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here’s some recent photos from December, so far.

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on December 17, 2009 at 3:30 am

Dec 172009

hi folks, and season’s greetings. i got halfway through posting these photos, and realized i skipped a few from the end of November, so i’ll go back and update those when i post next…which will probably be when i’m in Ft Myers, Fla., right around Christmas! i can’t wait to get away from this CHILLY weather for a bit (visiting Dennis’ mom in Ft. Myers — any good seafood restaurant recommendations?). yay for vacay!

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jay Fann, small business owner of Mancos Doors LLC, works on a wall hanging he called "Madonna and Child" in his discounted commercial space offered by the business incubator at San Juan College's Quality Center for Business on Friday.

Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Nina Bennally, education coordinator at Navajo Ministries, helps Danielle, 8, get dressed Dec. 12, in what she will be wearing for the upcoming Navajo Live Nativity at Navajo Ministries.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nina Bennally, education coordinator at Navajo Ministries, helps Danielle, 8, get dressed Dec. 12 in the traditional clothing she will be wearing for the upcoming Navajo Live Nativity at Navajo Ministries.

Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Ezra Holmes and his mother, Abby Holmes, heat up in front of the fire outside Berg Park's Little Pavilion, lined with luminarias, where the First Baptist Church Choir performs Friday night.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Ezra Holmes and his mother, Abby Holmes, heat up in front of the fire outside Berg Park’s Little Pavilion, lined with luminarias, where the First Baptist Church Choir performs Friday night.

this was a bit difficult to get get a photo at. PNM’s security were informing me that they own the County Road connecting the power plant to U.S. 64., a half mile stretch of road … um hmm.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; San Juan County Sheriff’s Office patrol cars rush toward the PNM San Juan Generating Station on Monday in response to power plant operators identifying an overheated piece of equipment which had the potential to be a fire hazard, according to PNM officials.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Vicki Miller, an aide at Mosaic Academy Charter School in Aztec, greets grandmother and Mosaic volunteer Kim DeSpain in front of the school after returning from a lunchtime walk under the cover of a standout umbrella Monday.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Joseph Archuleta, an employee at the Roadrunner Car Wash, shovels snow out of the driveway and car ports at the Aztec establishment Monday during continued snowfall.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock artist Christine Lewis sits at a table with her horsehair pottery on display during the first day of the Christmas Bazaar at the Shiprock Chapter House on Thursday. The event is scheduled to run at the Shiprock Chapter House through Dec. 12, the 14, and Dec. 16-24.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; McCormick Elementary fifth-grader Jose Dominguez, 11, tosses the end of a constrtuction-paper chain onto the Christmas tree at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Friday. Erin Acosta, director of sales for the hotel on Bloomfield Boulevard, said they donated $300 to McCormick Elementary’s fifth-grade art program, and in return students made ornaments and helped decorate the tree.

: Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Ingrid Lopez, a fifth grader at McCormick Elementary, takes a trip around the large Christmas tree Friday, pausing occasionally to admire the decorations.

Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Bryant Hart, who celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday in Carolyn Velasquez's Ladera Elementary School kindergarten class, helps make luminarias Tuesday at San Juan College. Farmington-area elementary school students are helping to make nearly 20,000 luminarias Tuesday and Wednesday, according to San Juan College's Linda Baker, and people can tour the finished display Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Hart, who celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday in Carolyn Velasquez's Ladera Elementary School kindergarten class, helps make luminarias Tuesday at San Juan College. Farmington-area elementary school students are helping to make nearly 20,000 luminarias Tuesday and Wednesday, according to San Juan College's Linda Baker, and people can tour the finished display Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.

avier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Nine-year-old Lance Eldridge, of Newcomb, turns around to wait for his family after eagerly leaving Kmart on Saturday with a new remote-controlled car after the annual 'Shop with the Posse' event.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nine-year-old Lance Eldridge, of Newcomb, turns around to wait in lightly falling snow for his family after eagerly leaving Kmart on Saturday with a new remote-controlled car after the annual 'Shop with the Posse' event.

Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Farmington twins Eve and Jose Mitchell, 4, talk to Santa Claus in Kmart on Saturday after they made the rounds during 'Shop with the Posse.'

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington twins Eve and Jose Mitchell, 4, talk to Santa Claus in Kmart on Saturday after they made the rounds during 'Shop with the Posse.'

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central and Bloomfield players, from left, Whittany Boyd, Sabastian Russell, Damien Charley and Luis Villanueva, reach to bring in a loose rebound after a missed Bobcat shot during the second half of Tuesday night's game in Kirtland.

Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High wrestler Mikey Loy, competing in the 135-pound weight class, shows his disappointment with losing the championship match to Ignacio High's Casey Haga Saturday in Bloomfield.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High wrestler Mikey Loy, competing in the 135-pound weight class, shows his disappointment with losing the championship match to Ignacio High's Casey Haga Saturday in Bloomfield.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times

NPPA-r8 blog post. Thanks Anita

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on November 8, 2009 at 9:25 am

Nov 082009

http://blogs.nppa.org/region8/2009/11/04/how-i-came-to-know-xavier-mascarenas/

i laughed immediately when i saw this on assignment, and really hoped it translated to a photo well-

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 30, 2009 at 2:09 am

Oct 302009

you be the judge!

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bernadette Smith, wearing half of the costume for Patrick Star of SpongeBob SquarePants fame, takes a break from mingling with adoring children to grab a quick bite in the kitchen at the Bloomfield Police Department during the annual Halloween carnival Friday.

i could spend all day in this corn pit

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 22, 2009 at 1:01 am

Oct 222009

it was like training-quicksand. but comfy.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Natalie Howard, with Pine River Community Learning Center in Colorado's La Plata County, shows token protest as she allows herself to be buried in the corn pit at Sutherland Farm by home-schooled students she supervised on a field trip Friday.

a wonderful family today, struck by tragedy more than once; photo in San Antonio Express-News

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 17, 2009 at 12:54 am

Oct 172009

today was tough. covering memorials and funerals for the media is instinctively unappealing for many of us, despite occasional public opinion claiming the opposite.

the thing is this, though: if we are assigned such an assignment, the premise is that it is newsworthy. whether that is because of events surrounding the death or funeral, the prominence of the person or what they stand for/symbolize, it is important. just because something is unpleasant, it does not mean it isn’t the right thing to do. *note: i feel this topic is very important, and wrote on and on and on and… but just came back and deleted it. i actually got lost in what i was saying.*

on to the photo. here is one that stood out as being a not-so-ordinary burial photo. very indicative of the region, actually.

and here’s two links to stories on him – one with my photo in the San Antonio Express-News! they have a super-talented photo staff, and play photos well, and look forward to getting my copy of today’s edition in the mail. thanks Anita!

SA Express-News

The Daily Times — our reporter, Steve Lynn, with a great story

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Maj. Xavier Miller of the New Mexico National Guard, second from right, leads family members and workers in burying Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook in the veterans section Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

…and then there’s days like today, when i am bombarded with beautiful things

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 15, 2009 at 1:49 am

Oct 152009

(UPDATE to below: actually, i thought it’d be interesting to post this photo from yesterday (of a power plant) under the Shiprock photo. compare/contrast? full essays due Friday by noon ; )

i don’t photograph landscape much these days, which is kind of a shame, because that, snapshots of friends and oddities in high school, and the peacefulness of making prints in a darkroom are what really hooked me on photography at an early age.

i wouldn’t normally associate the Shiprock peak with foliage of any kind, but the San Juan River is right a little ways away (my dad the English teacher will kill me for that), and lends to some nice photos. i hope it prints well

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A view Wednesday of the Shiprock peak, from a few miles outside Shiprock on U.S. 64, reflects the changing of seasons in the color of leaves on trees along the San Juan River.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Time; Ducks, cranes and other birds fly and swim in Morgan Lake in the foreground of the APS power plant Tuesday.

a quick link to my cutting video from NHSF Rodeo, and a portfolio edit

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on August 7, 2009 at 3:36 am

Aug 072009

thanks for looking. i also recently tried a re-edit of my photo portfolio — i appreciate any feedback.

and here’s the video. fun time, but i do wish we had an HD cam or something a little better. mic inputs, perhaps.

UPDATE (link to article below); did a freelance job recently for a NY paper…

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on May 26, 2009 at 12:35 am

May 262009

can’t wait till it runs! * and it did! here: ARTICLE IN NY DAILY NEWS * here’s some of the shots. it’s for an article on Mine that Bird ( the horse that ran the Derby and won with 50-1 or so odds).

not a whole lot more going on when i was there, unfortunately, but i hope i made the best of it. at the very least, it’s something i definitely would not have had a chance to shoot if not working in Farmington.

kentucky

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

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas 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.

halfway through the internship…now looking for a JOB-

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on July 6, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Jul 062008

lets kick this off with some recent photos (internship update at bottom):

6/27/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; CEO Bill Morrow, left, and president Joe Ross of CSIdentity, a company that helps businesses screen employees to verify identity, and assist government agenicies to track those who steal identities.

6/27/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Kenneth Avery, far right, 12, plays the ‘tenor,’ or lead, steel drum Wednesday at Austin Community Steelband on 10th Street. next to him, from right, are Tafari Robertson, 12, Jordan Acosta, 12, and instructor Cecil Francis of Trinidad and Tobago. Francis was invited to teach earlier this year by executive director of ACS Paula Beaird.

