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Painting Truffle
Thanks Jenna :)
By Ricardo Sevilla
Painting Truffle
Great shoot - I have always loved t...
By Jenna Fournier
My daughter, Blu Azucena Sevil...
Rick, I am very happy for you and y...
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My daughter, Blu Azucena Sevil...
OMG!!!!! They are amazing! The pict...
By Yami
My daughter, Blu Azucena Sevil...
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My daughter, Blu Azucena Sevilla, is born!
Friday, 16 December 2011 00:24 | Written by Ricardo Sevilla | 
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Delivery Room
Elena wanted to deliver Blu drug free (no epidural). No epidural!?
Are you sure you do not want the epidural?
Yes I am sure. It's going to hurt anyways right? Lets just get this over with.
The contractions got stronger, and for the first time in my life I saw Elena in real pain. Wow. Normally she has a high tolerance for pain, I've never seen her like this. The contractions came more often, and more severe. She was dilating fast based on the timing of the contractions. Then a big one came.... The "Ow Ow Owww"'s started to tug on my heart. Tears began to fall from her cheeks. That was enough. She asked for the epidural.
I felt sad because throughout her entire pregnancy she said she did not want the epidural. I knew how much it meant to her not to receive the epidural but the pain was too much, for both of us to handle.
Within moments a doctor and an anesthesiologist came in. They requested that everyone leave the room. Elena looked at them, then looked at me, and asked if I had to leave too. They said yes, I too had to leave the room, for her own safety. She told them to wait for a minute and asked that I hold her for a bit. I did. She was nervous, scared, and trembling. Then, with a lump in my throat, I left the delivery room and headed to the waiting area with her mother and her best friend. We were told that someone would come for us after 20 minutes. 20 minutes passed and I started to get worried. I decided to walk back to the delivery room. She was just laying in bed with an oxygen mask on her face. She looked at me, and smiled. I smiled back at her.
Her mother came back to the room. The tension in the room was gone. Elena was feeling better. A lot better. Elena giggled and mentioned that if she would have known how good the epidural was, she would have gotten it sooner. lol. The doctor came back. Elena mentioned how awesome the epidural was, and the doctor said something along the lines of "I know. I'm not sure why everyone doesn't get it. It's like getting a root canal without anesthesia. Sure, you can have a root canal without any anesthesia, but why would you want to?". Made sense to me and especially to Elena LOL. By the way, this female doctor...ya, she was awesome! I forgot her name, but I'll add it here later, we highly recommend her.
It was time to begin pushing the doctor said. The doctor said to push. "Push?" I thought to myself. Push how? Doc said to push as if you are having a bowel movement. Bowel movement? Really? haha. That's gross!! Erm...no. All of this is beautiful. :) So if anyone out there was wondering what it's like to push a baby out of you, it's like if you need to poop really really bad lol.
The plan was for me to stand next to Elena, hold her hand, not feint, and be there while she gave birth. Ok, sounds easy enough right? Just stand here, hold her hand, and close my eyes. Check!
The doctor got in position, looked at me, then told me to move right by her side. WHAT!!??!?! NO WAY, I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE!....but I ended up just saying "ok". My new job? Hold one of Elena's legs while she gives birth. Great lol. I'm going to feint!!!! I can't stand needles, how can I go through watching my wife giving birth to my daughter!
Surprisingly though, I did not feel queezy,I did not feel light headed, the room did not spin, and I would not wake up somewhere else.
Blu takes her first breath
Guys... I saw her come out! I saw my baby girl come out! It was AMAZING! I heard the first cries, and I felt a sense of relief that she was finally out. She finally joined us! I then look at her face...I felt something warm inside. I felt like a new man. I felt like nothing else mattered except my little one in front of me. I know now the love a father feels for his child.
That's what you'd probably expect me to say right? In reality, the first thing that came to my mind when my little girl joined us was, "Woah, she's ugly! What the heck! My sperm cells suck! What's with the cone head? OMG look at her head!!". lol, I know. Not what you expected to hear, but it's the truth.
After a minute or so of being baffled, Elena looks at me and says,
"Take pictures! Hurry!"
"Oh yes!".
