So much to announce as we look to a new year and new destinations. 2010 was quite a year with places visited near and far from Peru, Seattle, Kauai, Seattle again, and now…  we look to end and start the year at the birthplace and home of Americas one true original musical art form that is Jazz music – The Big Easy aka – New Orleans!

A sincere thank you all that have supported DLRfoto in the past year. Your words of encouragement along with the booking of sessions and purchases of my book ‘Hijo de las Piedras’ have been more than motivation and inspiration.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. It appeared to have worked and all of my friends’ safety have been accounted for. Thoughts still remain to those affected by the flooding in Machu Picchu and surrounding villages.

Today’s news of  the Chilean quakes has brought about many worries to my day. My thoughts immediately went out to all my friends and their families in Peru. When I received word of the devastated areas, my immediate actions were to reach out to everyone I knew in Chile’s northern neighboring country via facebook in hopes for the best. In recent weeks, it has been reported that  Machu Picchu suffered sever flood damages due to torrential downpours. This having happened a little over a month since my visit, coupled with the nearby quakes, have made my visit all the more precious.

Hawaii had also received news of a tsunami warning within hours of the quakes. It was to my relief to learn that the the state where one of my childhood friends live and where I will be shooting a wedding in June had no reports of any deaths, injuries or damages.

I have not received a reply from any of my friends in Lima, but still remain optimistic as communications are usually jammed up or disrupted during these times.