The weekend assignment for Photography 101 was to set up a gallery.
Friday night I shot plenty at the Syracuse Area Music Awards at the Palace Theatre. In fact, I had two previous years of iPhone photos from the Sammys stored in my iPad Air, too.
Sammys Gallery, here we come.
You can click any photo for the caption.
I cropped the photos for optimum perspective and varying shapes, following what we were taught in week one.
A Syracuse Area Music Award glossary to help explain the photographs:
In 2013, (top right; second row from bottom, left) I received a Sammys Founders Award for “outstanding service and special achievement.”
In 2014, (second row, right) Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, returned to his native Syracuse for the ceremony and sang with his friends in the Flashcubes, who were inducted into the Syracuse Hall of Fame; (second row, left bottom) the James Street scene was quieted while it was bustling inside; and (third row right) The Gunrunners take the Red Carpet photo treatment.
Friday night, (top left) Scars N Stripes looked sharp from the balcony; (second row top left) state Senator John DeFrancisco paired with Hall-of-Famer Joe Whiting to present the Best Jazz Award; and (bottom) Edgar Pagan of Grupo Pagan invited an all-star array of singers to mash-up with his group.
Does the gallery work for you, and why? Which photos please you the most, and why? Would you change any of the shapes?
Mark Bialczak 
The gallery is perfect as-is, and me favorite photos are the two of you, of course! 🙂
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Thanks, Rachel. Those are Karen photo credits. 🙂
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Aww, tell her great job! 😀
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The gallery is fantastic and professional looking. I like photos of people I know or recognize so of course, your photos are my favs!
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Thank you, Robin!
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i think it looks great, mark. my favs are the one with you all dressed up and with a beer, and the pagan group shot. nice job, buddy.
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Thanks, Beth! I think this Photo 101 class is making an impression on me. Of course, the photo of me with the beer was taken two years ago by MDW Karen, but I’m glad you like that one, too. 🙂
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Wow Mark! Congratulations! And partying with SpongeBob, too! The photos look great and I like the gallery, but are those your thumbprints on the 2 shots of you??!
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No thumbprints, because they are digital, Nurse Kelly! That’s funny. I like your style. 🙂 It must have been the celebration beers somehow.
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I like the Spongebob one because I like pictures that look bookended–people on the right and on the left, interest on both sides. Your khakis have an ethereal glow about them, a haze. You must have a fancy starch. 🙂
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The framing on Tom Kenny is pleasing, I agree, Kerbey. As fort the glow of my khakis, must shrug my shoulders (st)archly.
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Ha! Hey–this has nothing to do w/ your cool gallery, but I saw two movies this week: Hundred Foot Journey AND the first Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, so you should be super proud of me for seeing 2 whole movies, Movie Dude!
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I am very proud of you for seeing two whole movies, Kerbey. ‘The Hundred Foot Journey’ was Top 10 worthy from last year. Fab. Tomorrow comes my review of ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.’ We are on the same wavelength, as usual. 🙂
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That’s on the agenda!
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You do clean up nicely don’t you, Mr. B? What a nice award you received back in ’13 which no doubt must have been well deserved. I like how you arranged the gallery, it works nicely. Muy bueno! 🙂
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Gracias, mi amiga Mrs. B. I worked hard writing about the music communitty when I worked for the big daily, and it did my heart wonders to be recognized for that 21-year effort. And I was a good-looking devil. Now I’m thinner and even better. 😉 Thanks for your kind words.
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Love the use of the gallery, super collection of photos!
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Thank you, my friend. Been missing you lately. How did the Kentucky snowfall hit you?
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The gallery works for me! Great shot of you and Sammy. 🙂
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Thanks, Red. Me circa 2013. I’ve aged two years since then. 😉
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Still lookin’ good!
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Great Job!
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Done, especially for you, Ayesha. 🙂
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I like them. The ‘shapes’ all seem to work perfectly for each shot. Well done maestro!
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Thank you, MB Colleen. 🙂
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😀
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I’m just figuring out this gallery feature myself, Mark. Isn’t it cool? You look great, by the way, and it seems a good time was had by all.
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It was a good time every year. Remember, everybody, this was me in 2013. 🙂
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I like the photo of you leaning on the bar, beer in hand, looking so cool and suave Mark. ❤
Diana xo
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There I was, Diana, me and my new Sammy. Special moment in life. 🙂 Thank you, my friend.
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very nice shots 🙂
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Thanks, Leyla. 🙂
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Well done gallery. Once everyone at the event sees this your invitation to events will soar with the hope and expectation you will create a gallery of the event. Well done!
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Thank you, JoHanna. Now I have to get my iPhone 6 ready for action. 🙂
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perfect work.
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Thank you very much, Mansa.
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The gallery works for me, Mark, especially the parts that honor your works.
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That is very kind of you, Ann. It is nice to feel that I am welcomed back there every year as a presenter.
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Nice job.
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Thank you, Benson. I’m getting better after one week of Photo 101. It was hiding in me somewhere. 🙂
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Thanks, Paul. I still know how to clean up OK. 🙂
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You look very fine dressed in your suit Mister. The gallery of photos is very well done.
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