Showing posts with label Syracuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syracuse. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2009

Brrr...


I dunno how I survived Syracuse! It rained and iced over in Arlington, TX today. 

Saturday, April 21, 2007

A few updates

I haven't really had time to sort through the recent boxing pictures yet... they were a lil dark :( hopefully I can pull a few out of them... take some random ones that I shot for a school project for now.

Owner Holly White, 34, situates her 1 year old "kids" Cat Doocou(left) and his brother Felix outside her house. White is a 2nd year PhD student in the Religion program at Syracuse University.

Owner Holly White, 34, works on a presentation while her cat Felix and his brother Cat Doocou stand on the couch that overlooks the front yard। White is a 2nd year PhD student in the Religion program at Syracuse University.


(from left) Senior IST major, Ryan Fee points to a piece of BBQ meat while Pepo Tonov, 21, junior finance major retrieves it for him. Fee and Jon Rances, 20, both live in the house on the 700 block of Sumner and on Wednesday they bought a grill and have been grilling for three days straight.

Junior finance and entrepreneurship major Dave Silvers, 20, talks to Kendall Snelling, 21, a junior bio chemistry major while visiting a friend who decided to grill up burgers, sausages, corn, kielbasa, and hot dogs. The tenants bought the grill on a Wednesday and have been grilling for 3 days straight.

Senior psychology and history major, Bill Finn, 22 walks home with his roommate Kyle Cantarera, 22, senior advertising and history major after a game of tennis.

Ian DaRin, 14, skates at the intersection of Sumner and Stratford where his parents reside and rent out half of their house to students.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Boxing!

I still need to work on my sports shooting skills... heres a first attempt at shooting boxing... I have two weeks to get a whole lot better for when Golden Gloves arrive! :)

A.J. Regulbuto of the Syracuse Golden Gloves gets a talk from coach Ray Rinaldi in between rounds on Saturday March, 30, 2007. Regulbuto fought in the final fight of the day against Willie Monroe of the Greater Ithaca Athletic Club.

A.J. Regulbuto (Syracuse Golden Gloves) vs. Willie Monroe (GIAC)

A.J. Regulbuto (Syracuse Golden Gloves) vs. Willie Monroe (GIAC)

Judith Nagel (GIAC) vs. Janine Gomiela (Watertown) in the 165 weight class

Judith Nagel vs. Janine Gomiela in the 165 weight class (Judith on right)

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Alexia Entry

I have been either busy with non-photo related items, or working on my same-sex adoption story. I don't think I will post much of it until I finish... so I won't be updating very regularly (as you can tell!)

I just logged on to post my Alexia entries... It's a photo competition of sorts, for the best photo essay that promotes world peace and cultural understanding.
Heres my 16... we were allowed 20 images max... anyhow this is all I have to show for now! :)



Next time you hear from me might be after graduation... and starting my internship!

My Alexia proposal
Raising children in same-sex families have been proven to be just as good as a heterosexual family. Limiting that would deprive children of caring homes.

In the year 2003, there were 523,085 children listed in foster care nationwide. Of those kid 118,761 are awaiting adoption, but only 50,144 of those waiting were actually adopted. An ongoing debate about the possibilities and legality of adoptions by same-sex couples could jeopardize the availability of caring families willing to adopt. Morgan’s original life would have been a world of uncertainty to a mom who gave birth to her from a prison. Now she is in Syracuse, NY and has moms and a brother to share her life with.

Parts of society argues that same-sex adoption should be illegal and that they don’t benefit the children. Even with those views the alternative of foster care statistically has been proven that the children are three to six times more likely to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems than those who are not placed in foster care.

The American Civil Liberties Union collected and summarized scientific studies on same-sex families and reported that no scientific studies have found that sexual orientation played any part in the psychological well-being, social development or the cognitive development of the children. It also found that children raised by same-sex couples are equal to children raised by heterosexual couples and also that sexual orientation played no part in determining the sexual orientation of their children.

In an effort to learn more about what makes up a same-sex family I have started photographing a story on a Caucasian lesbian couple who have adopted and are raising their two kids who happen to be African-American.

African-American babies are more commonly put up for adoption than Caucasian babies. Statistical evidence shows that Caucasians are more likely to abort or try to raise the child themselves. Adoption is not only good for the thousands of children who are in need of a home but they also give same-sex couples the ability to raise their own families. This takes children out of what could potentially be a life of hardships and puts them into a nurturing caring environment, which ultimately leads to a better society for all that are involved.

