Tuesdays Together Miami | Rising Tide

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Tuesdays Together Miami had their first meeting June of 2015. It was just one month after the Rising Tide Society hosted its first set of meetups. I went to my first meeting in October of 2015. It was absolutely amazing. I found out about it because I saw 2 friends of mine, a photographer and a graphic designer, in a group photo together on Instagram and Facebook. After that, I joined and never looked back. 

Venue Host: Paint & Party Studio
Selfie Photo by: Kristy & Vic Photography

Venue Host: The Salvage Snob
Photography: Kristy & Vic Photography

 

“Every day the Honeybook | Rising Tide team are on a mission to empower the creative economy to rise together, doing what they love.” – Rising Tide Society + Honeybook 

 

Venue Host: Paint & Party Studio
Photography: Courtney Jones Photography

 

They host local meetups worldwide. Each group location is called Tuesdays Together + city name. You can find one near you on their map of TuesdaysTogether chapters site.

 

Tuesdays Together Miami meet once a month on a Tuesday. The main purpose is for local creative business owners to support and encourage one another. Each month there is a topic set by the leaders of Rising Tide that is discussed at the meetings. We talk about things related to starting and running a creative business. Some of the topics have been SEO, Pinterest, Protecting Your Business, Social Media, Workflow, Client Experience, Business Planning, Branding, and much more. We are provided a resource guide with tips and everyone chimes in with their knowledge and questions.

 

Venue Host: Unearthed Rentals
Photography: Erica Melissa

 

What we do: Community
a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

What we don’t do: Networking
interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one’s career.

 

Backdrop: Boxxed Events
Beverages: Cortiella Photography
Bistro Lighting: Twilight Production
Desserts: Sweet Guilt by Angelica
Entertainment + Lighting: Gannon Events
Furniture Rentals: Rumbas Event Rentals + Artefactum Initiative
Props / Table Styling: Taylor Event & Floral Design
Signage: Love Life Invites
Jazz Piano Player: Nickolas Feijoo
Venue Host: Curtiss Mansion
Photography: Ana Garcia Photography

 

I try to attend each month but there has been occasions where I am unable to. For example, one time I was out of town visiting Charleston, SC. You can see photos from that trip on the Charleston South Carolina blog post. 

 

Our neighbor by chapter is the Tuesdays Together Fort Lauderdale. We have done a Tuesdays Together Miami + Fort Lauderdale joint quarterly meetings together. There was one in which we had the Rising Tide Co-Founder & Head of Community at Honeybook, Natalie Franke. It was absolutely amazing to meet her in person. She’s one of the reasons this community came about along with the co-founders that helped create it.

 

Ana Garcia and Natalie Franke

My shirt reads: “A rising tide lifts all boats” – JFK
A motto of the Rising Tide Society

 

Venue & Bar: Penthouse at Riverside Wharf
Photography: Enuel Viera Photography
Speakers: Natalie Franke, Kristy & Vic Photography, Chef Paty, and Style Catering⠀⠀⠀
Floral Design: Rodri Studio and Maison Francis ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Furniture Rentals: Rumbas Event Rentals + Artefactum Initiative
Videography: Elite Media Concepts
DJ: Cat Shell ⠀⠀
Sweets and Sweets Table Design: Sweet Guilt by Angelica, The Starfish Cottage, Mojo Donuts, and Taylor Event & Floral Design
Photobooth: Dipp Photobooth
Catering Sponsors: The Charcutie and Elite Catering
Indoor Lighting: MPE Event Group ⠀⠀
Outdoor Bistro Lighting: Illumene
Signage & Calligraphy: Claudia Strenger
Gifts: The Lefty Writer, Ana Garcia Photography, Denice Lachapelle Photo and Claudia Strenger
Chapters: Rising Tide Society, Tuesdays Together Miami, and Tuesdays Together Fort Lauderdale

 

Venue Host: BizNest 
Photography: Ana Garcia Photography | Erica Melissa

 

Tuesdays Together Miami 
Only One Mark, Inc., Maria Cordova Photography, Dipp Photobooth, Halo Events, Erica Melissa, Ana Garcia Photography, Maureeen C. Weddings, Claudia Rios Photography, and Taylor Event & Floral Design.

