i am so pleased to announce...

MY WEBSITE!!!!

it has been such a long time coming, and it is finally here!
please check it out and pass it along, and feedback is so appreciated...

www.MariaCarmel.com

don't forget to click on the video link too!!

xx

a recap of the past few months

so i have ben m.i.a.
yeah, yeah, yeah.
what that means is...super busy!

i'm back though, and i really will do better at keeping up with posts. so since january, i have...

had a victoria's secret cover swim 2008!





put the biggest check of my life thus far in the bank...



bought my first camera...
Canon Mark 3 1Ds!!!!!!!








thank you scott!!!!!


worked with amazing models all over the country...


thania


chris crocker


danielle


the delta fiasco


shooting in houston


shooting chris crocker on hollywood blvd with a crowd...


LnA Holiday 08 look book shoot


some of my gear...


i fell in love




i went to colombia

>










and made some really great work!


the delta fiasco


chris crocker


ashley hartman for nous




holly graves


talor marion for maxim




paige




thania peck for wilhelmina

well that was a mouthful....
hope you all enjoy, and let me know what you think!

xx

big bear

hey everyone!
so, this weekend, i was in big bear, ca for a little r&r and a shoot with model Ashley Hartman, who also happens to be my little sis! you may recognize her from this:



anyway, we had a blast! here are some snaps from the weekend. you may recognize someone else in these pictures too...










here are a couple of snaps from the shoot:







and a preview of the final images:



the weekend was so much fun, and the shoot went great. hope everyone had a great weekend!

on another note, i heard that the VS catalog might have come out while i was gone...has anyone seen it? let me know!

check it out!!

hey everyone! so, my dad just sent me an email today, with the latest on the victoria's secret website

>

they are running an ad for the swim 2008 catalog, and advertising "the shot" marathon, running all day on jan. 15th on VH1!




hope everyone watches, or tivo's it! if you missed an episode, here is your way to catch up!


click here to see the website!

connecting and reconnecting

so today i spent the day kind of regrouping. i cleaned, ran errands, and followed my "to do" list. i actually got a lot done, which felt good. unfortunately, i am already messing up on one part of my resolution, which is to go to the gym. tomorrow i will be better.

on another note, i love myspace. i have reconnected with so many people, and that is so cool. recently, a friend i have known since first grade contacted me. we hadn't seen or heard from each other in years, and tonight we went to dinner so we could catch up. we went to buddha's belly, a great spot for thai food here in la. not authentic thai town, but it is really good, with great service. anyway, we had a great time, and pretty much shut the place down. good times!

i am also super excited, because today i was contacted by popphoto.com to do an interview for their site. click on it to see the write up they did for the finale! robin and i also did an interview for hp recently, check it out!

thanks again everyone for all of your messages! i love to get them!

ps, check out this new image that my very talented friend, evan lane took of me! what do you guys think?