USF "Life on the Edge" Exhibit Opening

Eric Zamora — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:14:12 +0100

A week ago today, my Life on the Edge exhibit opened at the University of Sarasota. We had a wonderful two hours of more than 40 guests, most of whom I didn't know, who listened attentively and browsed images from Florida's Nature Coast while sipping delicious wine. My presentation, tailors specifically to the USF crowd, went off without a hitch. I held up a National Geographic article that showed the difference between Long Island, New York 400 years ago and today. My point was to show how mRead More...

Life on the Edge comes to USF in Sarasota, Florida

Eric Zamora — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:15:46 +0100

Tomorrow culminates months of collaboration between the University of South Florida at Sarasota-Manatee and my effort to bring Life on the Edge: The Story of Florida's Nature Coast to southwest Florida. The Sarasota community is a perfect location to showcase the growing trend of conservation photography, art, science, and environmental economics. No other county in Florida has more protected land, proportionate to its size, than Sarasota County. While at the same time, southwest Florida has Read More...

Saying Goodbye to Wes Skiles

Eric Zamora — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:35:41 +0100

Wes Skiles was a man filled to the brim with curiosity for the natural world and whose nerves were electrified with the passion to teach others about his discoveries and adventures. He specialized in underwater photography and video. He collaborated with a host of professionals in the magazine and film industries, lighting and sound specialists, producers, divers, and explorers to bring to all of us the world that we don’t know, the world we take for granted – water. Wes was Read More...

Otherworldly

Eric Zamora — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:01:17 +0100

John Moran, David Moynahan and I went to Keaton Beach on Saturday to get the "best damn scallop photograph in the world" as John puts it. It was John and David's mission actually. Without their vision, I would never have come home with images like these, images that look like they are of creatures from distant planets. I had no idea that scallops were so strange looking.

You can see that three of these images are close ups. The more distant image provides you with a view Read More...

Around the Bend

Eric Zamora — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:53:55 +0100

It's been a while since my canoe and paddle felt the tanic water of the cypress-lined Santa Fe. I listened to sounds more than I searched for photographs to make. The insects were buzzing their little heads off, especially the cicadas. The forest was a riot of sounds waving up and down in intensity. Birds were as much a part of the chorus as the insects (maybe because the birds eat the bugs). An occasional fish, turtle, or tree-trunk-scurrying squirrel added to the tapestry of nature's song.

Nostalgia

Eric Zamora — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:14:54 +0100

I'm feeling nostalgic for the west, for those wide open spaces that by the mere fact the combined feeling of smallness and awe bring tears to the eyes. The sound of Pink Floyd blasting through the car speakers, windows down, wide open road ahead and mountains in the distance. I can't remember the pain of hiking to 10,000 feet, alone and afraid that because of my aloneness I had better not twist an ankle because then, then I would be totally screwed. Living on the edge and knowing without a shRead More...

Why Qivana – The Company

Eric Zamora — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:57:56 +0100

Qivana is a solid company, meaning they have a founding team with experience second to none and a product line that is second to none. I’ve written about Derrick Hall, Qivana’s CEO, on my Qivana web site blog. I am 100 percent confident in Derrick’s ability to lead this company toward a successful future because he has more than 40 years of leadership experience working for both the pharmaceutical industry and the natural products industry. He’s worked in manufacturingRead More...

Why Qivana – The Products

Eric Zamora — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:43:17 +0100

Who wants to be healthy? Everyone does, of course! But who is healthy? What does it mean to be healthy? Is health the absence of sickness? Maybe. For now. But remember, you’re not sick until your sick. So what if you are healthy now but you get cancer or Alzheimer's later? Are you really healthy now? Better said, are you as healthy as you can be right now?

My personal approach to health is if I wasn’t born with it, then I can cure it, yet I can contract any disease at aRead More...

Why Qivana – The Wealth

Eric Zamora — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:39:16 +0100

In the June 5th blog post “Qivana – A Change of Direction Toward the Same Horizon” I announced that I have started a new business with a network marketing company called Qivana. With the next several posts, I discuss reasons why I have embarked down this new path.

Network marketing is the best way for the average person to become wealthy, developing an asset that will pay substantial residual income for the rest of a person’s life. Creating wealRead More...

Success

Eric Zamora — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:53:24 +0100

The definitions of success are as varied as their are people on this planet. Success is like happiness, what makes one person feel successful is often different than what makes another feel successful. Furthermore, that definition can change during our lifetimes as we grow physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I can be very hard on myself regarding how I define my success as a photographer. I am my own worst critic. Being publishing in newspapers, magazines and books is not enouRead More...

Qivana – A Change of Direction Toward the Same Horizon

Eric Zamora — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:51:40 +0100

How we portray ourselves to the world is ... well, it’s “who we are” so to speak. People know me as a photographer. They’ll say to a friend who doesn’t know me, “You know, Eric the photographer, the guy who takes the pictures.” Or, “Eric? Eric Zamora? I know that name from somewhere, I’ve seen it. Have you been in the newspaper.”

I am in the business of photography. That is how I portray myself. When I write these blog posRead More...

Nice

Dale — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:51:12 +0100

Hey Eric, Nice pics dude. Really amazing. Hope you enjoyed your stay here in my home state of Georgia. Look forward to the calendar when its available as well. Keep on keepin on! Dale Karr, Flowery Branch, GA

Road touring with John Moran

Eric Zamora — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:00:00 +0100

In late March, John Moran and I spend about four days photographing Tampa Bay, the Hillsborough River, and the Withlacoochee River.

Raccoon tracks etch the white sand bar lining the lagoon of Georgetown Park, a project surrounded by Tampa Bay – both urban and natural – that the state will hopefully acquire. This image was captured during my photo shooRead More...

The Saints

Eric Zamora — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:06:55 +0100

St. Joeseph Peninsula State Park and St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge are two of the most stunning Florida landscapes I have ever seen. They both feature trackless, wild beaches that stretch on for miles. They both have beautiful dunes. St. Joe's are like small mountains of sand and St. Vincent's are serpentine waves bisected by pine forest. I actually photographed these places just before the BP Oil disaster. Now, soon, they will be lined with the black greed of mankind. Enjoy what you sRead More...

Get Close

Eric Zamora — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:23:23 +0100

Just a few fun macro shots, reminding me to zoom in and explore the world "at small."

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