New

I'm taking advanced studio lighting this quarter, and it's been great. I'm trying to get over my anxiety of taking lights out on location, setting up, and directing a shoot. I've been shooting a lot of sports these last few months, so I figured I would try to beef up my sports portfolio with some sport-action portraits. It's been going well, I've had a couple of class critiques on them and people seem to be responding well. I'm still trying to play around with the lights to see what I can come up with.

Women on the Home Front

I'm finally doing this project. I'm starting a portraiture project on women who were in the military during WWII.

This is Kathleen Eidson (my great aunt)

Infinite Possibilities

Infinite Possibilities from Sandy Hooper on Vimeo.

Edit: This one should be faster.

Still needs some editing, I have tons of untouched footage that I need to sort through, but this is a great start. It's the story in a nutshell.

I got great feedback in my video class about where to go from here. I need to spread out the performance throughout the whole video and clean up some of the zooms and pans. Any other feedback you have would be great!

The girls are done competing until June 1st, so that gives me plenty of time to dig a little deeper into the story.


But for now....SB 2K9!!!!!

Outtakes- Cheersport

Inspiration: Ryan McGinley




© Ryan McGinley

Park Day

Snowing one day...sunny and 80 degrees the next. Oh, Atlanta.

Out With the New, In With the Old: Scarlett Loves Rhettro

Watch it!

Defense

I did a little assignment for school the other day on R.A.D (Rape Aggression Defense). This is something all women need to be aware of and should know how to defend themselves in attack situations.


gallery


More entries to come as soon as I survive finals!

Holga love.

Finally got around to scanning some film....more to come.

more love....

Chaos

I started photographing the special needs cheerleading squad, Chaos this weekend. The majority of the project will be stills, but I will also shoot video as well. I'm still mapping out my production schedule and in what direction I want this documentary to go. There's so much about it!

Bottom line, these girls are absolutely incredible and I'm very grateful to be welcomed with open arms by Infinity Elite.

WorkStudy

This is how I spend my mornings at work. I photograph pieces of artwork, and sometimes I get a little carried away.



Painting by Tom Francis

Hello again...

I've been such a stranger these last few weeks, but school has again begun to consume my life. I finally got around to my Inauguration photos. D.C. was incredibly amazing...and incredibly cold. I did a quick multimedia for my documentary class on the celebrity of Obama through the mass paraphernalia that they were selling about him. So, here's a gallery of images, and the sailor at the end who I was shutter happy with is my brother John. He received the Sailor of the Year award, and therefore was asked to stand at attention along the Inaugural parade route.

Inauguration Gallery



EDIT: Just received these from Tiffany....awesome! Totally proves how miserably cold it was.

New Year...

...and it's going to be great.

2008 wasn't the worst, but it could have been a lot better.

I was one of the head photographers for the Chick-fil-A Bowl last night. Needless to say, I am still exhausted and my back is killing me from hauling equipment. Pictures will be posted soon along with a more fulfilling entry.

Happy New Year everyone!

Weekendings

Little Tybee's first show + friends + Majestic Diner for the second time in one day = great times.

December Day...

Such a beautiful, perfect, running day. Made a lap around the neighborhood then ran alongside the golf course. Stupid ipod headphones kept falling out of my ears because I think my ears are too small for the buds. Ended up on Collier Rd., and quickly diverted down a random street to avoid being hit by a car, thank you rush hour traffic. This street, didn't catch the name, was really adorable. The houses looked like tiny cabins, and there was a small park on the corner. Made a turn into the park and followed the trail down. The leaf covered trail ran directly into a small stream. Felt like I was in North Georgia, not downtown Atlanta.

This is definitely my new running route. Next time, I'll head down stream.

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Monster pictures by Johnny Tang.

Economy....you suck.

Earlier I informed you that you were a finalist for one of the various slots in our internship program next summer. I’m writing now with an update: Our program has been put on hold because of budget concerns. It’s still possible we may hire some interns for the summer, but we cannot make any offers at this time.

I wanted to make sure you knew about your status here, and if we learn that we can move ahead with internships, you may hear from me again.

Best regards....


Booooooooooooo.


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Spent my morning at Brock's house photographing his new band. They're so good!

This is love.

Shes my number one.

David Cross

I have several photos hanging up at Bazzaar from a show that we had a week ago. Well, last night, David Cross (Tobias from Arrested Development) came into Bazzaar with his friend Amber Tamblyn (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). Well, he walked around for a little bit and stopped in front of my photographs. So I walked over, introduced myself, and we had some small talk. He said he liked my work! So cool. Arrested Development is one of my all-time favorite shows, so that definitely made my night.

It's my....

...BIRTHDAY!


21, I thought this day would never come.

Break....

... is wonderful. I found time to actually clean my apartment, organize my hard drive, and play some guitar hero. :)

I got a phone call the other day from the president of the ASMP Atlanta chapter. Apparently, I'm the only person in Atlanta with a National Merit Membership, thanks to the Eddie Adams Workshop, so he invited me to attend their board meeting. So I went, and it was pretty successful! They asked for my input on what students and new members would like to see from the chapter. So we planned some events that involve portfolio reviews, panels with established Atlanta photographers, and some lectures on new techniques/tools in the industry. They seemed to like my input and perspective. . .so they voted me onto their board. I'm now the student liaison on the board of ASMP Atlanta. Awesome! I'm really excited to help bring in students from all over Atlanta to events, cause I know most don't come out to these things.

Birthday in t-minus 2 days!

Broken Social Scene

Basically, the best show of my life.


Anthems for a 17 year-old girl from Sandy Hooper on Vimeo.


Broken Social Scene from Sandy Hooper on Vimeo.