GTC Holiday Portraits

Its that time of year and the baton has been passed down to us. Each year at GTC the upperclassmen build and design the set for our Holiday portraits. We shoot for two weeks in November and the profits from the portraits pay for our portfolio show next September. I have been overly impressed with everyones hard work. The set is fun, whimsical and colorful! Everyone has a part in one way or another and it is really paying off for us. We should have the set finished next week. Check out our blog and be sure to come by for a great family holiday photo!

Where the wild things are

I got back today from the Magnoliafest in Florida. It was packed with great weather, music, friends and lots of shooting. Each festival there is something new and unexpected. Lots of street performers, people dressed in weird costumes and people who dress that way everyday. I am pleased with my images and cant wait to edit them. I spent a great deal of time with the fire dancers this time and some of them turned out really neat. Lots to come!

MagnoliaFest 2009

This weekend I am heading out for a camping adventure! A few days of great shooting, my favorite bands and some peace and quiet. I cant wait to shoot this weekend, I always get fun photos from this trip and I haven't been to shoot since I got my new camera back in the spring. Hooooray!!

   

Sports Illustrated

Today we watched a behind the scenes video on sports illustrated and the photo editing process. It is fascinating and defintely a place where there is no room for tears or hurt feelings. An Image was shown that has haunted me a bit all day, in a good way. I can't stop thinking about it. I guess because it is so different than images out there. I hope that I am able to produce images that stick with people throughout the day. I want to know more about this image now, and the events surrounding it.

1st Page on Google

So I "google" myself frequently now. Only so I can keep track of my blog and images. I was married last year and just recently changed my name, I pretty much fell off the map! Three weeks ago we started new blogs with each of my classmates connected. In just three short weeks I went from being untraceable as Amanda Gardner, to being on the first page. My goal is to make it all the way to the top. There is another Amanda Gardner out there, she is a pro photographer and her stuff is pretty good! Looks like we all need to keep blogging and "googling" each other, its working :)

Photojournalism Seminar Volunteer

I was selected today to be a volunteer for the Atlanta Photojournalism seminar in December. I am so excited, I have been posting about this for weeks now and I cannot wait to go. I do suggest everyone come it should be an incredible four days. I am really looking forward to see things from the inside and just to be in the presence as some of these photographers is enough for me. I will be posting lots of details over the next few weeks. So fun!!

I am really interested in catching David Labelle's workshop on photographing the homeless and giving them a voice. It should be informative with some beautiful images!

Favorite 10 Images and Flickr

Last week our Multimedia teacher Mr Jones asked us to put together our favorite 10 images and create a new flickr account. I already had one, but it needed some work and I decided to start from scratch and really work hard on creating and marketing my business well. It was really cool to put together all of my images. Each one of them have a very different story to me, and really reflect where the last year has taken me. Check out my flickr account to see what I have been up to.