Aberazzi

First Shoot of 2010

2010-01-16T10:00:00.001-06:00

I'm not going to post all the pictures since they are on my daily blog at http://aberobledo.tumblr.com but so that those that do follow this want to see, I thought I would post a shot from first shoot while living in LA with my friend Elizabeth.

A New Year means A New Blog

2010-01-03T19:00:00.002-06:00

To start off 2010 I started a new blog that will be updated EVERY day with pictures from something that has happened in my day. It could be something I saw walking home or be a event or party I might of had to cover for a client. This blog will stay functional as well but be more for what it has been, galleries of large events.

here is the link for the new blog
http://aberobledo.tumblr.com/

hope everyone enjoys it.

A Nightmare After Xmas....

2009-12-27T16:00:00.002-06:00

So my friends at RSR Productions decided to have a little party the day after Christmas to end the year. They have been throwing some of the largest "parties" in the Valley this past year and from what they tell me its only going to keep getting bigger. I'm just a little sad I won't be around for their first party of the year in February. If you haven't already, be sure to check out their myspace for more information about upcoming events:

http://www.myspace.com/readysetrave

click to see all the pictures....

An After Party with LMFAO

2009-12-21T22:00:00.000-06:00

So after the show, everyone went to Volta downtown and got ready to party hard! I haven't seen so many of my friends just go crazy since Spring Break. It was a great night and everyone was awesome. I had a great time meeting a lot of you all and look forward to seeing everyone in LA soon! As you'll see in the fully gallery, I used two cameras to remember the night....one of them was a Christmas present to myself and the other is of course the camera I'm always seem running around with.

click the picture to see the party....

The Party Rock Tour....

2009-12-21T19:00:00.001-06:00

One of my favorite music groups to see live is LMFAO, so when I found out they were coming down I knew it was going to be a party. Its true, when people ask me what an LMFAO show is like, I always tell them that its not a concert but one big crazy party. This tour they brought down Space Cowboy who did a killer job, Paradiso Girls who were incredibly entertaining and Far East Movement who really got the crowd pumped before LMFAO went on as headliners.

click on the photo to see the shots from the show...

Monikapolitan's Candyland Birthday

2009-12-18T10:30:00.000-06:00

WOW, what can I say about last night! It was such a fun and intense party at Volta in McAllen. My very good friend Monica, owner of Monikapolitan, always has a small dinner with close friends for her birthday. This year she went a different route, going over the top for her 23rd birthday party. The theme was "Candyland" and had a flair of LA to it with DJ Skeet Skeet and Rony's Photobooth to party with us. I want to personally thank Monica for all the work she put into this party and for inviting me and letting me take pictures....it was definitely the best party of 2009.

trivia: Monica was the creator of "Aberazzi".

click the picture to see the full gallery.

DGE Turns 4

2009-12-14T22:00:00.000-06:00

So my good friends Zar and Geo started DontGetEmo Concerts 4 years ago. I actually remember their first show, it was Terminal at the VFW. I guess you could say they've come a long way from having small 100 to 200 kid shows at the VFW to now having some of the biggest concerts the Rio Grande Valley has ever seen. Their 4th birthday was celebrated with having Forever The Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, Sing It Loud, Breathe Carolina, My Favorite Highway, Cash Cash, Stephen Jerzak, Artist vs Poet and Fight Fair....

sorry it took so long but I had actually posted them but just hadn't put a blog up.

click the picture to see all the pictures.

Disposable Nights

2009-12-04T18:00:00.002-06:00

So one of my all time favorite DJs came into town. Interesting as it is, I was not allowed to take my camera in to shoot the event. I was notified that there would be no SLR cameras allowed, but funny thing was there were about 8 people there with them. I guess they didn't get the same memo I did or something. Regardless I don't ever let anyone keep me from documenting the events in my life, so I went old school and took out a slightly modified "disposable camera". I had so much fun just snapping pictures around that I think I might have to start doing it more often, maybe start using my old film camera or something...but I might need to get a better film scanner.

here are the shots, nothing special but I like them.

Early Morning Drive

2009-11-23T14:00:00.001-06:00

The other night I shot for ReadySetRave at their party at Jagz. It was a lot of fun and the music was great as always. My usual routine after shooting a party is to find some people to go out and eat with and wind down, then go home for a good sleep. Well the same happened except that this time while driving home at 8am I saw this on the side of the road and had to stop and take a few pictures....

Vegas in McAllen?!

2009-11-08T20:45:00.003-06:00

So our friend Katie Vegas and Vik both had their birthdays this week and we all decided a themed party would be a great idea to celebrate. The DGE House was nice enough to host their invite only Vegas themed party....for all those that were there, I'm sure everyone could say it was a good time.

click the picture to see all the pictures....

Minus the Bear with The Antlers

2009-11-08T17:00:00.001-06:00

Last nights show could be described as being "beautiful" or "amazing". I was so impressed with everyone that decided to come out and show these bands some love. It was nice getting to see a lot of old faces that I hadn't seen in some time....

CLICK ON THE PICTURES to view them bigger....

They Mean Us

The Antlers

Minus The Bear

A Wicked Night....

2009-11-05T23:00:00.001-06:00

The other day I ran into a friend who introduced me to another friend which turned out to be the owner of a "Gentleman's Club". Within a few minute of meeting these nice people, I was asked if I could come the next night to hang out, talk and maybe even take a few snap shots. I've didn't even think twice, in my mind nothing is too taboo and the chance to take pictures in a "club" like that is very rare. I know a few people might be offended by this and I'm sorry if I do. I tried to just put the pictures that were not too scandalous up, so that they are viewable at work/school.

The performer is Wicked contract girl Kaylani Lei

A little cheering for Carmen Hart after she sang for us.

Boys Like Girls and Cobra Starship

2009-11-01T17:00:00.001-06:00

As I said in the last blog, the pictures were coming and here they are. There are two seperate galleries for everyone to look at. I have pictures from the concert and then another gallery from the after party that Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship did a DJ set at. Hope everyone enjoys them.

click the pictures to see them all...
pictures from the show...

Pictures from the after party....

ONE BIG SHOW....

2009-10-31T12:10:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was INSANE....Boys Like Girls...Cobra Starship...The Maine...Rocket To The Moon and VersaEmerge were all AMAZING. I know that on behalf of DontGetEmo concerts I would like to thank EVERYONE for coming out and showing all these bands what South Texas is all about!

PICTURES ARE COMING SOON! if you click on it, it gets bigger!

Mad Hatter....

2009-10-30T03:00:00.000-05:00

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go out and shoot for my friends at Ready Set Rave, these guys and girls put so much work into throwing the largest events for the kids in the Rio Grande Valley. Its always nice to go out to them and see 1500+ kids jumping around and living life. I hope to make it out to a few more before I make my move....
click the picture to view the gallery, (this is safe for work)

Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Asking Alaska and SOH

2009-10-23T15:30:00.000-05:00

Yeah its been awhile since I did an update, mostly because I have been swamped with getting things together for my move to Los Angeles. I did however get to go to two shows this week and shoot for Don't Get Emo Concerts. I was going to post the pictures on the blog but then I realize that they are just not big enough so I made a gallery...

JUST CLICK THE PIC....

