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BEHIND THE LENS: My name is Margaret Paredes-Rivas and I am a freelance photographer based in San Diego, CA. I first became interested in the art during my high school years, working as a photographer for the school newspaper. Since that experience I have had the tendency to carry my camera everywhere I go. I definitely like to shoot on location as a opposed to a studio. I like to create fantasy and mystery as well as a world for models to interact in. I am heavily influenced by film and literature. This has also given me the opportunity to grow and obtain a particular style of having no style. I truly love creative collaboration and input from everyone involved in a shoot. I like to observe other photographers in action. I enjoy working - out on the field - because it makes me love the way I see the world through my lens. My camera is the vessel in which I appreciate that there is art everywhere and in each and every one of us, and my photography is the medium to express it. The photographers I admire the most are: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Philippe Halsman, Herb Ritts, Amy Arbus, Harry Benson, Joseph Llanes, Emily Soto, and Annie Leibovitz.

All of my photo shoots are an out of the box experience and full of fun. Fantasy or reality - it doesn't matter - you decide!



NOTE FOR MODELS, HAIRSTYLISTS, MAKE-UP ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, AND STYLISTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BUILD OR UPDATE A PORTFOLIO: Selective TFP/TFCD, but I'm always up for the challenge. If you are looking to start your career in modeling, hairstyling, make-up, designing, and styling and need to build a portfolio, feel free to contact me at mprstudiosite@yahoo.com ~ I am very easy to work with and I am open to suggestions. I am always prepared with a studio layout and poses for my models to be in. Models will always be informed ahead of time of theme of the photo shoot. I also expect my models to take on the desired personality to capture the mood. I also plan to use the images for my portfolio, so you can be assured that these will help your portfolio as well.

MODELS: INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT NUMBER & SNAPSHOT W.O. MAKE UP/PHOTOSHOP!!! THANKS ~ Test shots/Polaroids are required before every scheduled shoot.

I take photography, your time and my time very seriously. I will not waste yours, so please don't waste mine and because I want your time I only ask to get the respect I give out in return.

I'll do my best to provide the edited images within a week. Sorry, but RAW stays with me and I will need a release signed before we shoot.

Thank you for visiting my profile and viewing my work. Your comments are most appreciated.

ARTIST STATEMENT: What do you think of when you hear the old phrase: A photo can say a thousand words? I strongly believe that a photograph is not only an image it is the medium to evoke emotions. A FACE talks to me in various ways. It can tell me a thousand stories; a way of life, character, beauty and flaws. I enjoy shooting portraits of people I know and of people I've just met, but most importantly, photographing people with character. A portrait, for me, is a very intimate engagement between the subject, my camera and myself. I embrace the relationship and the connection that, as a photographer, I am able to build with people.

I find my inspiration to shoot my portraits in many things, such as past experiences, culture, events, everyday things, style, and music just to name a few. My photographs range from beauty portraits, fashion, lifestyle, special events, environmental, and social issues. The inspiration for my personal collection comes from cultural and social challenges. Through photography I am able to portray global socio-economic barriers, with hope of igniting a passion for change that will improve society in future generations.

Next time you see a portrait take a good look at it and go beyond the technique, the lighting, and the composition. Take a look at the subject and find what the photographer, through the portrait is trying to convey. Maybe you will be surprised to find out that a thousand words will not be enough to describe what you see and feel.

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"Recuerda que cada tic-tac es un segundo de la vida que pasa, huye y no se repite, y hay en ella tanta intensidad, tanto interés, que solo es el problema de saberla vivir. Que cada uno lo resuelva como pueda" Frida Kahlo

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"I was born in the city of Mexico, behind the Cathedral, in the place where the temples of the ancient Mexican gods must have built" Manuel Alvarez Bravo

"Nací en la ciudad de México, detrás de la Catedral, en el sitio donde se levantaban los templos de los antiguos dioses mexicanos" Manuel Alvarez Bravo

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"Amo el canto del zentzontle, pájaro de cuatrocientas voces; amo el color del jade y el enervante perfume de las flores, pero amo más a mi hermano el hombre" Nezahualcóyotl

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Favorite Quotes:

"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; Perfection is God's business" Michael J. Fox

"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Everything you can imagine is real" Pablo Picasso

"There comes a point in your life when you realize: who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will. So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future" Unknown

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" Vince Lombardi

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them" Mark Twain

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little" Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts." William Shakespeare

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind" Dr. Seuss

"The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking." Brooks Atkinson - 1951

“Gear is Good, Vision is better. It’s not the camera that makes the photograph; it’s the person behind the camera”. David DuChemin

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still" - Dorothea Langelast

"Educate the children so you won't have to punish men" ~ Pythagoras

"Educad a los niños y no será necesario castigar a los hombres" ~ Pitagoras

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The greatest Mexican wrestler of his time, Alejandro Muñoz Moreno, known as: Blue Demon and now his son Blue Demon Jr., who has had a successful career of his own.



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