This Weekend

I thought I would let you guys know what I am doing this weekend. Saturday I am going to be competing in a bass tournament on Old Hickory Lake, TN. My good old friend Jesse contacted me on Monday to ask if I would like to be his tournament fishing partner and I was like "heck yes I would." I have never competed in a bass tournament but I have been fishing since I was six years old and have caught a many a bass. I think my friend and I have a good chance at placing in the money (first - third place). We are leaving at 3 in the morning to get to the dock. We launch at day break and we have to be back for weigh in at 1p.m. so it is roughly about 6 hours of straight fishing. I will write about my lake experience on Sunday or Monday. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend and wish me and my friend luck.

Pics That I Promised

Back several weeks ago I blogged about some new pics I was gonna post after going for a visit at Cane Creek Park in Cookeville, TN well I never posted them. So I am finally going to put them up after much postponement.
The pictures were taken on March 29, 2011 and here they are.

This is a shot of a Canadian Goose sitting on the bank of the lake. One reason I like this shot is because the goose is in such a nice natural pose.

This is a Mallard Duck that just hopped out of the water. I love this pic in particular because you can see the water beading up on its feathers.

I hope you all enjoyed the new pictures and there will be more pictures to come I promise. This is my last week of classes and next week is my final exams. So after I am out of school I will have more time for photography, working out, and blogging too. Well I hope everyone has a great day.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone. I hope everyone has a good time with family and friends. A new regular post will be coming later this week. I have a lot of work to do for school on Monday but hopefully I will be free later that night or Tuesday but anyway have a great day and enjoy your day :)

Navy Seal Extreme Off-Road Challenge Results

This past weekend was the Navy Seal Extreme Off-Road Challenge in Cosby, Tennessee and it was a ton of fun. Me and three of my friends left Friday evening to camp out at the one of the three campsites that are available on site. It was raining hard and storms threatened but we decided to camp anyway. We put out our tents and got camp set up and went and hung out with Dan ( the man that puts on the race) at the main pavilion. Dan is an awesome guy. Down to earth, funny and super nice. After a while we went back to our camp and went to bed to rest for the day to come. The next morning we woke to cars arriving at the event. The race started at 10 a.m so at 9 we walked down the hill to get out registration stuff. I was really excited and nervous for the race to start. By the time I was standing at the start line I was ready to go. The way the course was laid out they had you run up this hill and circle around the main pavilion to the bottom of Cardiac hill. Cardiac hill is nearly straight vertical and the only way to get up it is to crawl. After you reach the top of the hill you have a little flat section before the start of long hill. Long hill is just what the names says it's a long hill that climbs in elevation from 1,470ft to 1,921ft. This hill is a quad and calf killer. At the top of long hill there is a beautiful view of all the other surrounding mountains but that only lasts for a bit. The trail quickly takes you down a steep decline down to a basin where the obstacle course is, which is a lot of fun. The course continues up and down hills till you get to the water pit. The water pit is 4ft deep and about 30 yards (90ft) long and feels amazing. Once you get past the water pit there is only a few more hills till you get to the finish line. My friend Matt came in 3rd overall place with a time of 54min:45secs. I will be honest and say I was not fully prepared for this event but look forward to doing it again in the fall. I finished 43 out of 56 with a time of 1hour:29min:42sec. I am really happy with how I finished the race. I would highly suggest this race event to anyone. It was a ton of fun, the race is a real challenge to anyone of any level of fitness(even the super fit people) and after the race you feel awesome because you can say that you finished the Navy Seal Extreme Off-Road Challenge!
Here is a few pics of the race.

This is me on the left with the black sleeveless shirt at the start of the race

Here is Dan the man behind the race

Here is everyone at the start of the race. My friend Matt is in the blue sleeveless shirt and my friend Scott wearing the blue t-shirt behind the man in the orange shirt

This is not me jumping into the water but this is the water pit

All four of use guys together after the race

left to right its Scott, Matt, Me, and Tim

Anyway I hope you enjoyed the post and there will be more great stuff to come. Thanks for stopping by.

Weigh In

As part of my fitness progression I am going to be doing monthly weight ins where I take measurements of myself and pictures and post my results on here. On March 29 I did my first weigh in and I am going to be posting the result today. As time goes on I hope to be able to look back on old posts and see results! Also this weekend is the Navy Seal Off Road Challenge so wish me luck. So here is my weigh results.(by the way the reason why it looks like I have a lazy eye is because I had an eye infection at the time)

Chest-40 inches 

Biceps- Left 14 1/2 inches Right 15 inches

Forearms (at widest point) -Left 10 7/8 inches Right 11 1/2

Waist- 31 3/4

Front View No Flexing

Side View No Flexing

Front View Flexing

Back Flexing (needs some work)

Be nice in the comments I have only been lifting for about a year now but stopped last summer and started again this fall. I went from weighting 160lbs to 185lbs and my bench press max from 195lbs to 235lbs so I have come a long way but still have a ways to go. Also I'm gonna be posting some new photography pics and pics from the race next week so watch out for that. Thanks for stopping by :)

New Name (Again)

I know I keep changing my name of my blog, but I promise this will be the last time. The reason I changed the name once again is because I not only love photography but I love fitness too. I want my blog to be a place I can share a little bit of my life with people. Just limiting it to photography doesn't truly show who I am as a person. So from now on I am going to be talking about photography and fitness mainly and also some side notes of my life along the way. Anyway just wanted to let everyone know whats up and I look forward to whats to come :) Thanks

Race Event

Well today I am going to talk about something other than photography for once. Next weekend me and a couple of my friends are competing in the Navy Seal Off Road Challenge in Cosby, TN. Basically it is 3 miles of off road running. You follow trails up crazy steep mountains, go through mud/water pit, and the course boasts nearly 2,400ft of elevation rise and fall. My other two friends ran this race last fall and loved it so I decided to give it a try. Most of you may not know it but I started lifting weights and training regularly since last spring. I love to exercise and stay fit. This will be my first race event of any kind. I have been training for a while and I am super excited about it. I will post pics and let you know how I did after the race.


Also, I have been doing photography despite having tons of school work to do. I hope to post my pics from last week on here really soon and also I hope to do some photography this weekend. I hope yall had a great week and have an awesome weekend.


Hear is a video of last falls race. You will have to skip the first little part to get to the actual race :)