Final Documentary

These are the images that are in my final documentary:

The tree lighting ceremony at PPG Ice Rink

Light up Night attendees enjoying the PPG Ice Rink

Crowds move between the activities at PPG Ice Rink and Market Square 

Market Square during the light up night light show

A boy poses for a picture with one of the Fifth Avenue street performers 

"Burgh-man" juggling  in the streets for those passing by

A boy enjoying his new toy from one of the street vendors

Spot News

On Friday November 8, 2013 Police searched the vehicle of suspect individuals outside of Academic Hall at Point Park University. The police thoroughly searched the vehicle, and then escorted the vehicle off the premises.

Environmental Portraits

For my assignment I took pictures of Haywood Vincent and Paul Savato local musicians who have been playing together for 7 years.

Sports

In early September the Team Pittsburgh Dek Hockey organization hosted the Elite 8 Tournament that lasted one weekend  through out the tournament the Team Pittsburgh GODS did well in every game they played eventually winning first place.

Early on the first day of the tournament the GODS warm up before their first game.

#76 Jeff Gingell has his shot on the net deflected by an opposing player.

#7 Robby Roth takes a shot from mid-dek.

#21 Dan Gregory steals the ball from the opposing player.

#19 Joe Powell attempts to score by wrapping his shot around the net.

#18 Jim Daugherty scores a goal for the GODS late in the championship game. 

Feature Assignment

Alumni Matt Adams is in his second semester of teaching at Point Park, and has recently begun teaching his first intro to black and white class to freshman, working to help them learn and perfect film photography from snapping the shutter to the final print.

9/11 Vigil

This year students gathered on the evening of September 11, 2013 to pay remembrance to the events that had happened 12 years prior.

Student gather into JVH Auditorium to begin the evenings events.

Adjunct Cinema Professor Chris Sepesy gave the opening speech for the event, as well as giving an introduction to the documentary shown that evening entitled 9/11.

Senior Beth Meissner gave a speech at the vigil sharing how the events of 9/11 inspired her to join the air force.

Students lit each others candles while the song Amazing Grace was sung.

When all candles were lit students bowed their heads to share a moment of prayer.

Senior Intelligence and National Security major Ryan Howley who was the events Assistant Coordinator gave some closing words and thanked all who attended.

Cutlines

Erie Pa resident and photo printer Tom Loupe set up his stand at the 11th annual team Pittsburgh Sportsman's Bash. All of his prints were raffled off to benefit the Team Pittsburgh youth dek hockey teams.

Joe Hallo 66 year old Springdale Pa resident purchases raffle tickets for the mega 50/50 raffle worth $2,238 dollars. 

Team Pittsburgh player Cory Herschk from Pittsburgh Pa pays out the winners of the money wheel, the wheel is a very popular attraction at the Sportsman's Bash .

Earl McCorkle 75 year old from Butler Pa calls one of the 84 raffle drawings that occur throughout the day. Earl had been the announcer for the bash for 14 years. 

Chad Eglhaut from Export Pa collects his winnings from the 2:05 drawing. He choose to collect $500 dollars over a certificate for a weapon of equal value.

Final in progress

For this set of images the goal is to simply get the viewer to think about the fact that there are millions of others in the world. While we all acknowledge this fact we don’t truly understand until you really think about the fact that while you sit at a computer there are millions of other people doing the same their acts on the machine could be similar to yours or very different, but it is happening  nonetheless. The images will all be of computer screens and some of the area around them generally from the perspective of a person sitting at the keyboard looking up at the screen.

Light Painting

I used light painting to build upon the ideas I displayed in the two-light project by using the lights to create visions of the world that the person's imagination is creating as opposed to trying to see it from the outside.

Defending the Castle

Slaying the Dragon

Planes

Aerial Fight 

Abstract Texture