource your makeup, wardrobe, location, and even ideas. But eventually your success will depend on good management of your own resources.
About presentation: if you want to meet wardrobe designers, pick an avatar which shows off how well you carry yourself, preferably in a complicated outfit. If you're looking for makeup artists, your avatar could be a simple headshot presented as a canvas. You like glamor modeling? Fine. Your avatar has outlines of your body, the curves, and legs! In your portfolio you can go wild.
How to critique anything (replace poem/poet appropriately):
"I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery
was really particularly effective.
.. and ...
interesting rhythmic devices too,
which seemed to counterpoint the ...
counterpoint the surrealism
of the
underlying metaphor of the ...
humanity of the ...
of the poet's compassionate soul,
which contrives through
the medium of the verse structure
to sublimate this, transcend that,
and come to terms with the
fundamental dichotomies of the other,
and one is left with a
profound and vivid insight
into ...
into ...
Into whatever it was the poem was about!"
-- Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
Douglas Adams was author of such critically acclaimed books as
Last Chance to See,
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
venerdì 17 settembre 2010
Diana Castro Photography: Chaosville exhibition
Location:
1011 N.Clark St
Chicago, IL
Dates:
July 3rd, 2010
08:30 PM
-
02:30 AM
Event Coordinator:
Michelle Bruni
Event Planner
773 961 6792
photodreamstudio@yahoo.com
Registration:
are NOT required to register for this event.
The “Chaosville” seen by the “prophet artist” Diana Castro
seven images created by the italian american photograher/Artist Diana Castro.
Chaosville a realistic surrealistic landscape .
"this loss of spirituality is turning the human being into a primitive man. Men don't have any scruple anymore , they do the worst things and also expect that the other side of the world to justify them! when somebody loses his/her spirituality and respect for others becomes like an animal! " Diana Castro said.
The raw images are strong and captivating. seven images oil on canvas in which the human figures are grossly hilariously painted : rapes , brawls, orgies are interpretated with an ironic bitterness in contrast with the beauty of a perfect oil on canvas landscape.
So then the modern man is destroying this world?
S.Miller
Chicago Art world community
martedì 14 settembre 2010
Diana Castro, artist and photographer extraordinaire!...What a fabulous site!...Her grasp of surrealism, realism, mysticism, and sexuality emerges effortlessly from her paintings and photographs. The sheer volume of her work, and beauty of every single piece, just took my breath away. I am honored to have her as a friend and business contact. i highly recommend her...She is a consumate, professional!...
Richard J. Cronborg Chicago Artist and published author
Diana is an AMAZING Artist/Photographer. Her ability to turn digital images into a work of inspiring art goes beyond description. She has an insight ( a sixth sense if you will) about the subjects in front of her and using her imagination, creativity, technical Know how, and profound understanding of all visual arts, such as composition, color, scale, similarity, order, and many psychological or psychophysical factors, she creates photographic masterpieces. She elicits consistently profound emotional response that makes the viewer want to look at her images over and over again. She captures the most beautiful, elegant romantic portraits that take your breath away.
Gigi Faraci Harris "Spirit of play Production"
President and owner (Schaumburg IL)
documentary films, music videos, personal &corporate events, web and info commercial
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
sabato 11 settembre 2010
The “Chaosville” seen by the “prophet artist/photographer” Diana Castro
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
by s.miller
The “Chaosville” seen by the “prophet artist” Diana Castro
The Chaosville series.
seven images created by the italian american photograher/Artist Diana Castro.
Chaosville a realistic surrealistic landscape .
"the loss of spirituality is turning the human being into a primitive man. Men don't have any scruple anymore , they do the worst things and also expect that the other side of the world to justify them! when somebody loses his/her spirituality and respect for others becomes like an animal! " Diana Castro said.
The raw images are strong and captivating. seven images oil on canvas in which the human figures are grossly hilariously painted : rapes , brawls, orgies are interpretated with an ironic bitterness in contrast with the beauty of a perfect oil on canvas landscape.
So then the modern man is destroying this world?
S.Miller
Chicago Art world community
venerdì 10 settembre 2010
Diana Castro"Art Works" Cocoons,Chrysalids&butterflies"
Cocoons,Chrysalids&Butterflies
Spring was coming up
........then a ray of light
smiled at me , it warmed me up.
It lifted me up to the sky
and i saw the blue again.
I caressed the gems
ready to blossom
i drank the dew
it quenched my thirst
and bathed my garden.
The butterflies landed on the corollas.
Spring was coming up
Giuseppina Mira Poem.
Sometimes although we do not know the reasons we withdraw in ourselves .
Suddenly something occurs which it is worth turning into chrysalids and then in butterflies..
then you find out the reason why it takes dying to experience resurrection.
and like a butterfly that knows what being a larva (coccon) means you first turn into a chrysalid and then into a butterfly.
and like a butterfly open up your wings to fly over
to be blessed by beauty and peace.
Diana Castro:artist/photographer/postproductor chicago new york
Diana Castro: New studio in the heart of Chicago
http://dianacastroart.jimdo.com/
Diana Castro was born in Des-Plaines IL in 1981.
Diana works as artist, professional photographer and digital programs expert.
Her work is now based in Chicago and New York.
She discoverd photography at the age of twelve when she was gifted of an old vivitar reflex camera.
She has never stopped to capture images ever since.
After having studied art and photography in Rome she realized how digital programs (Photoshop,Illustrator,PhotoPainter) could be usefu for her artistic research.
Diana's desire to produce more original and unique images has taken her to travel and work around the world, especially : Israel, USA, China , Italy, France, India, Mexico and Brazil have been particularly inspirational to find new ideas and more energy in order to improve her visual language and enhance her style.
This anthropological/spiritual research has enabled her to combine her extensive technical experience with commissions and artworks that are not only more creative and introspective but also allow her to expess herself with more strength and passion than ever.
She wanted to take her work into an area where the components of a single , or a series of images , tell a story and move emotionally , rather than simply showing or serving as a testimony.
Diana's goal is capturing the real essence of of the subjects not only a moment of their life.
Her enthusiasm ensures her committment to staying fresh,inventive and on top of the latest industry trends.
This has led her to a particularly productive period including the Artworks "Chaosville" and " Cocoons, Chrysalid&butterflies".
Diana 's ArtWorks have been successfully exhibited in: Italy, France, USA, India, Canada and Israel .
Diana Castro works also as post productor retoucher for other photographers and co-operates with other artists throughout the USA.
Diana provides a variety of services to accomodate your specific needs and offers a very creative, artistic approach in capturing elegant fashion shots, portraits and romantic photographs in a sophisticated, modern italian style to capture your natural beauty and personality.
Schedule an appointment.
No obligation consultation
giovedì 9 settembre 2010
Diana Castro: fine art photography/postproduction/digital art
Here's an example of some of the ala carte choice we offer to customize your coverage.
We offer unique products and services at surprisingly affordable rates.
Flexible hours of coverage.
High resolution disc.
Glamour Digital Portraits in studio and/or outdoors (photoshop editing included)
Fine Art Conceptual Portraits in large format 4x5 B&W/Color film.
Fashion (bridal, beauty editorials,advertising)
Creative and interpretative books and sleeves for singers and musicians
Books for models , actors etc .
Weddings.
Engagement photo session and guest book.
Digital Optimization and retouch is included in the price of each photo session.
Digital ArtWorks
Digital gif animation layout,clipart etc
Digital Retouch and restoration of any image included vintage photos (photoshop, illustrator, photopainter).
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