Giant Omission

In my rush to get that thank you post up yesterday, I forgot to thank one of the most important people: Shane McMillan. Shane was the very first person in the JSchool to believe in me when he took a chance and hired a second semester freshman to the photography staff of the Kaimin. His help and instruction throughout my Jschool years, including as my photo editor for Native News, make thanks to him long overdue. So thanks, Shane. Couldn't have done it without you. 

Hearst Piece

Last night I found out from my Prof. Keith Graham that I won 5th place in the multimedia competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Here is the link to the multimedia I produced about lung cancer on Rocky Boy's Reservation.

http://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/index_rocky.html

I feel like I need to thank all the people who helped me along the way. Thanks to Erin Cole, my tireless reporter who was with me every step; to my husband Patrick for watching the piece over and over and OVER to help me get it right; to Prof. Jeremy Lurgio and Prof. Keith Graham for their guidance, understanding and believing in me. Without them, I would not be the visual journalist I am today; and, of course, to all the people on/around Rocky Boy's Reservation for allowing me to stick a camera in their face and ask some tough questions. Thank you!

Wedding at the Davenport Hotel

Shot a 40s glamor-themed wedding last weekend in Spokane with Brandy Kiger. The beautiful couple, spectacular venue, and sunny day really helped make these photos a piece of (wedding) cake. I'll put them all up on my wedding photography website (www.alisiaduganz.com) when I am done editing, but for now here are a few favs.

MSU BBall and why I feel like a traitor

I was assigned an MSU basketball game yesterday. I'm so used to rooting against these guys that I thought it might be weird to shoot, but what I discovered is it doesn't matter much who you root for when you're a photographer. As long as they give you some good shots, they're your team. I've gotten a lot of praise for this shot (mostly because it fit perfectly with the lead of the story) and it was picked up by the AP.

The Chronicle is an amazing paper for  a photographer. Every Sunday, they devote the full backpage of the paper to photos. There are no guidelines, no rules; just whatever the photographer feels like shooting. To make it even sweeter, they also let the shooter design the page themselves. Total creative control! Here are some of my favorites from my viewfinder shoot - old, run-down barns at twilight/night. At the end of the post is the final product that will be in the paper on Sunday. 

Bozeman's Old Navy is going out of business!!

Apparently they told their employees at the first of the year that they had one month left of employment. One employee told us that she just came back from maternity leave to find out she wouldn't have a job much longer. Super lame. On the plus side - massive sales!

Wrestling Tourney

Shot my first wrestling tournament today. It's kind of a tough sport to shoot, especially if one has a "butt rule" like I do (no butt shall be dominate in a photo, see example below) but interesting none the less. 

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