A trip to LA

2009-10-10T19:00:00.000-05:00

There are a lot of changes that will be happening soon. One of them will be the change of Aberazzi back to Abe Robledo Photography. It has been a hard decision but it is something for the better in the new market that I will be working in. My trip to LA was a great one and I got to meet a ton of people that are all willing to help me become a super star photographer. I just have to get down and serious and start really working hard at those dreams I have always had.

I didn't take very many pictures while out there. I was too busy with meetings and just having a great time with friends. Here are a few shots and a video from the weekend....

California Trip from Abe Robledo on Vimeo.

Downtown tacos...

2009-09-19T17:00:00.000-05:00

Friday night was interesting with the opening of Lumen Lounge, which is by far the nicest looking club in probably all of South Texas. After a great opening night we walked around to look at all the other new places that are popping up and found a after hours taco stand. I don't think we could pass up the chance and grabbed some food before calling it a night.

Here's a little mini blog....
I seriously love Lumen's bar area...

The BeatNik's...

Silly girls...

Jessica and one of her many friends...

The infamous Mark and a few crazy people in the background...

Zar and Terri....

Hector and his own little party...

Alfie and friend....

Dope after clubbing tacos...

Back To School....

2009-08-23T15:08:00.002-05:00

Well the DGE Crew decided to have a party last night and without a doubt they out did themselves. There were laughs, there was some crying but at the end of the night everyone did their best to live it up and just get f*cked up. Its clear to say that everyone isn't ready for the Summer to be over...I know I'm not....

but this morning was a different story haha

CLICK the picture to see you a few drunken photos.

My first Photo Flight

2009-07-25T01:00:00.001-05:00

I've always heard of photographers going up on a small Cessna and taking pictures high in the sky. I had never really done anything like that, except for the occasional snap shot from a window seat on a commercial airline. So when my friend Nathan invited me to go up and do some aerial photography I was not going to pass on that.

I went up on this Cessna RGII and literally stuck my head out of the window to the pictures, and when you're 1,000+ ft up in the air and at 100knots its kind of intense! My friend was nice enough to let me take the controls for awhile on the way back, so now I've not only done aerial photography but have flown a plane too!

here are a few shots I got from my first ride.
a view from my seat.

I believe that's one of the high schools in Edinburg

dried up water ways.

salt mining pools

That's "La Sal Vieja" they used it for salt mining

I thought this land looked cool.

another view of "La Sal Vieja"

canals and the edge of the lake.

landing on lucky 13

The plane, Cessna Cutlass RG II

We parked next to the Air Force

The Incubator, outside...

2009-07-23T17:00:00.000-05:00

DGE Concerts throws so many shows that its hard to keep up with them all. I even forget what bands I have shot and which I haven't. The sad part is that McAllen really doesn't have a great venue for shows. The guys at DGE work hard at trying to get the best shows to the kids in the area and the other day when they found out that the show was going to sell out, they decided to move it outdoors so that more fans could enjoy themselves. I personally loved the outdoor venue, it gave it a different feel.

I took a few shots, not many though. It seems that Hey Monday does not like to have pictures taken of them. Their tour manager kicked the man that runs the venue and me out, basically telling me that he didn't want to see my face around. I still managed to snap like three pictures.

As this all happened last night, I was reminded of a twitter that John Mayer talked about how "rock photography has died" because of PR people and tour managers. Most of the time it is not the band that controls the photography passes or the limit on pictures. Its their management that does all that and usually have a "3 song limit" with "no flash photography" and can only shoot in front of the barracade. That basically takes any true art to the photography out of the equation. Its rare but it happens when I get fun bands like FTSK or Shwayze that encourage me to be on the stage and right there next to them shooting.

ANYWAYS here are the pictures, just click the picture to see them all.

Cash Cash and Every Avenue

2009-07-22T23:00:00.000-05:00

Last week DGE Concerts had a show with Cash Cash and Every Avenue. The show was crazy with tons of kids dancing the night away. I got there a little late, but was lucky enough to take some shots of the two main bands. Here are a few....

to see the photo larger, just click on it.

Aberazzi shoots Paparazzi

2009-07-20T06:00:00.003-05:00

I've been following a DJ for awhile that goes by the name Paparazzi. I just always thought it would be clever and hilarious that if the time ever came to take pictures of him that our names would rhyme. It just so happens that this past weekend the LA based DJ came down to McAllen and had a great turn out of kids. Some friends of mine called me up to come take pictures and well, I never pass up on some fun.

4th of July

2009-07-09T23:30:00.002-05:00

There's always something to do on 4th of July and this year was no different. My friends at Mooncussers decided to have a day time party and end the night with LMFAO performing. I was lucky enough to go out and document the day. I had a great time out there and if you haven't been, make a trip and visit my friends working. They have jet ski and kayak rentals that will cool you down on the bay and some great food if you get hungry.

Mooncussers - Daydream

2009-07-08T23:30:00.000-05:00

I went out to a party called Daydream at Mooncussers on South Padre Island bay side. It was an awesome party filled with giant water slide, dunking booth, jet skis and a great show with Shwayze. Here are the pictures from that long day and night....

Lazy Days....

2009-06-25T14:32:00.004-05:00

I've been taking it easy lately, staying indoors to avoid the heat. Its been an interesting summer with little going on in the Valley. I have had a lot of down time lately, and with that time its given me time think about the future of Aberazzi. I have a new project that I am working on and in August its going to be coming out. Lately I have just been doing work for clients and talking to friends about life.

I had an little assignment for Mooncussers at the island and since it wasn't too time consuming and we had to wait around for the right lighting I had the chance to enjoy a lazy day at the beach.

here's a few shots...
I was kind of scared being on a jet ski with my camera!

this sail boat passed by about 5 times...

Hector working hard...

a delicious drink to cool down with...

the gorgeous sunset on my drive home...

Saved By The Bell....

2009-06-09T16:23:00.003-05:00

I know I usually post pictures and have blogs dealing with photography, but this was just too cool last night that it made me think that I had to share it to the world. I know a lot of people don't tend to watch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and I rarely do. I found myself watching it last night at my parents house and when the segment came on that I'm about to show you, I was speechless. I almost felt like I was a kid again, maybe being at my parents had something to do with that. I really found the skit to be funny and original....

5am Shoots....

2009-06-06T05:56:00.003-05:00

Sometimes its not good to take naps during the day. I had a busy day Friday running errands all over Harlingen and McAllen. I took a nap and well it caused me to feel the need to do a shoot at 5am and try out the portable power unit that Johnny from Urban Rage and I have been trying out for the past few weeks. I still have yet to use a 2 or 3 light set up with it and really looking foward to it soon. Here's the shot I got....I didn't take many since the mosquitos were out in full force and attacking me like crazy.

A new Aberazzi is coming this summer...

2009-05-31T17:52:00.004-05:00

As of this week, Aberazzi will be going through a total revamp. I am working on the new full featured site at this very moment. I think it should be ready in about 2 weeks if I can decide on how I want it to look. In till then I have been working on pictures for clients and some of my own that I have taken. I forgot to put the pictures up from Thee Armada and I'm not sure if I'll put them up just yet. I did do a shoot with my friend Jenn last night to keep myself busy. The shots came out nice...

