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Snow day in Austin

2010-02-24T13:01:00.004-06:00

Yesterday (02/24) Austin had a rare day of snow. I don't have class Tuesdays and Thursdays but I got wake-up calls from Julia and Naishadh about the snowfall. Heading to campus on the West Campus bus, I saw gaggles of students marveling at the snowflakes and having snowball fights. My d40 did its job for the better part of the day until moisture leaked into the directional pad, which caused it to go haywire- not letting me scroll through pictures or change the autofocus point in my viewfinder. Everything dried up just fine when I got home, though, so there's no permanent damage.

This was my first photo outing in a while and I am definitely rusty. It took me about half an hour to get my butt in gear. I was slow to track movement, being sluggish at making the necessary reactive adjustments to autofocus and metering. Composing felt forced and a little awkward. Also, my intuition about exposure was off and looking at my shots later, I found many of the under exposed.

Nevertheless, I had a blast, so I'll take this opportunity to regain my stride. Take a look at some of my favorites from yesterday.

Fish

2010-01-27T00:31:00.004-06:00

My roommate's saltwater fish tank is very cool. He got the 55 gallon tank at the beginning of the fall 09 semester and has since spent thousands to equip, populate, and maintain it. Gotta love college businessmen and their disposable incomes...

First Day of Class | Spring 2010

2010-01-19T18:38:00.002-06:00

...and my last semester here. Woah.

Gotta "do it big"
"put in some work"
"be real trill"
"get swoll body"
"lay some pipe game"

If none of that made any sense, don't worry. It took me a couple weeks to figure out what my roommates were saying half the time.

Merry Christmas

2010-01-13T20:37:00.002-06:00

and a Happy New Year from the De Jesus family

A bit tardy, but hey, at least I'm updating, right?

Graduation Session

2010-01-13T20:28:00.002-06:00

Jessica needed graduation/xmas pictures for her parents and I was happy to help. Here are some snaps from the shoot:

I'm hoping to start taking graduation pictures for my friends and peers at UT. It's my last semester at UT so I think that would be a fun thing to do. I could probably make a bit of money from it also. I'll keep you updated on developments.

Camera Phone?

2010-01-04T05:31:00.005-06:00

Damn. That last post was a snoozer. I must have been REALLY bored the night I wrote it. I promise more ((interesting)) posts will start coming upon the arrival of the new semester.

New Years Resolution #123: Update blog with better posts.

Camera Phone

2009-12-17T23:13:00.008-06:00

This is kind of a strange post for what should have been a semi-"serious" photo blog. I will post pictures I took off my phone. The only reason being is that I didn't pick up my real camera as often as I promised everyone this semester, and that I don't have much to show for myself except for these camera phone pictures. Sad, isn't it?

But I'll try to make this post productive by describing the limitations of the camera on my Samsung Impression, accompanied by relevant pictures. The images hereafter, I should let you know, have made the usual run through Lightroom 2.

The camera's exposure meter has 3 settings: Matrix, Center-Weighted, and Spot. From my experience, none of these settings behave the way they should. Center-weighted and Spot accurately meter only about 3/4 of the time, leaving me with many pictures that are either way underexposed or blown out. Matrix mode does the best job of reading exposure, but usually pictures with high contrast lighting come out a stop too bright. This snap was one of my preliminary experiments on how the camera would handle such a lighting situation:

Contrast isn't the best on the Samsung Impression, which is not unlike most other camera phones I've seen. But, in good lighting, or outdoors, the camera can put out some decent looking pictures with a fair bit of tonal depth. Keep in mind, again, that I ran this image through Lightroom (increased blacks), but this picture was a good example of nice contrast before I messed with it.