6/25/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; State trooper Marvin Jenkins stands watch over the east side of the Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday. Trooper presence has increased since the fire was set earlier this month.

6/21/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Raif Harik of Austin, left, whose boxing debut was Saturday, fights Marcus Key at the Frank Erwin Center at UT. Harik was knocked out in the first round.

6/20/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Swabid Akabe, 5, of Myanmar, plays games with other refugee children at Saturday’s ‘UN World Refugee Day’ celebration at St. David’s Episcopal Church on 7th Street.

6/20/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Aldijana Cisija of Bosnia-Herzegovina spoke at Saturday’s ‘UN World Refugee Day’ celebration at St. David’s Episcopal Church on 7th Street. Her father, Sejad Cisija, hangs the Bosnia-Herzegovina national flag back up after taking it down to take photos at the event. Her brother, Albin, walks under the flag.

6/19/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; ‘Games2U’ game coach Rey Puente, left, waits to assist with any problems tenants may have with video games set up for River Oaks’ tenant appreciation event on Brodie Lane. Games2U’ is an Austin-based mobile entertainment company, which has air-conditioned trailers in which people can play Xbox, Nintendo Wii and Playstation3. The company also sets up laser tag on-location.

6/19/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Sarah Kreisner is aquatics director at YMCA. She discusses her job Thursday at the Town Lake Branch pool.

6/19/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Cousins Larry Carson, 7, and Daejanique Wallace, 10, play on a ‘Games2U’ Nintendo Wii with Jake Sitterle, 7 and Alex Martinez, 5, on Thursday at the River Oaks apartment complex’s tenant appreciation event on Brodie Lane. ‘Games2U’ is an Austin-based mobile entertainment company, which has air-conditioned trailers in which people can play Xbox, Nintendo Wii and Playstation3. The company also sets up laser tag on-location.

6/14/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Austin band ‘The Black and White Years’ played a show June 14 at Parish on Sixth Street. The band is comprised of Billy Potts, John Aldridge, Scott Butler and Landon Thompson.

6/18/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Seymour High School runners, from left, Whitney Browning, Shelby Groves, Tayler Barrington and Julia Holub talk with Thorndale High School basketball player Brandon Irwin on Wednesday in the House Chambers at the Captiol. Seymour coach Dale Browning and his wife Shawna, who are Whitney’s parents, also attended the event where Gov. Rick Perry gave a speech congratulating, and encouraging, all UIL athletes.

6/14/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; ‘Buda’ points out to Republic of Texas attendees the night event he will be in charge of at the Travis County Exposition Center on Saturday. Buda, who gave only his biker name, also ran the ‘Rodeo Games’ earlier that day.

6/17/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Jonathan Liverman lives on the corner of Woodview Avenue and Allandale Road. In Februrary, an APD officer hopped a curb and hit his fence, damaging about 40 feet of it. An officer involved assured him that the city would replace the fence. Since then, he has talked to the claims department, which directed him to collect damages from the civilian driver involved. The man pulled over in Februrary never received a ticket for a violation, and was not carrying liability insurance.

6/12/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Lara Lester tries to referee Major, her Great Dane, and Tawnia Pinson’s dog, Beau, while they play Thursday at The Bark Park in Georgetown..

6/12/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Janis Shields takes her dog Xena to Round Rock Dog Depot regularly. They are among a group of regulars who take their dogs to the park daily.

5/27/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Two people walk down the stairs toward the underground parking at Austin City Hall in Downtown Austin, Texas.

5/29/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Maximus Nagle, 3, floats at McKinney Falls’ lower falls. His parents, Michael Nagle and Amy Lane, and his sisters, 5-year-old Annabella and 8-year-old Madeline, go to McKinney Falls at least twice a week. The family has been in Austin for the last four years, and they say that their State Park Pass saves them money.

5/27/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; View from in front of Austin City Hall in Downtown Austin, Texas.

6/10/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Wheatsville Co-op general manager Dan Gillotte in front of a group of photos of the co-op’s staff at that time, made by a former employee of the co-op’s staff. The store is undergoing growth from 8,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet.

6/7/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Jonathan Ryner, left, prepares with James Palaima, 13, and three other players to begin the new Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition at Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy during worldwide D&D game day Saturday. A Fourth Edition Dungeon Master’s screen, shaped as a castle facade and part of a special edition, is in the foreground.

food

guess what — food

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the internship is moving right along. i can’t believe it’s already about halfway through.

i’m coming back to finish posting. got to leave this spider-infested table…

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