I had the honor of attending a banquet to commemorate and celebrate the FFA certification of the new, revolutionary Kodiak airplane. To learn more about the Kodiak and its promising future, visit http://questaircraft.com/.

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I love opportunities to explore creative possibilities with the photos I capture. Below is an expample I had a blast with. I worked on it for the "your name" assigment in the Pop Photo contest I told you about the other day, but ended up not submitting this one.

Thank you to the folks who are leaving comments on the site! I love hearing from you and appreciate your feedback!

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A photo of a friend of mine daydreaming. Looks like she could daydream on the cover of a magazine!
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This style had been termed "experiential" portraiture.

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Beautiful Baby Levi
Adorable cousin Joseph
Cute Thane watching the ceiling fan

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Here are my submissions for the "Your Name" assignment.

Rock, scissors, paper assignment:

Doing a pedicure: newspaper, rock paperweight, manicure scissors.

Can you find the rock in this one? You got it -- diamonds!

Here is my documentary assignment. I chose the job of a logcrafter. I wish I could have submitted more than just 5 photos because the job is so varied and interesting.

Bonus assignment: take a picture of a unicorn.

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My family and friends who often act as my gracious models know that I recently competed in Popular Photography & Imaging magazine's 2007 Photographer of the Year contest. Approximately 633 people entered the competition from around the world, submitting a total of almost 5,900 photos.

To qualify to be part of the contest I had to submit four photographs. Then during the competition, Pop Photo published a new assignment in the morning which the contestants had to complete and upload by the next morning. This went on for three days.

After the whole contest was completed I had to wait for a couple weeks before I found out who won. I didn't have high hopes since my pics didn't make it into their running "favorites" slideshow.

Sure enough, a great photographer from the Phillippines won the $5,000 prize and the prestigious title of "best shooter on the planet". But imagine my suprise and delight when I discovered I was one of about 35 finalists! Three of my photos were in the finalists' gallery, which works out to being among the top 2% of all the photos! I was so surprised, honored, and humbled by ranking at all since I had entered it for the experience and didn't expect anything!

To see Popular Photography's article on the results (and my name in the finalists list -- woo hoo!!), click this link: http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4360/2007-photographer-of-the-year-marc-aviles.html

I will try to get all my competition submissions uploaded soon. For now, here are the photographs I submitted for to qualify -- a landscape, action shot, product shot and a portrait.

A huge thank you to my friends and family who helped me during those hectic 3 days. Martins, you were awesome - so helpful and flexible. Shanna, you have gorgeous eyes. Ricky, your encouragement and believing in me really keeps me going. And as always:

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Here are a few images from the wedding I shot last weekend. Enjoy!

Sean was doing such a good job smiling -- very intensely!

Poor little Lilly! This one's for you, Jerri!

Peter and Jess, you guys were a blast to work with. Thanks for including me in your special day too!

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Hello to family, friends and future friends! This is the spot to visit to see my photos, and to hear about events and news that comes my way. I will try to update my new blog pretty often, but since I've never had one before... this will be a learning process. Please feel free to let me know all your comments and ideas! :)

Till later,

Sara

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