Rivera Imagery

Happy birthd-- Easter! I hope the holiday treated everyone well and the food was delicious. I know mine was. Time with friends and/or family is the best kind of time there is. We spent the day at church, and heard quite a dark joke from our pastor. I thought it was funny, but it didn't get the reaction, I'm sure he was looking for. I may or may not post it since I don't want to take credit for this joke.... We'll see. There want much time for pictures since my hands were stained with carne asada and chicken juice. That and camera equipment t just don't seem to play well with each other. Either way I hope the holiday treated everyone well and today isn't a rough one for those going back to work or school.

...But a day behind the lens shooting these athletes is a great day.      I was lucky enough to have a coach for the highest division of the Moreno Valley Diamond Girls Softball Association, come up to me during a game I was shooting.      I was shooting my youngest daughter's game and his team was playing later that day. Turns out he's also managing the currently undefeated Division 3/4 Cyclones. Could it have been fate that 3/4 (3rd batallion 4th Marines) was also my unit when I was in the Marine Corps? Who knows?      Either way, I packed up my gear and my "apprentice" 2nd photographer (my oldest daughter) and we were on our way! I'm so happy to have had this opportunity, because this team is absolutely dominant! I mean, it was crazy how good this team is, from the top to the bottom of the lineup. Hopefully my daughter took some pointers since she wants to play this fall.      As far as actually covering the game, it was so easy because these girls were mak

Welp, I have officially started a blog..... Why? Mostly because I can and it gives me someone to talk to while the wife rests in her 8th month of her pregnancy with our 5th child! She deserves it. So there it is. My first blog post. A little lackluster, but hey... it's a start.