I hope everyone is looking forward to the new Aberazzi website.

Pictures from last night.

Forgive Durden Sneak Peek

2009-05-26T23:00:00.000-05:00

So for the past few weeks I have been trying out a few new things. I say trying because I have yet to find anyone to actually do a shoot with and try out a new toy that I got in. In the same time frame, I have been very busy running around the area for family engagements and shows. This past weekend we had Forgive Durden perform at The Incubator and the weekend before Thee Armada. I have to say that it was nice being able to go to a show and take a few shots. I just haven't had a chance to actually put any up from Thee Armada show and with such a crazy Memorial Day weekend I have barely had a chance to start looking at the pictures from this past weekend.

here is a little sneak peek from the Forgive Durden show...

Educational....

2009-05-13T03:00:00.000-05:00

Its been some time since I posted a blog and I feel really bad about that. There was a time when I would post one EVERY DAY! Then it went to 3 days a week and now its around once every other week. I feel so disappointed with how I have treated this blog and I apologize to all of you out there that do follow my blog and look forward to my post. I have a blog to post with some silly pictures from the weekend before but I feel that it has come and gone. If I am going to post old pictures then I should post something worth posting.

I also feel bad these days because I read my blogs and I don't really explain anything that I do. I just go on about how busy I am and how much editing I have to do or type about how much fun I'm having out at the concerts and events with all my friends. A long time ago I use to post bulletins on Myspace about photography and would show videos that I found online that would basically be tutorials on types of photography that I liked. There are a lot of photographers out there that have online video blogs or tutorials, that show behind the scenes of their shoots. I use to designate about 8hrs a week to reading their blogs and watching their videos just to learn a little and keep myself ahead of the rest in my area. The problem that came with doing this is that everyone would message me on myspace or to my email and ask me questions about lighting equipment and cameras. I'm flattered that some people think to come to me with their questions but I really only know from what I read and what I do on a day to day basis. I did not go to college for photography or art, in fact I barely went to college for a year before quitting to apprentice with other photographers and learn the old fashion way. I sometimes think about going back to school and these days an amazing friend of mine is really pushing for me to do just that.

Well, enough of that, here's a little mini tutorial on this shot I found on my external hard drive earlier today from 2 years ago. Its actually a very easy picture to take if you are using a Nikon SLR.

I'll go about this as if you do not have a Nikon though, since a majority of people out there are weird and use Canon.

First off, I had all the lights off in the room and set up my speedlight on the keyboard of the laptop. Then used turned the power on my flash on the camera to as low as the power can go. That way there is a minor fill of light in the foreground and the main focus would be the light coming from the laptop. I took a few shots to test the aperture and adjust the flash so that the shadow would be dramatic behind the subject. Then in photoshop I put a cooling filter on the image to give the effect of the light being from the screen, in oppose to it being the harsh white light that the flash gives off. If you have any questions, I don't mind....

COME BACK LATER THIS WEEK....
I'm going to have some HOT SHOOTS this week.

Its a Sunday Funday...

2009-04-27T07:00:00.001-05:00

A few things I hate about Sunday...
-The mall closes early
-Chick-fil A is closed
-Mexican Resturants closed
-Banks are closed
-nothing to do

This Sunday I actually had a little fun though! My friend Steff had sent me a text earlier in the week to see what I was up to and hang out. I hadn't seen her since Spring Break and decided to invite her over and hang out. She was totally down to come over and visit with me, and with that I realized I need more friends like Steff. The ones that at 9pm on a Sunday will come over to hang out. She came over with her new hair cut and I decided that a photo shoot was in order.

here are some shots I liked...

It was a Splash...

2009-04-26T22:30:00.000-05:00

So it was that time of the year again! The time when all the crazy people come out and play at South Padre Island. My friend Paul is the owner of Global Groove - London, which is the company that throws all the parties for Splash Weekend. I guess for those that don't know, Splash is the weekend that all the gays and lesbians come out to play. I don't know if that is the proper words to use, and I am sorry if I do offend anyone. This year it was held at Mooncussers, which was a plus for me as my friends always treat me well there.

here are some shots I took....
That's "Britney Spears..." and my buddy Travis making his money.

I am not going to lie, a sea of 2,000 people scared me a little.

There's Britney...actually its a dude. haha

Guys Day...

2009-04-20T13:00:00.001-05:00

I had been holding off posting this blog because I wanted the pictures from the day out at the golf course. I sadly haven't been able to finish the film in the camera that I was using. I finally decided to just post them anyways.

this was after the day at the golf course and just pictures from us all being dumb at Mooncussers!

-Abe

on the way home...

that was my LAST day with my Sidekick...you'll be missed!

A Day with the Plain White T's...

2009-04-11T15:00:00.000-05:00

So on Wednesday I had to wake up early and meet the guys from the Plain White T's at their hotel. Dougie and I drove them around the Valley to all sorts of things. The first stop was at a local radio station for an on air interview and live acoustic performance. I was really impressed with the whole process. Then after that we took the guys for some mexican food in Weslaco before heading to the next radio station. At the second station they had a private 3 song acoustic set for some radio contestant winners. The guys were really nice and down to earth, talking to all their fans and even filling us in on the story behind "Hey There Delilah". After all that we had to run some errands, grab some more food and finally the big show!

I was so glad to see that so many people came out to support a DGE show, I hope the trend continues. Tonight is SILVERSTEIN and A Static Lullaby...should be a fun night!

Here are pictures from the day with the guys....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME....vegas style

2009-04-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Well I made sure that I would have some pictures up from my Vegas trip for my birthday and I succeeded at getting them up. I am actually really mad at myself for not taking more pictures while there. Honestly though, I think a lot had to do that with the fact that I was always busy doing something. If we went out, the clubs usually would not let professional cameras into their places. So I was really limited to where and when I could take pictures.

I had a great time in Vegas, except 8 days was just TOO many days to be in that city. I missed all my friends and can't wait to see everyone soon. The Vegas trip consisted of VIP treatment at LAVO in The Palazzo, a room at the Wynn, with lunch at Stratta not once but twice, a night at LAX in the Luxor, and of course the day time party at "the beach" at Mandalay Bay. Except I am leaving something out, and that's Sunday, when we all went to have brunch at Simon's which is in The Palms Place by the pool. I had an amazing time and ran into the likes of Pete Wentz, Holly Madison, and almost all the contestants for the Miss USA 2009 pageant.

hope you enjoy the photos and see everyone soon!

NEVER SAY NEVER....literally...

2009-04-05T23:30:00.000-05:00

WELL ITS HERE! I finally have internet connection and home in the comfort of my favorite spot on the couch. Ready to post a BLOG for all you NSN Music Festival kiddos! I really am sorry to all of you that have been waiting so patiently for this blog post. I was just so overwhelmed with Spring Break and then trying to get everything ready for my trip to Las Vegas. Well at least now its here and ready for all of you to look at....steal pictures of your favorite bands and what not...go crazy!

click this picture to see all the photos...

Flying to Vegas...

2009-03-30T23:30:00.000-05:00

I know, I know, I haven't posted the NeverSayNever blog and for good reason. I have all the pictures ready to put up but I haven't had a chance to actually upload them to my web server. I really wanted to post one last night but the wifi here at the hotel is very slow and kept timing out. So in till I can find a better connection I am going to have to hold off on doing the blog for NeverSayNever.

As some may know I am in Vegas for the week and taking a break from work and Texas. I did however take a shot on the insane plane ride. I say insane because the wind was so bad in Vegas last night that we kept going up and down and side to side. The wind was so bad that we ended up having to make two fly overs and ended up being 30 minutes late. Once we did land the people on the plane started to clap and I was there laughing. I have always found close to death experiences as being funny, I think its just how I deal with things.

cruising altitude...

view from my room this morning...

Spring Break Pt. 2

2009-03-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

So after the fun weekend of pre-partying, the real partying began. Monday was extremely busy with LMFAO getting into town and DJ Skeet Skeet coming to town as well. I went with Zar to get our friend Trevor (DJ Skeet Skeet) at the airport in Brownsville. On the way back we decided to take him to our favorite resturant on the Island, Dirty Al's. After an amazing dinner, we headed over to Mooncussers for Trevor's performance. The crowd was great, I met some even more amazing people while taking pictures there, some that stuck out were from Arkansas. Once Trevor finished playing and the club was closing we decided to throw an after party at the beach house. It was probably one of the craziest parties of the week on the entire island!

Tuesday morning came a little too soon and it was a hard day. I needed to drive to McAllen and pick up my friend Myca at the airport, she was flying in from Dallas for the NeverSayNever Festival. Then I had to drive back to the island for LMFAO's performance at Mooncussers.

CLICK THE PICTURE BELOW TO SEE!

Start of Spring Break....

2009-03-23T23:00:00.000-05:00

So I've been gone a long time, or so it feels like I have at least. I left off to the island with Zar and Doug for all our work we had to do. It ended up becoming one of the craziest weeks I have had in a LONG TIME. The weekend started with a "Global Groove Welcome Party" at Club Pelican West. The crowd was good and there was a good vibe going, but being the first night at the island we decided to head to Padre Rock. Well I am pretty sure I can say that it was a bad idea. The crowd was not really out type, nor was the music. I think the icing on the cake to keep us from going back to that club again was when Rishi, Doug and I were maced outside of the club.

Sunday night was interesting, we all headed up to Louie's Backyard for Global Groove's Party. It was some good times there. I met some cool kids from Kansas that seemed to love Nikon cameras. I think I met a girl from Austin that night that was a G0-Go Dancer at a club.

Here's a small gallery from the two nights....

New Bands On The Rise...

2009-03-13T08:00:00.002-05:00

It seems that every day you hear of a new band that is up and on the rise. Well maybe not for all of you, but for me it does. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I live with two of the most amazing concert promoters. I don't really have to talk Zar and Geo up since they're mini celebrities down here but I figure for all those readers I have everywhere else I'd let you know how awesome they are. I am sure if you went far enough back you'll remember me posting a blog about The NeverSayNever Festival. Well its just around the corner and I am getting extremely nervous about it. Zar and Geo have put in more hours into this festival than I have seen anyone put into anything. I seriously think its going to be ridiculously awesome...but hey that's just me. I hope that I see everyone out at NeverSayNever...

If you don't know who is playing, here's a flyer...
just click on it so that you can see it bigger.

As for the new bands on the rise...
I had the pleasure of doing promos for
a band called The Critically Acclaimed
these guys are a bunch of fun and they're
going to be playing at The NeverSayNever Festival.

I got to shoot The Bullfighter this week too.
They're brothers, Rudy and Xavi and really cool.
They're recording right now and getting ready for
their band to play their upcoming shows here in McAllen
first AMF in April and then with Bayside in May at the Incubator.

DJ SKEET SKEET....

2009-03-09T21:00:00.001-05:00

Friday night was pretty much one of the best nights ever. I could not stop dancing all night long, it was such a great time! If you didn't make it out, Skeet will be DJing at Mooncussers on the 16th so be there!

Here are all the crazy pictures....

Testing...testing...

2009-03-05T09:00:00.001-06:00

So the other day I saw a time lapse video and it inspired me. I have always loved to watch time lapse videos, something about them just seems to be so beautiful. Well after doing a little reading I found out that I could make one too. So this morning I woke up extremely early and decided to go out on top of the roof and do one. It did not really come out the way I wanted but its still kind of cool. I am sure that I will be doing a lot more of these in the near future....

so I leave you with a good morning video...

Zar's After Party...

2009-03-02T07:30:00.002-06:00

Well Saturday night was Zar's birthday bash. The party started at Shine with DJ Enferno but I had to work at Cine El Rey for an event. I really wish I could of made it out, I've been hearing stories and I am sure that there would of been some good times. I did however make it to the after party that we had for Zar at our house. I can't really explain it but let's just say you missed out on one crazy party that lasted from 2am - 7am....

BUT HEY....If you did miss this one and are thinking, "why oh why did I have to miss this party", its going to be okay. We're having another one this Friday after DJ Skeet Skeet!

A Birthday at Mooncussers...

2009-03-01T23:30:00.000-06:00

Friday night was eventful, driving out to South Padre Island with the guys. There was only one real reason for us going and that was to attend our friend Jessica's birthday party. It just so happened to be the soft opening of Mooncussers, that cool place on the bay with all the red lights. The place looked good and the music was bumping, there were even a few Spring Breakers already down. This is the club that you will most likely be finding me during the month of March taking pictures. To see the pictures from the night just click on the picture below.

A Zar Party....

2009-02-27T03:00:00.000-06:00

Well Zar has always been known to throw a big birthday bash. The first year I was friends with the guy, it was at South Padre Island and in a 3 bed room condo for a weekend. The drinks were never ending, there were random hot girls everywhere and some stories that are still funny till this day! "Hey remember when Bugs was running after us and tripped and fell...and you just hear pooof in the sand where his head landed next to our feet..." HAHAHA wow total inside story that Steve and Gabriel will get a kick out of.

This weekend will not be any different, Zar's birthday party will start at Shine in McAllen, with DJ Enferno doing his thing. Then move on over to the DGE HOUSE for an after party that shouldn't even be called an "after party" because in reality its going to be a WILD PARTY!

This is what we've bought so far for the party, but I think we're going to do a few more runs to the store after work because you can never have too much. Hope to see everyone at the house on Saturday night...there is no real excuse not to come, its not like you have anything else to do at 2am!

I can't wait to have a cucumber martini and some Maker's shots with pickle juice!

Feeling Better...

2009-02-23T23:45:00.001-06:00

So I was finally back in town and able to get some sleep. In case you did not read my last blog, I was out of town visiting my parents and ALL my Family for a mini reunion for my grandmothers funeral. It was a hard time to go through, specially since I had surgery on Wednesday for a molar extraction. I was feeling a little better earlier tonight and thought it was time to take a picture for new defaults and stuff....

after the funeral on Saturday I was able to get a picture of everyone that made it down. It was not everyone in the family but it was the biggest group of us that will ever get together again.

The Ups and Downs....

