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La Paz family photoshoot with the Ibarra family

Noah Hawthorne — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:01:13 +0000

Today I met with the Ibarra family for a family photo session. We spent a few hours playing around on the beach and the downtown Malecon. The sunsets have been spectacular lately in La Paz, and today was no exception. The kids were super cute, and all I had to do was sit back and let mom, dad, and the kids do their thing. Here are a few of my favorites…
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Hoy contacté con la familia Ibarra para un sesión de fotografía. Pasamos unas horas en la playa y el Malecón tomando fotos y divirtiéndonos. Los atardeceres han estado absolutamente espectaculares en La Paz, y hoy no fue excepción. Los niños fueron muy lindos, y me hicieron un trabajo fácil. Aquí son unos favoritos…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Noah Hawthorne — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:54:36 +0000

Just a quick note to wish all my family, clients, and friends a happy Thanksgiving!

This year I’m missing Thanksgiving for the first time, electing to save turkeys by going to Mexico, while finishing some of the consulting work I’ve been doing with Fundación Cántaro Azul in La Paz.

I was invited to have dinner with Ian and Lili (my wonderful past clients whose wedding I did in Paris in September) and their parents, so I’m sure we’ll have plenty of fun.

Again, Happy Thanksgiving! (y con mucho espíritu mexicano;), Feliz Día de Gracias!).

Ian & Lili | Engagement session in La Paz, Mexico

Noah Hawthorne — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:16:03 +0000

This past week I spent the day with Ian and Lili for their engagement session. The couple is finishing up their new house in La Paz, and they had just reached the painting stage when I arrived. I got to join them during the painting fun, watched a new floor take shape, jumped on the trampoline (why build a house if you don’t have a functioning trampoline outside to de-stress?), took little Figo for a bath, and then we headed out to take some pictures in the beautiful dunes along the ocean. If you’ve been keeping up with my blog, you might recognize Ian as the friendly face directing Fundacion Cantaro Azul, the NGO that I have been working with on a documentary project. La Paz was a wonderful place to work…I just love the sunsets here! Some photos and the slideshow are below.

I’ll be meeting Ian and Lili and Paris in just a few weeks for their wedding. What a wonderful destination to get married.

Wakeboarding in La Paz | Baja Challenge Trip

Noah Hawthorne — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:16:08 +0000

This past weekend I went out with Baja Challenge for wakeboarding in the La Paz bay. While I am now primarily a wedding photographer, this photography challenge brought back good memories of the days when I was doing newspaper photography for football and basketball games. Challenging focus, a bouncing boat, and trying to keep my camera dry sure kept me busy. I must say, however, that this evening was far more beautiful than any football game that I’ve been to, and arguably much more fun. We raced in front of the La Paz shoreline and were treated to a spectacular sunset at the end of the evening. Check out a few of the photos!

Baja Challenge Day 2 | San Antonio de la Sierra Mountain Biking

Noah Hawthorne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:30:13 +0000

This weekend I continued my work with the adventure tours company Baja Challenge. As a reminder, this is a company that I will be working with to create publicity/advertising photos throughout the fall. I have been documenting the various tours and activities that Baja Challenge offers around peninsula area. It’s been a ton of fun experimenting with a different type of photography, working on my Spanish, and exploring this beautiful state of Mexico. This kind of work can really keep me in shape too!

We left from La Paz on an overcast Saturday morning, with a wonderful break from the heat and headed into the mountains to the South. The ride wound along a dirt road, climbing up into the mountains and then back down into an oasis-like river bed. We had some spectacular views, and I was quite surprised at how green this region of Baja was. Apparently a lot more moisture is caught by the mountains here, and at an elevation of about 1000m, the temperature was noticably cooler as well. What a wonderful place for a ride! Here are a few photos from the day:

The Baja Challenge team…

I took some liberties with Photoshop on this one. No, it wasn’t snowing. Quite the opposite in fact. But I’m having fun this afternoon.

And a great shot of your intrepid photographer. Thanks to Lenin for this great image. It’s not often I get to be in front of the camera!

Back to La Paz

Noah Hawthorne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:04:17 +0000

I’m off and traveling again. After engagement sessions with Melissa & Mike, and then David & Uyen, I ran off to the southern tip of Baja for a bit of work of a different kind. I will be returning to the USA to meet with clients and photograph the remaining weddings that I have scheduled throughout this year. Aside from wedding photography- here are my goals for the next 6 months:

1) Become a well versed connoisseur of Baja tacos, with a specialty in fish and carne asada

2) Improve my Spanish!

3) Do photoshoot with Baja Challenge, an adventure tours company. We’ll be biking and hiking around Baja together, trying to get a real feel for the state and what this really cool company has to offer. Check them out here!

4) Work with Fundacion Cantaro Azul- an NGO devoted to improving water quality, sanitation, and health education for rural communities around the world. I’ll do some consulting with their projects, and take pictures as we go and work with the rural communities in the Comondu region of Baja California Sur. Check back for updates!

5) Scuba dive with whales. Baja has some amazing diving, and I don’t do enough of it. I’ve tried underwater photography before and it’s super scary to take all my nice equipment deep underwater while I wait for it to flood. So if I say that it’s really cool, you’ll just have to take my word for it. August-October are supposed to be the months to go and I have my dive gear all polished up and ready to go.

By the way, if any of my faithful blog readers want to come down to visit in La Paz, I have an apartment all set up and would love to host you. I can do engagement shoots, wedding photography, a personalized photography seminar, scuba trips, cactus hikes (there are A LOT of cactus around here), or taco madness around La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, or Los Cabos. Just send me an email and we’ll set something up!

Time to go out for a jog on the malecon here along the bay, then I’m back to finish posting my past few engagement shoots.

Baja

Noah Hawthorne — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:00 +0000

Here I am! What a wonderful place. Hiking, swimming, and venturing out into the rural desert has made for a wonderful week thus far.

Baja trip is coming up…

Noah Hawthorne — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:07:00 +0000

I’m traveling again! Give me a little free time, and it’s hard to stay still! Before starting back up with weddings at the end of January, I’ve decided to take a 12 day foray down to Baja. I’ll be meeting up with a friend in La Paz to enjoy the sunshine, kayaking, and working on my Spanish.

I’ll be away from Jan 10th- Jan 22nd. While I’m hoping to have access to the internet, I might be a little harder to reach than usual, and print orders during this time will be fulfilled when I get back on the 22nd.

I’ll do my best to take some great pictures while I’m gone!