Armando L Sanchez

I hate to say it...

2010-12-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

...but I have moved on from this blog. It has been a great little blog but I have moved onto the greener pastures of wordpress. To see what up I'm up to feel free to check out my photo life

Thanks for looking.

2010-01-12T23:11:00.000-08:00

I've started to look through old takes from my four months at the SJ-R. I have to say, looking over photos from my time there really makes me miss the staff and especially the photographers I had the privilege or working with. Anywho the first frame is from a high school football practice, actually the same practice from the offensive lineman portrait. The second is from a christmas parade in downtown Springfield.

2010-01-07T00:41:00.000-08:00

Shortcut in El Paso.

2010-01-02T13:52:00.000-08:00

Waiting at the airport.

2010-01-02T13:29:00.000-08:00

So this is Jaumeon. Recently he was recruited by a local college to play power forward. This is the court he has been playing on since he moved to springfield from chicago a few years ago. Anywho, coldest portrait I've even taken.

2009-12-21T16:21:00.000-08:00

In the past three days I've had four pictures run pretty darn dark. I don't blame the awesome people who tone every image for print, but I do wish they would have been seen a little better. So I thought I would put them up here. The first image is from a story about a high collision intersection in Chatham. The other is a portrait of a CS8 swimmer, and on kind of a side note pocket wizards don't work that well once the antenna goes a few inches under the water...just so you know. The last two are from a luminaria evening at the Dana Thomas House. So yeah, four dark frames.

2009-11-08T19:56:00.000-08:00

At some point in my life I will really keep this up every week. But for now here are a few random frames.

2009-09-17T06:56:00.000-07:00

My ears still hurt from shooting the swim picture. Its from a story about a 63-year-old triathlete who is competing in the senior Olympics this weekend. Every time I get in a pool with a camera my brain tells me that this is a horrible idea. But hopefully something OK came out of it. The second one is kind of a media event set up. A runner from the Chicago marathon was giving his medal to a child with cancer. But after the t.v. guys left, and I really can't stand t.v. people, I stayed around and tried to get something. The last one is from a national guard welcome home ceremony.

2009-09-10T09:27:00.001-07:00

So a lot has happened since the last post. A little less then two weeks ago I moved to Springfield Illinois to intern at The State Journal Register till December. The town is pretty interesting, everyone I have met has been really friendly and helpful. I've also never lived downtown before but so far I like it. Waking up and seeing a city out the window is still a little surreal to me but it's very pretty. So far I've shot a lot of high school sports and random little feature assignments. I really can't wait to start working on a story.

2009-06-17T18:36:00.000-07:00

A feature and a dog park party.

2009-06-12T23:12:00.001-07:00

I went for a walk around downtown Saginaw after I got off work. It's a pretty empty place.

2009-06-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

Bavarian festival. It was a little empty today. More tomorrow.

2009-06-10T23:39:00.001-07:00

Before I get to behind, here are a few from the first week at Saginaw.

2009-06-10T22:45:00.000-07:00

Finally have the internet in Clio so some of these are kinda old. But this is all stuff from the drive up to Clio.

2009-04-27T01:21:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you bring students to the planetarium for a brief history of the universe.

2009-03-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

So I tried my hand at lighting a sport and as it turns out...well it didn't really. One of the strobes died after the first fight and from then on the last one would only fire when it really felt like it. But I will never put old batteries in a remote strobe ever again.

2009-03-25T11:04:00.000-07:00

I realized the other day that I never put up my final story for picture stories. So, here it is, an essay on warren county jail. I'm still working on it during the night shift when ever I get a chance. It's something I struggled with since I didn't want to make a piece that looked like cops, but I felt that this was something that most people don't usually get to see in any other way.

2009-03-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

A portrait of Valerie Brown. She won 3rd place for the 400 meter dash in Nationals. To be honest I didn't even know Western had a track, since the new stadium has been put in.

2009-02-05T07:45:00.000-08:00

I have never seen so much ice before. I also didn't realize that a freeze could be so dangerous, the girl in the second picture was knocked unconscious when a tree limb fell and hit her in the head. I think she turned out to be ok. I just can't believe that they still kept school open.

2009-02-05T07:39:00.000-08:00

Swimming with an underwater housing bag. It was actually pretty hard to go under since the bag would not stay underwater.

2009-02-02T01:29:00.000-08:00

So it's been a while, I actually forgot the password. But here is some stuff from yesterday.

2008-09-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

A few from the farmer story this week.

2008-09-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

So Dennis has a bit of a heart condition and when he plays basketball for to long it hurts...bad. But he got back up and kept playing.

2008-09-10T17:07:00.000-07:00

My one weeks work for PJ.

2008-08-05T09:17:00.000-07:00

Shawn, otherwise known as Elvis.

2008-07-31T22:46:00.000-07:00

4 Nashville teens died in a car accident on Sunday. A memorial was held today at East Nashville High school. I didn't really shoot to much, all I could think about was how horrible the parents feel and how fragile and important are life is. I don't think I bothered anyone, one of the aunt's gave me a hug later.