2009-02-18T23:55:00.000-06:00

This week has been as if I have stepped into the twilight zone. I feel like so many things have not really happened. Starting on Monday with waking up to a voice mail from my mom that my grandmother had passed away. Then to some other disturbing news that I could not believe and still don't believe to this day. Then while brushing my teeth a piece of my molar came off and at first it did not really bother me. Then by the end of the day it was KILLING ME, it was hurting me so bad that I could not sleep. So I booked an appointment with an oral surgeon the next morning and he told me that the tooth had to come out. So here I am in extreme pain from my tooth, with a dentist telling me that the tooth has to come out, but that they can't do it till the next day.

Wednesday comes and I wake up early to see the oral surgeon, he removes my broken tooth that was giving me so much pain and the next thing you know I am feeling great. I spent the rest of the day at my house with Johnny, helping him with some shoots he had. I took off to The Secret Handshake show at The Incubator and Luis was super nice as always. He asked if I felt like doing some shots later on, and I thought he was kidding like the last time. I was wrong, he was serious and after the show, once everyone had left we went out to the basketball courts and I had about 15 minutes to take a few shots of him. I later found out that he really like the pictures and they might be used for promotional material for his new album that's coming out in April.

so I leave you with a few shots from the show....

and these quick shots I got after the show...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S

2009-02-15T19:00:00.000-06:00

Well Aberazzi had a very interesting Valentine's Day. In all honesty I never really go anywhere on Valentine's, the holiday in itself kind of depresses me. I have always had very bad expierences on the day and well this year was a little different. I mean some people think that working on a holiday would be boring or not fun. I am lucky enough to have a fun job and go places with a camera that most people are not allowed. So my gig for Valentine's was to cover a lingerie show that was being held at one of our "gentleman clubs" in the area. It just so happened that porn star Kenzi Marie was a guest performer that night as well.

I was intinally hired to do backstage photography with the girls getting their hair and make up done. The runway stuff was a little hard to shoot, with all the mirrors in the building, smoke from fog machines and cigarettes and of course I couldn't really get in the way of the people. So I stuck to the behind the scenes stuff mostly.

a shot of Kenzi Marie signing an autograph for the manager of the club.

Destiny getting ready and posing for a few shots....

Beth getting ready before the show in the private bathroom...

I have a ton of other pictures from the night but I am running late to a shoot I have at Cine El Rey for a concert. I still need to post a blog with a gallery to the Gary Allen concert from last weekend as well. So check back this week, as the blog will be having tons of updates!

HOW WAS YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY?!?

Using my Christmas present...

2009-02-12T23:00:00.000-06:00

I think I told everyone already that one of my really good friends was nice enough to give me a grid, for my ring flash, for Christmas. I was so excited to use it, but really haven't had the chance to do so. So the other day when Johnny was over doing a shoot, I set up my lights the way I wanted and tried it out. I have to say that I'm glad I was able to try it before doing a shoot. I learned that using it on the camera how I had imagined wasn't the greatest idea and using it as a back light made it kind of awesome. I figured since I haven't been posting much these past two months I'd show you.

Hope everyone has a great Valentine's weekend. I'll be out working on Saturday at Stiletto's for a lingerie show. Then on Sunday I will be at Cine El Rey for a nice romantic event.

here's a shot of Johnny I did...

Donald Glaude

2009-02-11T23:00:00.001-06:00

Wow, so I'm a little late with this post. I meant to have it up as soon as I could, sadly I was not able to do that. The past few days have been nothing short of interesting. Friday was a hectic day with running around Harlingen and having a few things taken care of over there. Then I made it just in time to Art Walk to sell some of my prints, which was really hard with all the wind. After the Art Walk I rushed over to Element for Energetik's party. They had Donald Glaude spinning and that was an amazing time! The next morning I woke up to have another busy day, but with a shocking surprise. I had this horrible burning feeling on my arm, so I went to the restroom and washed up. Next thing you know there's a blister where it had been red and burning. So then I did a little home remedy and the blister became huge! I of course thought the worse and figured I was bitten by a Brown Recluse. I didn't have time to go to the Dr. on Saturday and just stuck it out, with taking Benadryl and it knocked me out! So while at a shoot for Gary Allen, I started to get a little drousy and had to miss Jon Not John's birthday party. Sorry to Jon and to all of those expecting me there to take pictures.

to see all the pictures from Donald Glaude...

Light My Fire...

2009-02-05T12:00:00.000-06:00

Art Walk is tomorrow and I am really excited. I will actually be at the art walk selling prints at the Monikapolitan table in front of Roosevelt's. I have had a few pictures from over the years that I've liked and everyone has always asked for me to print and sell. Well this week I've done a very limited print run of only (2)5x7's of each and once those are gone, that is it! So if there's a picture you've liked in the past from even back when I was just Abe Robledo, it might be for sell this week.

While looking at old work, I also wanted to create something new to sell for the Art Walk. So I thought since Valentines was coming up this concept of a matchstick couple would be perfect. I've had the idea for sometime, and have been wanting to create this diptych forever but I just never really had gotten around to doing it. I hope everyone likes it as much as I do. I was actually really sad, because it took me forever to build these little people and then it only took about 3 seconds for them to go up in flames. Oh, and to my roommates that probably woke up at 3:30am from the smoke detectors going off in the house, I'm sorry!

A Boy's Weekend....

2009-02-02T05:00:00.001-06:00

Wow, I don't know what to say about this weekend. It is a rare occasion when all the girlfriends for my guy friends go out of town. So when this weekend came and all the girls were gone, the boys went out to play. I think that's pretty much all I can say without giving away all our secrets. I will admit though, it was probably one of the longest and craziest weekends I have had in awhile.

I managed to sneak away from the guys for a little bit while we were downtown to see my friend Rebecca. She was having her birthday party at Skky Bar and since I had my camera with me, I figured that I would snap a few shots for her to remember the night.

The month of February is going to be a little crazy with photo shoots. I have already booked close to around 8 shoots and sure there will be more to come. Be sure to contact me soon if you plan to do a Valentines shoot this season.

here are some shots from Rebecca's party...
the birthday girl...

A Night in Wonderland

2009-01-26T10:00:00.000-06:00

Words really can not describe how awesome Saturday night was at Cine El Rey. As Geo was leaving to work this morning, we were still talking about how insane the light show was. I had a great time with some great friends. Of course I was not there as just a spectator but someone to document the activities that took place that night as well. I tried to think to myself how I could possible post a 30 picture blog from the shots I took and just could not cut the amount of pictures down. So I created a completely new setup at viewing the pictures.

Just click this beautiful picture and you can see the pictures from Saturday night!

Thee Armada, Asteria, Mechanical Boy....

2009-01-21T21:00:00.007-06:00

Well the other weekend I was lucky enough to hang out with a lot of crazy bands. The DGE crew had a concert at the Incubator with Thee Armada, Asteria, Callahan, and Mechanical Boy. I would have to say that all the bands did an amazing job, of course afterward they all decided to stay the night at the house and hang out, it was good fun.

Here are some shots from the show....

And the morning after, as I told the guys bye....

Kidrobot Toys....

