...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 9TH...

* WHAT...Temperatures are going to warm significantly as we head
into the 4th of July weekend with afternoon highs approaching 100
degrees across western NV by the 4th of July, then heating further
to near or above 105 degrees over the weekend and early next week.
This will result in a prolonged period of Major HeatRisk.

* WHERE...Northern Washoe County, Western Nevada Basin and Range
including Pyramid Lake, Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area, and
Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Tuesday morning, July 9th.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events, particularly for those working or
participating in outdoor activities.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare for an extended period of dangerous heat. Drink plenty of
fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and
check up on relatives and neighbors. Try to limit strenuous
activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see
symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.

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As one of the most iconic screenwriters and directors of the last three decades, Quentin Tarantino has forged a career as a unique voice in films. Although his medium as a storyteller is moving images, there’s a lot we can learn from his path as photographers looking to find our own creative voice.

I’ve been a fan of the YouTube channel of Tatiana Hopper for some time now, and the video featured here is another in her series that examines how creative people have overcome the challenges and obstacles that they have been forced to confront along their path to forging a successful career in their own creative field. In a previous article here on Fstoppers, I discussed Tatiana’s video about the filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and the lessons that we can draw as photographers from his career. In this new video in the series, Tatiana dives into the career of the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, with a similar agenda.

As I said in my previous article, whether you are working with still or moving images, there’s a real art to telling a story with pictures. But regardless of whether your creative medium of choice is visual or not, there seems to be a set of core tenets that are an essential starting point for finding your voice in any creative field. In the Christopher Nolan video, Tatiana discussed the importance of breaking rules and bucking established norms in order to create something unique. This theme is reiterated in the Tarantino video, and in examining the career paths of these creative people, we definitely start to see something of a pattern from which we can draw valuable lessons as photographers.

There are other lessons in this video as well about just getting out there and doing it instead of waiting around for the perfect moment to start, about working with what you already have, about channeling the pain and discomfort of hard times into your art, and about knowing yourself and what it is that you want to get out of your photography.

A series of TikTok videos about a bride’s dissatisfaction with her photos spurred online discussions, with pros offering advice on how to hire a photographer.

Al Rendon has been photographing music and culture in South Texas since 1973. While his first focus was to shoot those who made music, before long he widened his focus to show a much wider part of Texas culture.

“I’ve been doing commercial photography and art photography for over 50 years,” he said. “I recently had a retrospective exhibit of my artwork at the Witte Museum that just closed at the end of May.”

Rendon’s photo of Selena was used for the cover of 1992’s “Entre a Mi Mundo” album. Rendon has spent the last 50 years doing a mix of photographic endeavors.

Now, he’s being honored with a new photo exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. It features 30 works that illustrate San Antonio’s lowrider subculture.

Rendon said some of his shots for Carros & Cultura were taken during the holiday season.

“They did a cruise through downtown, between Christmas and New Year’s. And they all lined up around the tower, the base of the Tower of the Americas over there by the Institute of Texan Cultures,” Rendon said. “And then they drove all through downtown up Houston Street. And of course, Houston Street at the time was very decorated for Christmas. And so it made for a great backdrop.”

Many lowriders have the ability to hop up and down and do other tricks people don’t expect cars to do.

“They were also hopping and they were driving on three wheels at an angle. In March of this year, there was the lowrider Super Show at the Joe Freeman Coliseum,” he said. “And they have a hopping competition and all these different types of things that they judge the lowriders on. And so that was another opportunity to get some good action shots.”

He also said that some of the lowriders have that sense of retro fashion hearkening back to the zoot suit era.

“I’ve only been doing it for a little over a year. So, I’ve still got a lot to learn about the actual history of lowriding here in San Antonio,” he said. “But some of these car owners that I’ve met from San Antonio, they’re already second or third generation of lowriders.”

Rendon said that lowriding as a passion is culturally unique.

“The thing about lowriding is it is a homegrown, Mexican-American phenomenon. It’s not something they borrowed from somebody else,” Rendon said. “These cars — they don’t come off the assembly line that way. These guys have learned how to put hydraulics to them to make them jump around. Nobody else does that except in Latino culture.”

There are several different clubs active in the city, and they’ve morphed over the years. Some clubs hearken back to the early days of lowriders in Los Angeles. Others are uniquely San Antonian.

“They have all these different clubs here. There’s the Browns, there’s the Impalas, there’s the Steelo Finos. And it’s very family-oriented,” he said. “That’s one thing that surprised me about it is how involved the families are in fixing up these cars and showing them off every weekend on Sundays and Saturdays. They have picnics, and they have cruises down Southwest Military.”

“Carros Y Cultura” will be up through Sept. 2 at the Bullock Museum. Also, Rendon will be at the museum on Wednesday, July 3, at noon to discuss the artwork. Find more information here.

A love of photography and the West started Stoecklein Photography’s workshops, and that passion continues to energize these amazing experiences.

C&I’s Stoecklein Photography Western Photo Workshop Giveaway is offering a lucky winner the chance to attend one of these unforgettable two-day workshops to see the sights and learn the skills in Idaho’s Stoecklein country.