Well I'll start off...

[Abel]

Hello there... Lemme introduce myself. My name is Abel Longoria and I am a Texas based photographer. Yes I know, what's a Texan doing running a California based photography forum???

Well for that answer check THIS THREAD (http://www.californiaphotoforum.com/forum/t2-californiaphotoforumcom-is-open.html) hehee

Ok now back to me...

I've been invovled in photography for about 3 years now and I find myself really enjoying Concert and Sports photography. I currently shoot with a Canon 1d Mark IIN and my fiancee Lisa shoots with a Canon 20d and we both love it!

Lisa and I spent a lot of time driving around town looking for things to photograph. Once we started to run out of places and ideas of where to go we decided to create a Texas based photographers community in order to help ourselves and others share cool photo op locations that we might not have known about otherwise.



Here's a couple of sample shots:


Chris Burke waiting on deck at the Astros' last home game in the '06 season:
http://www.houstonphotog.com/blog/images/20060925000648_burke.jpg


The Dave Matthews Band playing here in Houston back in the summer of '05
http://www.houstonphotog.com/blog/images/20051209185346_dmb1n.jpg


Teppei Teranishi of Thrice from the Tast of Chaos Tour in '06
http://www.houstonphotog.com/blog/images/20060223071822_img_4874.jpg


Well thats all about me in a nutshell....

Thanks for taking the time to read a little info about me and I can't wait to read some Intro's from other members very soon!

[jengels]

I tend to lurk and read through posts over on the Texas forums. Thanks for setting up a new bulletin board for CA. Unfortunately it's a lousy year in SoCal for flowers, but I'm sure that other subjects will quickly fill up the forums.

Maybe there will be a couple of Scott Waters types posting here to pick up interest quicker... ;)

John E.

[Abel]

Hey there John..

Thanks for the kind words... It may take a short while to get this one up and running nicely but with the help of members like yourself I know it will be a great success!

Thanks for jumping on board!

[Janeen Sanders]

Howdy, Abel,
These shots you posted are incredible!
Cheers, buddy--here's to a long and fruitful career on your new California Photo Forum!
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[Saltwater Servitude]

Ha! Found this via Jimmy D's blog. Small world ain't it. Did I miss the mention of this forum on our native Texas site?

[Señor Cabeza]

I also found this place through jimmyD's blog. Looks like a cool place! Glad to be in on the ground floor!:cool:

[Abel]

hey there jeff... it wasnt mentioned on TPF yet... it just went live lastnight and i plan to pound the pavement and spread the word to cali based photogs tonight...

rick, i also saw it on his blog this morning and was completey suprised! with you guys helping spread the word like that im sure this site will take off very quickly...

thanks again