December 2011
4 posts
Day 337 - Its a Bautizo
I had an early today with getting home late at night from the football game in Kingsville. I made it to McAllen in time to take pictures at a baptism for a client of mine. It happened so fast that I was glad there was a reception for him that everyone got to attend and I was able to take a few more pictures.
Day 336 - The Big Game
I come from a small town in a deep South Texas, and as any town in Texas they have an insane amount of pride when it comes to football. It has been years since a team from the region had gone so far in the playoffs. Since acquiring a press pass for the game, I headed out with my family and we went to see the big game. As I was shooting video in hopes that I could put together a film of their way...
Day 335 - Officially Media
I’ve been taking pictures for just about ten years now and in that time I’ve acquired a lot of media passes and had access to some of the most amazing events because of my clients. Sometimes I really want to shoot something just for me and have to make a few phone calls to get the right kind of permission. So when the Cardinals football team won last week, I decided to make those kind...
Day 334 - Home From Work
I had planned on sleeping in and working on a few things today. Instead I had to wake up around 6am and meet some friends to help out and shoot a school. Its rare that I make it out to a school and take pictures but when I do I try to find the fun in it. I was able to breeze through all the school and make it home early. I spent the rest of the day tired and laying around with Zelda. Its nice...
November 2011
30 posts
Day 333 - TV in Bed
When I was growing up, I was not allowed to have a TV in my room. I kind of like that that though since it had me spend a lot of time outside in the sun. These days I spend so much time indoors working on pictures and with my laptop. So last week when I saw this amazing deal on a 32 inch LCD, it was hard for me to actually buy it. I got it anyways and now I can feel a certain laziness creeping up...
Day 332 - F1.4
I sat around my house today trying to figure out a way to get to use my new lens. I finally decided that I needed to have a Canon 50mm f1.4 instead of my cheap f1.8 lens. So today I bugged Zelda a little around the house and was able to get some fun nice shots of her that show the beautiful depth of field this lens gives.
Day 331 - A Turkey Dinner
Well since I wasn’t able to actually have turkey on Thanksgiving, my mom decided to make one for our Sunday family dinner. I even got to have all the favorite sides to go along with it. So it was basically like having two Thanksgivings in one week for me.
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Day 330 - Playoff Time
As most know I am a huge high school football fan being from Texas. Its actually a bigger deal to me than NCAA or NFL. So when my hometown has a team heading off to the playoffs I decided I had to go with my family and see the game. I decided that sitting in the stands was not going to be fun, so I stood on the sidelines and got to see the game up close. It was a great game and the Cardinals won...
Day 329 - Camping Friday
I decided not to be one of the crazy people that camps out but I did go by early to see all the people that were out there waiting for the great deals. Its crazy to think how many people will spend a week out in front of a store just to save a few dollars on some things. I’ve been one of them for a few years and now I just plan my shopping a little better.
Day 328 - A Day of Thanks
It was that time of the year when everyone thinks of all the things they’re thankful for and spend time with their families. Then there are those people that camp out for hours so that they can get awesome deals at the stores on Black Friday. I decided to spend time with my mom and her family instead of hanging out in front of a store.
Day 327 - Adopt a Pet
This morning I had to wake up early and get Zelda ready to go to the clinic for her little procedure she was having done. While I was leaving I could hear little puppies crying and saw a box of them that had just been dumped in the cold. I felt so bad for the, that I left some extra towels in their cage to make sure they stayed warm. While I was at Petsmart picking up a few things for Zelda I...
Day 326 - Fast Banking
I didn’t have to many things to get done today other than working on a few pictures for some clients and making it out to the bank to make a deposit from a check that came in the mail. It seems all I do these days are shoots, editing, and trips to the bank. I kind of like it but I miss all my friends.
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Day 325 - The Wheels Go Round
I’ve been having a great time trying to get back in shape without getting a membership at a gym. I think a lot of it just has to do with making it a routine and then just sticking to it. I usually wake up and take my dad’s mountain bike out for about a 5 mile ride just to get the blood going before I do anything else. Today I decided to make it a shorter ride and take my camera with me...