Limiting choices for the children needing to be adopted would mean that more children would be without a family and in turn placed into foster care.

My proposal for the Alexia Competition is to show that a same-sex interracial family, although they may be nontraditional can still prove to be a loving environment and that it benefits all parties involved including society as a whole.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Quick update... few more coming

I've set these guys to med sized to see if I like them med or large! Enjoy! some good, some alrite, but the better stuff is yet to come! :)

Photo By Thao Nguyen
Richard Spooner of Team LaBarge rides Cristallo with a time of 59.45 during the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament, held on Friday night starting with a $42,500 Syracuse Corporate Challenge and then moved onto the $15,00 Grambler’s Choice.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
(from left) Tom Ciappa, owner of the American Foundry, Mike Goldych, former physics teacher at Oswego high school, Jesse Bocinski, campaign manager of Bob Johnson, Bob Johnson, running for Congress of the 23rd district, Joanne Brace, former Democratic Election commissioner, Mary Ciappa, Chairman of Democratic city committee, and local attorney Mike Shanley crowd around the computer to get a quick peek of the polls. At 30 percent of polls tallied, Johnson had 37 percent of the votes. The Democrats of Oswego and Fulton gathered at the American Foundry in Oswego to root for the Democrats where they are a minority to the Republicans.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Micheal Morris, 18, and his new foster brother Zaw Hang Ling, 18, open up a Durian, a common Asian fruit at their foster house. Ling has been in the States from Burma since July and is still struggling to learn english. The durian which was frozen when they bought it was left out and ended up rotting when they finally opened it.


Photo by Thao Nguyen
The durian which was frozen when they bought it was left out and ended up rotting when they finally opened it. Durian is not often grown in the USA and is often imported frozen.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Residents and students of Auburn gathered for a bonfire and pep rally for their football team, which will be playing in a state tournament on Saturday.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Residents and students of Auburn gathered for a bonfire and pep rally for their football team, which will be playing in a state tournament on Saturday.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Junior Illustration major, Dan Tucker, 22, has been working at Alto Cinco on Westcott for about one and a half years where he bartends on weekdays and helps with the counter on Sundays.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Seniors Sijung Suh, biochem major, along with Kyp Hurn Lee, engineering major, and Winnie Wu, public relations major performed with their group of nine other members during the performance of Cheon Ji Korean Drummers at the stage during Syracuse University's International Festival of Music and Dance which is part of a celebration for International Education Week.

Photo by Thao Nguyen
A few portraits that I shot for fun for Alli.







Photo by Thao Nguyen
Edward Stove, 62, has been working at Brighton Bakery for 4 years. The bakery has been around for three generations, since 1928 when the owner's grandfather found it. The bakery also has a brick oven that was built by NYC masons in the 1920's and contains around 40,000 bricks.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

haunted barn!

Yay for learning to use my flash when I needed it! I was in a haunted house to do a shoot for the PS and had my tripod, a flash I gotta use on manual cuz TTL doesn't work with my camera and my camera. (camera with a broken back screen so I can't chimp and see if my exposure is off) Before yesterday every time I shot without being able to look at it (back in the film days... freshmen year) I came up with either blank frames, or extremely blown out stuff... So yay! Yay for surving as if I was still using film! Happy halloween!

Photo by Thao Nguyen 2006
Syracuse resident Garrett Morgan, 3, holds onto his fireman's helment as his father Joseph Morgan, 43, walks past dangling heads in the haunted barn. The Great Swamp Conservatory put on a Great Haunted Barn, a haunted house intended for family fun as well as an education adventure with themes about wildlife, including owls, quail, osprey, and blue birds.

Photo by Thao Nguyen 2006
Ken Ford, 47, who lives down the road plays Dr. Blood in the bloody room of the Haunted Barn. The Great Swamp Conservatory put on a Great Haunted Barn, a haunted house intended for family fun as well as an education adventure with themes about wildlife, including owls, quail, osprey, and blue birds.

Photo by Thao Nguyen 2006
Ken Ford, 47, who lives down the road plays Dr. Blood in the bloody room of the Haunted Barn. The Great Swamp Conservatory put on a Great Haunted Barn, a haunted house intended for family fun as well as an education adventure with themes about wildlife, including owls, quail, osprey, and blue birds.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

portrait one

Photo by Thao Nguyen
Joe Chen, a 2002 Chemistry graduate of Syracuse came up with the idea to open up the Tea House on Marshall street when he was still a student in school. The Tea House, which opened in March of last year has 76 combinations of drinks and flavors to try.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

A few random updates from this weekend!

