Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Eyes on the Prize

Our photographers are football players, head cheerleaders, state cross country champions, GT students, baseball stand-outs, JROTC leaders, basketball stars, swimmers, soccer players, band members, and academic decathletes.   They excel in subjects that make my brain hurt, and perform with passion in theater and dance.  Many of them work a part-time job (or two) and volunteer on their campus and in their community.  Their parents selflessly serve our country, and they follow along; sometimes attending more schools than I can count on my fingers.  They are kind, funny, selfless, dedicated, creative kids who make me want to come to work every day.   

Which is why it makes it so great when someone else recognizes what I see every day: 

Yesterday  the Association of Texas Photography Instructors released it's list of winners for their annual Fall Photo Contest.  There were over 6500 entries from schools in Texas, California, New York, Kansas and Oklahoma. 

Cole photographers took 33 awards in various categories, with one 1st place, three 2nd places, six 1st Honorable Mentions, and 23 Honorable Mentions competing against numerous large 6A schools and elite private academies.  

I could not be more proud of all their hard work.  In just two and a half months, they covered studio portraiture, action photography, still life, environmental portraits, advertising, nature, and architectural photography -- and they did it fabulously!

I also must commend our outstanding models -- all of *my* kids -- the ones that I teach, the acrobat I "borrowed",  and they ones that I make clean their room and do their homework.  ;)

Below is a gallery of their winning work.  The numbers in parenthesis are the number of entries in their specific category.  


Alec Oilar
Honorable Mention
Beginning Informal Portrait (214)

Katie Bemis
1st Place
Beginning Advertising (66)

Katie Bemis
Honorable Mention
Sports Action (113)

Makenna Clark
2nd Place
Beginning Advertising (66)

Terra Cross
1st Honorable Mention
Beginning Advertising (66)

Terra Cross
2nd Place
Beginning Sports Action (113)

Madeleine Detwiler
Honorable Mention
Beginning Informal Portrait  (214)
Hunter Duplessis
Honorable Mention
Advanced Advertising (104)

Samantha Ekberg
Honorable Mention
Beginning Architecture (182)


Samantha Ekberg
1st Honorable Mention
Beginning Portfolio (10)

Ekberg

Ekberg

Ekberg

Ekberg

Anthony Fuentes
2nd Place
Advanced Advertising (104)

Sarah Haftorson
Honorable Mention
Beginning Cell Phone Image (128)

Sarah Haftorson
Honorable Mention
Beginning Studio Portrait (50)

Sarah Haftorson
Honorable Mention
Beginning Still Life (158)


Ra Hatep
Honorable Mention
Beginning Informal Portrait (214)

Ra Hatep
Honorable Mention
Beginning Open (172)

Delaney LaBruta
Honorable Mention
Beginning Advertising (66)

Samantha Lee
1st Honorable Mention
Advanced Animal (301)

Samantha Lee
Honorable Mention
Advanced Architecture (303)

Samantha Lee
1st Honorable Mention
Advanced Informal Portrait (510)

Lily David
Honorable Mention
Beginning Fashion (30)

Tyler Mamere
Honorable Mention
Beginning Advertising (66)

Brenda Marafioto
Honorable Mention
Faculty (103)

Emily Mazak
Honorable Mention
Still Life (158)

Faelany Melendez
1st Honorable Mention
Beginning Nature (347) 
Patrick Moloney
Honorable Mention
Advanced Still Life (270)

Tina Owens
Honorable Mention
Beginning Animal (197)

Tina Owens
Honorable Mention
Beginning Open (172)

Tina Owens
Honorable Mention
Beginning Open (170)

Erin Sanders
1st Honorable Mention
Beginning Still Life (158)

Alex Vincent
Honorable Mention
Beginning Open (172)

Hannah Wafford
Honorable Mention
Beginning Fashion (30)

Joe Watson
Honorable Mention
Advanced Architecture (303)

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