2009-01-17T18:00:00.000-06:00

As I am getting ready to leave the house and go to another show and take pictures, I thought "hey I should post a blog of a picture I took last night." I was at Nowhere clothing yesterday, taking a look around and watching a movie in the back. I think I can speak for all business owners when I say that January is such a SLOW month. I have to literally think of things to keep myself busy. So while I was at the store I got a little bored and started to play with the Kidrobot toys, which I LOVE. I like to think of Kidrobot's brand in general of being for being like us big kids that I talked about in my last blog.

here's a shot of the little toys I played with....
nothing special, just a normal picture, but I like it.

down time = thinking time.

2009-01-15T23:45:00.000-06:00

So as some of you know, I went to Harlingen for the week to regroup and relax. It was sort of my way to think things out. I know a few people that like to do drugs and go on trips and that somehow everything comes to them during that time. Well for me I don't do drugs, I always tend to come up with the best plans when I'm around my family. Its true, for some reason I just always get more done when my parents are near. I don't know if its the fact that they are my parents and I feel like a kid around them or its the fact that I just know that I don't have a single problem while I am at their house and can actually think about things. Either case, I spent the past few days there pondering on what I wanted Aberazzi to become this year, as I said in my last blog, there are just so many choices! I came to the conclusion that I will be trying to do alittle of everything. I really miss the art aspect of taking pictures. It use to be this thing I did for fun and to show people things that they had either never seen or always wanted to see just didn't have the knowledge of doing it. Well these days my photography has become pretty simple, I think I still make people happy but in a different way. I decided that for 2009 I will force myself to shoot a picture everyday, I don't care if its a picture of water, if its done right, it will be artistic and something beautiful. There is beauty in everything, and that is something I am going to have to retrain myself to think. I will of course still be doing my every day shooting of concerts, parties and what not but for the most part, I want to create art!

I got home today and Monica was over, I thought it was kind of funny how much of a kid she is, and its inspiring to me. It really is, she always tells me that when she was younger she wasn't into girly stuff and was very proper and now that she is older she's like this super big kid. I can totally see it, everytime I hang out with her she cracks me up. The same goes with Zar, he's the biggest kid I have ever met. We have cartoons, stuffed animals, board games and other crazy things in our house to prove it. BUT you know I love that about my friends and I am going to use that to make my photography something unique and fun.

here are some shots from today....
Monica making some dinner...yup its a panda hat.

here's her dinner, the meal of champions.

Here's a shot I took tonight, there's NO Photoshop to it.

Cool Door...

2009-01-13T23:30:00.000-06:00

So I haven't really done any shooting this week, other than my project stuff that you can not see till the end of the month. I was trying to think to myself, what could I post that no one has seen and is fairly recent. I showed everyone the T.I. pictures, which were cool. Then there was the SHWAYZE concert pictures that apparently everyone loved. So I guess I could show you guys a shot I did for my buddy Issac, owner of Cine El Rey and Espana. Its not every day that I get a phone call to go over to someone's house and take a picture of them for a publication. I had a feeling 2009 would be a good year and so far its been pretty steady with shoots and new projects. This week however has been a little on the sit back and relax side. I decided early in the week that I would take myself away from McAllen and stay in Harlingen to visit my family and get a hold on what it is that I REALLY want my photography to become this year. Do I want it to continue with the music and events, maybe push more to the club nightlife, or try and really push the envelope and start creating some great fashionable images, OR do a 180 and go back to my roots and start doing abstract "art" photography. There are so many choices when it comes to photography and choosing the path that you want.

here's one of the shots I did for Issac, he has a really cool front door.

On a side note....
What are your 2009 New Year Resolutions?
Have you actually stuck with any of them?

What is your one goal to accomplish in 2009?

Shwayze's Return...

2009-01-11T23:55:00.000-06:00

Wow, there's not much I can say about Saturday that would make you understand the crazy time that went down. The day as any other day started a bit slow with sleeping in, trying to get over a little bug I had. Then of course like most days that we are having shows on, I started to check all my camera gear and make sure I had all my batteries charges and equipment packed. I decided to take off early to the venue and hang out for awhile. Then of course took a few pictures of friends, opening acts, partying a bit in the green room with Shwayze, Cisco and friends. So far 2009 has been nothing but good times with friends and the best events....

T.I. Day 2 - Laredo

2009-01-08T20:00:00.000-06:00

Here is Day 2 in Laredo, it was definitely an intense nice of picture taking and tons of partying. I did not really party but I did meet some new people and had a great time. Thank you Laredo for being some cool people.

FINALLY DONE....hanging out with Rishi and B.

T.I. Day 1 - Mcallen

2009-01-06T20:00:00.000-06:00

Last week I was called up by a promoter friend of mine asking if I would take pictures at two concerts. It sounded fun, so I agreed and ended up finding out that it was for the T.I. concert in McAllen and Laredo. Here are the pictures from the T.I.'s show in McAllen.

New Years Partying...

2009-01-04T23:00:00.001-06:00

So as some may know, I spent my New Years Eve in downtown McAllen at Cine El Rey. The venue was having a well known band called "Del Castillo" performing and had asked me to stick around for the night to take pictures. I met a lot of new people while shooting the event and had a pretty decent time while shooting it too. Afterwards, everyone headed over to Issac's house for some food and drinks, and of course live music.

Here are some shots from the night....

Outwithme - Holidaze 3

2008-12-30T09:00:00.000-06:00

So our buddy Mitchell always throws this super fun party on Christmas night, this is actually the 3rd year in a row that he has done it. I remember the first year I moved home it had one and I ended up driving my car into a wall, the second year was fun but lacked a lot of close friends, and then there was this year, which I am pretty sure was the best one yet. I was with so many old friends and danced a little, took a few pictures too....

here are a few shots from the night....

Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T06:00:00.000-06:00

Well everyone kept asking me how my Christmas was and I keep saying, "it was really good." Then the next question that usually comes is, "oh really, what did you get". My answer for that is a little hard, I think the older you get, the more you appreciate just getting the time to spend with your family and giving gifts becomes as much fun as getting them. I was so stressed this year with trying to find those right gifts for my specials friends and family. I think I did a decent job at it, and in return I received some pretty amazing gifts from my friends and family. I really did not care what I got though, spending Christmas Eve with my extended family was really nice, spending Christmas morning with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and nieces and nephew and having a super deluxe breakfast was dope. Then there is always the good times spent at Monica's parents house on Christmas day, which I've kind of become really lucky to get to go to, considering that its really only her family that goes over.

here are some photos from the time spent with my mom's family.
that's my mom making a plate....

Santa and my Grandma

Santa decided to play some tunes

My niece Carmela...

My niece Clarissa...

I kind of loved this picture....curious george.

My nephew Jason...

My cousin's kid having a blast...

and I kind of liked this picture a lot too...

my Tia Liz with her gift...

This is what Christmas is about, laughs.

trying to get all the gifts....

My sister doing a little reading on her charms...

My cousin Brian...

MERRY CHRISTMAS....

2008-12-25T06:00:00.000-06:00

I would just like to thank all of my faithful readers, I don't care if you love me or hate me. I really appreciate everyone who comes to look at my pictures and lets me know what they think. I hope that you all have a safe and happy holiday. I will be sure to make 2009 a bigger and better year for Aberazzi. I am already putting a few things in the works and I'm very excited!

I should have another blog up soon with a few pictures from my Christmas adventures....

for now I leave you with....

So what did you get for Christmas?

