FINAL FOUR!

Theme: Construction Equipment.  Check it!

Final in photo imaging!

These are 2 of 3 of my final exam in Photo Imaging. Whaaaat a blast!

Good vs. Evil

Today my friend Amanda and Lauren helped me shoot some images for my assignment in Photo imaging. It was intensely fun. I modeled for myself. The photos will be sent to GQ shortly. :/ Oh, and "good vs. evil" is the theme I'm shooting for. I'll post this one as soon as if completed it!

moe-foe-toe

Here are some additional photos from the shoot I did with my nephew. These are a favorites! Whaaat a ham!

Available Light... whaaaaat a relative term.

I shot my sister for my environmental portrait. Unfortunately the negatives were destroyed during development. My friend Ally was nice enough to let me shoot her. Ally is an artist and loves to paint. We set up her easels and paintings/supplies. I then posed Ally and went to take a picture. Just then, the mother ship of clouds moved in and killed the light! I was forced you use lamps. I'm happy with the outcome though!

"We're just a bunch of problem solvers okay."

-The Harkinator.

I'm old

...:(

They're baaack!

Woot has the Flips again! This time they're $89.99+$5 shipping. They are a better model than last time. Still, whhhhat a deal!

Do it! Open the box!

Through friends at school, I've discovered Pandora. This is a free internet radio station that lets you customize what you can listen to! It's pretty amazing. They're also are very particular about what they will let you do, to keep you away from any lawsuits for the music industry! Pandora, you have my blessing...

Happy Memorial Day!

Try and enjoy this dreary and rainy day. Whhhhhat a mess! Try and do the least amount possible today, the whole time eating whatever you can find.

Spring Cleaning?

Woot has a Dyson for $150!!! whhhat a deal! If you have the money I would definately get one. Hurry! I'm sure they will soon sell out.

crazy kid.

Today I played with strobes a bit. My nephew was all over the place and my brother's dog was a cry baby. I got a shot though! I can't wait till fall quarter and Advanced Portraiture when I shoot kids and animals. It's going to be a blast!

Six-armed Ninja!

This assignment was for Photoimaging 2. The goal was to take several images of ourselves and give us 6 arms! This was so much fun!

Here it is!

After many nights of staying out till 4am and waking up at 6am I've finished the Night Photography project! Ladies and Gentleman, here it is!

Red Hawhyte & Blue

Photobarn is having a photo contest next month. The theme is "Red White & Blue." I going to enter this image. It's black & white, but the rules say as long as red white and blue is clearly implied than the photo will be judged. This is also the image that I won second place with during the initial Skills USA competition.

POP MIDTERM!

Last week...or the week before... Can't remember. Seniora Finchinator surprised us with a mid-term! Luckily it wasn't a written test. We had 30 minutes to shoot an image. Once we shot the image we had to work it up and print it COLOR CORRECTED with only 2 sheets of paper. I accepted this challenge. (kinda had too) It was like America's Next Top Model. The print lab was full of people trying not to strangle each other and knocking each other over to fight for the printers. It's was the most fun I've had in this program!!! :)

There's a storm a rollin' in...

In Photo Imaging 2 we've been doing compositional work. The assignment was to compose 2 or more of our own images into one. I had fun with it and love the outcome. Super unrealistic but that's the point! :) You will probably recognize the barn from my night post earlier. Whatever, it's in my backyard!

Hello Rudy Huxtable!

My friend/classmate Tameka Pero was published! Not only published, but got the cover! Several weeks ago, she had the opportunity to shoot Keshia Knight Pulliam. She was assisted by the always amazing Danielle Thomas. Tameka did a beautiful job! Good Job Tameka! I so happy for you! :)

I got paper!

Attention Tech heads! Our final four has to be printed on the 13x19 Luster. Well, B&H has it for $80+$8 shipping. This is the absolute cheapest I have found thus far! Get it. I should be sponsored by B&H... oh, annnnnnd B&H.

Can you hold my camera?

My friend Taylor gave me a freaking Manfrotto by Bogen tripod today!!! Apparently his friend was getting rid of them. Unfortunately it was missing the quick release mounting plate. Fortunately it's a $10 peice and I bought one on Amazon! Hmm... $10 for a $300+ tripod. I'll take it! Thanks Taylor!

