The End is NEAR...

So the season of graduation is starting up, along with my graduation coming up next week there are many high schools getting ready to unleash their kids upon the world. I shot a portrait of one of these kids, She is my best friends sister. After I shot a few of her I figured I would take a few of my "brother from another mother." I am toying with the idea of covering my own graduation, from the seat and shoes of a grad.

Music soothes the savage beast...namely me.

I am not sure if other Universities have procrastination days or weeks, but NMSU does. It's a time when you are supposed to blow off finals/term papers and just relax. I never seem to really enjoy this excuse to blow off school. This year being my last year in college and being giving an assignment to shoot it, I took the time to sit back and listen to the band that our Student Union's program council invited to play.Their name is PBM or Poor Boy Music, they had this ska type feel to them. They are a pretty good band and listening to them for about an hour really did help my stress level,anyway this is Tom Torrento he is the trumpeter and back up vocals for the band.
After shooting this assignment I drove back to El Paso, Tx which is my new base of operations for the next few months. I moved out of my apartment in Las Cruces this past weekend, I am pretty excited about this little move if all goes right it will lead to some good shooting gigs. Then in August with what money I have I make a big move to Seattle to regain something that has been missing for about a year.

T - minus 5,4,3...

Met up with the News Editor of the Bulletin at about 4:15 am Saturday. We drove out to Hatch, climbed aboard buses and were taken to the viewing area of Spaceport America. A rocket was being launched that morning with the remains of Star Trek star James Doohan and Apollo 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper, along with a few other remains. The rocket launched and reached its pre-orbital destination before falling back to earth and landing at White Sands Missile Range. It was one of the more interesting assignments I have had lately.

Take Back the Night...

Tuesday the wellness, alcohol,violence and education program or WAVE hosted the third annual "Take back the Night" rally here at New Mexico State University . "Take back the Night" was started in the 1970's in England when women wanted to protest against the fear that women felt walking in the streets at night. They had a pretty good turn out for the rally . It is always good to see communities come together to bring awareness to problems that concern everyone.

In this first photo, Perla Subi marches down University Avenue during the rally while other demonstrators chanted, "No sex without consent."

The Greeks are coming...

This saturday the NMSU greek community held their annual Greek Olympics, just a few photos from that.

UTEP Invitational & NMSU Spring Training...

Shot the UTEP Invitational Saturday and NMSU spring training it was fun and kind of sad. This could be the last time I shoot NMSU football and it has always been one of my favorite sports to shoot.

A week of silhouettes...

Street basketball I found is really fun to shoot, if I can get the time I think I'm going to hang out with some street players next week.

one last trip photo...

Drove back to Las Cruces this morning, which was fine except my cough that I had last week came back and is now keeping me from sleeping. I was sorting through my photos before I archive and saw this one shot from Sea-tac...
For those of you who haven't been to Sea-tac this is really the first thing you see once you pass the TSA check.

Back in the Desert

After a week in Seattle I am now back in the southwest, saw stars for the first time in 9 days tonight.

Future home...

So I am up here in the Northwest visiting my girlfriend. I can only say I love seattle, I really dig the weather and everything else. Anyway, I'll be up here for the rest of the week hanging out just getting a break from school and they daily grind.

Rough couple of weeks

The past couple of weeks have been a test of endurance for me and the two photographers I work with. We covered the WAC tournament last week, shot every game. Just a quick post with a few photos from that and a wild art shot.

Softer the ball the faster the pitch...

This past weekend was pretty busy, I was all over the place. Friday which yes isn't really the weekend , but no matter I was shooting a story at the local boys and girls club. The club is in danger of closing down because of funding problems.(left) Alyssia Smith hangs out at the boys and girls club of Las Cruces Friday afternoon.

Saturday I shot sports all day, started out with tennis and equestrian moved to softball and baseball. At the equestrian event I had some problems with my gear and missed a shot. This rider took a bad dive off her horse. The horse just didn't want to make his 2nd to last jump. (below) The Aggie softball team raises their hands in the Pistol Pete hand signal to celebrate a good inning .

Sunday I headed for a bike show which was fun. Bikers always make me laugh, most of them are pretty friendly people. After that I headed to the office for production night. So all and all I had a good weekend, a very busy weekend but pretty cool. (below) As the bike show opens its doors Sunday a Gregory Segura checks out this 97 Heritage Softail Harley Davidson.

This week will hopefully be pretty busy, if now Ill just have to self assign stuff and go make some photos. I have been toying with the idea of getting my two other photographers here at the round up and shooting a project for the website, since we have the space to make some pretty nice multimedia photo essay type stuff. Ok well I'm off to shoot some baseball, should be a good game it's our Universities rival match NMSU Vs. UNM.