Christmas Party....

2008-12-24T23:55:00.001-06:00

Well its that time of the year, when your wallet is low on cash and your bank statements look as if someone stole your credit card numbers. You know the time for giving and boy do we love to give at the DGE house. If its not presents to our loved ones, its free booze to our close friends. So we decided to have a little Christmas shindig. I was so surprised to see that a lot of old friends showed up, some of which I had not seen in over a year. I hope everyone had a great time and Merry Christmas to all....

the pictures....*please excuse if they are a tab bit out of focus or the lighting is not right, I was a little intoxicated while taking these....*
the nice set up...minus a few things...

early drinking with the guys...

Sofie showing her drink of choice...

Zar's little brother...

Jon not John making another party outing!

Gabriel really loves his camera.

I think Josh was going blind with all the flashes...

too sweet...

Pam and Fafi...

Gabriel giving a piece of his mind.

Melissa showing her tattoos

Danielle and Bianca being fabulous....

Outwithme.com's very own Mitchell

Steve taking one of manny whiskey shots...

thin shirt + no bra + strong flash = see through shirt

the real paparazzi....

Johnny of Urban Rage Photography

Mr. Josh Wise...

Zar of DGE, but you knew that!

Gabriel and Doug (probably drunk)

Andres

Rey, keeping people in line...

drunken horse play...I'm really surprised nothing was broken

after party talks...

wasted faces...

if you didn't make it to the party....that sucks...but make it to the next one and I'll take your picture!

Monikapolitan Birthday

2008-12-20T08:00:00.000-06:00

So my very good friend Monica turned 22 this week and to celebrate she had a little shindig at Roosevelt's with some friends and family. I did not intense to take pictures of the event, but when you get a little drink in me I just get a little anxious and have to start snapping away a few shots. I thought it would be nice too since her camera ran out of battery half way through the night.

The Party at Roosevelt's

After Party at Boiler Room....

Job For A Cowboy

2008-12-17T23:30:00.000-06:00

So I know these are kind of late, but for some reason my Photoshop was acting up on my laptop and then Blogger was being weird and not letting me post. So finally I got everything to work out for me and I am now able to post these pictures from the Job For A Cowboy shoot.

here are the pictures from that....

NEVER SAY NEVER....

2008-12-15T22:30:00.001-06:00

I kind of stole this from my roommate Zar's Blog....

The duo behind Dontgetemo Concerts is proud to announce the 2009 Never Say Never Festival. Taking place on Wednesday, March 18 at Pharr International Convention Center, the Never Say Never Festival is a full day of music entertainment which will include over 20 national, touring and local artists, along with over 2,000 screaming fans.

The complete lineup is HUGE, featuring some of today’s hottest bands and up-and-coming artists from all over the nation. DGE plans to announce the attached artists over the course of the next few weeks through their TXT Squad and online friends on MySpace.

The inaugural Never Say Never Festival will benefit the Keep-A-Breast Foundation, a national non-profit organization with a mission to help eradicate breast cancer by exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and long-term health. Dontgetemo is proud to partner up with Keep-A-Breast’s ‘Music for Awareness’ program as we’ll continue to do our part of promoting healthy lifestyles.

TICKETS
A limited number of ‘early-bird’ pre-sale passes will be available on January 9th exclusively at Nowhere Clothing and ez-tixx.com. Early bird tickets will be at the unbeatable price of $20, with a first come first serve basis. Tickets will then go on-sale to the general public on January 16th.

LINEUP ANNOUCEMENT

Alesana (Raleigh, NC - Fearless Records)

Warped Tour favorites Alesana is our first official lineup announcement. Their previous performance in McAllen occured in May to a near sold out crowd at South Texas College. The dynamic, emotionally charged, guitar and vocal attack driven group is ready to step up once again to all of the fans in South Texas on March 18.

TXT SQUAD
Join the Dontgetemo TXT Squad to be the first to find out who’ll be taking the stage at the Never Say Never Festival by simply texting ‘dontgetemo‘ to 41411.

Let’s make this legendary.

THREE CONCERTS.....

2008-12-09T19:00:00.000-06:00

So its been almost a week since I have posted an entry on here. I am sorry to my readers, I've just been so busy with work. I have tried to sit down and post but every time I think that I am going to be able work on pictures, something comes up. Well I finally had time on Sunday night to just sit and pull an "all nighter" as I worked on both my clients pictures and concert shots too.

The Saosin Show with Oh Sleeper, Our Last Night and Death in the Park....
Death in the Park...

Our Last Night...

Zar "working" but probably watching Fail Blog haha

Oh Sleeper...

Saosin

after the show....

Then we had the Taking Back Sunday show with Envy On The Coast and The Final Stretch.

The Final Stretch...

The Crowd...can you see yourself?

Envy On The Coast

Taking Back Sunday...

Everyone waiting to meet TBS....

THEN we had I Set My Friends On Fire with Karate High School, The Requested and Scarlett O'Hara...
The Requested...

Karate High School...

I Set My Friends On Fire...

Scarlett O'Hara

These girls drove from Kingsville...

new friends of aberazzi

crazy Sam and Cody...

Katie had to touch his hair...

Teatro...

2008-12-03T23:55:00.000-06:00

So I had barely been back in the Valley for about 24hrs and had an event to shoot. The event was last Friday at Cine El Rey, and it was very interesting. I actually had a blast taking pictures and meeting a lot of new people. I just feel bad that it took me so long to put these pictures up. I am usually really good about having a post a day or two later but for some reason I have just been so busy with a few things that I just not had the time to catch up on work.

pictures from the night....

After party at Issac's house...

Day 4, 5 in Tyler and other stuff....

2008-12-01T08:00:00.000-06:00

So I haven't had the time to sit down and post the rest of my pictures from my trip or what has been going on. I have just been so busy and really haven't had the time to sit down and relax. On Wednesday night I went out with J-Rae in Tyler and we found this really cool spot in the square to take pictures...so that's what I did that night..

Thursday I woke up early in the morning to shoot the Turkey Trout for Premiere Fitness. Then I got in a car with Jenny and Jeff to ride back home for 9hrs. It was a very long drive to say the least. As soon as I got home I had to get grab my plate that my parents saved for me and had my late Thanksgiving meal.

Friday, I had an event to shoot in McAllen at Cine El Rey, those pictures won't be done till tomorrow's blog...

Saturday I had an event to shoot in Brownsville for a Sweet 16...and Sunday I had work.

HERE are the pictures from my fun shoot with J-Rae...nothing serious, just lots of fun.

She kept asking me to hit her and I refused, so she hit me!

Day 3 in Tyler...

2008-11-26T23:55:00.001-06:00

After staying at Chris's house and having lunch with Jenny, Sam and I ran around town running some errands. Then I met up with Kelly and her mom for a shoot we booked about a month ago, when everyone found out I was coming up to visit. We took a drive downtown to some cool spots that I remembered from before. I was really excited about the way some of the shots were coming out and so were the clients. I even put Sam to work and hold my speedlight since I could not find any outlets to use my strobes.

here are a few shots from her shoot...

after the shoot and a little dinner we made it out to "Where's Ruffus" to meet up with a few people. I was pretty surprised to see all the familiar faces at the bar, except it was really crowded inside the place and the atmosphere was just not my style. So we moved the party back to Chris's house and had one last night of good times. Here are a few picture's from my last night of partying....
I ran into Emily at the bar...