But they are soooo comfortable...

What is my obsession with Crocs? They are the most ridiculous and ugliest shoes I have ever seen! But I wear them... Just purchased a new pair for a whopping $2.99! Can't beat that! Oh, they are orange. They are actually the pair pictured above.

Final Four Yo!

My topic for Final Four Color Theory has been approved! I'm extremely excited and can't wait to post the pics!!! I need to Print and Critique first. I don't want to "influence" anyone... :) I need and amazing Final Four! Expect great things guys!

Vino you didn't!

This is a photo I did or the Skills USA Comp. My goal was to show the judge that I could shoot more than just outside photos with available light. I am very pleased with the outcome.

what boat? I'm on a helicopter.

Yesterday was Snellville Days, day 2 of 2. I didn't even plan on going. Fortunately, my sister made me and I decided it would be a great photo opp. as well. Well, they were doing helicopter rides! What a great experience. We got to circle around Snellville for about 10 minutes before we were hurled to the ground and plummeted to our deaths. Well, I was sure that would happen... clearly it didn't. My nephew had an absolute blast!

Skills USA

Posted on the Gwinnett Tech Website:

"Latest News

Gwinnett Tech Students Take Top Honors at SkillsUSA State Championships Six gold medalists will continue on to national competition
Lawrenceville - April 30, 2009
Gwinnett Technical College students earned medals in nine different competition categories at the SkillsUSA State Championships, taking home six gold medals and 11 medals overall.
The 2009 Georgia SkillsUSA Championships showcase the skills of Georgia's postsecondary students through hands-on competitions in leadership, health occupations, trades/industry and technical contests. SkillsUSA is a nonprofit organization that serves teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.
In addition to Gwinnett Tech's six gold medalists, GTC students also won three silver medals and two bronze medals. Winners include:
Diedrich Smay: Gold Medal in Architectural Drafting
Parnell Roberts: Gold Medal in Cabinetmaking
Ben Johnson: Gold Medal in Carpentry
Justin Beck: Silver Medal in Carpentry
Jonathan Mashburn: Gold Medal in CNC Milling
Rob Patterson: Bronze medal in Precision Machining
Damian Aching: Gold Medal in Photography
Ryan Tyrl: Bronze Medal in Photography
Kelli Hefton: Gold Medal in Preschool Teaching Assistant
Christopher Krekemeyer: Silver Medal in Welding
Paul Martini, Erin McKee and Samuel Watson: Silver Team Medal in Welding Fabrication
Also representing Gwinnett Tech were Richard George in Automotive Service, Jorge Gonzalez in HVAC, Amanda Abercrombie in Photography, and Kaitlin Thomas in Early Childcare.
The six students who won gold medals qualified to advance to the National SkillsUSA Championships, to be held June 21-26 in Kansas City, Mo.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to develop a strong workforce for America."

They spelt my name wrong... :(

I'm a little jealous. I'm not gonna lie...

So, I've been doing research on the new Canon Dig Rebel T1i. For $900 you get way more camera than you pay for! This has liveview, a 3" display screen, 3 frames a second, 15.1 megapixels, and the most amazing part of all is HD 1080 video!!! Back in March I purchased the 50D and I'm currently extremely bitter with Canon. Not only does the new Rebel have, essentially, all the major features and same quality the 50D has, it has HD video! Which the 50D does not. The sensor size is the exact same! Megapixels are the exact same! Screen size...same! The only major difference is the 3 frames p/sec compared to the 50d's 6.5 f/p/s. Which I would gladly trade 3 f/p/s for HD video. I guess I paid several hundred more for the honor of walking around and be able to hold my head high knowing I don't shoot a rebel...

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Dear Canon,

WHY!?

Sincerely,

Damian

Who knew?

So, I attempted to shoot my 2 year old nephew a while back. Man... this kid will never sit still! If I recall correctly, he ended up picking up the chair he is sitting in and throwing it... yikes.

Color HDR?

I was just informed that this photo doesn't meet the criteria for the color hdr assignment. Ms. Finch wants us to go crazy with it and have fun! She did however say she likes the photo. Well, I'm going to go shoot and have a friggin blast! I hope your ready... :)