Mr. Lara is a career scientific and commercial photographer and professor of information systems and internet technologies at Nova Southeastern University and Strayer University.
If you are a professional and work in the areas of Information Systems contact me via my 
website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/walterlara
Current Initiatives:
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Adjunct Professor at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of business and Entrepreneurship- Nova Southeastern University.
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Author book chapter: ""Internet security technologies in front of transactions business systems in the era of globalization"
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Adjuct Professor at Strayer University
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Jacksonville, Florida Chamber of Commerce active member
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Jacksonville Sister Cities active member
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Internet Marketing for Intraneting.com
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Scientific Photographer wih The Wild Spots Foundation
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Co-Producer film production "the Yellow Star"
Wild Spot Foundation
Th Wild Spots Foundation, Inc. helps support local economies by bringing small groups from all over the world to new areas to appreciate the natural beauty and distinctive landscapes of a community, the inimitable crafts of indigenous peoples and the vast biodiversity to be found within a landscape. We do this by inviting teachers, photographers, artists and students to participate in biodiversity conferences, ecotourism assessments, exceptional volunteer opportunities to help rare and endangered wildlife, and photographic opportunities that are without parallel in the natural world.
The Bahamas
This is my fourth year teaching in the Islands. The weather and the sourrundings are colorful and life is vibrant. I enjoy the policentric and hospitable aspect of the bahamian society. Class participation and collaborative style is part of the active learning - somewhat different from my experience in the US, where most of my students tend to be more individualistics in nature.
I concentrate primarily on information systems management and enjoy the work on e-business processes and 
vulnerabilities of transactions sytems. Currently I am writing a chapter on this topic for publication and I am working towards the Doctoral degree in Information Systems with concentration in Information Security. If you are expert on this topic don't hesitate to contact me via . You can follow the white papers and resource from the community.zdnet.co.uk at http://community.zdnet.co.uk
H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at NOVA Southeastern University. The NSU Bahamas program reaches many talented new professionals at Freeport and Nassau.
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More Bahamas photos at walterlara.photoshop.com
PEOPLE & FRIENDS
"The Yellow Star" Film Production is the story of Tom Beck and about his friendship as a 4 year old during (1944) with a Jewish boy named Robbie Steinberg.
We are in the casting process and preparing for shooting by end of the year in Five Points, Jacksonville. Find us at http://theyellowstar.net/
Picture here my friends Tom Beck and Ray Janes, producer.
Dr. Dan Nunn
My friend, Toraxic surgeon Dan Nunn, MD posing at his river residency while taking a break from his numerous activities - among them as the Historian of the Halstead Society- finishing the memoirs of Dr. Stewart Halsted, the most innovative, influential and important surgeon the United States of America has ever produced.
Featuring Chef Stephen Bechan at the Florida Yatch Club Febreruary 2009. He is known for his culinary training. He is the executive chef in the club's Pirate's Den
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TRIP TO PERU August 2008
Sacsayhuamán from the Quechua composed, it comes Sacsay which means fullfill and huamán the hawk. The hawk, bird of prey which abunds in the peruvian sierra, was the protector of the first inka Manko Qhapaj.
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These series of images is the result of a trip to Ollanta in a Sunday afternoon in middle of winter in the southern hemisphere, some fifty miles from Cusco city in the Andes of Peru. This is the time of the year were farmers gather the seeds and prepare the ground for sowing. Reddish tones of land and mud are the brush of the symetric fields abroad.
Chinchero was found in the middle of the most beautiful campiñas, with the objective to serve the Inca Tupac Yupanki with a place to rest.
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Arequipa, also known as the Ciudad Blanca. Arequipa (2,350 m.a.s.l.), is the capital of the department of the same name. It is a beautiful city of mansions, temples and convents built out of 'sillar' - a material of solidified volcanic rock -, and distinguished by a unique architectural style. Arequipa is surrounded by magical countryside giving it a refreshing, bucolic air.
Arequipa is known by its highest volcanos in South America. The Misti (5.825 msnm) the most emblematic of Arequipa
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Amazonas
A view of the rain forest near the Nanay river, half and hour from the small town of Iquitos in the heart of the Amazonas. The river was low in August, perfect wheather, lots of ants, few mosquitos- the rainy season starts in December -the zoo is worth the visit.
Take a look of some photos- see me having dinner with "Chonta" at the Sinchicuy lodge.
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The Misterious Nazca Lines
Here is an aerial view of the "Colibri", one of the many Nazca lines embedded on the dry sandi surface of Nazca. These impressive graphics carved on the sand surface are the remains of the Nazca Culture. Located on the Nazca desert in the south of Peru, the markings runs over the Pan American Higway, near the Pacific ocean.
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This shot is taken of the Ollaytantambo ruins. This espectcular site is oneof my favorite stops when I visit Cuzco. The remains of the Incas impressive solid stone-engineering expands through the Urubamba valley, all the way to Cuzco city.
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Find out about my trip to la Meseta de Marcahuasi, many many years ago. On the highlands of Peru, the Marcahuasi rocks lay on an surface of near 4,000 meters in altitude.
Here is a picture of my son Patrick at the Shrimp Festival at Fernandina Beach!
All my work is currently done on digital format. Canon is my preference for camera body and optics. My flashes includes stroboscopic lights and vary depending on the assignment. I often use filtration from 200-900nm, and motion techniques on my shots.
I shoot from macro to micro.
Send me an email to access my photostock. All my shots are posted in my Kodak gallery.
Here is my son Pat riding his scooter, March 20, 2009
I contribute to The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, The Jacksonville Sisters Cities and The Christian Miracle of Sight organization.
My hobbies include fast-motion photography, water-color painting, swimming, and of course my favorite sport, tennis. As a USTA member I travel the US to see the pros and have fun playing on clay or hard court surfaces. Got a racket?
Walter