San Jacinto vs. Angelina College Basketball (starring: my niece)

One of the many, many good things about moving back to my hometown of Houston is watching my nieces and nephew get even older! That means participating in wonderful activities such as getting demolished at video games, spending hours at the DMV, installing software and photographing various sporting events. Two of my nieces attend San Jacinto College and one of them plays basketball for the San Jac Lady Gators. Naturally, I ended up shooting one of their games with some extremely biased coverage of #11. Shout out to the 85mm f/1.2...it's almost the perfect lens for hoops.

Check out more photos HERE!

Lutheran South vs. Westbury Christian Basketball

I shot a couple of pretty intense basketball games last month (January 17th to be exact) between Lutheran South Academy and Westbury Christian. The LSA Pioneers girls and boys came up short in both games with scores of 58-27 and 70-59 respectively but it was fast paced every second. Check out more images HERE and HERE!

2013 Year in Review!

Just a quick recap of last year before I get knee deep into 2014! Here are a few of my highlights (in order of appearance) from the year of the snake:

Luis Salinas for the Houston Chronicle

Luis Salinas was a victim of a scam in which a stranger called his house claiming to be a customs agent at Bush Intercontinental Airport. The stranger claimed that he had Salinas' cousin at customs and wouldn't be able to release him until Salinas wired a sum of money. In this case, it was two different transactions of $1500.

Helicopter Underwater Escape Training for Houstonia Magazine

This assignment from Houstonia Magazine was a bit of a change from sports, but it was still action packed! I photographed something called Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET). It's a training designed to -- well, it's pretty self explanatory. Lots of people who work in the oil and gas industry must take this course because of potential flights to offshore oil rigs. The writer (and American University alum) Peter Holley can probably describe it a little better as he actually went through the training. I did get soaked, but I managed to keep myself above ground...unlike the trainees. Take a look!