I think the best thing about this camera is the lens' surprising sharpness. In good light, the lens can swallow quite a bit of fine detail. Unfortunately, this sharpness means little in dim light or high contrast scenes, when the camera's shoddy metering usually under or over-exposes the scene. Nevertheless, bravo sharp lens:

Also, there's a fun panorama mode that I enjoy playing with when I'm bored:

The colors produced are vibrant and I'm relatively happy with them. However the camera introduces fairly random color casts on every picture, and there is no consistency between images. A scene taken outdoors in the sunlight will look magenta in one snap, and yellow in the next. There are no settings to change for white balance.

Overall, the camera kind of sucks. The metering is almost always wrong, contrast is normally flat, and scenes take on psychedelic colors at times. Also, the biggest drawback to this camera is the enormous amount of delay between when I press the shutter release, to when the camera takes the picture. It's a matter of about a 1/3 to 1/2 second delay! Forget sports photography with this phone. Usually what happens is I try to take a picture of someone doing something hilarious but end up getting the last hazy part of the moment.

However, I am glad to have a camera phone again, after having to use a backup phone for the first half of the year. I know it looks like I'm letting my photo hobby die off a little, but I still very much enjoy taking pictures for myself, albeit with a phone. This semester got a little crazier than I expected and my level of photography-laziness never dropped, thus I remained in my photo-hiatus for the semester. But I hope you will agree with me that these pictures and this post are the beginning of a new fervor and I do sincerely promise to keep posting and taking pictures. Thanks for reading.

Fall 2009

2009-11-30T01:34:00.002-06:00

This is my first post in a while.

Just some random snaps on the way from campus to my apartment.

More posts to come.

Summer Time

2009-06-14T20:52:00.003-05:00

Back in The Woodlands for the summer. Mandatory animal pictures...

Not just yet...

2009-03-03T03:15:00.006-06:00

I picked up two assignments from Caleb on Sunday: a knitting circle and a farmer's market. The old ladies were hung over and ended up not meeting Sunday morning. I then got kicked out of the farmer's market by a douche bag assistant manager guy. Obviously, forces are keeping me in my photo break for the time being.

Birds

2009-02-10T00:36:00.002-06:00

The recent photo posts demonstrate my three photo fetishes: Clouds, Feet, and Birds.

Habits (an assignment for my Conditions and Learning class)

2009-01-28T23:44:00.004-06:00

REACTION PAPER DUE THURS:

Describe a personal habit that you don't want to modify.

Describe a personal habit that you do want to modify.

In both cases be very specific about the responses involved, the stimuli present when the response is made, and any consequences of the behavior.

A personal habit i would not like to modify is the habit of opening doors for women and elders. The stimuli present for this habit would be the presence of a women or an elder at a door that I am about to go through. The response is opening the door and letting the person through before me. Consequences of this behavior are usually general sentiments of gratitude from the person, as well as my own feelings of well-being derived from a sense of chivalry.

A personal habit I would like to change is cigarette smoking. I would not like to do this anymore. At this stage of my nicotine addiction, stimuli do not necessarily need to be present for smoking to occur, however notable stimuli that do cause an increased need for cigarettes include food, alcohol, and sexual intercourse. Consequences of this behavior are relief of tension and anxiety at the cost of decreased cardiovascular and respiratory health.

Feet!

2009-01-28T17:28:00.001-06:00

Back in Austin!

I am slowly, *ever so slowly* getting back into shooting mode.

Clouds.

2009-01-11T15:04:00.004-06:00

I'll be in The Woodlands for another week, then it's off to Austin for another action-packed semester.

New Years Eve

2009-01-01T11:27:00.003-06:00

Spent it with some pretty ladies over lots of champagne and some of Matt's amazing home brewed beer and ale.

Kings Cup with champagne? Not the best idea in the world.

Happy New Year!

Back at the Studio

2008-12-26T21:40:00.002-06:00

...Studio One-to-One Photography at The Woodlands Mall

It's fun as always.

