Central Coast Throwdown II

Last week was a whole lot of fighting. My brother came to visit me in Salinas and train for an upcoming fight at Rocks Boxing Gym. Every other day I got to sit in a steamy gym and watch my baby brother get beat up by recently turned professional boxer, Adolfo Gonzales.

I’ve come to two conclusions while watching Sam fight:

1) When it comes to family, I often have trouble taking photographs because I am too much of a fan.

2) Adolfo is really fast, and Sam is really tough.

So instead of pictures of Sam getting hit in the face, I’m posting photos from the Central Coast Throwdown II last weekend at Palma High School. Sam and I were fortunate enough to cover the this together, as he took notes on each fighter. We were also pleasantly surprised by the quality of competition. Here are a few of my favorite frames in a new flash slideshow format.

Spirit West Coast

I’ve been working for the Salinas Californian just over a year now, and the first event I’ve covered twice for the paper was Spirit West Coast. Here are a few images from this year’s Christian music festival and a short video at the bottom of the post.

Christian music misconception from Conner Jay on Vimeo.

Cowboy Action

I shot a lot of rodeo action last week. Here are a few of my favorite peak action moments, and a few frames of totally gratuitous violence involving bulls.