February 2012
1 post
The bright stars
“a bright star usually has a short life. it lives a life of great ups and very tough downs. every success it has is so huge that trying to triumph over it the next time is so difficult to do. chasing the dream as it slips away like a greased serpent, they can only imagine how great it used to be. they will never peak again and in the downward spiral, the light grows extremely dim. They hit...
November 2011
5 posts
Who you are today
”Who you are today is not who you will be tomorrow. You have the ability to make change and adapt to a new tomorrow. Wake up and take a look at a whole new you. the time is now” Andrew Manley.
In to the future
”A photograph is a frozen moment in time. It’s job is to tell a story. Tell the world what you witnessed. It’s almost like having a superpower… you can’t see the future with it, but you can see all of the past and that in turn can help you see the future.” Andrew Manley
having the balls...
“All of the wrong you have done in your past, you can make right. Not everyone can do this cause not everyone has the balls. If you find that you are brave enough to take this path, you will find humility and redemption at the end of the tunnel. Start living your life right. It’s your life…. success or failure, only you can blame yourself for the outcome” andrew manley
a dangerous game
”mediocrity is the real killer of dreams, dont play that game” ~andrew manley
At the top
“Today we got a little bit older. As we age, we gain wisdom but this is not the case for everybody. Not everybody “gets” it and unfortunately this is the world we live in. Live your life the way you always dreamed of but in that journey, all the people that you hurt and manipulated will ultimately get the last laugh. Being alone will only get you so far and when the time comes to...
October 2011
2 posts
State of being
“if you think you are a winner, then you are a loser. only winners know that they ARE winners. there is no doubt. there is no question. there is no bullshit to cloud the mind. its time that you stop fucking questioning your state of being and become it. otherwise save yourself the time and trouble but more importantly, mine…” andrew manley
perspective
it’s funny… you get 10 people to watch the exact same thing and you will get 10 different answers on what they saw. people have a way to really fuck shit up. instead of being objective, they apply their life to it. don’t always believe what you hear because depending on which drama queen you heard it from, that will ultimately determine what you make up in your head. hearsay is a...
August 2011
15 posts
"Dustland Fairytale" The Killers
A dustland fairytale beginning Just another white trash county kiss In ‘61, long brown hair and foolish eyes He looked just like you’d want him to Some kind of slick chrome American prince A blue jean serenade and moon river, what’d you do to me? I don’t believe you Saw Cinderella in a party dress But she was looking for a nightgown I saw the devil wrapping up his hands...
WAY BACK
we are taught many things in life. some things are just inherent in us. like its been a part of us since we were born. sometimes we see something and know that its gonna be apart of us for the rest of our lives. these moments define the rest of our lives. very few will know what this feeling is like. fortunately for me, that moment is when i met my wife. all the way back to Aug 1995. That’s...
life is so ironic
funny how things seemed different when you were a kid. summers were long and full of wonder. daydreaming about wanting to be a teenager was so cruel because it was still years away and there wasnt a damn thing you could do. you grow up and all you can do is think about how great it was waking up on saturdays just to watch xmen while eating a bowl of apple jacks. life is wanting and desiring what...
big dreams
you should create big goals. goals so big that motherfuckers will laugh at them. goals that will take you 10 years or longer to achieve. build it step by step and keep up with it like its your religion. once you get to where you need to be, dont look back and tell people that you did it. get to the next level and build another ridiculous ass dream. keep building dreams until you die. that is the...
floating away
im on a boat. i stare at you as i float away. you stand there wondering where i am going wishing that maybe there was room for you too. as i disappear far into the horizon, you wonder if you should have taken the leap with me but now its too late. i am out making moves. whether i come up or break down, i know that i took a chance to see what was out there and that is more rewarding than just...
my keys to being rich
i believe the richest people in the world are the ones that are surrounded by amazing family and great friends. a man is truly as rich as the people he keeps. if you have no friends and family, you arent alone. the greatest gift is that we have the power to create new friends and family from scratch. a little bit of love, care and commitment, you can build your wealth of richness. its not easy,...
a humbling experience
been humbled a few times tonight. it is honor and a privilege to be able to help those in need but even more so when it is someone very close to you. i am glad that i have the ability to do so. today i can say that i am proud of what i have made for myself. when dreams and reality combine into a single entity, you know you’ve made it. ~andrewmanley
settle
People tend to want things they cant have and have things they dont want. Stop settling. You can reach your dreams faster that way. ~AM
the greatest joy
this world is made up of a lot of things that deter us from the true happiness that exists. its different for everybody at different times but the joy that i had when calvin was born, well it made me…. a father. speechless and in complete love over this baby that i barely knew, we were connected in that nanosecond for all of eternity. he is my son and i love you to no end. there is no...
FUCK YOU STUPID FUCK
i fucking hate stupid ass people. fuck you. ~andrewMANLEY
"you bus"
If your life is full of regrets, its cause you made it that way. The only person that feels sorry for you is you. Stand up and take control on your destiny. Only you drive the “you bus”. andrewMANLEY
free
“you want to be free yet you dont want to see. you breathe carefully only to realize that the moment of truth is upon you. you are frantic and your heart pulses endlessly as you realize that the chains that lock you down become apart of who you are. you flap your wings and the harder you try to break free, the more the pain indulges your body. you feed off the misery and sorrow, this is...
your "success" is in my way
“your success is not my success. success is in the heart, a winner from the start. what you do has no bearing on me. i blaze my own trail. a path where others will follow. you cannot touch me, not because i am better than you but because i created it, owned it and passed it. this is my world, the things i do and say here, are from my own doing. has nothing to do with what the fuck...
i just realized
so one day you wake up and realize that life is scary. you grow up a little bit and then everything is just like it was but not really. everything is changing so you are forced to change. life is a constant battle of realizations. what we know today is not what we know tomorrow. your position now is just that, now. metamorphosis is a change of the heart and soul, not of the external...
The wife says...
So long ago, I opened this account so that I can share behind the scenes of my photoshoots but that idea never took off because I became too busy with all the crap in my life.
Instead, I have started to write more about things pertaining to my life and how those realities are life truths. I try to write in a way that can be general enough to hit the masses but also specific enough to have a...
March 2011
4 posts
American Idol
so after a long day of work, i come home to my wife watching american idol. i dont remember the last season I’ve watched because… well because the show is fucking retarded.
how so you ask? where should i begin. well i guess the best place to start are the judges. the most fucking retarded guy on the panel is randy. i watch one girl sing and guess what he has to say? thats right…...
just take a moment...
my intended objective for this blog was to talk about the work i produce but i realized that ill most likely talk about whatever i feel like. so if you don’t like reading about what i have to say, just look out for the photos but those will also be followed up by my words…. so FYL… lol
i’d consider myself a pretty observant person. if you know me well, you know that i...
this week i’ve had to let a dear friend go as my scheduling assistant. you see, “Pro” is an artist, he raps. Since he moved down to Pomona from Fresno, he’s been on the non-stop grind. he’s very talented and works harder than most people i know. he never bitches about anything and he does everything with a smile. so why did i let him go? the answer is simple… he...
another blog?! fml
so against my good judgment, ive started a blog for the photography work i will be producing from this day forward. to tell you the truth, im really bad at keeping up with blogs. its way too much work and i rather be spending time with my son or one of the millions of other things that distract me on a daily basis.
ive created many blogs and i have abandoned all of them. fml…. im pretty...