So Comes the End of Fall 2008 Semester

2008-12-11T16:14:00.016-06:00

So finals are upon us all and I am currently spending my life at the PCL in an attempt to learn a semester's worth in 3 classes. It seems like every semester is just an insane rush of fun and extracurriculars and drama and everything else BUT studying and when it finally comes to the end, I'm always in a huge marathon cram to make up for my shenanigans.

I'm really feeling for Vin right now, though. Organic Chemistry... Calc 408D... and nothing to look forward to but even more intense classes in the future. Don't worry, you'll make it to med school, buddy.

Bumpin' PCL night life:

This semester's been a real kick in the ass. A whole slew of things went wrong. Losing a few friends (some my fault, others not), bad girl decisions, and the economy completely fucking my family and me over, to name a few.

However, the bad must always be considered with the good. This has been the best semester so far for me at UT. I've gotten really close with old friends (Alicia and Lauren, this is your shout out) and I'm starting to recognize potentially really long, fruitful friendships with people I've met here over the past year. I feel very accomplished about the awesome network of people I'm surrounded by. Weekends are never dull, weekdays are cushioned by campus encounters with friends, and the apartment has been host to countless get-togethers and mischief.

And I really can't say enough about The Daily Texan gig. Damn. I know a few of you DT photogs have run into my blog so I'd like to say how much fun it is working with yall. Working for the paper has taught me a lot about photography, and my own abilities as a photographer, not to mention what I've learned about journalism and print. I've gained a lot of self-confidence about my work, and can really see this as a defining chapter of this young hobby of mine.

Forgive me if I sound weirdly sentimental, by the way. I haven't been taking pictures for very long so every little thing that happens is still awesome and noteworthy. And yeah, it totally makes me feel good to get praise from my family and friends. It's awesome that I've found something I like doing that I can share with people I love.

Here's to another wacky semester at The University of Texas at Austin. Fall 2008, you were kind of a bitch... but we had a hell of a time, too.

I close with two snaps on my way to the PCL today.

Cheers!

Christmas, Graduates, Birthday Blazin'

2008-12-09T23:49:00.006-06:00

This was a nice, fun weekend before finals week. I probably should have studied a little, but I don't regret taking it easy and having a great time with all my awesome friends before the shit storm of this week.

We had a small Christmas party to celebrate putting up a tree.

Hannah is pretty and awesome. We worked at a portrait studio together for a time.

Felicia graduated this weekend. The college of engineering ceremony must have been the most concentrated group of super smart, hard working students ever.

Roommate Adam's birthday was on Sunday. His only requirements for a good birthday was a big smoke and a good movie. "Superblunt" was made and enjoyed with Pan's Labyrinth.

Walk Around Campus

2008-12-01T20:58:00.002-06:00

Hell yes. I finally got around to editing these snaps and I'm really pleased with how they turned out. The other day I got motivated to stretch out a little and take some pics and it seemed like for at least that day my photo-block disappeared.

I'm destined to grow up to be a bird photographer.

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-11-29T02:25:00.003-06:00

Food. Family. Friends.

More Party Pics...

2008-11-22T14:38:00.004-06:00

Honestly, I haven't been doing a whole lot of personal work recently. I'm not really sure why, maybe I'm just giving myself a little bit of a photo break. This is the reason there have been a string of party picture posts on this blog.

21st Street Coop Anniversary Party

2008-11-19T19:28:00.003-06:00

I dont' know how many pictures I have of me looking like this, trying to explain how to work the autofocus on my d40.

Halloween

2008-11-01T21:35:00.005-05:00

At this moment, Texas is getting raped 29-13 by Texas Tech.

BUT... at least Halloween was kickass.

Facing Left

2008-10-28T20:22:00.002-05:00

Two quick portraits.

Alicia

William

First Football Assignment

2008-10-26T23:28:00.005-05:00

Holy cow. Saturday's game against Oklahoma State University is the greatest time I've ever had at a football game. I was standing at Texas' end zone when the band played "The Eyes of Texas" and I couldn't help myself... this particular photojournalist, with a giant lens on a monopod and equipment strapped all over his body, raised his horns and bellowed the alma mater without reserve. Being on the field, watching and documenting the #1 Longhorns do their thing was such an incredible high.

