Congratulations to Amanda Gardner, Photojournalism Sports Winner of the Week.
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September 12th, 2009 was the day of our programs Portfolio Show. Two years of hard work, dedication, long hours, shortage of sleep, and countless of hairs pulled finally led up to one of the most amazing shows! All the aches and pains wore well worth the ending product of the two year success that is our 2009-2010 Graduate Class. It is a hard thing to move on after forming great friendships and being around each other 24/7 but as the graduates are excited to move on to a bright future as professionals in the photo industry, the teachers are even more happy to send them off with all the knowledge and talent that has passed through. Here are some fun photos we gathered from the night. If you view our students blogs, there have been many posts made with photos from the night.
Now that being said, today was the start of, not only the new Upper Quarter’s year, but also the start of fresh new faces to the GTC 2-Year Photography Program. New talents have shown up and we are greatly excited to see what will come of this lower quarter’s class. So ends a great 2 years of memories and a batch full of talented individuals that leads into a new beginning of raw artists full of new aspirations.
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Thursday, the 10th, the 2009 Graduating Class hung up the chosen pieces for their gallery showing THIS Saturday, September 12th at ART Station located at Stone Mountain (5384 Manor Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083). This is a great achievement that the students have been working towards for two straight years and we’re all excited about the results and hope to see you come out this Saturday to share the accomplishment!
Congratulations to Brian Hall winner of Best Portfolio 2009. Second place winner is Rosira Palmer, Third place winner is Janet Mendoza and Fourth Place goes to Peggy Attaway. Congratulations!
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Judging for the Senior Portfolio began this morning and will continue through Thursday, August 27. Thirteen judges will be judging the graduating seniors’ portfolios. The judges are professional photographers who have worked in the field of photojournalism, stock photography, architecture, and portraiture. Most of the judges have twenty plus years of experience. More to come…..
Marc Climie: www.climie.com
2009 Portfolio Judges
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Senior Portfolio grading has begun! Students brought their work in today, some as early as 7:00 a.m., to set up for the judges to grade their work begining at 9. Good Luck to all.
Zack Arias judging senior portfolio, September 26.
Gwinnett Tech Alumni, Zack Arias, will be teaching, The Many Uses of White Seamless, at PDN’s Photo Plus Expo this October in NYC. The workshop is based off a series of tutorials he has written on his blog: www. zarias.com
Congratulations to Jessica Cargle for her picture Redneck Ocean that was selected as picture of the month by GTC photo staff. Nice job Jessica!
Gwinnett Technical College’s photography student Damian AhChing made his mark at the National SkillsUSA Championships in June earning a national medal in photography.
The 2009 National SkillsUSA Championships showcase the skills of post-secondary students through hands-on competitions in leadership, health occupations, trades/industry and technical contests.
Damian AhChing, a first year commercial photography student from Grayson, won the bronze medal in photography. In addition to placing third, Damian won the following prizes:
$10,000 scholarship to CDIA Boston University
Nikon D5000
$75 to MAC on Campus
Adobe Software
A MAC White balancing card
A Skooba – Gravity Camera Bag Strap
Damian “recommends the SkillsUSA competition to all Post-secondary students. Being able to represent the state of Georgia in a National competition and bring home the bronze is one of the most amazing feelings ever. I will never forget it. ”
Once Damian graduates from the photography program at Gwinnett Tech, his goal is to utilize his scholarship at The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University. His ultimate goal is to have his own photography business, where he will be able to do fashion, portraits and travel internationally.
