Two years ago, a man in Mexico with the same name as mine bought the domain name
www.AlfredoFloresPhotography.com thinking he could become a photographer. He didn’t. Instead that Alfredo is now a famous Mexican jazz musician, and with that I was able to purchase the domain name I’ve always wanted.
So here’s introducing my new photography site
www.AlfredoFloresPhotography.com (launch date 1/1/12) and new Facebook fan page
www.facebook.com/AlfredoFloresPhotography (which is live now, so feel free to like me :)
The actually date of the exchange of ownership of this domain is on January 1, 2012 – but until then here's a preview beta site of what my new website will look like
http://www.wix.com/flores78/capcityphoto
And now, time to celebrate!
In addition to commemorating the launch of the website it’s my birthday, all part of a unique three-events-in-one bash!
-Birthday party with FREE one-hour Svedka vodka open bar from 9p to 10p at the DOWNSTAIRS bar on the MAIN FLOOR at One Lounge (1606 20th Street NW, inches away from the Q Street exit of Dupont Circle Metro)
http://oneloungedc.com
- Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) Fundraiser and Beauty Product Raffle. To donate online go to
http://ocrf.kintera.org/Vega
-The official launch party for my brand new photography website
http://alfredofloresphotography.com and new Facebook fan page
www.facebook.com/AlfredoFloresPhotography, as well as images from my new photo art gallery show “Top 10 Concerts in D.C. 2011” on the big flat screen TV at One Lounge
As a small token of my appreciation for all of your tremendous support in my newly launched photography company, I offer you a one-hour open bar on all Svedka vodka drinks from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at One Lounge.
But after the open bar, I invite you to stay (I turn one year older at the stroke of midnight) because One Lounge is serving up a new specialty “Betty-tini” blue martini--svedka vodka, blue curacao and lemonade strained into a martini glass, should be a good, sort of tropical in December. The drink, reasonably priced at $10, is named after my rockstar mom and my hero--Beatriz Vega, with a portion of the sales of the drink benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
OC is a very dear cause to me, and the OCRF provided an incredible support system for my family and me a decade ago when we needed it most.
There are two ways to support OCRF…
Make an online donation to OCRF in honor of my mom at:
http://ocrf.kintera.org/Vega
You can also show your support at One Lounge by purchasing the “Betty-tini” during this event, as well as wear a “blue” item of clothing at the event (blue is the color for OC awareness).
PLUS you can also purchase $10 raffle tickets with the winner receiving a large swag bag filled with L'Oreal beauty products including youth regeneration skincare, lipstick, lip gloss, eye shadow, hairspray, shampoo and conditioner (swag courtesy of OCRF). Raffle winner will be announced at 11p and winning number of raffle will be shown on the flat screen TV at the downstairs bar on the main floor at One Lounge until 1115p.
The gallery on display at the event will be my FINAL contribution to my long-time media partner Metromix D.C., which is going out of business at the end of the year. While this is bittersweet, I’ll now have an opportunity to latch on to other publications, perhaps create my own media outlet, as well as expand on my wedding and private in-house event photography. Feel free to forward me any job leads in 2012, I’m all ears!
I would like to give a special thank you to the following sponsors of this event…
Charity sponsor Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for providing giveaway L'Oreal products and setting up this customized URL for guests to make donations prior to the event:
http://ocrf.kintera.org/Vega
Liquor sponsor National Republic Distributing Company for providing the Svedka open bar (Thanks Jessica!)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Republic-National-Distributing-Company/142994176076
Venue sponsor One Lounge (Gracias Niko and Seth!) for providing the beautiful space at the main floor bar of the lounge.
http://www.facebook.com/oneloungedc
Design sponsor Janice Susan Wallace of The Capitol Fashionista (who will design my new watermark and logo)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Capitol-Fashionista/269485965267
And thanks to the media outlets that have already featured the event on their websites!
Greg's List:
http://gregslistdc.com/event/2011/alfredofloresphotographycom-launch-party-ocrf-fundraiser-open-bar-birthday
Little Black Blog:
http://littleblackblog.net/alfredofloresphotography-com-launch-party-ocrf-fundraiser-open-bar-birthday
SPECIAL NOTE: The event is in the DOWNSTAIRS bar on the main floor at One Lounge.
You are all among the most charitable people I know in D.C. and I am so blessed to know each and every one of you. Season’s greetings and look forward to seeing you all on Thursday, December 29th!
Alfredo
Questions, comments, concerns, photography job leads, media inquiries, etc. feel free to send them my way at
flores78@yahoo.com
For my media friends, feel free to post this item on your online calendars—the more people we get to donate to OCRF, the better. Since I take photos 364 out of 365 days a year, I invite everyone to bring their own cameras. OCRF would like to feature photos from this event in their national e-newsletter (potentially a good chance for nationwide exposure for your media company :)
To download a high res JPEG of the invite to the event please go to:
http://p6.hostingprod.com/@alfredoflores.biz/AFPHOTOGRAPHYlaunchInvites.jpg
