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The Miami Valley Career Technology Center Graphic Commercial Photography students once again found success at the annual Woodland Cemetery Citywide Photo Contest this year.
According to the school, MVCTC had three first-place winners, each receiving $50 awards, and four second-place winners receiving $25 awards. There was also several honorable mentions.
The MVCTC Northwest-area first-place winner in the Open Division 18 and Under category was Amanda Turner from Tri-County North with “Take A Walk with Me.”
Honorable Mention went to Chyanne Moore, also of Tri-County North, with “Replication of Passion.”
In the In Search of Patriotism 18 and Under Division, first-place winner was Nathaniel Flora of National Trail with “Forever List & Forever Loved.”
In the category Forever Elegant 18 and Under Division, an Honorable Mention went to Nathaniel Flora from National Trail with “Loving Thoughts.”
The Woodland Citywide Contest is a peer competition of photography students, which allows students to enhance their portfolios.
Senior Graphic Commercial Photography instructor Jay Vada said, “Our student photographers always look forward to this event knowing that they are not only competing with their classmates but also with other photographers from the Dayton area.”
“Every year we have competed, it seems that a few students always manage to place within the top categories.”
Vada said the students arrive in the morning and work the Woodland environment for three to four hours until they are satisfied that they have captured images worthy of competition and exhibition.
After awards are made known to the students, contest winners attend a formal recognition ceremony at the Woodland Arboretum.
The winning photographs can be viewed at www.woodlandcemetery.org.
MVCTC offers a two-year program and upon completion students are able to pursue careers as portrait photographers or freelance photojournalists.
With additional training, they can become medical/forensic photographers, commercial photographers, self-employed studio owners or managers, or digital imagery technicians.
For more information about any of the career programs offered by MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com.
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