Day 324 - The News Strip
Today was mostly spend sitting around the house and relaxing. I didn’t even think about getting any work done and just watched a little TV. When the evening came my dad decided to make a huge mess of newspapers in the living room floor, which Zelda then started to go crazy playing in. It amazes me that some of the smallest and cheapest things are what this cat loves to play with.
Day 323 - Exhausted
Its not too often that I have to wake up early on a Saturday but today was one of those times. I had an early breakfast with all my family to get the day started but had to cut it a little short to meet up with Vanessa and her mom to go over some ideas for shoots and pictures from past shoots. As you can see Vanessa was bored and very tired from have to be up early and do her work out training.
Day 322 - The Shark Bowl
I actually had to drive around today meeting with a lot of different clients about pictures. When I was done with all that I met up with my parents for dinner at the new Bass Pro Shop in town. The other night I wasn’t able to make it to their restaurant that I had heard so much about. They actually have an underwater themed bowling alley inside the place. I was impressed with it all. I think...
Day 321 - Medusa Lounge
Sometimes I get random phone calls from new clients asking for random photo shoots. Earlier this week I had a friend of mine hook me up with a shoot for a local lounge that needed a new picture for advertising their hookahs. I had about an hour to set up all my lights, get the shoot ready and get the shot I needed. I had fun since its rare I get to do something with so many people in one shot.
Day 320 - Bass Pro Shop
Some of you may know that I was born and raised in Harlingen, TX and for some odd am back living in this little town. Its rare when a new big business opens up but when they do it becomes a big deal. So tonight when Bass Pro Shop had their grand opening I thought I would make an appearance as well. I could not find parking anywhere near the place and the line outside was some 6,000 people, but I...
Day 319 - Mystery Fail
The day started off great and was getting so many things done. Awhile back I ordered a “Mystery Tube” from one of my favorite artist. There was going to be an assorment of pieces thrown in the tube and some from another artist that are extremely collectable. The package I was waiting for got delivered and all my hopes of getting some awesome art was lost. The tube wasn’t that...
Day 318 - Over Priced Drinks
Since I spent so much time editing pictures I decided that I would get out of the house today and catch up on a few new movies. While I was there I got a small soft drink only to find out that it was now $4.00. I decided with that kind of jacked up price, I’d just hop into another theater after I watched “In Time” to make it worth my money.
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Day 317 - In The Sink
I spent most of the day trying to get all the pictures done that I needed to get out to some clients this coming week. Since I spent most of the time with headphones on my head and working on my laptop, I didn’t realized Zelda had been missing most of the day. I went to my parents room and there she was sleeping in the sink. I thought she was one of the few that do that but apparently a lot...
Day 316 - Just Me
I spent most of today sitting around and trying to finish up on a few things I had to get done. I really hate not doing anything on weekends but sometimes its nice to be able to and just have some alone time and relax. I hope that I’ll be able to do some fun shoots now that the weather is going to start cooling down.
Day 315 - Delicious Apples
I went crazy today trying to make as many deadlines as I could. It really wore me out to the point of not wanting to do anything on this Friday night. So I decided to go grocery shopping and relax. While there I saw these gigantic apples and was in shock of their size. It reminded me of a guy on The Colbert Report that said “if you’re not hungary enough to eat an apple, then...
Day 314 - Hit From Behind
I spent most of my day running a few errands and trying to get a few things done. The evening came and I went out with my parents to my nieces basketball game. While parking some rude lady decided to rear end my parents new car. It became a big fiasco with the cops coming to make a report. It took so long that my parents almost missed the entire game. I think some people need to take periodic...
Day 313 - Aaah Attack
So I usually spend most of my week days sitting on the couch or my bed with my laptop. Its amazing how much work I can get done and still have time to read all my favorite blogs, chat on Facebook, and browse eBay. During all that though, Zelda likes to run around and play as much as she can. If I ignore her long enough, she gets really crazy. So today I thought I’d a picture to show you a...
