When I turned a teen, my father took me back to Mexico
(Nayarit/Jalisco). He introduced me to my long lost family members. I was
able to get acquainted with the land and its people, Mexico was my Mecca.
My parents went out and bought me a Pentax K1000 (manual camera) to
capture the memories on film. The photos were far from being picture
perfect, but they captured the essence of that time period and its
precious moments. Those photos are priceless to me, they can't be
replaced. It was the only time I was able to place my fathers stories with
the land and its multiple faces.
From there I was hooked on photography and capturing images and their
moments. I took some classes, and in my senior year I joined the yearbook
staff as a photographer. Mexicans were pretty much left out of the picture
the three previous yearbooks until my arrival. I used to take flicks of
the homies and their cars. The homies would go on to create the Brown
Pride Car Club one of the most respected car clubs in California. My
mother was my number one fan and encouraged me to continue with my
passion. She even went beyond the call of duty and bought me an auto focus
Nikon camera.
I continued taking photos and even took a class or two at Cal State
Fullerton. But, it wasnt until the Internet blew up that my two biggest
hobbies merged into BrownPride.com.
