gettingPaid

I got my first paycheck today for wakeskate photographs. I also got some pretty good pictures of Andrew Pastura on Thursday, I think something may happen with them. I will be heading east tomorrow to eat for thanksgiving and visit. I will be at the camp for half the time and I am really looking forward to spending time there. I added a class to my spring schedule called video art so I will be working in a fresh medium in two classes now, I am definitely looking forward to motion photography. Oh, and Randy Edwards had a potluck yesterday that was off the hinges, I wasn’t that hungry when I got there and I ate way too much. Gatherings with loads of food are a good idea.

sellingBlood

I gave plasma yesterday and made $20, here is a picture link. The day before that I got paid $20 for the first dreamcatcher I sold. So, I guess I am making a living again. However, the Alliance co-wakeskater of the year called me yesterday to go shoot with him in Dallas but I will be missing out because I can’t afford it. I am missing out big time too because I know I would have got some good photos because he is unbelievably good.  About the dreamcatchers again, those are for sell for $20 so if you want one please let me know, justinleblancimages@gmail.com. Click here to see what they look like. I only have a month left of giving blood and selling dreamcatchers then it is back to a high paying job in the industrial capital of TX.

recentNews

This weekend was good times. I went to a couple of Halloween parties, one of them I dressed up for. Check that out here. I got to wakeboard and I shot a prospective advertisement for my favorite wakeboard brand. Then I found out today how far behind on my homework I am. My grades are fine though. It has been rad in San Marcos. I will be sad to leave but I will also be amped to be back in the golden triangle making stacks and having access to a 16mm camera. Then I have graduation to look forward to in May and I’ll get to hang with my old friends for a while. Today I found out I was let into film production II at Lamar and I am so excited to shoot on 16mm film. Look at Colin’s journo, he went to NYC recently and has a cool post about it.

wakeboarding

Well this weekend was almost a huge waste of money but I ended up getting to winch and also get a few photos. The plans for the weekend failed but me and Maximo ended up getting to shred some correx. Andrew Adams took some pictures of me and I took some of Max that I will be sending to the magazines. It was pretty rad finally getting to ride something that I have been wanting to hit for a long time. Next weekend should be a huge weekend with shredtown then wake photography will probably slow down for the winter. It will suck not shooting because it’s been going so well, but it will also be good for me because I desperately need to get a job.

webArticle

I have an article and photo gallery that went up today on wakeboardingmag.com that covers the shredtown crew. Check it out.

dreamcatchers

I made some dreamcatchers today. Then I took some pictures of them to show you. The middle and right one are the ones I made today, it was a lot of fun deciding what materials to get and putting them together. I plan on making many more in the future but these two are gifts that I am giving to friends this weekend. The dreamcatcher on the left is one that I made many years ago, I am not sure how young I was but it was definitely a while back.

booktestRun

I just finished putting together my first portfolio of wakeboard and wakeskate images. I get to look at it and decide if that is what I want to show riders and brands. I printed it as an assignment for one of my classes but I will be showing some riders in the area that I really look forward to working with and if I am happy with this copy it will end up in the mail to a home on Lake Georgia. Hopefully the design looks good. The main thing I am worried about is the cover but we will see.

sidewalks

I think I broke my phone, I for sure can’t use it right now. I was skateboarding in the dark from one store to another and I hit the concrete going like 80mph and broke my touch screen, it didn’t crack or anything just the touch screen doesn’t work anymore. The skateboard stopped so fast that my front foot shoe came off, it stayed with the skateboard. I am currently backing it up so I don’t lose any phone numbers, I definitely shouldn’t spend the money I have on a new phone but I think I may have to because I need a phone. Crap.

I have my own folder on Wakeboarding Magazine’s FTP now and that’s great news.

splashing

The new shredtown edit is up, check it out.

I got to wakeboard with veteran Pat McElhinney today and that was rad.

Also, I have some photos up on alliancewake.com. Check out the snaps section.

watersofNazareth

Today when I was walking to my car from class a girl drove next to me and asked if she could bring me to my car and have my parking spot. That is how bad parking is at my school. I think I finally get to go wakeboarding tomorrow. I am making a book in my photography class and I was planning on doing a bunch of pictures like the ones in the last post with the deer but instead I will be making a portfolio of wake photos because I need a portfolio and I might as well go ahead and get it now so it will count as an assignment and I don’t have to spend money printing two different books.