2008-07-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

Shot some sports last week, I can never really tell if I shot something good.

2008-07-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

A day camp for special needs kids. The local fire department comes out every Thursday and turns on the hose. I also figured out that my 1d and 17-35 are no longer water sealed. But It was fun playing in the water with them.

2008-07-23T16:33:00.001-07:00

Don't forget...I really won...Happy birthday Brynn.

2008-07-23T15:59:00.000-07:00

Singer/songwriter portrait and an awesome mom who puts cherry struggle coffee cake in her kids lunches.

2008-07-12T21:55:00.001-07:00

I wish I could play Bluegrass.

2008-07-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

Shooting lights through your skin gets rid of wrinkles, just so you know.

2008-07-05T20:09:00.001-07:00

Shot a Juvenile delinquent program called New Beginnings. They were pretty awesome.

2008-07-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

Some other 4th stuff, mostly kids and block party stuff.

2008-07-05T19:19:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th from the east end.

2008-07-02T15:13:00.000-07:00

A pretty cool metal yard not to far from the house.

2008-06-26T16:37:00.000-07:00

Some stuff I liked from the water park today.

2008-06-25T14:23:00.000-07:00

Biodegradable packaging peanuts that you can eat. I thought they tasted like popcorn.

2008-06-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

A couple of features

2008-06-19T20:18:00.001-07:00

The new roomie and friends.

2008-06-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

Tennessee T-cakes are pretty freakin tasty.

2008-06-17T21:20:00.000-07:00

So It's been a while. So here is some stuff from Bonnaroo. I wish I would have shot more features, but a pretty cool first assignment.

2008-03-23T23:55:00.001-07:00

It's been to long again. Just some stuff from the road.

2008-03-02T22:38:00.001-08:00

Movie night on a projector.

2008-03-02T00:09:00.001-08:00

It was a nice day to walk around the park and climb a tree.

2008-02-25T21:40:00.001-08:00

The dog would find the ball every time...even in the water.

2008-02-24T21:41:00.001-08:00

After talking to Brian, I realized I never take pictures unless there is someone in the frame. So I tried to break the habit this weekend.

2008-02-16T22:52:00.001-08:00

Some people really like T-shirts and hockey.

2008-02-07T23:59:00.001-08:00

Hockey is a lot harder to shoot from the catwalk then I thought it would be.

2008-02-06T01:36:00.000-08:00

The family got out safe.

2008-02-03T14:33:00.001-08:00

I've never shot hockey before, but it was a blast.

2008-02-03T13:53:00.001-08:00

McCain in Nashville, he's much older then I thought.

2008-01-11T03:31:00.001-08:00

My grandpa took me to old El Paso the other day. It's pretty cool.

2007-12-25T09:45:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was Christmas Eve. My family and I went to a candle light service and then the Armadillo Bizarre. It is nice to spend Christmas in Austin again.

2007-12-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

Our family put up the tree yesterday. It's my sisters first in her apartment. It's great to actually see them since it only happens a few times a year. The last picture is one my dad took. I don't usually like pictures of myself, but I think my family would like it.

2007-12-18T03:11:00.000-08:00

The night before I left for Texas we had a surprise birthday party for Khol. After 16 hours on the road, I made it to Texas in time for a sunrise. I am now living in Brock's house on his couch. So that has been the last few days.

2007-12-13T23:52:00.001-08:00

I was trying to organize some photos and I saw this one of my cousin walking to his prep room for surgery. He's gone through a lot and I wish I could have been there before he actually went under but I'm glad I got to go to El Paso and be with him while he was dealing with all this. He's doing great by the way.

2007-12-06T00:26:00.000-08:00

Very friendly taxidermist near the border of Juarez.

2007-12-05T23:57:00.001-08:00

She has only been shooting for three years and she is already teaching the concealed carry class .

2007-12-03T21:19:00.001-08:00

It's weird how much you really don't know about people you know. Schrek is a cool guy, but I never really understood him until we started talking about his tattoo.

2007-12-03T00:22:00.001-08:00

I've beeb trying to finish my lighting portfolio and along the way I met Andres.

2007-12-03T00:19:00.001-08:00

This is Charles, he is turning 74 on the 13th.

2007-11-27T23:08:00.000-08:00

It's been too long, so here is the my favorite frame from my fashion assignment.

2007-11-15T22:40:00.000-08:00

Bless her heart, she tried to start a Western Cajun Club and no one showed up. But she was extremely friendly and one of the nicest people I have photographed in a while.

2007-11-14T20:49:00.001-08:00

It's swimming with a 300.

2007-11-10T19:31:00.001-08:00

Today me and Brian went back to the Galilean Home. It's a pretty amazing place that I really enjoy going to. George is just one story of the home, I'd imagine that there are many more to be told, but I'm going to try and tell his in the next few weeks.

2007-11-07T22:00:00.001-08:00

Recently I went to Washington D.C with the Green Toppers for Power Shift, the largest youth global warming conference ever. At the end it really felt like Austin City Limits Festival. But it was an interesting shoot and D.C is pretty cool. But yeah, here are a few I liked.