Aug 242008
 
i dropped the photos in a soundless Soundslide, because it’s an easier format to view all the photos in. it just takes an extra second, but is well worth it — a better alternative to scrolling down 101 photos x 600 or so pixels.

i’m updating this from Nashville, where i’m doing the multimedia training for the Chips Quinn at the Freedom Forum’s Diversity Institute location on the Vanderbilt campus. it’s a pretty nice spot. the little i’ve seen of Nashville so far makes it seem like a great place, but i won’t get much time to check out the whole city until the program’s last day, Friday. meanwhile, the schedule ahead is pretty packed, so probably slim post-pickens until we’re done. when that happens, though, i ought to be putting up a couple of video projects that i’ll be making in collaboration with one or two other people. soooooo, keep checking. there might be an update with video in a couple of days. xavier-overandout

the trip home, and more

 Posted by on August 18, 2008 at 12:05 am
Aug 182008
 

i finally got some bat shots from the Congress Avenue “bat bridge”


the bats were kind, but the mosquitos were not
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beautiful view of Lake Travis from The Oasis restaurant, where the menu outside was enticingly cheap and the menu at the table was mysteriously not

i caught Rudy, Statesman staff photographer, during an Olympic moment in Downtown Austin before i left Austin. all in a day’s work of a newspaper photojournalist

the rain outside Lubbock tried to git me

whereas this cat barely gave me a nod
The Heartland

finally, i know i’m back in Albuquerque when i see this awesome sight (well, just a sheep in a truck) at an unnamed store by my mom’s house in the South Valley
Aug 072008
 
just had to drop this photo of a Statesman staff photographer…going on the staff wall here.
i went along to assist him on the shoot, and we had some time to play a bit with the lights and the props. 

8/07/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN;  A staff photographer wields a prop at a photo shoot at the Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, home of the Longhorns.

work from Aug.2…fire (aftermath) and feature

 Posted by on August 4, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Aug 042008
 
the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays in Round Rock had their second fire this week Friday. here are photos from when i went out Saturday morning. 
i also photo’d a pack of wild dogs on someone’s property for a different assignment. it”s a long story, but the result of that day of chasing, sneaking and praying for the ability to be invisible is that i’m now ready for Nature Channel work :)
also, i’m posting a couple feature photos that ran inside the metro section.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN;  The second fire of the week swept through the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays Street in Round Rock late Friday. Benny McRae walks past the back of the apartment complex Saturday.  His son, Drew Ford, lived in the unit bordering the damaged apartment behind McRae. Ford was acquainted with the man whose apartment burned earlier that week, according to McRae.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN;  The second fire of the week swept through the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays Street in Round Rock late Friday. Battalion Chief Shane Glaiser with the Round Rock fire department talks with Cassandra, who declined to give her last name, and who was with her two daughters and grandson, about the damage caused during the fire to her fiancé’s apartment.


8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The Angels played the Cubs at a little league game Saturday at the YMCA baseball field at East Old Bowman Road and North Mays Street in Round Rock. Liz Dominguez gets her granddaughter Aaliyah Barron, 2, to drink water during the game while Aaliyah’s father, Anthony, provides cover from the scorching sun.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The Angels played the Cubs at a little league game Saturday at the YMCA baseball field at East Old Bowman Road and North Mays Street in Round Rock. Leighsa Dominguez, 8, covers her first-base position well as she fields a grounder that takes a big hop to make the out.
Aug 022008
 
i’m sending these 5 clips in to fulfill my requirements for the Chips Quinn scholarship. 
there are better examples i did this summer for the news stuff, but i was only able to access the last month of PDF’s when i did this at night, so i went by the dates for the hardcopy clips i had. overall, i’m happy with it.

the above cover is my photo, obviously

the two centerpiece features are from me on this page above
the centerpiece above is mine, and the smaller secondary (unfortunately)
this fun feature centerpiece above is me too

on this one above, the centerpiece is me
thats it. i’ll post some more photos soon. i got the next couple of days off, which is great, because i need ALL that time to start packing and cleaning…LAST DAY IS THIS FRIDAY! Aug. 8.
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