Intro To Photography Spring Semester 2013 SLCC:
Instructor: Brand Kowallis
Final Project:
Message in a bottle: Alcoholism

    For my Final Project in intro to Photography I did a photo documentary on Alcoholism. The experience was really hard for me because it involved a friend of mine that is very dear to me. She has battled alcoholism for nearly seven years. In high scghool she was a major inspiration for me and was the first friend of mine to actually read and encourage me to write. There is still alot of life in her wilting body, but everyday it gets harder to cope. Her health has failed her greatly in the last seven years and the things she has accomplished in between battling her addiction, such as being a CNA or one of the first people to be certified in Artistic yoga, has fallen in the shadows of her addictions. The following are only a few photos taken from this project. 

Intro to Photography Spring Semester 2013 SLCC:
Instructor: Brandon Kowallis
Photo Tree Assignment:

    We designed a photo tree that I really enjoyed. The objective was to start with our favorite photographer and their three influences. We were to collect some of their work and three people that inspired them. After collecting the information we needed to create the whole of the assigment we were to go out with all our knowledge and create a photo that would have inspired them all. I did not expect my photo tree to turn out as awesome as it did. I was pretty proud of it when I was finished. The photo a captured to be the main inspiration was one of my best for sure.  

Photo Tree

Photo Tree defined