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REFERENCE
LETTERS
To Whom it May Concern,
3rd
November 2009
I
just wanted to drop a note to thank Karla Darocas so
much for all of her help and support teaching me all
about the principles of Photoshop, Setting up a Web
Site, and Setting up a Blog/Ning.
In
the limited time that I spent with her, I felt that
I learned a huge amount. Her own knowledge and
expertise were very evident, and it was so
reassuring that she was willing to share that so
openly with me – and at an extremely competitive
hourly rate.
She was very patient with a computer novice and went
at a pace to suit my learning. Her style was
very relaxed and friendly, and informative, and she
guided me very gently through what was originally a
very frightening maze. She was adaptable and
prepared to work to my own agenda, rather than a
rigid and overly structured regime.
I
know that my business partners and husband have been
extremely impressed with what I have learned and
achieved, and I would have no hesitation
recommending Karla to anyone!
With best wishes,
Ann Mather
Executive Editor
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+34 647 844 260
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+44 (0)2088 667 999
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ann.mather@famouslyfit.com
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1 Conduit St, London W1S 2XA
To Whom it May Concern,
Many thanks for herr
wonderful help in doing my webpage. It was really
fun working and finishing it on my own. Although I
am always a bit short in time and we were working
very fast and efficient together. I am now only
missing the translation in German - what I will hope
to finish it by next weekend.
I am very proud of
my work, thanks of her, Karla. Her just have the
right kick to handle people and to transmit herr
skills - and to an unbelievable favourable price.
Her know how things
have to be and I am profiting of herr insider
knowledge. I am convinced that nowadays we have to
be in the net with our business. More and more
people do not read anymore newspapers nor listening
to radio/TV - just only "see pictures" and do
everything over the computer.
Thanks to my new
webpage I have nearly every day some inquiries. I
dearly do recommend Karla to everybody - she is
great.
Nina Hübscher
http://www.topnaturaalba.com
To Whom it May Concern,
I am very fortunate, to have met
Karla. I think she has great teaching skills, because I can turn the
lessons immediately into practice without any struggle. I will
certainly get further lessons in the near future and I can highly
recommend her skills to everybody, I know.
I just wish I could join more of
Karla's activities, because she is great fun to be with.
Sabina Farnhill
To Whom it May Concern,
"I write this testimonial
with many, many thanks to Karla for the marvelous job she has done
on my website .. which was a bit of a disaster before she made the
wonderful changes to it. I am extremely pleased with it and have
gotten two out of the blue inquiries just today, which I'm sure I
would never have received if she hadn't gotten me coming up first on
Yahoo.
Before now, I was
somewhat reluctant to send people to my site because it wasn't very
good or representative of my work, but I now I take real pleasure in
sending them there. She is great to work with, and seemed to know
exactly what my site needed, without me even saying a word!!!!!
It had been some time
since we had been in touch and I did not realize she was as skilled
at website design as she really is - and I would highly recommend
Karla to any and all folks who are looking to have an amazing site
built!!!!!
We've both had some
adventures since we first met here in Oshawa, Ontario some 8 years
ago and the fact that she can build such a great site from half a
world away - speaks for itself."
Linda Smith,
Folk Artist & Decorative Painter,
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
To Whom it May Concern,
"Karla is the energy in energetic and
my observation is that she has a passion for visual as well as narrative
communication.
I continue to be struck by Karla's endless artistic capability and
positive energy as well as stretching her personal resources and time to
publish meaningful communication pieces and web vehicles.
Her latest project on the Ning opportunity network for recognizing
leaders in their field and highlighting the lessons they have learned
equally from their successes and failures is textbook of how Karla finds
a way to harness technology, as well as being relevant to her space and
time.
Karla is someone who her can count on for any communication(s) project
that her may want to undertake. The proof is in the publishing."
David
Jonah,
CEO at Jonah & Associates and Owner,
Jonah & Associates
To Whom it May Concern,
"Karla is one of the most warm gifted
spirits that I have come across in 40 years of business. Her personal
style of candor and helpful support is very refreshing. Her productivity
and responsiveness to questions and requests is a delight to deal with.
She is great !"
Service Category: Business Consultant
Year first hired: 2008 (hired more than once)
Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative
Johnny Powers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Powers
To Whom it May Concern,
Hello, My name is Robert Harris, and I am the
Co-founder of the European School of Craniosacral Therapy
I hired Karla to help me set up a new web page
with videos and slides, and to produce a professional power point
presentation.