My Season Opener...

Today was the first time I have shot a game of baseball since last year. I forgot how much I love shooting baseball.

3,2,1 Blast off...

This week has been a pretty busy week at the Round up, Gov. Richardson came into town to discuss a few things concerning the state not to mention his presidential bid for the 2008 elections. These photos were shot in and around Vista middle school Monday afternoon, the main focus for this rally was the new spaceport that is going to be build outside of Las Cruces. The main point Richardson made was that New Mexican should support a new tax increase to help pay for the spaceport.














Down the street from Vista Mitch Boyer stood with others who were protesting the proposed tax increase. The protesters felt that this tax increase should be used to support local community needs. One example they gave was the funding of volunteer fire fighting units that could use more money for equipment and other items.

Morning Shots...

As I was getting out of my truck this morning, I noticed all these construction workers starting their day. After I shot a few frames, they started whistling at me, kind of strange, but funny none the less.

Spend the money on Basketball...

Brandon Stokes crumples an NMSU flag as he cheers on the Aggies, during the NMSU Nevada match up Saturday night at the Pan American Center.













As the game clock ticked down, security personal surrounded the floor of the Pan Am in anticipation for fans rushing the team, as predicted fans rushed the team and broke through the human barrier.













Fans surround the Aggies after the game.














Tyrone Nelson greets fans as they congratulate him for his part in the win against the Nevada Wolf Pack.

The Aggies are having a great season, its really good to see at least one of our teams here at state win. The football team had a really bad season. It was amazing to feel the crowd Saturday night, they were making the Pan Am rock.

Back to work

Ruth Mendoza an education major waits in line at Dona Ana Community College registars office Tuesday afternoon. With school starting Thursday students are preparing for school and trying to work out their schedules.

Shot this today on my first day back to work on the school paper. Kind of a stressful day since I didn't think there would be any photo requests in today. Guess you should never assume anything huh?

Morning Tea...

I am on a road trip right now, well kind of. I was on a road trip I am currently in Allentown PA. Visiting family. This photo was shot around 9:30 am in Dallas just before I left my cousins house. That is my little cousin Jianna and her dad Javier, having their morning "tea" Jianna got that tea set for christmas and has been playing with it ever since.

Taking a break...

(Clockwise) Eric Romero, Rock Rodriguez, Patrick Martinez and Willie Griffin relax between rounds at the Las Cruces high school wrestling invitational Saturday afternoon.

I had a lot of fun shooting that meet on saturday, gave me a chance to shoot something other than basketball and football as far as sports go.

A Week of Work...

Sunday night NMSU lit up with luminarias for its annual Noche de Luminarias, many people decided to see them by riding in horse drawn wagons that rolled around Corbett Center for a few hours.












Jarry Alt NMSU's Director of choirs, explains the order of the Christmas performance that one of the chior groups will be putting on this coming Friday and Saturday at the Music Recital Hall.













Haley Hall a BYU guard sits with tears in her eyes as a trainer wraps her knee in ice, after Hall took a bad dive during the first half of the NMSU BYU game Wed. night at the Pan American Center.

Balloons and Memorials

With the Tempature still cold enough to see your breath, Ronnie Shaw part of the “TOO MUCH FUN” hot air balloon team holds one of the lines as the rest of the team fills the balloon, just as the art street festival starts its second day in Alpine Texas.






















Arthuro Gonzalez of El Paso Texas helps attach a Texas star to a veteran’s memorial in Valentine Texas Friday afternoon. The Memorial was build by Gonzalez and other volunteers; all materials were either donated or were purchased with donated funds. The Memorial had its official showing Saturday afternoon.

Pro-life, pro-choice protest

Jonathan Jefferson holds up a sign in protest of the pro-life demonstration that was put up on campus Monday morning. The pro-life group Justice for All was asked by Aggies for Life to come and display their exhibit showing fetuses after abortions along with possible post- abortion health risks for women. Jefferson was the only pro-choice protester Monday, but was joined by members of the National Abortion Rights Action League on Tuesday.

Out for the Season

Chris Hutchinson former running back for the Mayfield high school Trojans, who is now a defensive back injured his leg and is out for the 2006 season. The team had high hopes that Hutchinson would be one of the top players this season. With his injury he is still on the team and after observing him he seems to keep the other players going. I shot this while Hutchinson was talking to another injured teammate.

Clip Clop...

I went to shoot equestrian Saturday morning. I was watching this horse getting brushed and washed. When I walked over to shoot this, the horse got curious about my camera, when I hit my shutter her ears perked up.