ON THE HOOD OF MY JEEP WRANGLER OFF OF HIGHWAY 48!

So it's windy outside and after sitting in an always humorous 3 o clock budget meeting we get a notice that high winds are slowing down traffic off HWY 48... so I'm off. I'm off to photograph sandy roads and once again do the whole parking on the side of the road while people look at you like your crazy. But if that isn't enough I knew that the only way to get a better shot was to stand on the hood of my jeep and shoot the oncoming traffic. So there I go thinking I'm invisible and "who will notice, who will care" But after some honks I thought to myself "hmmm... how crazy does this look." Anyway sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get the shot. Can I get an "amen" my blogger photogs :) Needless to say I had sand in my ears and in my hair. BLUGH !!!

Cameron County pay reduction / And the power of invisibility :)

This assignment was surprisingly fun! The people could care less if i was right in their face. If I had a superhuman power it would be the ability to be INVISIBLE :D

A messy fun day :) Can we say Pedicure

This is a photo of a recent oil spill that made its way to the beaches of Boca Chica and S.P.I.
My feet were covered in oil and had to get them scrubbed - the foot scrubbing felt great ....hehehehe :D
I went with a reporter Alexandra and we walked the jetties- they were HOT!! We also got stuck in the sand so I used my trusty 4 while drive- I Love my Jeep Wrangler!!!

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Two off camera flashes set up on tripods one for the ball covered with a speed grid to narrow the light and one set up for his face. YES YES my job is fantastic!!!

FOOTBALL SEASON IS COMING YEAHHHH!!!!!

This is a photo of the new football coach at Saint Joseph Academy Christian Putegnant. This was fun as always :) I LOVE WHAT I DO!!!!!!

Sam Hurd is Awesomesness and oh so HUMBLE!!

This assignment was great. I got to meet some of the Dallas Cowboys although I am not a fan. Sam Hurd shared his faith and I loved it :) mucho humble!!

IT'S HOT -NO JOKE

Snow cones off of Palm Boulevard

AHHHH it's Jeremy Camp!!

At the Camp Concert :)
It was great !!

My Thoughts Exactly - Thanks Time Mag

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1908243-4,00.html

Twice a week I open a gym that I work part time for and in my bosses office she always has a copy of Time Magazine. I like to flip through it and look at the photos of course. I love Time because they are so simple in their design. ANYWAY as I glanced at the cover of the July issue I saw a wedding cake with the topper of the bride and groom sinking into the cake. I laughed and thought that was clever and the title said "IS THERE HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN MARRIAGE?"
I couldn't help but stop and quickly find the article. All that was said is profoundly true.
Let me back track a bit.
For the past six months or so I have heard of more than "several" relationships that have fallen apart. Marriages that are crumbling and kids that are hurting. Fathers that have multiple families and living double lives. This hurts me so much. I am a christian single woman that would love to get married to a man that is in love with God and with me. I have seen even "christian" men fail but knowing a man has convictions and boundaries brings a relief to me. But anyway. I struggled with a question after I heard about all these failed relationships, "do people fall out of love?" I couldn't help but feel overly cautious about getting into a relationship. Why are people so unfaithful? What causes people to leave a family and union that at one point was so special? I pray for my heart daily and don't want to be cynical about love but after seeing the cover of Time this morning I thought "only God can ordain and keep a marriage... including my own." I always said God was the author of such a thing as marriage. Now I know that although God wills the best for his children we need to understand that marriage is not a trial and error but it is forever.

The Fourth

This is one of my favorite holidays! It was fun and hot though :) Luckily I can submit photos from home so yay still had time for BBQ :)

One Hard Day

This assignment was hard. The lady in the photo lost her father who was a pastor in a plane crash earlier that morning. She was surprisingly strong. Photographing someone so closely in their home after sitting with them is for only ten minutes was hard. It's hard to be invisible when you have not had a chance to really sympathize with them and just sit and be normal. These photos aren't amazing but that's sometimes situations you will find yourself thrown into. This not a human interest / war zone / third world type of situation where good photos lend themselves. It is not even like a portrait where you keep shooting until you get what you like. This is why working for a newspaper is so interesting, i could never do the office thing. NEVER SAY NEVER RIGHT!

ALL METRO baseball players 2009

This assignment was one of those quick "my parents are waiting in the car" type of scenario. Usually when I know it's crunch time and the sports writers scheduled two photos in one time slot it requires a lot of patients for the subjects. These guys were really patient as well and again talking with them about everything and nothing is good to get them relaxed not so uptight :) I HATE UPTIGHT anyway. HAVE FUN, relax and enjoy meeting new types of people. **I'm not to thrilled with the shadow behind Lopez's head in the dugout photo. Need to work on getting rid of that.

Rivera's QB J.J. Sanchez

This photo shot was a blast :) These kids always make me laugh.
But J.J. really loved the camera. While I was testing my light he was totally loving the attention. Overall I think making conversation with your subject making them comfortable and being able to laugh with them is very important with portraits. This is not one of my favorites but it was enjoyable none the less.

Julian Moya

This assignment was super hot but a lot of Fun!!! Julian was so patient - THANK GOD