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Carmen Tome

AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST

About Me

As you check out the videos on this site, please note that these are slideshows of some of my creative photography sessions (not including the video favorites which I did not do), with each of them, set to music and not actual videos Under My Pics/Videos you will also find a few albums to look over, including CD covers that I've photographed for and, in some cases, did the graphic design as well Also, please check out the images on www.myspace.com/firstbornlivemusic for the latest photography and graphic design I've created for the band Firstborn Live! for their CD covers, promotional images and concert photography. Their latest CD is called 'Flesh n Bone' with an image of a baby (David Connors) that I photographed immediately after birth as the doctor held him up to the light.www.carmentome.myartchannel.com/collections www.carmentome.myartchannel.com/about WWW.CARMENTOME.COM

My Interests

Art of all kinds, music of all kinds, dance of all kinds... ballroom dance! ... architecture and beauty in all forms ... mountains, roads and beaches... nature walks ... health and exercise ... reading anything and everything ... poetry... being alone and creating ... coffee and dinner with friends .... deep conversations that spark ideas and growth. Conversations with God.

I'd like to meet:

Courageous people who seize the day ... paying it forward, spreading kindness wherever they go...... Sometimes a kind word is enough to change a person's day..... And I'd like to encourage others to experience paradigm shifts for freedom and healing by the power of Christ.

Music:

worldbeat (salsa, flamenco, mambo, fado, bossa nova, merengue, tango, celtic, jewish, yemenite, arabic, african rhythms, anything creatively percussive), alternative, jazz, pop, blues, rock, classical, folk and (some) country... and love gospel and life giving content in all the above genres. Lyrics that encourage, empower and inspire... touching the heart deeply or speaking to the human condition through poetical expression.

Movies:

Funny, funny, funny films are just great. The classics, arty type, romantic comedies, dramas with imagination ... anything artfully done, well acted, well written. Anything touching the soul. If comedy is thrown in, then all the better. :)

Television:

Nature specials... So You Think You Can Dance!...Dancing with the Stars .... American Idol ... CSI sometimes ... Decorating shows...

Books:

Too much to list!Ok... here's a start.... the Holy Bible, classics, poetry, health and wellness, self-improvement books, nature and ecology, psychology and human nature, cultural and international, spy intrigues, romantic, comedy, autobiographies and biographies, adventure stories, music and movie themes, architecture, newspapers, magazines and more....

Heroes:

Jesus Christ ... and anyone who has overcome against all odds with courage, determination, integrity, LOVE and GRACE. Especially overcome the darkness in themselves... Also, Opportunity International for giving the poor a working chance. www.opportunityinternational.caWhat About Seven - John Gilliat
Let All Mortal Flesh Be Silent
David Danced -Leora Cashe
bE sTILL by Dave Olson
I WILL NOT BE SILENT ANYMORE- Lianna Klassen
JESUS REIGN -Rosemary Reuss Connors
A Family Portrait - Beyond Boundaries by John Gilliat
Anna Dos Santos
TODAY - Brian Doerksen

My Blog

Painted Portraits and Charcoal Drawings!

There is an expansion in my creative business to incorporate portraiture done in myriads of styles: from renaissance oil painting, watercolor washes, thick impasto, to extensive realistic charcoal dra...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:15:00 PST

ART BIO

Carmen Tomé was born in Portugal and moved to the Okanagan with her family when she was 8 yrs old. Graduating from the SOSS in Oliver with Honors, she went on to study painting and drawing at Emily Ca...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:17:00 PST

OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL

It is my privilege to work alongside and support Opportunity International in their quest and mandate to help the poor help themselves. Carmen ToméABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONALWho We AreOpportunity ...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:50:00 PST

Dreams

the dreamslong lost dreamsache upon ache buried inday by daythe call subduedwaitingas time tries and hopes fallin the dry heatfinishing its workchallenging long despairsbut in the desert quietthe Voic...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:09:00 PST

Spring

Cast a gaze over the beautiful bed of AprilWhere tulips bloom and daffodils dance.The rage of winter winds have drawn to a calm,The biting snow is long forgotten.Spring's birth has conceived a Wonder ...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:49:00 PST

Thoughts on love

.... because you have the power and own the graceto look through and beyond this mask of meto my soul's true face.... and nothing repels you....excerp from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from th...
Posted by Carmen Tome on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:40:00 PST