I love football. I love it i love it i love it. I love my school. I love my friends. I love being a photographer. I love everything I'm doing and everything that surrounds me.

Hook 'em fuckin' Horns.

Study

2008-10-03T13:18:00.003-05:00

This week has been deceptively easy-going. I only had one thing due... a one-page response on a chapter for my cognitions of animals class. I've been trying to motivate myself to knock out chunks of studying a day but it's not going so well.
It's pretty funny though, the chapter I wrote about this week for psychology was about learning and memory: long and short-term memory etc etc... psych 101 stuff, but it was pretty ironic that what I was studying was telling ME how to study...

Repetition and rehearsal... fascilitates information passing through working memory and eventually being stored in reference memory for long-term retrieval...

ACL

2008-09-30T02:35:00.002-05:00

too tired from this weekend (roommate's bday, UT-Arkansas, ACL), and from today (full day of class and shooting) to type anything worth reading here.

here are my few snaps from ACL:

Calculus

2008-09-25T17:24:00.001-05:00

Calculus is such a bitch.

I'm gradually realizing that this semester will be my hardest one yet. I have a lot of shit on my plate. Calculus for one... which is a terrible menace... and two upper division psychs that compose the majority of my work load. This, along with my newspaper gig, will guarantee a very busy, probably stressful semester. Oh well... college was bound to get exponentially harder as I went, especially now that I'm trying to tackle another major along with psych: economics. Weee...

Dusk, HW, Parties

2008-09-21T19:48:00.007-05:00

I've recently calmed down with my photo work and have picked up my camera sparingly these past couple of days. Honestly I felt like the thing was about to grow into my hand from constant use and I think my brain was getting taxed from having to use my eyes to creatively construct scenes 24/7. Which is not to say I haven't done any shooting. I just... haven't done much of it.

Ever since I can remember (I been poppin my collar) my work ethic has been terrible. I really don't know how I managed to get into this university. Of course I am not the first or only one to struggle with procrastinating. But this is what I was thinking about when I took this still life. Time keeps dripping away and I'm seemingly incapable of making use of it.
...And the only reason I took this was because I didn't want to immediately start on my psychology paper due the next morning.

I've been snapping pics at parties ever since I started this hobby, and have never taken any "good" party pics, try as I might. I'm pretty much convinced now that I can't operate as a photographer while intoxicated. It's a real shame.

Busy Week

2008-09-17T13:09:00.004-05:00

PHEW. Last week was very very very busy. Lots of school, lots of wacky administrative problems, lots of picture taking, lots of parties, lots of drama, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc... Also, yes I guess the big news of last week is that I made The Daily Texan as a photographer! I felt like a loser cuz I couldn't hide my smile for a minute at orientation.

My second tryout day was Wednesday. I shot a forum on Austin's expanding rail system. I gotta say... working in low light is not my forte I've realized. My favorite environment to shoot in is outdoors running around, getting dirty and sweaty and making my lenses squint.

Wild art is fun to shoot. The people at the Texan define wild art as any "cool" or "interesting" shot with a person in the frame. So when they ask that all of us shoot some, I was pretty stoked because that's what I've been doing this past year for fun.

I've been doing a looooot of hanging out with Kathy since school started. She's the shit. I can't help but love her nerdiness and excitement about everything. She also dresses cute everyday.

The Daily Texan

2008-09-12T18:55:00.001-05:00

I got it!

snap snap snap i got yo pitcha bitch!

Printed

2008-09-08T21:11:00.009-05:00

Holy shit! One of my pictures ran in The Daily Texan today!

