Mask!

Thank you to Ricardo Brazziell and Jay Janner for loaning me equipment and for helping me out today and yesterday! :)

Baseball and food... a first!

I'm not so sucessful using a 400mm... that and two bodies... something that I just started doing last week, but two bodies is a good thing, and the 400 is awesome... I just gotta get better at both of em! First thing I gotta do when I get to Syracuse... shot more sports... Tomorrow I'm shooting sis in the studio with the mask... we'll see how that goes! :) (since I'm coming in tomorrow and working on Sunday... well that means that I've only been away from the statesman one day since I've gotten here almost 2 weeks ago! )

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Anderson-Shiro player Ryan Brown (8) throws the ball back after Jeffrey Kiesling (5) slide for second base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

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Grant Griffin(22) of Thorndale attempts to steal 3rd base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

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Kalen Revia (8) pitches the ball while third baseman Jeffrey Kiesling (5) stands over the base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

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Mussels au saffron at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

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Steak frites at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

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Profiteroles at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

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Sour lemon tart at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

Girls Scout Camp 2006

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5-year-veteran Ketelyn Rhodes,(cq) 13 of Fredricksburg, TX cleans up the sink during chore time at the Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

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5-year-veteran Emily Doran, 12 of Austin, TX writes in her journal while her bear, which she has unofficially dubbed Pepto-bismol bear sits besides her while in the background third time visitor Olivia Cheney, 12 of Austin reads on her bed at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

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12-year-old Olivia Cheney, reads one of 3 letters from her family while Bailey Alanis, 12 of McDade, TX braids her hair at the Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis. This is Alanis' 7th year at the camp.

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First year Dominique Ramirez, 10 of Austin, puts fake eye black on with a marker during her transformation into becoming Brazil's soccer player Rhinaldhino(a) during their super hero dinner at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

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Raleigh Taylor, (center to left) 12 of Austin sings alongside her cabin mates Olivia Cheney, 12 and Rachel Eelger (cq) during a session of Singing Trees which happens right before the girls head off to dinner at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

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Sarah Brown, 8 of Austin places a green hand print on Cloud's neck during a session of horse painting at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis. The purpose of the activity is to teach the kids to keep their hands on the horse at all times, especially when they want to cross behind the horse.

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Annie Lemay, 6, Allie McGrath, 8, Hannah Holder, 7, Abby Rodriguez, 8, Gwyneth Donovan, 6, Emma Leppard, 8, and Lily Niester, 8, stand and wait for their turn to paint on the horses at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

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Eugene the horse stands with a swirl of random colors and handprints donned to his body during a painting session at Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis. The purpose of the painting activity is to teach the kids to keep their hands on the horse at all times, especially when they want to cross behind the horse.

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Summer Stewart, 8 of Austin reemerges for air after a dive at the pool party at the Girls Scout "Camp Texlake" on Lake Travis.

fix me

Portrait.

A day in the life of me

Watching "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye" with the girls.
Just a random feature that I found feature hunting... nothing wow about it, but yeah isn't it awesome that RunTex puts up coolers for all the runners, such nice peeps! :)

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John Henry Glassford, 6 of San Angelo takes a drink of water from the coolers set up by RunTex during an outing with his mother, Michele (cq) and his 9-year-old sister Rachel. The Glassford family's bicycle ride started on Congress as they were making their way to Deep Eddy Pool. Glassford's husband recieved a grant from LBJ Library for a month to research in Austin and while the Glassford family take time off to explore the new area. Today was their first morning out in Austin.

Bikers, bikers, bikers!

My first gallery for the statesman! :)
Gallery of a bike builder.
heres the pics that are in it...

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Jeff Aebi, 25 has been working for Covington custom bikes for over a year and played a big role this year in building the Chopper at the Travis County Expo Center. Aebi started the bike on Thursday and in the next 3 days finished assembling it for the Military Bike Build Giveaway.

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(left to right) Brian Hoel, 34 built the seat for the Covington Military Bike Build Giveaway, while David Covington, 28 and Jeff Aebi, 25 work to fix the screws on the seat for the Chopper at the Travis County Expo Center. The Chopper was built in 3 days and will be given away at the end of the rally.