I began taking pictures. Blu cries. Her cries were so... high pitched. It was so cute. My girl is crying. Aww! I cut the umbilical and they continued cleaning her. Cutting the umbilical cord felt weird. I thought it was going to be like cutting a thin piece of meat. It's really kinda tough. It felt like I was cutting a thick piece of rubber and it took a few snips for me to cut it. They placed her in a temporary bed thingie. I looked at her all cleaned up and go to myself, "You know, she is pretty cute".
I was happy that Elena's mom was with us. She brought comfort as I was pretty nervous through the entire process. I wish my mother was there too but she retired and returned to Nicaragua. She will visit us soon to meet her granddaughter.
Now she looks like a mini-human, not some alien
Elena's recovery took 2 days. We go home, and I barely get sleep for the next 3 weeks. My sleep pattern is crazy. Blu cries and poops so much, it's incredible lol. She's a genuine poop machine! It's also a bit stressing I have to admit, but I never fail to smile after each diaper change, after each burp, and after each bottle feeding.
The day before yesterday I wanted to sell some photographic equipment I no longer needed in order to build myself a new state of the art computer. My 4 year old computer was no longer cutting it. I have a light box I normally use to take photos of products for clients. After I was done taking photos of the items I put for sale, I go to Elena, "We should put her in the light box too!". She was cracking up and agreed. Bellow are some of the pics we took of Blu, finalizing this blog post. Blu is finally here. I am now a father.
Click on Images for higher resolution. Sock Monkeh! MONKEH IN A SOCK!!!
and this final one. Couldn't resist! LOL
-RS
The day before yesterday I wanted to sell some photographic equipment I no longer needed in order to build myself a new state of the art computer. My 4 year old computer was no longer cutting it. I have a light box I normally use to take photos of products for clients. After I was done taking photos of the items I put for sale, I go to Elena, "We should put her in the light box too!". She was cracking up and agreed. Bellow are some of the pics we took of Blu, finalizing this blog post. Blu is finally here. I am now a father.
Click on Images for higher resolution. Sock Monkeh! MONKEH IN A SOCK!!!
and this final one. Couldn't resist! LOL
-RS
Comments (5)
Maternity Shoot - Daughter of Ricardo Sevilla
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:55 | Written by Ricardo Sevilla |
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I wanted something more artistic in nature. I wanted Elena to wear something out there but that's sort of sexy because I am proud of the way she looks after 9 months lol. I wanted weird poses, weird environment. I wanted something refreshing. I want my daughter to reflect on this photograph and just tell how weird her parents were :D. Elena's belly is fully depicted here. I love this photograph and naturally has to be one of my favs. An unforeseen plus is the little light above Elena's face. It can be interpreted that the light is Blu. The strongest feature about this photographs are the wavy lines. Elena's pose, along with the grass seem to flow naturally. The clouds look great and I like how she is looking afar. I think it's a dramatic shot, well executed by Elena, and definitely one to keep in the family for many years to come. This is my type of maternity shoot Blu. I hope you like it. See you soon. Diana Photo Shoot
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:44 | Written by Ricardo Sevilla |
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 Diana has an incredibly exotic face that's awesome to photograph. She followed directions well and we ended up with some great shots. Her light brown eyes definitely captures the viewer.  One thing I like my models to do is to give me unique poses. I don't like the typical normal poses unless I ask for one. In this case, Diana did very well :) Photoshoot with Anonymous
Monday, 14 November 2011 10:08 | Written by Ricardo Sevilla |
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 Something awesome about this photo that I love so much. I hope you see what I see in this photo. Overall, Anonymous was an excellent model and I hope to have more shots of her in the near future. Central Park Shoot
Monday, 14 November 2011 10:44 | Written by Ricardo Sevilla |
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An interesting blend of colors here. Lots of soft pastel colors.  This one was my fav of the shoot but I am a little disappointing that I did not notice the shadows on her lefty side of the face but it's still a great shot of her. I specially love the work the makeup artist did. It's an interesting effect. 
Overall, I had a nice time shooting. I wish I had more time and more of my equipment to do the shots I originally wanted to try, but it's ok. It was fun. |
