My school requires four semesters of chapel credit for all students since we are a private school. I am enrolled in chapel this semester. Convocation is a more formal chapel held in our gym arena the first Wednesday of every month. We have a guest speaker from the community or administration speak to us about whatever they feel is relevant and important. This was not only my first chapel, but my first photography assignment at UMHB. Here's how it turned out: ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/80 ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/80 I am fully aware and take responsibility for these two pieces of crap. So, here's everything I know to be wrong with them. First, let me just preface with no one told me dress code for this, so I wore a tee shirt that wasn't even from our school. Therefore I was put in the stands. It was super awkward because I didn't want to move around too much. The bleachers squeak and everyone's quiet. I had a flash, and Smi...

I have been hired on staff as a photographer for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor's yearbook, the Bluebonnet. I am expected to have a lot of work put into it as a photographer and in other areas such as writing, layout and design. I'm really excited about this opportunity because I've already switched my major and decided to major in Art with an emphasis in graphic design and minor in marketing. Our staff is ridiculously smaller than my high school was, but it's the same kind of environment and work flow. This just means that more is expected of me. When I first walked in to the interest meeting the first week of school, two students approached me and asked if I was Savannah, as if I'm some kind of goddess or something, which flattered me, but still weirded me out a little bit. They seemed really nice. I later found out that one, Cameron is now my photo editor and the girl, Blair, is another photographer that I've quickly made friends with. Apparently, my ...

I was really bored in class, and I knew I needed blogs, so I tried to recreate an image. It ended up coming out completely different and not SUPER modified from the original photo. I plan to recreate the original inspiration that didn't happen today, but this is what endlessly changing my mind came up with. I wanted to play with opacity and make the layers seamlessly flow in Photoshop. This is what ended up coming out of my fourth period class today.

I was asked to take 2 year old pictures for my cousin, Lily. We had the plans for multiple weeks, but the weather was not cooperative. It stormed every day we planned to take these, so we jumped on the opportunity to take these as soon as the sun came out and dried things up. We took them behind Hardy Memorial UMC, in their field. This was the same place I had taken Kaitlyn Markham's drill team pictures. It was ridiculously sunny, and she was wearing white, so the circumstances weren't all the best, but her mom just wanted something she could have as a keepsake. ISO: 400 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/2500 I just kind of let her roam around and pick flowers because there's really no way to happily control a two year old for pictures. I think they worked out, though. 

This blog is not technically related to my actual photography, but after we had our publications' awards banquet, I think that I should follow up with where I'm continuing my education and how my photography will be working after this semester ends and I leave my photography program.  I have accepted two internships this summer through my church, Hardy Memorial UMC and ALT magazine in Texarkana. I will work these through the summer until I move into my dorm at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, August 14. I have emailed about becoming a part of the school's newspaper staff as a staff writer or photographer, but have not received any information back yet. I'm going to study education and receive a teaching certificate upon graduation where I hope to become a journalism adviser. I would also like to take on an internship in Belton with a photography studio or local newspaper. 

I attended the Texas High Publications' banquet tonight, and while I was being recognized for my awards I had won through various contests this year, it was announced by my adviser that I had won the Sharon Jacobus Memorial scholarship. There is only one winner, and the awarded amount is $500.  I was required to send in a cover sheet, an essay over the teacher that has inspired me to pursue teaching, a letter of recommendation from my adviser and a portfolio consisting of five images. These were the five that I entered from my portfolio that won the ATPI fall contest.

I created an online portfolio of my work to showcase my photography, design, and video skills and experience. I used this portfolio to look for internships this summer and received one with ALT magazine in Texarkana. I'm very thankful for this internship, and I'm very thankful that I'll be receiving my own camera for graduation from my mother.  This is the link to my portfolio which also links back to this blog, my references and resume.  savprit.wix.com/portfolio