My first tryout was on Friday. The assignment was an information session for disabled students at UT. I learned a lot about being a disabled university student, and the challenges they face at UT. A discussion was even held on dating challenges.
After shooting the event, I was really worried I didn't snap any good frames.
I really can't express the relief I felt seeing the editors in the office liking my shoot. Anyway, the next morning I grabbed a copy of The Texan and there it was, printed in black and white on page 6. I got a text from Alicia saying "omg your picture is in the paper!". I would have skipped to class if the campus wasn't so damn large.

First (serious) Shoot of the Semester

2008-09-02T17:10:00.002-05:00

I made my first attempt at serious pictures today since school started. I grabbed my camera bag this morning, and snapped around campus on the way to class. I got some good advice to practice shooting a bit before my tryout days for The Daily Texan. This isn't my strongest set, and I really have some kinks to work out before Friday. Unfortunately taking pictures doesn't seem to be analogous to riding bikes, as many other things always are (driving a car, typing, loading a bowl etc.).

Thankfully it was an insanely gorgeous day (though hotter than Hades) so at least my pictures got that going for them. Oh, and it's also not so bad when the beautiful ladies of The University of Texas grace us with their sun dresses and short-shorts.

New Crib

2008-08-24T11:30:00.001-05:00

The roommates and I just moved into our new apartment. I am totally stoked about this year, and all the things I plan to do. Bring it on, Austin!

Southeast Asia Pt. 3

2008-08-20T14:19:00.005-05:00

We also spent 4 days in Hong Kong. I absolutely fell in love with the city. It is the most gorgeous, interesting city I've ever been to, and I definitely plan on going back on my later travels. Hong Kong is an insane mix of European and Asian. Tall whites mingle effortlessly in a sea of Chinese and Polynesian, and everyone is attractive, powerful, and wealthy. Hong Kong gets Miguel's Coolest City award. We stayed with my aunt, who lives in a flat in a highrise located in the heart of Hong Kong. The view out my window was... the shit.

We also made our way over to Macau, another "Special Administrative Region" of China. Tourists like to refer to Macau as the Las Vegas of China. We visited some big hotels, and explored the city a bit.

Macau was a Portuguese colony, just as Hong Kong was a British one, so Portuguese influence is very prominent in Macau. A special treat there are these delicious cheesy pastry things (I forgot the name), and I frequently saw locals picking up dozens and dozens of these from bakeries.

Back to The Philippines...
One of the last things I did there was go to a cockfight with my dad. While he was growing up, a major part of his activities and interest (along with most other Filipino males) was attending cockfights. I've been to these things before on past Philippine trips and they're always fun to watch. I know PETA shits about animal fighting, but I never see cruelty or malice displayed at cockfights in The Philippines. However I'm sure that's just my Filipino side talking.

Southeast Asia Pt. 2

2008-08-20T14:05:00.004-05:00

We attended my cousin Nino's wedding. It was an absolutely gorgeous ceremony. His older sister organized the entire thing, and with a modest budget put together a wedding that looked like a million dollars. I was apart of the wedding (ceremoniously lighting candles) so I did not snap a ton of frames during the ceremony.

onboard flash lol- good thing I wasn't the official photog.

asdThe only touristy thing we did in The Philippines was to take a weekend trip to south Luzon to visit the Filipino equivalent of Disneyworld. We made a detour to Mt. Taal, a dormant(?) volcano. We even took horsie rides to the top of the volcano. Unfortunately my camera ran out of juice upon arriving at the top (grrrr). The random Mt. Taal trip was ridiculously fun.

Southeast Asia Pt. 1

2008-08-20T14:02:00.001-05:00

My family and I spent 5 weeks in The Philippines this summer. It was a blast. I had meant to keep this blog regularly updated with shots and insight throughout the trip, but I did not have internet access at my house- which made me lazy to do any work on this blog. Anyway, here are some grabs from the trip:

We stay in The Philippines to see family once every three years. It's a trip that always brings my family super close, and I appreciate the intimacy the trips provide.