 

After every single meeting, I leave feeling very inspired. Our community is just full of support and empowerment. I love it. 

Honeybook is a proactive all-in-one CRM for creatives. It helps you run your business with managing projects, booking clients, sending invoices and much more. You can learn more on this blog post: Honeybook – CRM for Creative Business. You may even find my referral link where you could save.

Feel free to contact me if you want to learn how you can join Tuesdays Together Miami or Tuesdays Together Fort Lauderdale.

 

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Full Cold Moon December 2018

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The last full moon of 2018 happened on December 22, 2018. It is also referred to as the full cold moon or just cold moon as it happens on the first day of Winter.

Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year. It happened on December 21st, 2018 at 5:28pm EST. The moon was almost full at the time it happened but it was quite cloudy so I couldn’t get any clear photos of it. I was able to take photos of the full cold moon on the day it was its fullest which is what I really wanted. It also marks the last one of the year so it is a nice way to end 2018.

lest which is what I really wanted. It also marks the last one of the year so it is a nice way to end 2018.

I’ve taken many photos of the moon for many years now. This year I bought myself a super telephoto lens so I can get those extra close shots. The camera I used is the Nikon D800 with the Nikon 200-500mm lens mounted on a Vanguard Alta Pro 263AB Tripod.

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The moon rotates just like the Earth does. Today my mom asked me if I have ever noticed that my photos of the moon are of its different sides. So I looked back at a few of those and guess what, I do! Isn’t that cool?!

You can see some examples in other blog posts:

https://atomic-temporary-108369924.wpcomstaging.com/2018/07/11/moon-close-miami-night-sky/


https://atomic-temporary-108369924.wpcomstaging.com/2017/12/04/moon/

https://anagarciaphoto.wordpress.com/super-blue-blood-moon/

If you are interested in purchasing prints of any of my photos of the this moon or any other night of the moon, you can by visiting


https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Nature

https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Nature/Full-Cold-Moon/

https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Nature/Sky

https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Nature/Super-Blue-Blood-Moon

https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Nature/Supermoon-Lunar-Eclipse

Have you seen any of these rare night sky events as I’ve shared? Which one was your favorite? Where did you see it from? Were you able to take photos? Did you watch it with family or friends? Tell me in a comment below. Can’t wait to hear about your stories. There are some events that happen once in a lifetime and won’t occur again until the next generations to come. I like to capture those as I may not get to see it again but others can enjoy my photos many years later. Thank you for visiting.

Moon close up in Miami’s night sky

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The moon is such a cool object to look at up in the night sky.

Whenever there is a special event going on with the moon, I like to hear about it so I can see it with my own two eyes; and of course capture it with my camera. I recently purchased an super zoom lens so I went out that night to get the moon close up.

Moon in Miami Florida Night Sky at 200mm

The moon was at 90% this night so it was almost completely full. It didn’t bother me that I couldn’t see it full for these photos as it was still a beautiful night.

Moon in Miami Florida Night Sky at 300mm

You can see more details like the surface and craters as you get closer.

Moon in Miami Florida Night Sky at 400mm

The last image below has the moon close up as much as my lens can produce. It was a purchase well spent being able to capture something so far away and make it look like you were quite close. I was ecstatic to see how well they turned out and not lose any quality as I zoomed in. If you love astrophotography, I highly recommend this Nikon 200-500mm lens.

Moon in Miami Florida Night Sky at 500mm

Did you see the Super Blue Blood Moon earlier this year? See how it looked here:

https://anagarciaphoto.wordpress.com/super-blue-blood-moon/

When I’m not looking up at the sky, I’m also photographing beautiful people to document those special moments in their lives. Such as this couple.

https://atomic-temporary-108369924.wpcomstaging.com/2018/04/07/r-j-key-biscayne-beach-engagement/

To order prints or canvas of any these photos and more, visit https://www.AnaGarciaPhoto.com or email me at AnaGarciaPhotos@gmail.com
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Thank you for visiting and reading. Enjoy the rest of your day.

