I got my final exam portfolio back today. I am proud to say that I received an A+ on it, I guess that means a 100. I hope it wasn’t on bell curve because that would mean that my classmates photos really sucked (and I know there were some pretty good photos my classmates took). My overall grade in the class was an A, which keeps my GPA in the high 3’s (woohoo!). I’m signed up for Photography II next semester along with a retake of Anatomy and General Psychology. Wish me luck for those in the next semester.

Christmas is upon us. In the previous years I haven’t taken much notice of things going on around me, but this year, since the happenings of December 2006, I’m taking better notice. I’ve been taking a lot of photos this Christmas and I thought I would share of few of them with you.


These 2 are part of my house decorations. They are located on the hearth in my living room. Some would consider the placement of the Nativity and a Santa Claus so close may be blasphemy. I beg to differ. While the birth of Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas, Santa Claus embodies the spirit of Christmas. That spirit being The Father giving the world his Son to save us from our sins.


These were taken at a client’s Christmas party this past weekend. I have a lot of candids, but here I wanted to post my artsy shots. Capturing that flame was a pain, though, as for some reason the fire kept throwing off my focus (even on manual).


These are part of privately funded public displays around Houston. The first one is a part of 3 very big nutcracker soldiers in the parking lot of an upscale strip mall near the Galleria. The picture of Santa is part of a much larger display on the front lawn of the AON building, which is located about 2 blocks from where the nutcracker picture was taken. The ‘much larger display’ was rather difficult to capture.

I’ve been messing with the shooting styles lately on my DSLR. It has gotten rid of the slight orange tint that’s been plaguing my pictures, but now some of the colors are being washed out. I find myself having to do a lot of color correction lately.

At any rate, give me comments because that’s how I grow.