1 Quarter Down....2 to go!!!

It has been forever since I last wrote. This time, I have a pretty good excuse, though! This is my senior year of college and I just finished my final photography course…the hardest one to date.

During the course we had to think of…and execute 4 projects. The first was a test run….but the other 3 were hard. Audio and pictures had to be created….edited…then morphed into a print layout and a multimedia piece. Below are links to the multimedia pieces….let me know what you think!

Rhapsody Restaurant

http://alexsnyder.com/clients/Rhapsody/

Hocking Hills Canopy Tours

http://alexsnyder.com/HHCT/

All of this is kind of sad though….Undergraduate College is ending….4 years has flown by….I feel older….and I just turned 22….so there is confirmation of my older-ness….and WHAT’S NEXT!???

I’m definitely considering Graduate School and leaning toward Bio-Science. I think a quarter or two off will do me some good though…I need time to breath a little. This year has just started and I feel done already.

On a lighter note…next quarter I will be in Scuba diving course! I will more than likely drown but for Christmas I’m asking for some scuba-oriented items. After the course is over I will become certified and hopefully I can start doing some underwater photography.

My sister Allison has also celebrated a birthday as well. She is now 11 and almost as tall as me. She shares a birthday with our Grandpa Steve as well–I share one with my cousin Alison. November is always a busy month…The pictures above are from her party.

Christmas is already looking hectic…and I guess Thanksgiving is coming first…I really dread the Holidays…mainly from all of the traveling I have to do. Within the month of December I can put about 1,000 miles or more on my car!!!

Just recently I’ve placed in a photo contest sponsored by OhioToday. After looking through my submission they also want to publish 5 other images! This came as a surprise to me…I have been too busy to think about the submission and when I got a phone call yesterday about it….I was rather amused.

I’ve got a few other things in the works as well…but with time I can give you some more information and updates!

Happy Holidays!

Alex

Little Miss Leah

I was informed the other day that my littlest sister Leah Grace wanted to run for the "Little Miss Parade of the Hills."

I wasn't shocked of course because Leah is the type of kid that will do just about anything at anytime...I'm just waiting for the call where she is going to go to skydive with an elephant...all while playing a piano and eating soup with chopsticks...she's just that kind of kid.

Well I was called in as the "official" photographer. Pretty much she needed a head shot for some wallets....but the shoot became so much more and it was hard to keep Leah's eccentric personality from shining through the images.

Some Soul

This blog post is way past due, but I have to say the end of the quarter has kept me really busy…I know I know…I always use this excuse! But at least I can give you a glimpse of what I’ve been working on.

On June 1^st the School of Visual Communication will be launching the latest edition of our Soul of Athens Multimedia website. Since we have been winning so many national awards, they have set aside a class for the students to take. I, along with everyone else has been working really hard to make this year our best yet. Check out the trailer below and please send it to everyone you know!...We want this to be HUGE!!!

http://www.vimeo.com/4856204

I’ve also been busy snapping away for not only my project but for some family events as well…every little kid in the family has had a birthday…Justin and Cooper are now 3…except Cooper insists that he is 5.

The quarter is ending though and I’m going to have a busy summer. I’ll be working for Wayne National Forest doing some photography for their PR department and then I will continue my job with Barb and Jerry at the studio (www.jividenphotography.com). I have to say that I kind of miss the schedule of a work week…it’s beating what I’ve been putting myself through lately.

I really hope I can keep updating this more often, but it seems to be the first thing to go when I get busy. But keep checking in!

Alex

Vintage

I was scanning some slides this evening and came across these two. It took some time to clean them up...dirt and all....but here are some pics of the girls before they became terrors!

...kind of amazing how fast they've grown.

PS...there's no vintage Cooper....you have to be at least 5 to have old pictures shown!...ha ha

BUSY!!!

Forgive me everyone for not posting anything sooner. School has taken up all of my time and the quarter just started. 

I haven't been getting to do much shooting lately but Leah Grace's birthday was the other day so I decided to dust off the Nikon. Just like any other birthday party there was the usual....kids...crying...and Chickens....ummmmmmm.....(sigh). 

The weather gets good for one day and then is awful the next. I really don't care too much for winter but it would be nice to have one good snow, just to get some pictures...then it can melt and Spring can come. 

Well...with the winter cold comes the inevitable WEDDING SHOWS!!!....I jsut went to my first one this morning and will be attending several more. It's really nice when they place you next to a food caterer and a cake maker...good times!

I hope to be posting more...and I do say that a lot...but someday...when I get a secretary...it will come true...

Until then!

OH....and our favorite celebrity Kelly Dishong WAS spotted this weekend and well and as usual was not playing nice for the paparazzi!!! 

Covergirl

Well, I've been reminded that I haven't posted much lately. Then again, school is getting the better of me. All of my classes are going well but are all pretty demanding. One of which is a History Through Film course...where...we study Star Trek!...Yes, you heard me correctly. In actuality, the course isn't too ridiculous however, there are a lot of interesting people in there who have a strong love for the series. 

The other day I had somewhat of an unscheduled photo shoot. I was using some new equipment and thought Leah Grace would be a nice subject. She claims she's photo shy, but she was pretty quick to pose!...LOL

I'll try to keep this thing updated more often...so my fans who live about 45 minutes away will stop complaining. Although...her posts are few an far between...hmmm