Happy Easter :)

30 • Mar • 13

I finally had some time to sit and edit some of the 400+ photos we took of our little dog this first week with him. Astro is the cutest, smartest, the most delicious dog I’ve ever met :) And he is probably the most stubborn too. He already learned his name and the words sit, wait, stay… Indoors he is a cutie pie. Outdoors he gets super wild. His attention span is very short and it seems we are not funny enough, for often he will  find some very interesting stones or sticks or old dry leaves and will completely ignore us calling him.   The worst part is when he gets very tired he seems to enter some kind of Turbo mode and gets crazy, running around the house, barking to the toilet seat, eating everything in front of him… But now we discovered a technique that makes our puppy sleep soundly and we finally have some time to blog, watch a movie, take a shower and just recharge our own batteries…

Here are some of my recent Google searches for you to have some fun! Wish you all a happy Easter!

“My puppy hates his hair brush”

“Stockholm little red fruits dangerous?”

“My dog eats grass and stones”

“How to teach a dog NO”

“My puppy breathes too fast when he sleeps”

“My dog is obsessed over cat poop”

“My dog has hiccup?!”

“Help puppy is humping my leg!!!”

Puss och Kram!
~maira
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we are getting a dog!

20 • Mar • 13

wow, it feels good to be home! After three intense weeks teaching my workshop, I’m finally home. I plan on writing tomorrow about my workshop and how wonderful it was to travel around Sweden and meet so many great photographers, so many great persons… But today, I have something else to share.

So Saturday our lives will change forever. He is coming home. I have reorganized my agenda and we have prepared the house for our new family member. We try to imagine how much things will change, and our guess is it will change a lot. We’ll have to learn how to deal with things such as trimming claws and carrying bajspåsar in our pockets wherever we go, haha… But we are ready for Astro! Our little Golden Retriever valp is coming home in only 3 days and it feels awesome!

We were at the Kennel this last weekend to meet some of the other new puppy-owners and choose our dog, and well… we just couldn’t choose any! They looked all the same! I’ve had dogs before and I had many cats too so I know sometimes one little guy will be a dominant alpha male and another little guy will be small and scared, while another one will be lazy and another will have adhd… but those puppies, they are all so similar! They look exactly the same, woke up at the same time, played a lot, ran like crazy, disputed the same toys, and eventually fell asleep, all at the same time. I was trying to pay attention to the little dots the Kennel owner painted in their fur, to differentiate them, but after 10 minutes I gave up.

I hope this is not a sign I am a bad dog-mom, the fact I couldn’t even distinguish one dog from the other, haha… I’m afraid it might be hard for our little boy to get apart from his biological family now but we want to keep in touch with his brothers and sisters and his mamma at the Kennel as often as possible :)

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Puss och Kram!
~maira
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What’s new in my camera bag?

15 • Mar • 13

I guess all photographers have an equipment addition. One can never have too many lenses, memory cards and camera bags. Now imagine the joy of being a wedding filmmaker! I not only get to collect cameras, lenses and bags, but also monopods, microphones, led lights, external monitors, steadicams, dollies, fig rigs… the list never ends :)

This week I bought an AMAZING piece of equipment that will take my work to the next level: a Canon 5D Mark III! I was dreaming on having a camera as good as my full-frame 5D Classic but with the video capabilities of my beloved Canon 60D. I worked hard until I saved enough to buy this camera and I am happy to say it is SO much more than I expected! It is so good, so good, I don’t ever want to shoot with any of my other cameras anymore. I am so in love I actually slept with the camera in our first night together ♥

Dreaming about all the beautiful wedding films I will create with my Mark3!

PS: Wanna have an artistic and unique film of your wedding day? I am giving away a full-day coverage to one lucky couple getting married in 2013! That’s my wedding present to you :)

Puss och Kram!
~maira
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For the first time

05 • Mar • 13

I’m packing my bags. I’m taking a train tomorrow to Skåne, a place where I have never been, to teach my Fusion Workshop there. For the first time, I’m leaving Jaanus home. It is such a weird feeling – but very exciting too. I can’t wait to take my bags inside that train, remove my lens cover and start filming. I can’t wait to start teaching them about cinema, about storytelling, about  video editing. I can’t wait to see their films, and to see my own film. And I can’t wait to come back home and give him that tight hug. Because I’m not even gone yet, and I’m already dying of saudade.

It’s been now 2 years since I was on a movie set for the last time and I feel anxiety in every part of me. I want to film, I want to film, I want to feel that weird and glorious sensation we feel when we finally finish editing a movie. The “mission accomplished” feeling mixed with the “I gave birth to a video master-piece” feeling. So I’ll be filming and documenting every step of this little journey. It’s just a few days, I know, but it means so much to me. It’s like… I’m growing. Tomorrow I start a little lonely adventure, equipped with my phone and 2 amazing video apps, 2 cameras, a laptop, a monopod, a mic and lots of inspiration. Let’s see what the outcome will be :) See you very soon!

Puss och Kram!
~maira
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Veckans entreprenör!

25 • Feb • 13

This morning I had a nice surprise when I opened my email and found out I was chosen Veckans Entreprenör (business person of the week) at the StartaEget.se forum. I haven’t really done anything special, but I obviously think I deserve the title. They could even have named me the entrepreneur of the year, because I sometimes find it hard to believe how much I have achieved in only 1,5 year in Sweden. Here is the link to StartaEget.se, for those who want to see the real thing with their own eyes!

Maira Martins was chosen "Veckans Entreprenör" (business entrepreneur of the week) by the StartaEget forum.

 

But that’s not all. I have more great news to share!

♥ I’m working with Pia Klancar to design my website! I will have a real website! A custom-designed, looks-just-like-me website, where I will showcase my videos and my work, and where I can welcome my future brides with the professional image I want them to see. I’m also keeping this blog and I’m very happy I will be able to finally post more often and write about anything I want, including the dog, our trips, some good wedding work and even the process of designing a website with Pia, why not?

♥ I’m also partnering with some amazing photographers to film weddings together with them, and I am really excited about this!

♥ Three more Fusion workshops are booked! The first Stockholm group had a great response from the photographer’s community here in Sweden and I decided to teach 3 more groups in March. Göteborg, Skåne and Stockholm (yes, a second group!), here I go!

♥ Astro (how could I not write about my Astro?!) is now 4 weeks old. He grows so fast! He started eating dog food this weekend and is being introduced little by little to a home’s routine: getting used to washing machines and hair dryers sounds, and even travelling by car. Irene, the kennel owner, is just lovely and keeps us constantly updated via email and blog. We have met her for fika and took the opportunity to make one million questions. We love how strict and loving she is with her dogs. Her goldens are probably the most beautiful, well-groomed, clean, trained and happy dogs I’ve ever seen. She is a real PACK-LEADER!!! We have so much to learn :)

Puss och Kram!
~maira
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