The thrill of victory

The Southwest Austin Bulldogs celbrate their 6-0 win at Bowie High School on Saturday Oct. 10, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner

My son’s peewee football team finally got their first win on Saturday.  Number 15 – that’s my boy!

Mourning a friend

Ian Campbell, left, and Joe Shaffer cry as the body of their friend Jon "Baggage" Pettis is removed from his burned home on Knight Circle on Friday Oct. 9, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Firefighers work at the scene of a fatal house fire on Knight Circle on Friday Oct. 9, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Rice

Rice. Lissie, Texas. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

This is about as abstract as it gets for my photography. Normally my photography has a very specific purpose. That is to tell a story. However, in this case I was drawn to the shapes, colors and textures of the inside of a storage container holding 400,000 pounds of rough rice. I guess I’m a frustrated artist, and this is my attempt at a modern art canvas.

Post-ACL Fest cleanup

A worker cleans up the mud at Zilker Park on Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009, following the ACL Fest. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Music fans play in the mud at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Sunday Oct. 4, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Workers began washing off the grass at Zilker Park yesterday after Sunday’s mud fest at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.  Some festival goers had a great time playing in the mud and I had a fun time taking their picture.  But it took forever to wash off my boots (below).  My colleague Jay West took this photo of me near the end of the day Sunday.

Photo by Jay West

Austin City Limits Music Festival

The 8th annual Austin City Limits turned into a giant mud fest Sunday after Saturday's heavy rains. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

The 8th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival was an epic event. Friday had the best weather of any day in the festival’s history. Saturday gave us a daylong downpour – the first serious rain ever at ACL. Sunday turned into a major mudfest.   Please check out some of my favorite photos that I posted on the Austin American-Statesman’s photoblog Collective Vision:

ACL Fest Day 1 photo gallery

ACL Fest Day 2 photo gallery

ACL Fest Day 3 photo gallery

Them Crooked Vultures kick off ACL Fest

Them Crooked Vultures, a new supergroup featuring drummer Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), bassist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and guitarist/singer Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), unofficially kicked off the ACL Fest with a show at Stubb's on Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Photos by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Final preparations under way for the ACL Fest

Greg Haygood, a lighting crew chief at Premier Global Production Company, sets up the stage lights on the AMD Stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Stage lights are being adjusted, sound systems are being tweaked and beer is being delivered Thursday as final preparations are underway for the opening of the ACL Fest on Friday morning.  I’ll be snapping photos all weekend.  This will be my seventh year covering the ACL Fest.  It’s one of my busiest times of the year, but also one of the most fun times.

A little rain before the ACL Fest

Chris Jurgenson uses a newspaper as cover from the rain while waiting in line for Austin City Limits Music Festival wristbands at Zilker Park on Monday Sept. 28, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

There was a brief shower while people waited in line for their ACL Fest wristbands today.  But if the weekend weather forecast  holds true this year’s ACL Fest should be one of the best  with highs in the mid- 80s and a slight chance of rain.   The brand new grass at Zilker Park is icing on the cake.

Jay Gordon, right, head mechanic at Blackout Signs and Metalworks of San Marcos, and Blackout employee Wes Bingham, left, install the marquee at the rear entrance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Monday Sept. 28, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Texas crushes UTEP 64-7

Texas' Malcolm Williams hits UTEP punter Greg Hiett in the first quarter at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. The play led to the Longhorns' first touchdown. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

UT assistant coach Duane Akina celebrates with safety Ben Wells and Blake Gideon after Wells got a third quarter interception against UTEP at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Texas running back Vondrell McGee runs for a second quarter touchdown against UTEP at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

UT quarterback Colt McCoy celebrates with wide receiver Dan Buckner after they connected for a second quarter touchdown against UTEP at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

UT cheerlader Jonathan Richardson does a backflip during the fourth quarter of the Longhorns' 64-7 win over UTEP at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Friday Sept. 26, 2009. The Texas cheerleaders do one backflip for every UT point after each score. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

International Day of Peace

Heidi Turpin marches with a dozen members of Code Pink in a solemn procession from City Hall to the Congress Avenue Bridge on Monday Sept. 21, 2009, the International Day of Peace. They were mourning all of the deaths in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman