January 2011
32 posts
Day 365 - New Years Eve
Today is the day, the day I finally finished my 365 blog. I had made it a resolution of mine to do this and I actually completed it. Its so crazy to think that a year ago I was just getting this started. I kind of wanted to do a best of 2010 blog but I don’t even think I could pick my favorite pictures or day. I went out tonight to bring in the new year with Monica and Matt and a few other...
December 2010
31 posts
Day 364 - Create and Design
Today was a great day full of productivity. I went to a lunch meeting with Geo to meet with Drew about some things for Never Say Never. It actually lasted pretty long and we had a great time talking about a few new ideas to take South Texas by storm. When we got done with all that I was able to sit around and help Zar come up with a few things for the marketing and sponsorship. We had a good time...
Day 363 - In The Studio
Today I spent most of the day hanging around and doing a few things with the guys. When the sun went down I went out to meet up with my friend Rudy who is recording some new stuff. I have actually never really been to a studio during recording to take pictures. Having a camera clicking while someone is trying to record music isn’t the greatest idea but lucky for me today was just mixing. I...
Day 362 - Late Night Treats
Today actually was kind of chill and relaxing at the house while I worked on some things for my new website. I have to take breaks from working on that and just surf the web reading articles on film making and photography stuff as well. When the night came around a few of us wanted to go do something but we couldn’t figure out where to go. Then we realized that Shipley’s was 24 hours...
Day 361 - Madison Kickback
One of the things I enjoy most about the holidays is that all the old faces come out to play. Most of our friends usually go off to college and end up living where ever they went to school. When the holidays come they all come back and have little kickbacks or parties for all of us to see each other. Tonight was at our buddy Robert’s and there were a few people I didn’t know and a few...
Day 360 - Old School Gaming
Its kind of rare when and if I ever play video games. Today was one of those days that I actually got to play and show how horrible I am at them. We all got up at the DGE house doing our thing and doing a little shopping. While out shopping Zar got GoldenEye for the Wii and when we got home we just had to play it. I hadn’t played this game since I was probably in high school and it showed as...
Day 359 - Merry Christmas
Today was so long it was literally like having two days in one. I started out with waking up around 7am so that I could be able to drive to my parents for our traditional Christmas Breakfast with the family. We usually get together early in the morning in our pajamas and opening presents. After that was all done I took a nice long nap to get some energy for the rest of the day. The afternoon came...
Day 358 - Christmas Eve
Today was one of my favorite days, Christmas Eve. Mostly because its the day that my mom’s side of the family gets together to celebrate Christmas. We all meet at an aunt’s house and have some delicious food and exchange gifts. I had to make it a short visit since I had agreed to do a family shoot for my friend Joey’s family. I love being able to do things like this during this...
Day 357 - It's A Holidaze
I spent a day hanging around McAllen running some last minute errands today. When the time came to go out Zar and I decided to hit up OutWithMe’s 5th annual Holidaze party. I had a great time and we saw so many old faces. I really do love the holiday season when all my friends come around and we get to have some fun.
Day 356 - A Prissy Party
Well today was a lot of fun, starting with washing clothes and trying to figure out what I’m going to do about last minute christmas shopping. I managed to make it to McAllen for a birthday dinner at Zuzhi for my friend Priscilla. Its rare that I ever get to see her since she’s off in college, but when she’s in town we have a blast. After the great dinner we all headed down to...
Day 355 - Relaxing At The Park
Today was mostly a lazy day spent at the house with all my family over. I watched my nieces and nephew while my mom and sister did their thing. When the afternoon came around I decided to take them to the park and snap a few shots, since I never do. Its funny being a photographer but never really taking any pictures of your family. The rest of the night I spent wrapping and working on a few things...
Day 354 - Lunar Eclipse On Winter Solstice
Today started out with a nice phone call from my lovely friend, Rose. We talked for awhile and then I got to go do a little shopping and ran into Jack and Laura. I made it back to the house to find a package in the mail for me. I had ordered a Canon Lens coffee mug from eBay and it was kind of exciting to finally getting it. The night came and I decided to sit outside in my parents backyard for...
Day 353 - What's That Noise
Today was mostly spent with my family at the house and doing a little work on my laptop. In the evening while sitting around watching TV my parents and I could hear some really loud noise outside. It came to be some Christmas Carolers going around singing and I barely had time to grab my camera and run outside when they had already passed by missing my chance to get a picture. It was nice to know...
Day 352 - Through The Lens
I spent most of the day putting all the footage from last night on my laptop and watching Netflix. It was later in the evening that I decided to pick up my camera and do something I haven’t done in a long time. When I first started doing photography I use to do a lot of experiments and see things from a different view. I use to love putting a 50mm lens out of focus and walking around to see...
Day 351 - A Buffet of Candy
Today was a simple day of laying around in the morning and relaxing before the event I had to go and shoot. I was asked awhile back if I would help out and do some video footage for a quinceanera. I had actually never really been to one before, I’ve been to Sweet 16’s but not a quince. The event was really nice and I had a lot of fun getting to snack on the crazy amount of sweets they...
