i really like to contribute photos for news assignments that supplement or compliment the reporter’s coverage. it’s satisfying to find a visual solution to a tricky story, or to make photos that have more purpose than just relaying the information of what’s immediately in the frame. working the day to day and “feeding the beast,” it’s easy to become comfortable in editing for the safe/expected shot (and at many publications, that may be the only way to do it), but i think doing so at the expense of further developing your eye (what you personally bring to the table as a storyteller) and challenging yourself can keep you from growing as a visual journalist, which would be a mistake.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Carolyn Evans, with the Isaiah 42:16 Ministries jail and prison ministry, enters the church at 1300 North Dustin Avenue for the ribbon cutting Nov. 5 for Pastor Toby Chavez's Straight Up Outreach and Prison Ministry Inc. transitional housing facility.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Pastor Toby Chavez, of Straight Up Outreach and Prison Ministry Inc., shares his personal story of prison, recovery and finding faith to attendees of the Nov. 5 ribbon-cutting event for Chavez's new transitional housing project at North Dustin Avenue and East Tycksen Drive.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock High School cadet Pvt. Christina Garrow, 14, laughs while she shares a relaxed moment with her older sister, cadet Sgt. Savannah Garrow, 18, after performing during Bloomfield High School's JROTC invitational Saturday.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Local JROTC students compete in the "drill down" segment of Saturday's JROTC competition in Bloomfield. All students were invited to the floor to compete in following verbal commands, and were eliminated, one-by-one, until there was a winner.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cadet private Zack Hicks, 15, a member of Piedra Vista’s Army JROTC color guard team, awaits his turn to be tested Saturday in the color guard event at Bloomfield High School’s JROTC competition. Local Marine recruiters Sgt. Nate Bitsui and Cpl. Dustin Francisco graded the event.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Volunteer firefighter Buck Hamilton, left, catches his breath while fellow firefighter Drew Placencio re-hydrates after being some of the first on the scene at a structure fire at 3439 U.S. 64 on Friday afternoon. The home, a double-wide trailer with additions in Waterflow, will probably be a total loss, San Juan County Fire Department District 1 Fire Captain Donovan Mack said.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Larry Gibson hands a balloon to Bruce Salisbury, an Air Force war veteran, on behalf of the Blue Star Mothers on Saturday. The balloons were given to attendees to release en masse at the end of “God Bless America,” sung by Lindsay Clark.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Rock Point's Ty White, 18, has a hard time freeing his hand after a ride on bull Top Rail on Sunday during the College-High School Challenge Rodeo at McGee Park. His brief but rough ride failed to qualify.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Reinforced concrete pipes, also called storm pipes, drain into the Animas River on Monday near East Piñon Street. The city is seeking public input in trying to decide whether it should update the existing drainage infrastructure. Farmington will hold a public meeting on water drainage concerns 6 p.m. Thursday at the Farmington Civic Center.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Line workers David Elder and Chris Woods, with Farmington Electric Utility System, help navigate a replacement power pole through a tangle of utility lines Sunday following an accident involving one vehicle at the corner of 20th Street and Hutton Avenue.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Chris Woods, a line worker with Farmington Electric Utility System, helps steady a new power pole prior to replacing the broken one at the corner of 20th Street and Hutton Avenue on Sunday. James Ellsaesser, line foreman for Farmington Electric, said a half-ton Chevy pickup truck hit the power pole at around 11:30 a.m., causing a small power outage for a few hours. Police dispatch stated no one was injured in the one-vehicle accident.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Andrea Garcia assists one of her Farmington Special Preschool students, Dylan Poyer, 5, with making an “Inny the Inchworm” after helping Kayde McGraw, 4, with her inchworm near the end of the school day Thursday. Farmington Municipal Schools board members discussed additions to the school at Thursday night’s meeting.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Claudia Giron, of Española, sorts her rag rugs and rugs made from men's ties while Duka Subedi, who also creates rag rugs, stands behind her during the last day of the Rag Rug Festival and Design Collective at the Farmington Museum on Sunday.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington's Nicole Hampton fights for a ball against Moriarty's Nikki Eaton, fouling her in the process, during the first round of the state tournament at Hutchison Stadium on Saturday. FHS lost the hard-fought game, 1-0.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The boys cross country district 1-4A race starts Saturday at the meet at Riverview Golf Course.
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