One of the first things we did there was to travel to my dad's birthtown and attend the annual St. Peter festival. The little town completely explodes with vendor activity, and every household big or small hosts parties with tons to eat and drink. The town's ancient church is the center of activity.

Two Portraits

2008-08-15T15:42:00.014-05:00

Here are two pictures I took yesterday. I realized I haven't been posting a whole lot on here recently, so this is my timid attempt to get back in the habit.

Andrew's mom asked him to give the dog a haircut. He tried to shave "KSU" (Kent State U.) into her side, and gave her a Mohawk type thing with a crooked strip of fur running down her back.

"This uh... this didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to..."

It's the end of the summer, and everyone is leaving again for school. Alyssa and I went to dinner and then it was "see ya later" till thanksgiving or if one of us decides to visit the other.

Playlist

2008-08-07T06:11:00.002-05:00

I see you windin and grindin up on that pole.
I know you see me lookin at you when you already know.
I wanna fuck you.
You already know.
I wanna fuck you.
You already know, girl.

You got me so hypnotized the way your body rollin round and round.
That booty keep bumpin, booty keep bouncin up and down.

Them baggy sweatpants and them reeboks with them straps...
She turned around and gave that big booty a smack.
She hit the flo,
next thing you know
Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low.

Dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me...
Don'tcha...

Welcome Home Dinner

2008-06-05T21:53:00.007-05:00

Lauren's back from studying abroad in Paris. I could not be happier!

Bitch please

2008-05-16T21:24:00.003-05:00

I was depressed for the last quarter of the semester because I was convinced that I was going to make at most straight C's.

The Week to Come

2008-04-14T05:13:00.004-05:00

Every once in a while I type up a list of things to do/goals/thoughts for the week to come. Let this serve as a disclaimer. This post has no entertainment value. Read on, though, if you are vaguely interested in everyday worries of a college boy.

Things due this week:
Spanish Presentation- gotta get together with the group- ohh... those bitches...- and actually DO the project.
UTA transcript- mail UTA my signed permission to release my transcript. must be done by Monday (today).
Psychology Paper- due Thursday... oh shit.
Buy food

Things not to do this week:
Spend more than 10 bucks- damn I'm poor.
Fall asleep past 1:00am- gotta get my sleep schedule somewhat regular for finals in a month'ish.
Make a dumb joke.

Misc:
Email Lauren, it's been awhile.
Stay off the computer- get my nose in a book every now and then, for God's sake...
Call Mom, it's been awhile.
Bitch to work about my damn paycheck and why I don't have one yet.
Keep up with the core workout- by the end of the semester, I''ll look ballin for the summer.

I guess I should reward the few who read through that with some grabs from the weekend:
It was a beautiful weekend. I keep blabbering about this to anyone who will listen, but the weather puts me in such a good mood. Kathy and I hung out under the sun.
I spotted some nutty grackles performing mating calls (I'm not sure if they were really mating calls, but I like to say that's what I got a picture of).
When the sun sets on a weekend night, my phone explodes with texts and calls and I'm on that shit like a schoolgirl after the last bell.
And my photography devolved from there. My party pics do not stand up at all to anyone else's.

Full Day Shoot

2008-04-11T15:50:00.004-05:00

The trials and tribulations of college life... Yesterday was a day when I did absolutely no schoolwork. None. I didn't pick up a single book, run any of my errands, or even go to my only class. I would be rather bummed at myself, had it not been for all the shooting I did instead. Basically I woke up at an ungodly hour (1pm), and upon realizing I had wasted half a day of beautiful Texas spring, I tore off the sleeves to a t-shirt (to combat my farmer's tan), put on my favorite running shoes and basketball shorts, grabbed my camera, and ran outside. My aim for the afternoon was street photography. Closer and more IN YO FACE than I had ever attempted. Having previously gotten a nice feel for my campus on my past architecture shoots, and my assignments for the yearbook, I had a fair sense of where to go and what to look at for my shots. Anyway, too much typing; I suck at words anyway.

