Archive for the 'Hallmark Institute of Photography' Category

A rainy, cold Sunday afternoon

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

When I graduated from Hallmark, I was still hungry for more photography
information and challenges, I can’t seem to get enough of this passion of
mine. I decided to pursue my masters of photographic arts from the PPOC
so that I would continue to challenge myself as a photographer. One of
the requirements is that I achieve [...]

Year In Review

Friday, December 28th, 2007

I am a news junkie. I love to read the headlines of the day and keep up on current events. At the end of each year, I love going to websites like cnn.com or cbc.ca and looking up the special reports on the year in review. I record the top headlines and [...]

Photography…..could it be any better?

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Our journey over the past year has now brought us to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My family and I are thrilled to be back and I have to keep pinching myself so that I can really believe that we are back in Canada for good!
I am settling into my new job now too. I [...]

Class of 2007 Graduates from Hallmark Institute of Photography

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

A year ago, I could not begin to even imagine all that I would learn, achieve, and do in ten short months. It has been an amazing ride and it ended with a fabulous send off, Hallmark’s Class of 2007 Graduation on June 22!
The setting was beautiful and despite a couple of rain delay’s, [...]

Front and Center

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Each week on Hallmark’s website, they write a summary of what the student’s are doing. This week, a photograph from my review is featured!
You can check out Hallmark’s site here It will only be up for a week! I grabbed a screen shot of it just in case its already gone!

The Gentle Giant

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Today, I got another once in a lifetime opportunity, courtesy of Hallmark! I worked with a 20×24” Polaroid camera! There are only six of these cameras in the world and Polaroid is on the verge of discontinuing the film! It was yet another fun and amazing experience!
The only thing I could think [...]

I Did It!!!

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Today was my portfolio review and my final portfolio passed! I am so happy and relieved at the same time!
As the day wore on, I started to become more and more nervous. My daughter had begged me to come to my review because she really wanted to hear what they would say about [...]

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