South Florida Colorful Flowers

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Flowers in Mother Nature are so pretty. There is so much beauty all around us, from big to small. Flowers is one of those beauties. I love looking at the various colorful flowers all around nature, especially in South Florida.

Flowers come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. A popular one near the beach towns are hibiscus. They happen to be one of my favorites as I have seen common ones as well as hybrids.

The hybrids are a combination of of species. I have seen some unique colors as shown in some of the photos here. Some examples of colors are white, pink, purple, orange, red and combination of colors.

One of my first lenses was a macro lens. I chose a macro so I can take close up photos of flowers. The macro lens allows me to get in real close to the detail. It is amazing to see it up close. From far away, you would have never known they have all that detail in nature.

Do you have favorite flowers? Do you have your own garden? What kind of flowers or plants do you have in your garden?

This yellow flower with gray foliage is called Dusty Miller. Dusty Miller is known for its silver-gray foliage. I thought this was the coolest thing to see that I had to research it’s name and learn about it.

Flowers can really brighten someone’s day. When you see one, you can’t help but smile and admire the beauty that nature provides us all around.

I just met this young woman who is a volunteer for non-profit in which she is “repurposing event blooms into beautiful bouquets to brighten the days of people in need of a smile”. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram: Blooms4Smiles

I think that is a wonderful idea because you can a second use of all those pretty blooms from one event to then bring happiness to someone else on another day that could use it. Most of all, she is doing it at the kindness of her own heart.

I love printing photos as just looking at photos from a screen is just not the same, don’t you think? Also it gives it a better feeling when you can hold the print in your hands and then get it framed, hang them on your walls, or place them on your desk.

You can purchase a print of one of these flowers and more at: https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/browse

Besides looking down at the ground, I also like to look up at the sky to see the moon.

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R + J | Key Biscayne Beach Engagement

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I met Rochelle many years ago when I was in high school with her sister. I haven’t seen her in quite sometime and now she is all grown up and getting married.

Javier popped the question this past December and she said yes! They wanted to take engagement photos at the beach for sunset so it was perfect as I love the beach and sunset is one of my favorite times of the day.

They took a little stroll down the shoreline and chatted about their day.

When they came back towards me, they were all smiles as they were having a blast at this location. It was so pretty.

I brought a little starfish with me to take this ring shot. I might add that Javier did good with that ring. It is gorgeous!

(When I finished take photos of it, 2 young girls came up to me and said: “Ok, you’re done?” I replied with: “Oh, I brought this with me.” They thought it washed ashore and I was using it for photos so then they wanted a turn. I wouldn’t harm a live animal like that. No live shelling.)

Jake is super excited for his humans getting married. So much so, he couldn’t take his eyes off of them.

As the sun started to go down, they did a little dancing. I mean, wouldn’t you with that view?

They were all cute with each other towards the end.

Congratulations Rochelle and Javier! I had a lot of fun at your session. I can’t wait to see where your next adventure leads you to. Best wishes on your life together.

If you want a custom engagement or any other photo session of your own, contact me via contact questionaire, or email at AnaGarciaPhotos@gmail.com or at my website: www.AnaGarciaPhoto.com

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Maybe a family session or live music show

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Western Digital External Hard Drives and Cloud Drives

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Western Digital (WD) makes internal hard drives, external hard drives and cloud drives.

WD™ Internal Hard Drives

I personally have their external hard drives.

WD™ External Hard Drives

Their portable drives are great to take with you on trips or back and forth to the office, etc.

They also have SSD drives which work much faster.

My Book Duo allows you to set the raid to mirror so it uses one drive and mirrors an exact copy to the other drive. Or just use them as 2 drives.

My Passport SSD

Their cloud drives are pretty cool to have your files accessible anywhere.