Later that evening, I walked over to Texas Revue, UT's big student-run talent show. It was held at the main mall, right at the base of the tower, which made for some fun shooting. It had quite a large attendance, and I even managed to run into one of my best friends, Alicia. Though I wasn't on assignment, I pretended like I was and strode all the way up to the stage, rubbing elbows with Texan and Cactus (the school paper and yearbook, respectively) photographers right on the side of the stage, and in front of it, getting some pretty usable shots. I was still in my "workout photog " style- what with my cut off sleeves and my basketball shorts, so I must have looked pretty ballin' in front of those hundreds of people watching the show.

PEACE.

2 More Shots

2008-04-10T02:18:00.003-05:00

You, reader, will come to learn that I suck at inventing titles for things I create. From my art, to these blog posts, expect uninspired, monotonous titles. Titles are my artistic weakness ("wat abt ur pics lawl"). Anyway, I guess I'm having some burst in photo energy which explains the sudden activity on this blog. These are... wait for it... 2 more shots from today :

I live on the 5th floor in my hall, and my window offers a pretty killer view down on Clark Field, as well as downtown Austin. I've been a big creeper for quite some time spying on the field with my zoom lens looking for a shot. This was the first one to stand out to me.

Textbooks

Late Night Shoot

2008-04-09T13:39:00.009-05:00

My friend Addison got a Nikon D80 as a graduation gift. She confessed that she hasn't been using it in anything other than "Auto" mode. She wanted me to show her how to use it, so we decided to have her learn how to make light trails. I know these aren't exactly Pulitzer candidates, but it was a fun shoot so I thought I'd share.

Addison herself

The Subjects: Sam and Bella

Getting ready...

Review

On my way back to the room... On the right is my hall, and you can clearly see UT's epic stadium lighting up the sky!

Peace, guys, thanks for reading!

3 More Pics

2008-04-08T21:17:00.005-05:00

It was another lazy day. I only had one class in the morning (which I'm annoyed to say I slept through; it's my favorite class this semester, child psychology). Here are some grabs from me hanging out for a bit this afternoon:

"Bella and Camels"

"Off to the Pool"

Rare portrait of me... taken by my roommate! Good job, man.

I dunno if this was really the case, but it feels like spring came late to Texas. But now that it's here... man my spirits and mind have been rejuvenated! Throwing on a favorite t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops beats the hell out of fussing with a stuffy jacket or a hoodie!

Portraits

2008-04-05T02:08:00.012-05:00

Damn, I haven't made a new post in a long time. Anyway, I finished a slew of tests this week, so I finally got to pull my camera out again and take pics. I banged on the old Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 (the 20y.o. manual version) and ran outside to my friends' hangout spot. Spring is upon us in full force and it was a pretty orgasmic day. These are some grabs from my post-tests shoot.

Chanel

a misframed, angsty self portrait

Bella

Kathy

Brady

I met most of my friends at UT smoking cigarettes...

This is my roommie, Vin.

Anon's Scientology Protest 02-10

2008-02-10T22:46:00.000-06:00

This wacky protest was held in front of the Scientology church on the drag. It was on my way so I made some quick grabs:

First Post

2008-01-23T13:30:00.001-06:00

Sup.

My name is Miguel. I am a student at a fine public university in Texas (I'll muse over if it's appropriate for me to say which university... blogging is very new to me). I am 19 years old. ...Eck... you know what... I think I'll leave it to a later post for my proper introduction. I have a class soon, and... well, I can't think of anything to say. However I guess I should at least say that this is my first blog. I've created it to share my pictures. Also, to cater to my narcissism, I will sometimes share my trivial nothings for you to skim over. But yeah, mostly pictures.

ex:

A squirrel on campus (well, duh it's a squirrel, you dummy)

Thanks for reading! Till the next (better) post!

-Miguel