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Jeff Aebi, 25 talks to Brian Hoel, 34 of Austin's Thundering Horse Customs who built the seat for the Chopper at the Travis County Expo Center. Aebi has been working for Covington custom bikes for over a year and played a big role this year's building of the Chopper which started Thursday and finished building in three days it for the Military Bike Build Giveaway.

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Jeff Aebi, 25 tightens a screw above the front tire of the Chopper he has been working on for Covington custom bikes at the Travis County Expo Center. Aebi started the bike on Thursday and in the next 3 days finished assembling it for the Military Bike Build Giveaway.

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Jeff Aebi, 25 attaches the mirror of the Chopper he has been working on for Covington custom bikes at the Travis County Expo Center. Aebi started the bike on Thursday and in the next 3 days finished assembling it for the Military Bike Build Giveaway.


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Bikers ride in on Saturday evening with the sunset at their backs as they head towards the Travis County Expo Center where the 12th annual Republic of Texas biker rally was held.

tired

Wow, this is the first job that I've ever had that makes me this exhausted. So short words... have a picture.

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Observers came out and lined the streets of Congress Avenue as the Republic of Texas Bike Rally rolls into town at 7:30pm from the Travis County Expo Center to Congress Avenue where the streets in the surround area was closed off the for the overnight biker celebrations.

A few things

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All geared up in rain gear Clemente Alfaro, mows the lawn at the Asian American Culture Center on Jollyville Road during a morning rain shower. Alfaro has been working for his friend Raul Ramirez's company for 2 months and is out mowing the lawn because they will not be available the next day.

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(left to right) 3rd year veteran Steven "Bone" Norrell, 39 and seventh year veteran Lewis Rogers, 44 put a cover their motorcycle to protect it from the rain fall that few throughout the day. The guys, their wives and their friends who work in a machine shop with them, made the 12 hour drive from West Monroe, Louisiana.
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Coming in from a 12 hour road trip from West Monroe, Louisiana (center) Bucky Coley, 22 hangs out with his father Junior Coley, 51 (right) and friends (right to left) Lewis Rodgers, 44, Eugenia Norrell, 35, and Jeff Thomas, 44 at the Republic of Texas Biker Rally which occurs the first weekend after Memorial day.

First day of internship

Yesterday was my first day of work. Twas fun! I went with Brian Diggs one of the photogs out feature hunting. He asked me where I wanted to go, and of course I said fishermens! So he found us a bridge and we shot some pics of guys fishing off of the Montopolis Bridge and then Brian took us to a place under the bridge and they were swinging off of a support beam with a rope tied to the top of the bridge (confused yet?) and then I rolled up my pants and walked in... well it looked like up to their calves.... well... by the time i got to where i wanted to be the water was up to the top of my tummy! Don't have the pic that was published... but here the link to the one online.

Summers are usually slow, I'm told, so today I didn't really shoot much, but I got my nikon 2nd body (to accompany my canon) and then I went out with Kelly West to a firehouse that was robbed of $40,000 of equipment.

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Manuel Morales, 21 wades in the Colorado River after swinging from a rope tied to the Montopolis Bridge on Tuesday afternoon.

Gma's 80th B-day!

Mom and Aunts making egg rolls.

Cousins that I haven't seen in years.

The oldest cousin, the role model for us younger kids growing up.

Boys playing ball.

Pretty tattoo! :)

A few pics from the past weeks

Rain during Tessa's graduation at Syracuse.

Shot by Kirk in Central Park.

Frown.

These guys were shooting an Italian advertisment for winter clothing in the park.

Katz Deli. The deli where "When Harry met Sally" did the orgasm scene... pic of Kirk and Dan.

Dan in pretty light at a bar.

Cyberduckie and parents in the background. (Dad has a practicing sword in his hand)

Overachieving bro who graduated with a mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and a philosophy major. (I think I got em right)

Harbor in Boston.

Dinner with Valerie and Roderick.