Fernie Castillo Photography

Make an Extra $3K per Month class…

fernie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:37:29 +0000

This class helps people learn how to make an extra income, being taught at Utep. Adrian Meraz breaks down the steps on making yourself get a Web presence.

2011 Pictures of the Year…

fernie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:03:32 +0000

Here is a collection of links that I found worthy of re-posting. The majority of the photos included in these slideshows demonstrate some photojournalist with tremendous talent. Take some time to go through some of these links. Enjoy.

- Life

- Reuters

- WSJ

Matachines provide visitors from Utah and Georgia a feel for the culture of the area as they arrive at the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta Friday at the Judson F. Williams Convention Center. Matachines, Spanish for matachín, or religious dancer, are bands who wander and dance from village to village or from house to house. They are found in northern Mexico especially in La Laguna Region (Coahuila and Durango), Sinaloa, Monterrey, and Chihuahua.

Black and White Photography Under a Winter Cloudy Sky…Album Park

fernie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:17:02 +0000

I was in between assignments when I had time to kill. I drove by Album Park here in El Paso, in hope to find some kind of activity. There was a winter chill in the air and heavy cloud set for a Saturday early afternoon. It was to my delight to find the park in full use by people doing…well, with what people do in parks, stuff.

As soon as I parked the car, I approached a set of people that caught my immediate attention. They had on custom made clothes, masks, and if that’s not enough to catch my eye, they had swords!

Turns out they were practicing rapier fencing, which consist of a slender, sharply pointed sword, ideally for thrusting attacks, used mainly in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. After a few words, Carlos (the one on the left), said they meet there almost every Saturday. Looks like this is enough for me to go back soon.

I walked a few more paces and came across an high school cheerleader team going over some drills. I must say that being propelled into to the air by your peers must take an immense amount of trust.

I continued to move across the park where kids were playing flag football. It must have been a little league tournament since I counted about 8 different teams.

There was only a couple of kids using the skate park…

…So preceded to the baseball diamond, where there was a little league team taking in some practice.

Even the wildlife were spectating.

Glad to see families using the park despite the cold weather.

It was time well spent, walking around the park with camera in hand. I had to leave for my next assignment and for some coffee, after all it was still cold out.

Santa Claus in El Paso lighting up Luminarias…Merry Christmas!

fernie — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:28:45 +0000

I was lucky enough to see Santa Claus this year in El Paso, Texas. He was here helping with Navidad de La Fe Luminarias.

Approximately over 4000 Thousands of luminarias were lit along Scenic Drive on Saturday in the event sponsored by Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe.

For those of you not from El Paso, Scenic Drive over looks the majority of the city, mainly downtown.

As a photojournalist, I try not to get in the way, but this is Santa Claus. So asked him a couple of questions, like who is on his naughty list? He gave me a HO HO HO and continued to work. Merry Christmas everyone.

Droid Razr is the fabric of our lives…

fernie — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:23:44 +0000

During an assignment, I was passing by a few cotton fields. I went ahead and pulled over to test the camera on my new Motorola Droid Razr. I unfortunately spilled coffee on my last phone. Making it useless, I was forced to upgrade my phone. I had already read about the iPhone 4s, and the new Razr. As much as I would love to have an iPhone, I could not see myself only utilizing 3g on a 4g network. Though the camera is better on the iPhone, I like the Android system. Perhaps next year when the iPhone 5 is released, then sure.

Friday Night Lights…

fernie — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:01:32 +0000

This year, the El Paso Times decided to try something new. They added a new section in the Borderland section and dedicated it to high school football. Friday night lights was coined to the ambiance of everything a Friday night game has to offer minus the game itself. Bands, cheerleaders, fans, and pretty much anything that is not action. Here is a small collection.

Rinse off…

fernie — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:21:55 +0000

I like to think that there are times that it’s ok not to wash your car on your own. Since it sprinkled 6 hours after I washed my SUV, I waited another week for me to consider a rinse off. So here I am..arty the car wash.

King of blues…

fernie — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:48:44 +0000

Tuesday, King of the Blues took to the stage at the El Paso Plaza Theatre. B.B. King, who recently celebrated his 86th birthday on Sept. 16, performed nearly 75 minutes on stage, singing and playing his beloved Lucille.

Plays the blues...

As soon as he took to the stage, he made his presence known.

On stage.

The icon and his guitar.

Welcome back…

fernie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:39:59 +0000

Welcome back to FernieC.com

This site previously displayed brief descriptions of my work as a photojournalist. After an unfortunate server crash, all data was lost in the black hole of one’s and zero’s.

FernieC.com is a place where I can post new pieces of work, projects, updates and anything else that I deem worthy of sharing with the world.

Sometimes I cover games…

Sometimes I cover spot-news….

Sometimes I cover concerts…

Sometimes I cover People…

Sometimes I post personal projects…

Sometimes I post travel pics….

Nonetheless, welcome back to FernieC.com.

Sweet tooth delight…

fernie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:25:54 +0000

I came across a local 50′s type diner and just had to stop. Aside from having the usual burger and fries, I wanted to see if they had malts. They did, and it was pretty good!

Occasionally I will post photos from my cell phone. In the words of Chase Jarvis, The Best Camera is the One That’s With You.