WD Cloud Family

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and

https://www.anagarciaphoto.com/Gear

Super Blue Blood Moon

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This morning, January 31, 2018, from 5:51am until 7:04am, here in South Florida, we can see the rare event of the Super Blue Blood Moon.

The last time there was a Super Blue Blood Moon was 150 years ago.

I couldn’t pass up the chance to capture this amazing event. I woke up early to head to my spot to take photos throughout the hour it was happening.

Here’s the breakdown on this moon:
super moon – When the moon is at its closest point to Earth
blue moon – Second full moon in a month
blood moon – The Earth’s shadow casts on the moon during a lunar eclipse causing a red tint

Here is an airplane flying right in front of the moon.

Starting to fade away.

Almost gone…

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Check out other moon events I have seen here:
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Think Tank Photo Laptop Messenger Bag

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Here is a recommended bag by Think Tank Photo that I have used.

Last year I was on a search for a laptop bag. It needed to fit a 13.5″ computer along with it’s charging cable, pen and mouse.

I looked at all kinds of brands until I found Think Tank. They had (and still currently have) various colors and sizes.

After looking back and forth between them, I finally chose the Think Tank Retrospective Laptop Case 13L. The Think Tank Retrospective 30 was runner-up as it could carry a camera with a tablet.

The laptop case fits the computer perfectly with all the accessories. The material is treated to be weather-resistant and it includes a rain cover.

If you have any questions regarding the bag, feel free to email me and I’d be happy to answer any questions.

Think Tank has great customer service and can answer your questions about their products too.

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Finding the right camera bags

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Moon

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The moon is quite a spectacular astronomical body that orbits the Earth. It is amazing how it has many phases and have special events for us to see. When I say special events, I mean those nights that we see it pass behind the Earth into its shadow (lunar eclipse), or when it gets closer to the Earth that it looks larger in size (supermoon).

On August 20, 2013, there was a third full moon in a four full moon season so that moon is called a Blue Moon. As soon as I heard there was a rare event happening in the night sky, I make sure to get my camera, telephoto zoom lens and tripod ready for action.

On September 8, 2014, there was a supermoon that was also called a harvest moon. A harvest moon is a full moon that happens closest to autumnal equinox.

Another rare event was the Supermoon of 2015. It was not only a supermoon but it was a total lunar eclipse as well. A total lunar eclipse is also called a blood moon as it has a reddish tint. This Supermoon Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse happened on September 27, 2015.

The supermoon that I captured in 2016 was on November 13, 2016.

There was only one appearance of a supermoon in 2017. It was just this past weekend on the night of December 3rd, early December 4th.

If you would like to order prints of any of the photos you see, please email me at: anagarciaphotos@gmail.com

Main website: Ana Garcia Photography

 

Moon – as seen from South Florida

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The moon is quite a spectacular astronomical body that orbits the Earth. It is amazing how it has many phases and have special events for us to see. When I say special events, I mean those nights that we see it pass behind the Earth into its shadow (lunar eclipse), or when it gets closer to the Earth that it looks larger in size (supermoon).

On August 20, 2013, there was a third full in a four full moon season so that one is called a Blue Moon. As soon as I heard there was a rare event happening in the night sky, I make sure to get my camera, telephoto zoom lens and tripod ready for action.

On September 8, 2014, there was a supermoon that was also called a harvest moon. A harvest moon is a full moon that happens closest to autumnal equinox.

Another rare event was the Supermoon of 2015. It was not only a supermoon but it was a total lunar eclipse as well. A total lunar eclipse is also called a blood moon as it has a reddish tint. This Supermoon Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse happened on September 27, 2015.

The supermoon that I captured in 2016 was on November 13, 2016.

There was only one appearance of a supermoon in 2017. It was just this past weekend on the night of December 3rd, early December 4th.

If you would like to order prints of any of the photos you see, please email me at: anagarciaphotos@gmail.com

I can never get enough of looking up at the sky and watching the moon. It just makes me realize how big the universe is, don’t you agree? The Earth is just one piece in the large universe.

Main website: Ana Garcia Photography

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