She has taught me how-to be independent of
the existing web page designers and to take back the control of
producing my own web page using Front Page. Karla has also shown me
neat ways to produce video and slide material to enhance the web
page and presentations at minimum cost.
Her technology tools and strategies have taught
me many shortcuts to saving money and time.
Karla teaching style is professional and
oriented towards improving my skills without creating a dependency
on her. She is very refreshing in the web page world.
I would recommend Karla as a qualified and
knowledgeable freelance educator because she cuts through the jargon
and empowers the client.
Robert Harris
European School of Craniosacral Therapy
www.Craneosacral.com
To Whom it May Concern,
Hello, My name is Jill Tyler of Moraira Luxury
Villas
I hired Karla because I decided I needed to
know a lot more about internet marketing to save having to hire an
expert every time my business needed a boost or new strategy.
Someone recommended Karla and I am so pleased I took up the
opportunity.
Karla has taught me how-to, not only publish
a website, but to make that website interesting and modern and
enjoyable. She has taught me that I can actually have the site
exactly how I want it. And most helpfully, how easy it is to
change it and add to it as circumstances arise.
She has taught me how-to make my own
videos with music, and how-to use these videos to market my business
- for free.
I love
Karla's teaching style because she doesn't have a set format to
lessons. She simply sees what comes up, in my quest to advance my
business, and then teaches me how-to achieve it. I really
appreciate that I can focus on what I personally need to learn. She
helps me to think about how-to expand my business. She makes some
excellent suggestions , as she has a fabulous common sense attitude
to business and in particular marketing. Her advice is freely given
, so its an added & welcome bonus.
I would Absolutely recommend Karla as a
qualified and knowledgable freelance educator .
Jill Denise Tyler
MorairaLuxuryVillas.com
To Whom it May Concern,
My name is Debbie Goodchild and
I live in Javea.
Karla was recommended to my by a
friend. She has taught me how-to create videos, manage photographs, and how-to build
websites. She has taught me some handy technology tools and strategies
such as creation, marketing and maintaining a website. Her teaching
style is innovative. She makes me laugh. I would definitely recommend
Karla as a qualified and knowledgeable freelance educator.
To Whom it May Concern,
My name is
Lizzie Clayton and I live in Cumbre del Sol.
I hired Karla,
because I joined one of her business courses. She has taught me
how-to write a business plan and how-to monitor the grown of my
business - and then track the reality back to my business plan.
I am now learning
how-to build a website and an online database. She has taught me how
to use "web-based" tools and a number of "free" online graphic
tools.
Karla has so much
information to impart and share. She is calm and encouraging and
doesn't shout (like my husband!!). Karla also makes it fun, which is
an important part of learning.
I highly recommend
Karla as an educator, because of her immense knowledge and her style
of teaching.
Lizzie Clayton
LizzieClayton.com
To Whom it May Concern,
Hello, my
name is Pauline Harwood and I own a model agency in Javea.
Karla has
taught me computer technology and how to organize my
computer. She has also taught me Photoshop in depth.
She is
very business like and I would recommend her private
tuition.
Regards Pauline,
Pauline Harwood Management.
P H Models
* * * * * * * *
www.phmodels.biz
Tel 0034 630 066 567
Fax. 0034 96 646 2746
To Whom it May
Concern,
Everyone has
said so much about Karla Darocas. What can I add to the long
list of attributes, skills and talents? I agree with each
and every word that has been said.
I have found
Karla smart, organized, available, prolific, sensitive,
willing and very energetic and what I think that this aspect
- is one of her most important characteristics. She has real
vision.
However, what
I love most about Karla is her incredible courage and
immense generosity. I feel that we live in a society
dominated by men who for centuries have hung on to knowledge
and succeeded in disempowering women throughout the ages.
Men have done such an effective job that they have left
almost half of their own species in ignorance, as
second-class citizens and certainly at a huge disadvantage
within the global economic pie. Men and society do this via
a well-studied and observed sociological and economical
phenomenon, part of which is acquiring and retaining the
power and keeping their skills and expertise a close-guarded
secret. The consequence of living in a male-centred society
and a male-respected environment means that not only do men
maintain society’s imbalance, sadly women also uphold the
same society’s values and ideas.
