Saturday, January 31, 2009

Community Service...


These are boys from the Edna Tamayo Halfway House. They spent their Friday morning cleaning and clearing trails at the Harlingen Arroyo Colorado Birding Center. 

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Refurbishing...



Ok so I wish I could write a nice caption for these but since it is 12:00am and I don't want to go back to my office to pick up my notes. I will simply say this gentleman has been refurbishing and repairing furniture for 20 some odd years.

All this driving around looking for wild art has reminded me that as journalists, as photographers. WE get paid to be curious, what a privilege that is. I drove by this mans home/workshop and just walked in and started asking him questions. Luckily he was nice enough to let me hang out for a bit and shoot some photos. WE are very luck I hope even with all these layoffs and bad times in the media industry we remember that our jobs are to open the eyes and minds of others who might not be as curious as we are. Ok enough with the "WE" stuff...

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Along came a Tortoise...


Andres Gonzalez visited Sam Houston School in La Feria Tx Friday bring along his pet turtles and tortoises, to help the pre kinder students learn about animals that have names that start with the letter T.






Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Todays work...

Students took time out of their school day to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama Tuesday at Gutierrez Middle School.

Juan Angel Guerra Walks from the Willacy County Court House to the 13th Court of Appeals in Edinburg about 46 miles Tuesday, to protest a decision made by a Judge to throw out Guerra's inditement's against former Vice President Dick Cheney and a handful of other people.




Thursday, January 15, 2009

Slice of Life - Neptune Cakes...


Cyndi Atkinson owner/baker at Neptune Cakes

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Hunting Wild Art...


The on going hunt for wild art. The best part of the job!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The King Lives...

The Los Fresnos Music Festival, Formally Elvisfest. Personally I like Elvisfest.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

First day at the Star...

First day at the Valley Morning Star. I'm working with some awesome people! Shot two assignments today, it was fun to get back into the swing of shooting full time.