Cotton Field

I was on my way to work on Friday when I had noticed the sunrise and some cotton fields were looking amazing.  I brought my camera this time and snapped these photos of the beautiful landscape.

A Mine Or A Nice Way To Store Items In A Rock?

I know it has been a while since I updated you all with something new.  I have been busy with some projects around the house and at work.  If you are visiting my Journal Page you will see that I recently updated both my computer at work and at home to Windows 7.  I love it!  There are still so many cool things I have yet to discover and so far everything has been pretty cool. 

The photo above was taken just above Huntington Lake on my way to Edison Lake. 

That’s all for today!

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

Photos Of The Dos Palos High School Fire

Last week I had a student from Dos Palos High School find me on flickr and ask me if he could have copies of all my photos from the Dos Palos High School fire that took place last December that wiped out all of the FFA, Wood Shop, Auto, and the Cisco Programs.  At first I thought he might have wanted the photos for some other purpose until I asked around and realized that he actually needs the photos for his photography class.  I was glad to help out the cause and made him a copy of a DVD with all of the photos from the fire as well as all the photos from the construction to rebuild the new section that will temporarily house the programs until the section that burned down is rebuilt. 

It was funny because I also got a request from our District Secretary to the Superintendent to bring her a copy of all the photos I had from the fire as well as the construction.  I thought wow people are going to start seeing more of my work so I knew I needed to clean up the Watermark and make sure everyone sees how to get to my website.  I mean, I really love all the views I am getting and as of today I have about 8 subscribers via feedBurner but its funny to see how the numbers go up and then down.  Trying to find content and keep it fresh is sometimes hard but I know I can do it.

I would love to get some help on the page by opening up to some Guest Bloggers.  If you have a story that pertains to photography and would like to share it with us please email it to me by using the Comment Form  or send me an email.  I will review the story and post it.  If you have some really good information I will gladly post it and also create a user account for you with Contributor rights so that you can be a user with access to share all your information with others.  If you have a site and want to share it with us then please send me your info and I will add a link to it in the post. 

I want to work with other photographers and people in the Digital Design field so that we can all build a community that works together.

That’s all for today!

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

Dream Of Weddings To Come

I had a dream this morning that one of the girls from my church was getting married…well she had a dress and was practicing to wear it but wasn’t sure when the wedding was.  I was walking through the neighborhood and passed by and heard all the laughing and giggling from inside.  I walked up and knocked on the door and they let me in.  It was a lot of friends and family of hers and they were watching her get dressed.  They asked me to take some photos and I gladly jumped at the opportunity.  I thought it was so amazing how she looked in her dress.  We began taking photos and it was great.  We got all the perfect shots.  Then I woke up.

I just hope I get the opportunity to really take her wedding photos.  I know she is going to look so beautiful. 

Not much going on this weekend.  I have some work to do in the back yard and around the house and then just try to relax.  I still cant get used to sleeping in on the weekends.  I am used to waking up at 4:50am every morning because I have been working out.  I went from 240lbs to 218lbs.  A lot of hard work and dedication really pays off.  I feel great about my body but still know I need more work.

That’s all for today.

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

Did I Mention LEGO’s were fun?

My cousin came to me with this brand new LEGO toy of Woody from Toy Story and he asked if I would put it together for him.  I told him sure.  He doubted that I would be able to put it together but I tried to reassure him that I had LEGO’s when I was younger and I loved playing with them and building all kinds of different things.  I had the toy built in about 10 minutes. 

I recall using my LEGO’s to build a trap for mice so that they wouldn’t die but just get caught in a maze that I made until I took the mouse out to the country to release it.  I remember when it failed one time…..it was disgusting.  I even used some LEGO’s to build what I called the most indestructible car.  I built it using the smallest pieces so that the car was virtually indestructible, at least with throwing or dropping. 

LEGO’s is a great way to build children’s development and engineering skills.  My visit to LEGOLAND was great.  The whole family went and we really enjoyed it…okay maybe I enjoyed more than some others but it was cool how they have so many things all made out of LEGO’s.  If you haven't been you definitely have to go.

If you have any photos of your LEGO pieces please share them with us or if you have been to LEGOLAND and have some photos or would like to tell us about your experience please do.

That’s all for today!

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

Tree In A Rock

I thought this photo was already up here but when I did yesterday’s post I realized it wasn’t.  The photo was taken while we went to the Grand Canyon back in 2003.  I took this photo with my Minolta Dimage 5.  I also have a copy of this photo for sale in my Gallery. 

That’s all for today!

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez