Abel Riojas Photography

Behind the scenes of Day 3 shooting for Driscoll Children’s Hospital

I teamed up with a Miami-based aerial cinematographer while I focused on stills. For this final video, we created a parade-style sequence highlighting the vehicles that support the hospital every day.

You’ll spot the operator and his monitor first… then boom — pull out to reveal the full lineup rolling in together.

Always fun when creative ideas come together like this.

Big thanks to the City of McAllen for bringing me back. It was really good catching up with old friends and seeing all the cool floats again. One of the best parts was just watching everyone get into it — people cheering for their favorite floats, and those floats with the little gold karts inside were such a cool touch.

The Whataburger float was wild (definitely my favorite), and seeing the Driscoll logo rolling by on wheels was pretty awesome too.

Grateful to be able to capture stuff like this for the city