1st Six Weeks Project

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(courtesy of Cluuur)

And we're off!

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So this was during the summer. I came up here to work on some stuff the week before school started and I saw the sophomores painting the pit. So I grabbed a camera and went to go shoot it. Just as I got there I Potter walked by and was like "I was just about to call you to get someone to shoot this!" It was cool to feel on top of everything, even if it was just for that day. Not much else happened. It was pretty basic. I did think that they were smart for getting that sprayer thing. 

Painting Posters

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So, since the first game of the year this year was the Texas vs. Arkansas game the cheer leaders wanted to make banners for the senior football players. They invited the band seniors and drill team seniors and me because I'm always with them. Thinking only the way a brain washed photographer thinks, I brought my camera to take pictures. It was a lot of fun because I got to participate and take pictures, which is my favorite combination. There wasn't a lot to shoot and I don't think it was ever used in the yearbook, but it was nice to be a photographer again.

Meh, Tennis

Bucketlist!!

I Leave My Work at Work

Getting Organized!

Homecoming, Homecoming, Homecoming

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AHHH!! I love helping with adorable things like this! Caroline, Woodsies and I took Kenzie and Sabrina up by the cafeteria to "practice head shots". While Kenzie was modeling away Jacob (her boyfriend) snuck up behind her and held up a sign that said "Homecoming?" As demonstrated above ^^^ Then I laughed and said "Hey Kenz! Come look at this!" And then she saw the sign and said yes! It was adorable! Oh how i love when photography brings people together!

What a night!

So not much could happen in a 4 hour period right? Oh, so wrong. The night began with laziness, from the seniors anyway. After waking up at 5am to cook for the bacon fry there wasn't anything we wanted to do but lay down. So we did; we laid on the field for an hour until it was time to get down to business, and this is when the fun began. There was going to be a lot of first and lasts happening tonight. It was the first game, Caroline and Amy would be working on our first sound slide (which put us down 2 seniors), it was the first time the newbies were shooting football, it was the seniors last Texas Arkansas game and possibly the last Texas Arkansas game ever. Therefore, the pressure was on. It began like normal, a lot of scrabbling to get into position, making sure the newbies knew what was even going on, and a lot of frustration from the seniors because we were so out of practice. After having my fun with the BigMa in the first half, I faced reality and knew that my time and skills would be better spent shooting sideline action. So, I pranced positive self over to Smith and asked to borrow his wide angle cause I had some pretty nifty photo ideas. Thus became the pictures above. The top was shot when they were running out for half time. This was not my first time in the tunnel, but it was the first time I had the courage to sit down whilst in the tunnel, and Im quite happy with the image that was produced. The bottom one was one I had thought of earlier that week when Smith was explaining how to shoot football to the newbies. He was reminding them that the stuff on the sidelines was just as important as the football itself, especially coach/player interaction. Then I had an epiphany and thus came the picture! It required quite a bit of waiting and a few mess ups but i finally got it right. This is when the night went down hill. I was all excited about my pictures and was rushing to go take my card to the press box so my picture could on the online newspaper. I set my camera on top of my bag took a few bouncy strides only to stop in my tracks when I heard the bone chilling sound of your precious camera attached to your teachers favorite lens hitting the concrete. I turned around and saw the beautiful lens split open. Immediately I began to panic, like having a serious panic attack. The rest of the game is a bit of a blur, but everything turn out well and I learned an incredibly valuble lesson the hard way. When your're not using your camera PUT IT IN THE BAG and make sure THE BAG IS CLOSED. 

Shelia

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So, this is a fun little story. Mary Claire was in charge of getting the pig for kiss the pig this year and when she went to check on getting one they told her if she wanted one she'd have to get it right then. This was about a month before the Texas vs. Arkansas game. Well she got the pig and kept her as a pet. Her name is Shelia. The newspaper was wanted to cover this silly story so I gladly took the assignment to take pictures of Shelia. I mean she's adorable, who wouldn't want to take pictures of that?! Well, I knew it wouldn't take very long so I thought I would go before church on Wednesday night. That was not my best idea. Even though Mary Claire kept her pin as clean as she could, Shelia is still a pig and pigs smell! Shes small so of course I had to get on the ground to shoot her. Eww. Eww. Eww. Needless to say I was disgusting, but hey, you're not trying if your butt isn't dirty! Thank goodness my best friend lives on the way to my church so I ran in washed up a bit and changed clothes, so it all turned out good!