Day 312 - The Old & The New
I started taking pictures around 12 years ago with my parents camera old film camera. I used it all through high school learned almost everything I know about traditional photography because of it. While cleaning my car I actually found my first camera and thought of the crazy journey photography has taken me. I snapped a shot of my first camera with my current camera. At the end of the day a...
Day 311 - A Good Cleaning
Today was one of those extreme recovery days that I take after doing big events and getting back from trips. I let my laptop run actions and do some work and kept myself busy around the house. I took a look at my camera and it looked as if it had been in a war with all the dust on it. I don’t usually take my camera apart but I felt it was nessacry to keep everything working right.
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Day 310 - The Drive Back Home
The time came to come back home from a fun weekend in Austin. Geo and I started the road trip back, listened to some new artist and brain storming on the “dream list” of who we want to play NeverSayNever in 2012. I had my camera at my feet, so whenever I felt the need I picked it up and snapped a few shots off while riding along. It was weird coming home to an empty house, but Zelda...
Day 309 - Smart, Fun, Dirt, & Lykke
So I got up early today and headed out to get some breakfast with my friends “Light & Noise” before starting day 2 at Fun Fun Fun Fest. We got to talk a lot about NeverSayNever since they’ll be doing the video for 2012. When I got to the festival it seemed to be even crazier with dust blowing around than the day before. I thought since it seemed to be everywhere, I would...
Day 308 - Fun, Smart, Dirt, & Passion
I started the day early and headed out to meet up with my clients from Smart Car to walk the grounds at Fun Fun Fun Fest. I had been booked to shoot all their sponsor areas for publicity and promotional reasons. The dust was insane and I was so happy that Smart was giving away bandanas to wear. It was kind of cool having an actual assignment with a check list, rather than just running around like...
Day 307 - Shooting A Shooter
I managed to not get a bit of sleep last night as I was trying to make sure I had everything back, charged and ready for my flight. As we started to fly out the storm clouds were so thick that they had to take us higher than usual. I couldn’t help but snap a few shots out the window of what looked like if I was in space. Once in Austin, I met up with my friend photographer friend Carly. We...
Day 306 - Studio Beats
I started getting really nervous today since tomorrow I fly out to Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest. I always find if funny after I do a shoot how nervous or anxious I become before going out to an event. Lucky for me I had some Studio Beats by Dre come in the mail today to keep me distracted. After spending a few hours editing pictures on my laptop and trying out the headphones I decided to take Zelda...
Day 305 - il Grande Lebowski
I had a lot of errands to get done today before I fly out on Thursday. One of those errands was swinging by to Valley Photographic and picking up some of my equipment. While I was there my friend Hector asked if I’d like to go with him to pick up his Tyler Stour “il Grande Lebowski” print at the frame shop. This print is kind of a big deal in the poster community so I...
Day 304 - Trick or Treat
Today started out fairly busy for me with having to run a few errands and edit pictures from the weekend. The evening came and so did all the traffic from the kids being driven around by their parents. The door bell started to ring and Zelda became annoyed, so I sat outside handing out candy to all the kids. It was a nice relaxing Monday night.
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October 2011
31 posts
Day 303 - Rocky Horror
To the surprise of many people, I have never actually watched Rocky Horror Picture Show before today. I was randomly called by a client if I would go check out the show and take a few snap shots for a story they were writing about the live show. It was really cool finally getting to see the movie and see some local enthusiast act it out at the same time.
Day 302 - They Can't Lose
I spent most of today with my family doing a few things. My nephew came over to hang out with me and we checked out some new music. It got later in the evening and he went off to get ready for his last game in middle school. I went with my parents to watch the game and as always, they won. His football team went undefeated last year and did it all over again this year. The only bad thing was that...
Day 301 - Mani & Pedi Party
The other day I got called by some family friends if they could book me to shoot their daughters 14th birthday party. So today I met them at a nail salon with all her middle school cheerleading friends. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a birthday party being held at a salon but it was really cool. After the party they had one big slumber party at a hotel in town so they could rest up...
