My Friend Jaime' is Kind of a Big Deal

So our dear, dear friend Jaime' (hey James!) is a photographer for a newspaper in Jonesboro, Ark. This weekend he was shooting the Arkansas State University's football team, the Red Wolves, as they took on Texas Southern University's Tigers. ASU beat them into submission 83-10.

Which I really don't give a shit about, except that my friend Jaime' totally rocked out with his cock out and took two photos that were featured in the Houston Chronicle. He's credited as James Byard/AP, and his work was picked up accross the country. I mean literally his photos are in every major publication in the United States today.

Having working intimately with James -- four years ago at the Conroe Courier I was a writer and he was a shutter bug -- let me tell you that he sure has come a long way from photographing twin cows born on Valentines Day named Val and Tina. (I'm not even kidding a little bit.) And while Jaime's work has always been spectacular, its good to see him finally get the recognition he deserves.

One day I will be saying: Hey, that famous photographer James Byard. Yeah, he's totally one of my best friends. In fact, he's such a close friend that he took our family portrait for us -- probono, of course. And yes, I am the owner of the original print of his famous photo Two Cows, One Cup.

Seriously, James, I am so proud of you there just aren't words.