As I was
saying, the thing I love most about Karla is her generosity
and sharing, not part, not segments or fragments, but ALL of
her knowledge, expertise, understanding and skills that she
has spent many hours researching and learning. And I love
her courage. She is not afraid of letting go of that
knowledge. She is not worried that by sharing her skills,
this may in some way impoverish her. Karla is not terrified
of letting others learn. Karla positively encourages, and in
fact insists, that other women and I empower ourselves and
gain knowledge in the face of a constantly oppressive
society.
Additionally
she is an excellent teacher and has taught me more in a few
brief hours than I could have learnt over months on the
internet. Whatever she tells me is backed up with hours of
research. She never misleads nor muddles me. She is always
helpful between our sessions and she is forward-looking.
She is
ingenuous and I thank her and recommend her to anyone who is
thinking about having classes. Start now – I wish I had
started earlier. She has an enormous amount of knowledge and
experience, plenty of patience and a whole heap to give.
Tracy
Bottomley
Jalon - Alicante
To Whom it May
Concern,
August 2008
I have known Karla for more than 5 years now.
When I first met her, she
had only recently arrived in Spain and during this period of
time, I have seen her start and develop a number of very
successful projects.
The truth is, that she is one of these people that always
“makes things happen.” Her enthusiasm for her projects
whether they are photography / videography, IT or
health-related, women's issues - are infectious and
genuine.
She works in a professional manner and is willing to give of
herself freely.
Her support for charities and other good causes is
legendary.
Irrelevant of whether
her have a current requirement to
network with Karla or not, I most sincerely recommend that
her make contact with her. Her never know what might
happen!!
Kind Regards,
Steve Hall
shall@thisisspain.info
To Whom it May
Concern,
June 2007
I have known Karla
Darocas for more than three years now. We met through the Women
In Business Club, where Karla was organising an educational
evening of Natural Health. It was a very successful evening and
I was not only impressed with Karla's enthusiasm for her chosen
cause but also with her professionalism throughout the whole
evening. This was to be the start of a long and successful
relationship within the Women In Business Club.
The success
of this organisation very much depends on the hard work and
dedication of Karla, keeping everybody informed and working
together as a team to keep the Issue of Domestic Violence very
much in the news and giving women in crisis a very much needed
lifeline. Without the skills and knowledge of Karla acting as
the organ grinder, sending relevant information out to us daily,
this group would not be the success it is today.
Karla
introduced another of her skills to us recently with regard to
internet video and encouraging people to share their skills and
knowledge through the internet. Being in front of a camera is
something that makes me very very nervous and when asked, I was
hesitant.
I must say,
that Karla was very professional and made me feel at ease
immediately. The whole experience did not interfere with my
working day and overall was enjoyable, fun and interesting. I
certainly won't be hesitant next time!
Janet Brownrigg (Lic.Dip.Ac. C.Ac.China)
The Kamala Centre * Calpe
To Whom it May Concern,
Dear Karla
Just wanted to
say a huge thank for herr tutoring me in website development.
After several months of debating who to get to set up my webpage
I decided that to learn to do it myself was by far the best
option.
Herr expertise
in how to market the business was invaluable and her made it
easy and logical and now my website is up and running on the
internet and in such a short space of time. I maintain it on a
regular basis and have no one to have to harass to get this done
- fantastic.
Cannot sing
herr praises enough and I have recommended
her to many friends
and associates.
Thanks again
Cath Hunter
Party Event and
Location caterer
To Whom it May Concern,
Dear Karla,
I would just like
to thank her once again for all the invaluable help her have given
me in setting up the computing and networking side to my new
financial company. I certainly would not be at this stage of my
business if it were not for her. As her know, I had many
frustrating months trying other “so called experts” in the I.T
consulting industry and was not getting anywhere. I only regret
that her had not been recommended to me sooner.
As discussed I
will be requiring herr consulting services on a regular basis for
this year starting next month and I will certainly recommend herr
expertise and herr motivating teaching skills to my business
associates.
Once again thank
her for all herr professional help.
Carlo Ferrari M.Sc,
Founder & CEO
Ferrari Financial Limited.
www.ferrari-financial.com
To Whom it May Concern,
JAVEA ORGANISERS, COSTA BLANCA ,SPAIN
www.javea-organisers.com
Sue Coley- Director.
Her meet many people along the way in
herr life - and if her are
lucky her are privileged to find a few that are very special.
Karla Darocas is one of those special people - unique, talented in so
many ways, intelligent, inspiring, creative and much more.
She has been alongside me since the very first concept of my
business, helping me to give birth to and then manage my own
website, developing and enlarging my ideas, giving me her
thoughts, both negative and positive, on anything I wanted to
achieve, and above all encouraging me to be practical but creative and
expansive.
I would urge anyone who is starting a business, who already has a
business, or who wants to learn about Computers and the Internet to
contact Karla as soon as possible.
Her wont regret it!
To Whom it May Concern,
Paul James, musician
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
I've known Karla for over 20 years and she understands the music
business from the ground up having worked in her own record store and
also as a freelance music writer for various publications and had her
own radio show. She also produced some concerts of which I had the
privilege to play on.
She was one of the first people to get a website set up and encouraged
artists like myself to do the same.
Karla has created and managed my web site for the past number of years.
Karla has a great disposition, knowledgeable and very easy to work
with. She's the greatest!
Paul James
www.PaulJamesBand.com
To Whom it May Concern,
JBP
Sales Consultants, LLC
March 1, 2002
My
name is Joe Basanda and I have worked with Karla at DirectVision, a very
diversified company.
My
working relationship with Karla found her to be honest and refreshing.
She has a level of professionalism unsurpassed.
Her dedication to getting it done is why she has been so
successful.
We
worked together for approximately a year and in that time she was
resilient to getting things done.
She
created and published an on-line magazine, “Seen Magazine”,
producing or directing it content on a monthly basis, which she
eventually sold to DirectVision in America.
In
addition to seeing Karla’s photo’s in “Seen”, on the Web, I was
fortunate to have Karla’s at my wedding where she was kind enough to
photograph parts of my experience and provide them on the Web to share
with many of my family and friends.
They were perfect.
Again,
I can’t say enough about Karla dedication to her work.
She is a person that can be counted on in the crunch.
She has experience that guides her and honestly that lifts her to
a place that is truly refreshing.
If
her would like to email me with further questions, please do not
hesitate.
Regards,
Joe
Basanda, President
JBP Sales Consultants, LLC
Aliso Viejo, California
* USA
jbasanda@hotmail.com
To Whom it May
Concern,
The Record
225 Fairway Road South,
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, N2G 4E5
March 2002
This is to confirm
freelance journalist / photo-journalist Karla Ingleton-Darocas's role as
a culture commentator and arts motivator in the Grand River communities
of Southwestern Ontario.
Karla wrote a weekly
column for The Record, the central newspaper for this region and took
all her own photos, from 1994 to 1996. She focused on herng musicians,
blues artists and visual artists. Her columns were both informative to
readers and instructive to artists themselves.
Beyond the value Karla
brought to The Record through research and well-informed opinion, she
taught by personal example.
Karla showed emerging
entrepreneurs how to open a gallery, run an arts center, publish a
magazine, create an internet presence, organize business seminars, and
develop their own voice on public radio and in print... in short, how to
run their own careers professionally.
Prior to Karla writing
for this newspaper, The Record wrote about Karla, tracking her
professional presence in the community since 1990. Karla organized art
gallery tours, established a performance center, published books and
created Zona Canada - a multi-media company that included a magazine,
internet and radio formats... as well as a newspaper column.
Karla continued to
write timely stories for The Record after moving to Bowmanville, her
hometown, where she revitalized a community of artistic entrepreneurs in
Eastern Ontario.
Her legacy here
remains. Zona Radio continues to highlight local musicians, and her
column for The Record is now written by members of the arts community
she profiled.
I wish Karla all the
best in her relocation from California, to Zurich and to Spain.
Should her require any
further clarification regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me at the number below.
Philip Bast
Arts Editor
To Whom it May Concern,
Marilyn Brooks
Marilyn Brooks Boutiques Inc.
Toronto, Ontario. Canada
TO WHOM IT MY CONCERN:
I HAVE KNOW KARLA
DAROCAS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I FIND HER TO BE VERY CREATIVE AND
ENERGETIC.
KARLA PUTS HER HEART AND
SOUL INTO A PROJECT AND CAN WORK TO DEADLINE ON A BUDGET.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE
TO CALL ME AT 1 416 504 5700 FOR A REFERENCE.
To Whom it May Concern,
WERAGIFT MUSIC
P
O Box 933, 44 Gaukel Street, Kitchener ON
N2G 4E3
(519) 569-7086
Fax
(519) 743-9452
Email:
eppm_@hotmail.com
Website:
www.nightshiftmedia.com/Epp
February
26, 2006
My
name is Mary Anne Epp and I am an artist in Kitchener Ontario, Canada.
