VICA Skills USA

Congrats to Damian http://damianahching.blogspot.com/  for taking 1st in the Skills USA State competition. A lot of hard work was put into this competition and I cant wait to see Damian take it away at Nationals. It was a privilege to work with him and Ryan Tyrl http://ryantyrlphotography.blogspot.com/ who took 3rd. Way to go guys...

          Here are some of my images that I shot for the initial round of the competition. The title was Southern Life . I had a great time and met some really amazing people in the process 

       

Southern Life

What I have been up to..

Lots of exciting things to report from 09' so far. It really all started with the election excitement.  After photographing a series of events leading up to Inauguration, I found myself in Washington DC with several of my classmates and our teacher. It was an amazing day that will live with me forever. I feel privilidged to have witnessed that firsthand. Our teacher made a multimedia presentation from the photos we took. Take a look  http://gtcphoto.wordpress.com/ 

   Some of my favorite shots from the Inauguration 

Obama Inauguration20th

Im Back!

  What a great 3rd quarter its been so far. We hit the ground running week one and have not slowed since. Lots of exciting things have happened lately and lots of photos to upload. I am right in the middle of our Color Theory and Portraiture classes, and have learned a ton in Photo Imaging II. Thanks to a little motivation from some classmates I look forward to updating my blog frequently!  

Washington DC

So we finally made it home in one piece! All is well, what a historical event, and I can tell my children that I was there. More to come soon..

Large format day!!

Hooray...Yesterday was our camera check off day with the large format camera. We had to show our instructors that we know how the camera operates and that we know all of the parts to it. My partner is Josh and I am sure we will have a great time. I cant wait to get out and start shooting with this camera! Here is a peek into our day...

Ansel Adams show @ Faye Gold Gallery

I visited the Faye Gold gallery Wednesday night showing work from former student of Ansel Adams, Bob Kolbrener. I found out about the show at school and met several of my classmates at the gallery that night. It was really exciting to meet Mr. Kolbrener and hear some of the stories he had to share. How amazing to have been taught by Ansel Adams. Props to Lisa for getting him to mail her an old filter of his. Lisa asked if he saw the world in black and white and where his vision came from..his answer was simple, an old red wratten filter. We thought he was joking and sure enough he carries one with him all the time so that he can see how the world looks in black and white. What a great night! More images from the night here http://picasaweb.google.com/amanda.abercrombie

Week One

So we have almost completed the first week of winter quarter. It feels so great to be back, even though the break was too short. This quarter should be full of amazing information ranging from the learning the zone system with our digitals to shooting and developing our own 4 x 5 film from a large format camera. It should be full of new challenges and this quarter seems like it is going to push each of us more than the first. Great to be back with my photo gang!