2008 October

Sen. Barack Obama’s ‘Early Vote for Change Rally’ in ABQ

i had not yet had a chance to PHOTOGRAPH Barack Obama, ever, until this weekend. here are some photos from the event at UNM’s Johnson Field. i don’t envy the Secret Service’s duty of securing the premises — and checking everyone who comes through the gate. if anyone knows of a good photoessay/story on those folks, definitely pass it on. enjoy

requested sports photos slideshow

here are a few images put together for someone who wanted to see some of my sports photos in a package:

a video from Farmington — from my last day

my internship at The Daily Times in Farmington flew by. after all, it was a brief, six-week stint.

the Farmington Renaissance Faire was a fun assignment to get for my last day. i got to do video while Daily Times chief photog. Lindsay Pierce covered stills — a luxury allowed by our normally slow Sundays at the paper.
the juggler in the video is definitely a character. let me know what you think.

Farmington Renaissance from Xavier Mascareñas on Vimeo.

video from last week…storytelling festival

a very windy day in the Four Corners — which doesn’t help when you have a little video camera without any mic inputs, but…i was impressed by the ability of that little mic to act like a type of shotgun-mic. overall, i’m happy with the way this daily-video turned out, and i was able to get a nice photo of the event to run in the paper to tease to the video online. also shot another assignment, and did some non-video related work, which i wouldn’t be able to do unless i’m stepping up the pace on my daily-video turnaround..yay!

enjoy:

Four Corners Storytelling Festival from Xavier Mascareñas on Vimeo.

some stuff from week four in F-town (Farmington, N.M.)

alright. here are a few photos from this last week. most interesting was the Shiprock (N.M.) Navajo State Fair. i never knew you could have actual bumper-to-bumper traffic in Shiprock, but it happens! also, HWY 64, which connects F-town and Shiprock, has to be the roadkill capital of the country, if not world.

winter is looming.

oh yeah, from here on out, i’ll generally be including any info necessary for the photos in the short entries above them in each entry.

for this there were photos from a band story that never materialized (but ran as wild art), the rodeo at the fair, soccer (note: unfortunately no long glass, over 200mm, is available here — i’m definitely getting my exercise), preview shots for kids ‘walk to school day,’ teacher of the year awarded by wal-mart (with one of those oversized checks), more fair-related stuff, and photos from a police family day at ‘Safety City,’ a police training and exercises area. also, below is a photo from a preview on a quilt exhibit, and another band shot. i began and ended with the band — my own little circle of life.