I’ve
come to know Karla through the superb work she does as a photographer
as well as through working together with her on one of her Music &
Literature Education Conferences, which she created and co-ordinated,
right here at our Kitchener City Hall.
And I’ve been lucky enough to know her for about 20 years
now.
Karla
did a couple photo shoots for me a few years back and I was delighted
with her work. The photo
we selected then for my press package is still one of my favourites.
As a matter of fact it hangs on the wall in my teaching studio.
Lately, I’ve taken to following her work via her web-site and
Karla never fails to impress me with her good work.
If
I can tell her anything about Karla it’s this; she has an abundance
of creativity, she has an excellent eye and great timing, she
possesses a beautiful sense of adventure and last but certainly not
least, she has integrity. When
Karla says she is going to do something, she does it, with both grace
and flare.
I
hope this letter helps her to understand better who Karla Ingleton-Darocas
is and what she’s capable of.
If
her have any questions, please feel free to call, write or email me at
the above particulars.
Herrs
truly,
Mary Anne Epp
President
To Whom it May Concern,
Friday March 8th, 2002
John A. Mills
Blow Herr Top Productions
1294 Ranchlands Road NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T3G 1S3
My name is John A. Mills (AKA Johnny V).
I am a successful producer, composer, arranger and independent
multiple award winning international recording artist from Canada.
I have
known Karla Darocas (Ingleton) for more than 20 years on a business
and professional level. Throughout those years here in Canada I have
found her to be intelligent, well educated, trustworthy,
perspicacious, dedicated and steadfast about her work.
I first met her
through my dealings with a company called ZONA CANADA (a successful
business which Karla most single-handedly developed.) ZONA was
dedicated to the betterment of independent artists worldwide by
publishing articles which contained evaluative, and critical
discourse.
Her next business
venture was an online magazine called SEEN MAGAZINE. Again Karla
cultivated the concept on her own and published excellent reviews and
photography. SEEN was an award winning online publication that was
eventually sold to a firm in California where Karla relocated to
oversee the online publishing and photography of the magazine.
Her journalistic
skills are clever, accurate and genuinely informative, and as for her
photography, well all I can say is she has the eye of a true artist
whenever she focuses and clicks the shutter of her camera.
I would highly
recommend Karla for any position her may be considering her for. In
closing I would like to say I dearly miss her sagacity and wish her
all the success in her career and marriage.
It's Canada's loss
and Spain's gain.
Sincerely, J.A. Mills
Tuesday,
February 26, 2002
My
company, INNsystems Limited operates the online reservation service for
Tourism New Brunswick (
www.tourismnb.ca
) and is actively distributing software products in Canada and the
United States.
I
have been active in the development of technology companies from New
Brunswick for the past 30 years. During that time I have been engaged in
writing articles and assisting companies in presenting their best face
to investors and customers.
During
the past five years I have come to know and work with Ms Karla Darocas
in Canada and in her executive management capacity during her assignment
in California to assist in the re-positioning of an online e-zine that
she was instrumental in creating. During the exposure to the
professional accomplishments and achievements of Ms Darocas
I was
struck by her integrity and her commitment to deliver her
responsibilities under the most challenging of circumstances. Her flair
for detail, design and delivery was impressive to me to observe and for
others to experience as they recounted to me in subsequent
communications.
On
several occasions, Ms Darocas was able to create and compose stunning
photography, which she displayed professionally as part of the online
content. I was also the recipient of several personal photographic
galleries displayed online recounting her personal adventures in
sightseeing. Her pictures were always evocative and relentlessly well
composed as well as colorful. Her pictures tell a three dimensional
story with one-dimensional technology using the elements composition of
photography.
I am
delighted to offer the strongest of accolades for the multi-talents and
disciplines of Ms. Darocas in anything that she would undertake. Her
strongest talent is in the composition of a photograph combining the
elements at hand and the magic of angle and lighting to get that best
record of the moment.
If
I can be of any further assistance or go into more detail on my delight
for the photographic artistry of Ms Darocas then please feel free to
contact me directly. My contact points are
davidj@innsystems.net
and 506-872-4242 at anytime that is herr convenience.
