Ocean Tower Implosion

South Padre Island, Texas. The Ocean Tower was set to be imploded at 9a.m. I crowd had been gathering since 6a.m. to see what would happen.

I woke up at 5 this day, showered and got ready for the early morning drive to the Island. I got there around 6 to get my press pass. The Valley Morning Star crew hung out for a good while. Even though the wait was long, it was well worth it.

At 9a.m. it started to get quiet, at 9:07a.m. a 5 second count down started. Then several loud explosion. The building collapsed.

It was a great site, I am thank full I got to see this. It may be a very long time till I get to see an implosion again. 

Finally

I have time to write! I have been super busy with my damn website! It is down at the moment, because godaddy is dumb! I when through all this stuff to transfer my domain name from Google Apps to GoDaddy and in the process my website went down.

I cant seem to fix the problem just yet because I have no free time, not till Thursday (my one day off this coming week). So I guess Im going to have to spend my day off emailing Godaddy to try and fix this problem.

Well anyways, After a few days playing with my new camera I have to admit it is pretty good! I usually stay with Pentax camera, but I took a chance and bought that Canon Point and Shoot. I am very pleased with it! I is a lot better then I expected. It is not to the quality of my Pentax K10D but its okay its not a DSLR, its a Point&Shoot.

Canon Powershot SX120 IS is a camera I would recommend.

New Camera

As you can tell from the title, I have a new camera now! A Canon Powershot SX120 IS. I love it! I know it is going to be great for Tiffany and I's next vacation! I’m excited to say that I finally found a Point-&-Shoot that I am happy with.

I will still be carrying my big DSLR cameras but now I have a good camera I can take out anywhere I go! Without people giving me a weird look...lol.

The next vacation should be in January, but the place is still up in the air. I am thinking Houston or San Antonio. We have only been in San Antonio once and only for ONE day! I want to go to the zoo and actually go into the Alamo. So I guess we will see what happens.

Tiff and I haven’t really talked about this vacation too much because the end of her semester is coming up really quick so I have to give her the time she need to finish her work.

Cold and Rainy

The weather had been kind of nice the past two days. Its cold, which I love...but it has also been drizzling for the past two-day’s non-stop. I don’t mind if it rains, but when it never stops it makes me so lazy. I don’t want to wake up or go to work!

When I finally woke up today, I went outside to see how my pups were doing. They were out playing in the rain! I was amazed, since all day yesterday they stayed in the carport all bundled up. They were soaked! They looked like they were having so much fun!

Anyway, so I have been debating on whether to get a point-&-shoot camera or not. I can't seem to make up my mind! It sucks! I have looked at several cameras and I can't find what I want in my price range.

When I do find one I like, its price is high enough that it makes me think, "why get this if I could save just alittle more and get my new pro camera"

I am planing on going to BestBuy tomorrow to see the selection of camera they have. I have also thought about just getting a new lens for my DSLR. Basically why I am looking for a point-&-shoot camera is because I want a camera that is easy to use when I am looking to take a random picture of Tiff and I while we are out on Vacations.

Point-&-Shoot or New wide-angle lens! That is were I am at now! I guess if I don’t find a good point-&-shoot then ill look into the lenses more. Well see how that goes tomorrow.

The VW

THIS IS ALSO POSTED ON MY WEBSITE BLOG.

http://ivanbenavidesphotography.com/a-v-w/

This is one of the few unique cars still out there. I saw this V.W. at Cons electronic store in Harlingen, TX. I parked directly in front of it and notice all the small V.W. model cars on the dashboard. I don't know whom the vehicle belongs too, but I had to take a photo of it.

I had debated on sticking around till I was the owner, but I was on my lunch break so I couldn’t wait any longer. I would have been great to have a back story to this photo, but I don't. I took the photo from the driver set of my car, and then edited it to look like a vintage photo.

This car had tons of McDonalds stickers on it and was from Illinois so I think it may have been a Winter Texan, since this is the time of year that they come down. If some how the owner of this vehicle comes by this post, I would love to talk to him/her one day, just to see what the story behind this vehicle is.

Point and Shoot

I have been thinking of getting a point-and-shoot camera. I usually use my DSLR cameras, but for time to time I would father use something a little smaller for pictures on Tiffany and I. Its kinda hard to use a HUGE DSLR to take a self photo when we are out on vacations.

I know she had a point and shoot, but for some reason I don’t use her camera. Mainly because I don’t have the time to mess around with a camera I only see once in a long while. I have found a few that are a little better then usually point-and-shoots. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 seems like a very high tech camera. It is a little for more money then I want to spend for a point-and-shoot, but you never know.

I am thinking of going to BestBuy or any other electronic store to really see what they have to offer. I know the Lumix is not at those stores, well not the one I want. I think it is time to go do some hands on tryouts. I hope I find one of reasonable pricing.

The Web site

This is a screen print of one of my galleries on my website Ivanbenavidesphotography.com. I have been working on this site for a while, day after day. I finally have it up, and like how it looks, so now all I need to do is keep it up to date. I know that wont be to much of a challenge because I love to update my sites. The only main thing I have left is to get my WWW going onto it. I use to have it for this site, but I changed to wordpress and now I have to wait till December for a WWW in front of my website.

Recovery

It’s the day after Thanksgiving. It was great to see my most of the big family for the holiday; we ate, drank and had some great conversations. I caught up with cousins that are all in different parts of there lives, two in which are expecting baby, and another who is still getting use to living somewhere new.

I find I don't have a lot in common with my cousins, but I still like to sit are hear what they are up to. I have chosen a different lifestyle then they have, but I am happy with my choices. I hope they are happy with theirs.

I talked to my Uncles that a rarely see. They have a lot to talk about. We sat outside had a few beer and cigarettes while we talked. When It comes to all the males in my family I feel like my dad and I are completely opposite for them all. I think it’s a good thing.

This is my mom’s family that I am talking about. It’s fun to spend a holiday with family. I wonder how it is going to be when I am out on my own, and not able to come down for these type of days. I know I will miss my family, but hopefully by then I’ll be living and making my own family. We'll see what happens.

I wonder how Tiff is doing in New Orleans...

Holiday is coming...

So today, the day before Thanksgiving is such a slow day! I have cleaned what I needed to, now just to wait for the family to get here tomorrow.

Today I found out that Soulja Boy cancelled his concert at the Dodge Arena. I think it is because not enough tickets were sold. I noticed that on the 20th the tickets were 50% off for that one day only. I guess that didn’t work either. So now there is now concert for me to shoot with coming Friday.

Despite the cancelled show, I am still happy because I also learned today that Lil' Wayne is coming to the Dodge Arena Dec. 17. I will hopefully be shooting that concert and the Underoath concert on Dec. 14 as well.

So for now I'm just here waiting for the holiday. We’ll see how that goes....