1st Vacation in .... prolly 2 years!

Day 1:



It was an 8 hour drive... alone... with a lot of good music and terrible weather *slow, happy, smile* I saw so many places I want to shoot on the drive back and I am looking forward to it! Well, dinner was on the stove waiting for me when I got here so I hugged the family, ate some dinner, played with children, and then went outside and was blown away! I hope I did it justice. This one is straight from the camera... I have many more and will post some of them soon after applying my newly found mad ninja d&b skills! I'll also introduce the fam and show you the house... stay tuned!

Calling you all fashion photographers!

I want to try to enter this contest. I'm not sure if I'll be able to take and edit enough images in time. This link was posted on the SPS facebook page. I know a lot of you are really into fashion. It's only $25 to enter and the prizes look amazing!

It's Official!

I just received the confirmation email for being accepted as a student volunteer for the Imaging USA in Nashville! This last run with the PPA International Printing contest was incredible so I can't WAIT to be helping out again! They even have Facebook page I didn't now about! I am SOOO excited! Now, I just want to make sure everyone else who worked with PPA got their's too! Check your email friends and fellow voluteers! You should be one of the chosen!

Day 3, 4, and 5!

So days 3, 4, and 5 were very similar. Lots of judging to get down to the final Loan Collection. And then, more judging to determine the Best in Show! This experience was so great! I've learned so much about printing and have tons of new ideas for my portfolio and photoshopping technique.



Amanda, Damian, Lauren and I even had a little judging of our own....

1 Sale a Day!

So maybe it's not professional but I think it's cool!

Day Two!

The work continued today at Gwinnett Tech during the PPA Printing Contest. Today was incredible! As volunteers we worked behind the scene with the judges in the judgment process. We loaded the image to be judged, introduced it, listened to the judges discuss and decide if the print was merit worthy or not. I think after Wednesday I'll be hearing, Merit print and Non Merit in my sleep! It was a long day but the discussion between the judging panel has unmeasurable amount of wisdom when it comes to the printing process! I am learning so much and know I will be a better photographer for participating in the event. I can not wait for the rest of this week!

Well, day number one is under the belt for the PPA International Printing Contest. We did a lot of building and set up for the next four days. Its a solid beginning for a great production! I can not wait to see what the next few days have in store! Here's a few quick shots from earlier today...