My
warmest regards,
David
Jonah
To Whom it May Concern,
Kate
Ashby-Craft
Singer/Songwriter
RR#2
St. Marys, ON. N4X 1C5, Canada
Ph
519-349-2748
poplar@kateashbycraft.com
www.kateashbycraft.com
Friday,
March 1, 2002
To Whom it may concern,
As
her can see by my letter head, my name is Kate Ashby-Craft. Besides
being a`singer/songwriter,
I am also an independent recording artist and actor.
I
know Karla Ingleton-Darocas from working with her off and on for the
last fifteen years.
I
have seen her photography in publications she had published through her
company, Zona communications as well as her online magazine called Seen.
Her photography is excellent.
Karla is one of the hardest working, most dedicated
people I have ever known.
Above
all, extremely professional.
Regards,
Kate
Ashby-Craft
To Whom it May Concern,
Hello,
My
name is Deanna Knight and I live in Canada as an artist,
singer/songwriter and environmental educator.
I
have known Karla through many areas of her creative life spanning over a
decade. We met initially at a conference she had produced to teach our
city’s artistic community, her DIY (do it herrself!) publishing
tricks.
Karla
has always shown great enthusiasm for the way we look at the world. I
notice this not only in her photography but also in her writing and web
design.
I
have had the pleasure of working with her on a number of personal
promotional shoots as well as media events, private functions and
celebrations.
I
always enjoyed her spark for life.
Regards,
Deanna
Knight
Vancouver, BC
Canada
www.shemoon.com
To Whom it May Concern,
Sunday,
October 22, 2006
To
Whom It May Concern:
My name is Bryan Liew and I am an entrepreneur and artist from Canada,
now living in Arizona, USA. I am the founder of Communicate.com and
Dance.com and have worked in the information technology industry for the
past eight years.
I have known Karla for ten years. We first met when I was a student at
the University of Waterloo. Karla had finished her studies and was
living and working in Waterloo, Ontario. She was the operator of the
University of Waterloo’s music store and a music journalist for the
Kitchener Record. She was also a freelance photographer, independent
publisher and radio broadcaster.
I had the pleasure of working with Karla as the co-creator of a
photography exhibition with showcased in Waterloo. She was working in
black and white prints and had her own darkroom.
I believe Karla to be an innovative visual artist. She is extremely
talented and inspiring, and I would recommend Karla for any contract
position where her abilities can be utilized.
Best Wishes,
Bryan Liew
Founder,
visitEarth.ca
To Whom it May Concern,
March 1, 2002
I am writing to offer a
professional reference of Mrs. Karla Darocas.
As an artist myself, I
became acquainted with Mrs. Darocas about three years ago when I was
involved with SEEN.com, a magazine for which I did some illustration.
In seeing the other
visual content of the magazine, it was apparent that Karla was quite
involved in shooting the journalistic photos needed to cover the various
stories she wrote for SEEN.com.
She has maintained a
substantial gallery of travel oriented images, featuring historical and
tourist sites from California, Switzerland and Spain.
She has a keen eye for
some interesting detail studies of marketplaces, architecture and
romantic lakeside settings.
From my experience with
her, I know Karla to be a keen and energetic journalist and photographer
with an extensive knowledge and understanding of the ‘CYBER WORLD’
we live and operate in.
Her strength in this
area is profound and should serve her, and any potential employer very
well.
Respectfully herrs,
Paul Livingston
To Whom it May Concern,
To Whom It May Concern:
My
name is J. David Miller, and I am a writer and entrepreneur who lives in
Southern California. I am the author of eight books, including two
bestsellers, and have been CEO of three multi-million-dollar
corporations.
I met
Karla Ingleton when she was the founder/publisher/editor of SEEN
Magazine. Together, we collaborated on that effort for several months.
At its zenith, SEEN was read by more than 1 million readers per month,
in 23 countries.
I
have engaged Karla for her outstanding photography on a number of other
occasions. I have seen her work on websites, in magazines and in print,
and she is truly gifted. I am currently writing my ninth book, Emily’s
Secret Garden, and I will be commissioning Karla for that project,
as well.
In
the years that I have known Karla, I have found her to not only be
extremely talented, but also punctual, entertaining and amazingly
resourceful.
I
consider her as not just a professional colleague with whom I would
trust any literary or photography project, but also a best friend, as
well. She is an outstanding addition to any team.
My
only regret is that she now lives so far away from me.
Kind
regards,
J.