Day 300 - Keeping It Vintage
While I was in the garage looking for my golf clubs yesterday I stumbled upon some old cameras I had in boxes. I was really excited to find them since I had thought I lost them during one of the moves. To me old cameras give a sense of history and show the progression of where we are today. I decided to put them up in my room with my Olympus XA2 to see every day for some inspiration.
Day 299 - Swing Away
I spent a majority of today sitting around the house trying to find something to do while my laptop ran actions. I had been putting off on editing a few pictures and it ended up taking forever converting all the images. To kill sometime I went to the garage and found my old golf clubs. Its been forever since I played so I decided to go outside and practice a little. I really miss going out and...
Day 298 - My Childhood Dream
Today was such a success to my childhood. I woke up today and couldn’t believe I was going to take pictures of Bush performing. They were one of my favorite bands from when I was little and to top it off Chevelle was one of my first concerts I went to when I was in college. When I first started taking pictures I always thought how cool it would be to take pictures of my favorite bands. I...
Day 297 - Outdated Fortunes
Today was mostly spent running around and trying to get as much work done. I forgot to make dinner and so my parents decided to pick up some Chinese take out for dinner. I thought my fortune was a little funny since I don’t think I’ve ever received good news from something in the mail.
Day 296 - The Favorite Meal
So its Sunday which usually means family meal day. This Sunday we celebrated my nephews birthday so it was his choice for what to eat and he picked a barbecue dinner. I was happy to have some since it had been awhile since we’ve made some. The food was so delicious and I couldn’t get enough.
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Day 295 - Stadium Status
So once, sometimes twice a year the middle school teams in Harlingen are allowed to play each other at the high school stadium. My nephews undefeated team was going up against the cross town rival that was also unbeaten. I decided to borrow a lens from Zar and get a few shots of him playing under the lights. It was fun getting to take pictures of him, all his friends were freaking out with my...
Day 294 - It's Homecoming
I had a ton of things to get done early today before getting my things together for the football this evening. I decided to go to the game with my parents since my nephews middle school was playing with the high school band and my niece was participating in a “Tiny Stars” program. While I was hanging out on the sidelines I ran into two QB alumni from the team to support and give advice...
Day 293 - The Crazy Duo
I had a long day running around and taking care of a few things today. When the evening came around I headed over to McAllen to do a shoot for a friend of mine. When I go to McAllen I like to do more than one thing, so I made plans to meet up with Global Groove at club to drop off pictures. While waiting in town, I met up with the crazy fun Joey and Lauren. These two girls never fail to make me...
Day 292 - Organic Wheatgrass
I was able to actually sleep in today and rest up a bit. I was suppose to meet up with a client for lunch but they canceled, so it gave me some time to run around down to do a few things. While I was out, I decided to get Zelda some Organic Wheatgrass I had seen at Petsmart. It seems that she absolutely loves chewing on it, I find it funny that she eats better than I do. She must appreciate it...
Day 291 - Double Bookings
Today was definitely a long day that stated early in the morning. I had to meet up with a friend of mine at 7am to help take some pictures at an elementary school. That took up most of my day but I had to hurry and get everything together to head to my second shoot of the day out in the country. I had booked a shoot with some friends of my parents that wanted a family portrait. The shoot was...
Day 290 - Parental Birthdays
Today was mostly spent working on a few things during the day. In the evening I decided I would treat my parents out to dinner for my mom and dad’s birthday. There really are not too many places to choose from in Harlingen, so we went to The Olive Garden. The food was good and it was nice getting to treat my parents to something for once. The rest of the day was spent working on a few...
Day 289 - Grandma's Meal
Ever since I was a little kid, my family has always got together on Sunday for a family lunch or dinner. It use to be at my grandma’s house with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. The meal at my grandma’s would be a roast, with potatoes, green beans, corn, tortillas and gravy on the side. Today my mom decided to made the same meal from the past for my sister’s family. It was a nice...
Day 288 - Above & Beyond
Today pretty much went exactly as I had planned for myself. I headed over to the Pharr Events Center to hang out with a few friends and take a few shots of Above & Beyond performing. They show was probably one of the best performances I have seen in South Texas in awhile. After the show I was invited to after party with the guys and actually relax for awhile.