Cheese Katie laughing as always...

I also ran into Jenny, Marissa and Jared...

of course Emily and J-Rae danced a little...

My party crew for the night...

as I was leaving I saw Rachel and Cammie...

out at Chris's House...

Chris and J-Rae playing some pool...

I got caught making a drink...

yup, that's 4 tv's on top and one big one in the middle...

Girls will be girls...

Cheese trying to take a pull...

D.A.N.C.E.

We can never get away from our computers...

Brotherly Love...

Drunk people on Stickam is the best!

in the morning as I was leaving I had to snap a shot of the house...
staying there two nights in a row and having so many good memories made me a little sad, but I have the memories and pictures to remember them.

Day 2 in Tyler

2008-11-25T02:30:00.001-06:00

WOW, its been some day. Its only 2:30 in the morning and we are all either drunk or asleep. Today kind of started out a little slow and sad, I was dragging all day, specially after receiving the call about the canceled photo shoot. BUT when a door closes, another opens and tonight was an intensely fun evening. The day included a bit of manual labor, first with working out at Premier Fitness with Sam, we did a leg work out and OMG I thought I my legs were going to give out on me. Then Sam was called to go and help move an outdoor swing from his sisters house to his mom's house. So we did that and then tried to relax and watch some TV. After a few hours passed I convinced him it was time to go out and see a few friends.

We ended up at On The Border to have some margarita's...

what happens when drunk people video...

THEN we moved the party to Chris's house....
another silly video of us playing drinking games...

I seriously LOVE J-RAE!

I thought the DGE house was early on Christmas, but I'm pretty sure that the Sirianni's beat us on that. Look at their amazing tree and ginger bread house!

I SERIOUSLY MISSED NIGHTS LIKE THESE!

Day 1 in Dallas and Tyler

2008-11-24T13:00:00.000-06:00

Well the trip to Dallas and Tyler has been eventful so far. I had a nice relaxing flight high above the clouds on my way to Dallas. I surprised that I had no problems at the airport with security or with my luggage. I arrived in Dallas and my friends Sam and Jenny picked me up at the airport, which is hilarious because they both get lost in Dallas...but we had a great time and had some amazing food at Cafe Brazil. Then of course did a little shopping, sadly I didn't really see anything I wanted. The night was spent in Tyler, and I think in less than an hour I saw around 10 people I knew either at Starbucks or Buffalo Wild Wings. Then we did a little trip down to Sports Zone to see Katie and Will. All in all my first day of the trip was pretty nice....today should be interesting too, I was suppose to have a shoot in the after noon but it got canceled due to some weather and scheduling problems, but I still have my shoot tomorrow, and Thursday.

here are pictures from last night....

My trip begins...

2008-11-22T01:45:00.000-06:00

Well its not officially started yet, but in a way it has. I will be flying out to Dallas Sunday morning at 8am and will then be driving down to Tyler to see some old friends and do some work. I have three shoots booked for sure, and another that is still pending. I spent the whole day, running around and getting all my things together so that I could come to Harlingen and visit my parents since I won't be around for Thanksgiving. It just so happens that when I come to Harlingen, I can't go without seeing a friend or two though. So I met up with my a good friend of mine Beth and her friend Amanda to talk and have some Starbucks. Its funny because I really find it hard to not take a picture or two when I am sitting around with friends. I know that seems odd to some, but its just part of my nature these days to take pictures. I usually always have my old little point and shoot Canon with me for these occasions, the picture quality is kind of crap, but that's probably because the camera is like 3 yrs old.

Well I leave you with these...

and be sure to check the blog every day this coming week, I am going to be updating every day from my trip...probably starting on Monday though...I'm not really going to be doing anything Saturday, other than spending time with my family and washing clothes.

Christmas already?!?

2008-11-20T17:00:00.000-06:00

So last night I was watching my favorite TV show, Zar and Monica got home from Target. They walked in with bags of goodies for our mini winter wonderland. The first thing I thought was "We haven't even had Thanksgiving yet!". I didn't complain though, I actually like the Christmas holiday a little more than any other holiday. It just always brings warm memories and even though not everyone celebrates the exact same way, it always has the same meaning. So I sat by and watched the two silly love birds put up and decorate the Christmas tree. Its actually reall funny because now we have two trees in the house, I guess you could say we really like Christmas around this house. Of course I couldn't just sit by and watch, so I decided I'd take a picture or two.

Zar and Monica....

Nowhere Fashion

2008-11-19T07:00:00.001-06:00

Well I know this is a little late, but it did take me some time to get to the pictures. I've just been so busy with planning for my shoots in Tyler next week and running errands that I just now had the time to sit down and put these up.

This past weekend, my friends at Nowhere Clothing took part in a fashion show at Shine. It was intended to be outside but with the cool front that came in, they moved it inside. I have never really been a fan of taking pictures of fashion shows in nightclubs. Everyone seems to just rush the runway and has no respect for the photographers that are trying to get pictures. I thought I would only put a few pictures from the night but I decided to put a lot more than just a few.

Alex's Birthday...

2008-11-17T17:00:00.000-06:00

This past weekend I took some time to hang out with my friends at Roosevelt's for my our friend Alex's birthday. It was a pretty great time with some good music and amazing beer. I thought I'd post a few pictures from the night while I am still working on some other shots I have from the Fashion Show at Shine and a private shoot that I had on Sunday for a new client.

Slow Sunday

2008-11-11T05:00:00.000-06:00

Sunday was a nice and relaxing day, I finally stopped having horrible stomach pains and was able to just sit at home. I wasn't up to much when I decided that I should take some pictures of someone instead of just watching nothing on the tube. My friend Jenn is always willing to let me take a few pictures of her and since she is constantly changing her hair, she makes for a good subject to shoot.

I have to say, I really like the way some of these came out.

Monday was a little different, I sat back and worked on her pictures. Then I realized that I had two birthday's to attend in Harlingen. My niece turned 9 years old and it was such a nice time. I came to my parents and watched a little TV with the family and had a good dinner. I then had to go and meet up with a friend of mine who was having a little drinking marathon for her 21st birthday.

I left the party a little early so that I could catch a movie that I have been dying to see.

This movie really had a lot of great parts and has easily become one of my top favorite "guys movies". Though it really doesn't bring anything new and has that same old style that Guy Richie puts to all his movies (Lock Stock and Smoking Barrels/Snatch). I just like mobster/gangster movies, they always seem to make me think and keep me entertained.

November Art Walk

2008-11-10T05:55:00.008-06:00

Friday was a nice night filled with art and music. I usually always go to Art Walk and split my time from Monikapolitan's table at Ambrosia and Roosevelt's. This time around I was feeling very sick to my stomach from some food I had earlier and wanted to just relax. They put Monica in the back with no lights and away from the large crowd, so I took out my studio lights and helped light up her table and bring some attention her way.

here's a few shots I took...

Zar and Geo had a hard night, they're show that night with Kottonmouth Kings was canceled due to some very complicated reasons. I think everyone felt bad for the guys....