Day 350 - Christmas Shopper
I had to make a quick trip out to McAllen today to help my dear friend Laura do some Christmas shopping. We decided to grab some dinner before going out and fighting the crowds at the mall. So we went to went Red Robbin for some delicious burgers and fries to catch up on each others lives. Once we were done we went to the mall and started to search for all her friends gifts. I ended up getting her...
Day 349 - December Grad
Today started out with having to drag myself out of bed and make the drive down to Harlingen for a quick shoot with a client. I had booked this shoot about a month ago when I was still on the road for an early graduate from UTSA. We had a hard time shooting since it was incredibly windy outside but I managed to get a few good shots. The rest of the day was pretty chill at my parents just watching...
Day 348 - Emails, Phone Calls & Netflix
Today was really nothing all too special, just sitting around and working on stuff. I finally heard back from a national magazine that is huge. There were a few other emails that came in and out from other clients and friends. I even had a phone call from a business partner in LA about some great new things we are working on. So between the downtime I decided to catch up on my Netflix and just...
Day 347 - Toasty Meeting
Today was a day full of working on things to get done. It started with going out and running a few errands. The evening came and I was able to go to dinner with Zar and Geo to talk about the NSN Festival. Then while at the house Monica showed up and we had a little meeting listening to potential artist that want be on the festival lineup. It was a fun night and got to do a lot of catching up....
Day 346 - Late Night Talks
Well today wasn’t much, usually I tend to just recover on Sundays and get as much energy as I can back into my life. I spend most of the day with Zar and Candra shopping for Christmas gifts and that was a ton of fun. We ended up having to make a stop at HEB for some mexican candy that Zar was craving. The night came and I ended up talking all night to a friend of mine that is so fun and...
Day 345 - Jess and Drew
Today started out like any other and even included a nice dinner with the family. Tonight however was one of those fun nights relaxing nights with friends while having a few drinks. The ones that include a ton of old stories and a lot of laughs. We were all getting together for Jessica and Drew’s engagement dinner at Roosevelt’s. These two friends of mine have been around my life for...
Day 344 - Denim Shopping
Sometimes I like to go shopping, well actually I love going shopping. So today after I had a lunch in Harlingen I decided to head on down to the shops. I already knew that I needed some new jeans and so it made shopping a little easier. I did get a bit distracted at a few stores but I stayed focused. I ended up getting some great skinny LRG’s and Levi’s both on sale too. Now I guess...
Day 343 - Panda Claire
So I decided to drive down to Harlingen and visit my parents for dinner. While in town I did a little stop at my sisters house to see my nieces and nephew so that I could give a present to my niece Claire. I had missed her birthday while I was off on tour and she was kind of upset about it. So thankfully, Monikapolitan is always there to help me out in time of need and I got her this super awesome...
Day 342 - The Young Maths
I spent most of the day taking it easy at the house and relaxing while watching some movies on my laptop. When the evening came I had plans to go out to Ambrosia and see The Young Maths play their last show of the year. I had actually never seen them perform before and was really impressed but their fans are a little too intense and need to calm. I’m all about having fun and dancing around...
Day 341 - Late Night Bowl
I actually had a pretty productive day working on a few projects and having a few phone calls early in the day. The later part of the day was spent with friends, starting with watching two movies at the theater with Laura. As of lately she has been my to go person when I feel like going to the theater and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I got to see Due Date, finally, and also see...
Day 340 - Cheap Drinks and Pool
Today was mostly spent at the house just reorganizing all the files on my laptop so I can have some memory. The thing about video is that it takes up so much memory on my laptop that I have to clear it out after I finish one. I really appreciate all the great feed back from the Ghostland video though. I was about to go to bed when my friend Melissa texted me to come out and have some drinks with...
Day 339 - Edit, Edit, Edit, Post
So today started out as a recovery day from the long and exhausting day I had yesterday. I had decided to leave all the footage I got converting while I went to breakfast with Geo and talked about how crazy the night was before. When I got back to the house it was full on editing mode in Final Cut Pro. It wasn’t too hard since I kind of had an idea of how I wanted to video to be, I just had...
Day 338 - Ghostland Observatory
Today started out like any other day at the DGE house when we have a big show. We got up and did a little surfing on the web to do a little last minute promoting and then were off to our usual breakfast at Danny’s Mexican. I had decided early on that I was going to really focus on doing video rather than taking pictures tonight. So I really only have a handful of pics from the show but I was...
Day 337 - A Monikapolitan Day
Today started out just hanging around my parents packing and getting my things together for my weekend in McAllen. When the time came to go to McAllen, I headed on over to Monica of Monikapolitan to keep her company and help out with some stuff. After a little while, Matt came over too and we literally hung out for over 12 hours just talking and playing with Pete. The time came for us to have some...
Day 336 - Thanks Virgin
So today was mostly spent at the parents just laying around and working on a few things for my video rig. Well for some reason the internet didn’t want to work at my parents but lucky for me I still have my Virgin Mobile internet card that lets me have access anywhere. It really has come in handy not only on tour but for days like today. I can’t wait for the weekend to see all my...
Day 335 - The First of December
So today was the first day of December, which means its that much closer to Christmas! I spend most of the day finishing up some details on the wedding pictures and doing a little research for video equipment. I have a lot of projects I am working on so I usually spend more time reading about all types of new gear that I need and will get so that I can complete everything I want to do. To answer a...