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My First Roll of Film | Seattle Photographer

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It’s hard to tell what was really my first roll of film but it looks like we uncovered the earliest roll that I know of so far, which I shot in 1992 with my parents’ camera. Not quite sure what kind of camera it was. 1992 would be about 2nd grade for me.

We are going through a lot of old boxes right now as my mom and step dad begin to get ready to downsize to a smaller house. I believe these are all images from our home in Redmond, near Seattle. Photographers learn and change a lot throughout their lives but do you think I had a little natural talent back then?? Maybe … maybe not … !

 

Toy snake.

 

My sister.

 

Our cat.

 

 

Scholarships for Photojournalists Returning to School | Seattle Photographer

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Six grants of $4,000 each. What a great way to support photojournalists who want to be more educated and be industry leaders.

Why did they have to wait until after my graduation to create this fund?? Well it’s too late for me, but you should apply! See the full announcement below from the NPPA’s National Press Photographers Foundation.

I returned to the University of Washington Bothell to pursue a master’s degree and to be a Seattle photographer again after working at my first newspaper job at The Park Record in Park City, UT; I would have loved to see more scholarships supporting photojournalists who want to be more informed and educated.

 

 

Here is the info:

 

New Scholarships Available for Photojournalists Returning to School

The National Press Photographers Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of new scholarship money for photojournalists who have returned to school.NPPF president Mike Smith said the funds are being made available through the Foundation, the National Press Photographers Association, and a grant from the Author’s Coalition of America.“If you are a photojournalist with three years experience and your work has been published in newspapers, magazines or through agencies, and if you have returned to school in the past year, you are eligible to apply,” Smith said.

“These scholarships are particularly important now when so many photographers have been forced to learn new skills just to keep their jobs, much less find a new one. We are fortunate to have some money to support photographers who are trying to keep up with the head-spinning changes in their industry.”

Six grants of $4,000 each, called the NPPF-NPPA Career Expansion Scholarships, will be awarded this year.

The application deadline is November 15, 2011. Applicants must include a resume, completed application forms (which can be downloaded at http://nppf.org) and recommendation letters from their instructors.

Send your application materials to: Tom Hardin, NPPF vice president, 1622 Forest Hill Drive, Louisville, KY, 40205. Hardin can be contacted by eMail to answer questions about applying, and his eMail address is hardin@aye.net.