SAVA Photo contest winners

Sacramento Academic & Vocational Academy held its own Photo Contest this month among all of the photo classes, current and past students: Photo 1 & 2. The winners earned a paid submission to a nation wide contest at Drexel University.

A total of 27 submission were received. The voting process was tough, lots of great submissions!

The winners are:

Markaya Gilmore, a Photo 1 student from the Sacramento Campus:

Victor Donato, a Photo 1 & 2, Portrait Service Learning and current Photo 2 TA from the Elk Grove Campus:

Their photos will be submitted this week! The winners get $500! How cool would that be?! Good luck you two!

More information for the Drexel University contest can be seen below:

http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/undergraduate/PHTO/HighSchoolContest/

Panning at SAVA

This past week we went out to try out luck with panning! Panning is an action sports technique used with slow shutter speeds to make a subject appear in motion. No Photoshop skills used in any of these photos! The settings were roughly around 1/40 to 1/80, in the Shutter Priority mode called Tv on the Canon T3i's. The ISO varied, some were at 400, others at 3200. The students struggled, but after a good dose of persistence, they got it! Way to go Photo 1!
 

A great visit from the Arts Institute

Huge thanks to Amanda Harper for stopping by at the Elk Grove - SAVA Campus. The Arts Institute is an awesome college for those who are thinking of the arts as a major! Amanda took her time to visit with us, show us a lot about the various programs that the college offers. From culinary to fashion design to....PHOTOGRAPHY! Thanks much! If you are interested in contacting Amanda for any additional information or questions, email her at aharper@aii.edu