Leo Peña Placita Park – Behind The Scenes

McaAllen / Mission Photographer Behind The Scenes

First let me say thank you to both my sons, they’ve been troopers and have gone out regularly to help me with my headshots.  We’ve  tried to show them what exactly I do and how important it is to serve others though customer service or even volunteering their time for various non-for profits.  I know one day they’ll find this and remember helping out their old dad, and the HEAT.

Today’s photo is a quick behind the scenes pic taken at the newly renovated Leo Peña Placita Park here in Mission.  (This is another one taken by our youngest).  The park It used to be an old concrete amphitheater that the city upgraded from the ground up. I was told they put well over a million dollars into it to bring it up into the 21st century and give it one heck of a makeover.

It’s located at the corner of Business 83 and Conway (right across the Conway HEB) and the redesign matches the streetscape project done a while back.  Before the revamp we took the boys there a few times during the city’s yearly citrus fiesta and they’d run up and down the center area where they had a stage.  The redesign has a lot of colorful backgrounds and cool textures.  We’ve used it as shooting location on a handful of shoots but honestly we’re waiting for the weather to cool down A LOT MORE before going out there again.