David Miller
Laguna Beach, California
To Whom it May Concern,
13126
Glandt Ct,
Corona, CA 92883
February
26, 2002
Plan
B-Events is a company dedicated to providing excellent service to the
production and promotion of concerts, festivals, corporate events,
weddings and fundraisers. Plan B is responsible for sourcing and
securing other vendors as members of a support group responsible for the
overall success of each event.
Karla
has been a vendor for the Fender Catalina Island Blues Festival, which
has a history of 5 very successful years. Karla’s support in the
promotion and exposure of the festival through her web contacts,
expertise and incredible photography has been instrumental in the
success of this annual event.
I
have found Karla’s work ethic to be excellent, always on time, very
productive and dependable. I would welcome the opportunity to work with
Karla on any event that may require a professional.
Please
feel free to contact me should her have any questions concerning Karla
Ingleton-Darocas 909.674.8189.
Regards,
Bettina
Hiniker
Plan
B Events
To Whom it May Concern,
I strongly recommend
Karla Darocas as a professional photographer. She is talented and
accountable.
In the 13 years I knew
Karla in Canada, she demonstrated herself to be a creative leader who
was highly regarded by her many clients, including myself.
In summary, hire her.
Her'll be delighted her did.
Sincerely,
Gary Polonsky,
President, University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
Durham College
Oshawa, Ontario
gary.polonsky@durhamc.on.ca
To Whom it May Concern,
Rhonda Stirling
Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
To whom it may concern:
My name is Rhonda
Stirling and I live in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. Currently I
am working on a cookbook to be published as part of Celtic Connections
10th Anniversary celebrations. It features a collection of recipes from
musicians who have performed at the festival in Glasgow.
I worked professionally
with Karla as Co-Founder of Aficionada Arts and
Entertainment Network, Canada, between 1991 and 1994.
Karla was the backbone
and creative force behind many diverse projects. These included the
design and photography for the cover artwork for several recordings of
singer/songwriters and the promotional material produced to accompany
them.
Aficionada also
published a cookbook with recipes from a diverse range of
musicians including the chart topping Crash Test Dummies and the
Barenaked Ladies, and where possible, Karla's photos of the artists were
used to accompany the recipes.
At this time Karla had
her own dark room. She was working with traditional film and yet
experimented with unusual developing techniques. From start to finish
she was in control of the whole creative process, turning photographs
into artwork became her speciality.
Karla's home became a
neighbourhood gallery displaying to the public her creative works as a
surrealist painter and photographer. Her abilities in this line
also stretched to traditional photo restoration and hand colouring, all
techniques needed before the advances of digital photography and
computer manipulation, which now Karla has mastered to boot.
Karla has never been
afraid of keeping abreast of new technology and has the ability to
foresee trends.
During my time working
with Karla she was interviewing performers, (both local and
international stars) and writing regular features for Spotlight
Magazine, South Western Ontario's Entertainment Guide. Together we were
writing and publishing Aficionada Fanzine which was filled with the
music and art of the day. To back up her interviews Karla took portrait
photographs of the artists to accompany the articles or live concert
photos, rather than using the run of the mill photos provided by the
agents.
Everything that Karla
does has her own creative stamp on it! The artist in her is never
suppressed and it is with an in-depth knowledge of art, a passion for
life, for creating something unique that speaks to people, that she
approaches everything she does. Through her art, whatever form, she will
communicate, document, tell stories, transform the mundane, apture the
moment...
To this day I have
photos taken by Karla hanging on my office wall, and they are out of the
ordinary!
After reading the other letters of recommendation I can only confirm
100% the respect shown for Karla and her work. They are the pieces of a
jigsaw that inter link. They present a full picture of Karla's
professional history and abilities.
Best Wishes,
Rhonda J. Stirling
To Whom it May Concern,
Dear Sir/Madame
I have been involved in
numerous artistic and entrepreneurial projects with Karla since 1991.
Many of these projects were born of Karla's visual arts experience and
multitude of photographic talents.
Karla has made it her
life's goal to study the works of the the great masters of the visual
arts, the first photographers, the surrealists, and the pop icons of the
twentieth century. She possesses at once, a keen eye a flair for the
"hip" and a very strong work ethic.
Karla is dedicated to
the sharing of the beauty that surrounds her.
Karla Darocas comes
highly recommended.
Artistically herrs,
Gerry Robbins,
photographer, musician, broadcaster, journalist
gerrob@sympatico.ca
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