If anyone wanted to know.... I LOVE my MacBook Pro!!!! :)

Photo By Thao Nguyen
Courtney Rile models an outfit designed by Hilary Gifford called "Threadlace Dress" made of ribbons, thread and silk during the Fashion Walk which sponsors the Partners for Art Education at the Delevan Art Gallery held on the night of September 16, 2006.

Complementary colors.

ASIA picnic... not really photoj but Judy looks like a dork! :)

Photo by Thao Nguyen 2006
East Syracuse Minoa Varsity football player Dayne Bennett runs with the ball as Jared Nies and Travis Suppes tackle him to the ground at the East Syracuse-Minoa football game versus Jamesville Dewitt on Friday night.

Photo By Thao Nguyen
(left to right) Lydia Kelly, 7, mom Moira (cq) Kelly and grandmother Joan Kelly looks at one of 50 quilts at the "Women of Bilical Proportion" art quilt show at The Reform Church of Syracuse on Teall Ave on Friday afternoon.

Monday, August 28, 2006

An update... finally! :)

Random scenic driving from TX to Syracuse... this is in Penn.

State fair cigar! :)

Saturday, August 26, 2006

boo

laptopless. internshipless. heatless. boo. If all goes well, I'll have a laptop by the end of September. Hopefully. Internship has no funding so it becomes an externship (work for credit not pay, once a week) I'm gonna see if I can get a waitressing job at Texas Roadhouse since workstudy isn't cutting it so well... oh and my room doesn't get heat in the winter... boo... gonna have to find a space heater... hopefully that stuff doesn't drain lots of electricity if its on all winter...

Anyhow, one pic posted prob on Monday, sunrise in Penn from my nonstop 24 hour drive from Texas to Syracuse!

And hopefully at the least 3 photos a week... and going to cali next weekend... so expect lots of pics from that! :)

Monday, August 14, 2006

Vroom Vroom

Just finished my drive back to Fort Worth a couple of hours ago... then its about 10 days before i do the 24 hour road trip... ewww... This next week, I'll be doing photo updating, fixing up the ole portfolio and whatnots, so you won't be seeing me much probably until I finish transitioning into Syracuse!

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Gov. Rick Perry

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/11/06
(Left to right) Lt. John Keith Wells of the USMC converses with Governor Rick Perry and Assistant Attorney General Jay Kimbrough during a brunch at the Governors Mansion in recognition of the first flag raising at Iwo Jima.

Photo by AP photographer Harry Cabluck. This was a fun assignment! The governor is a really nice man! :) We were comparing cameras... yay canons! Oh and as I said good bye to the Gov, he told me that when I graduate I should come back to Texas because its too cold in Syracuse!

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/11/06
Daniela Rocha and her son Jerry Rocha converse with friends and family after a church mass in remembrance of Daniel Rocha at the Cristo Rey Catholic Church. This is the one year anniversary of Rocha's death on June 9th, 2005.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/11/06
4-year-old Lizzie Jones, of South Austin came out to play with clay at the 15th birthday party of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum on Sunday. In addition to free admission and birthday cake with lemonade the Umlauf received a new logo designed by Michael Reese which is mounted in bronze at the entry wall.

Friday, June 9, 2006

Baseball and food... a first!

I'm not so sucessful using a 400mm... that and two bodies... something that I just started doing last week, but two bodies is a good thing, and the 400 is awesome... I just gotta get better at both of em! First thing I gotta do when I get to Syracuse... shot more sports... Tomorrow I'm shooting sis in the studio with the mask... we'll see how that goes! :) (since I'm coming in tomorrow and working on Sunday... well that means that I've only been away from the statesman one day since I've gotten here almost 2 weeks ago! )

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Anderson-Shiro player Ryan Brown (8) throws the ball back after Jeffrey Kiesling (5) slide for second base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Grant Griffin(22) of Thorndale attempts to steal 3rd base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Kalen Revia (8) pitches the ball while third baseman Jeffrey Kiesling (5) stands over the base at the UIL state baseball tournament, Class A state semifinal between Thorndale and Anderson-Shiro at Dell Diamond.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Mussels au saffron at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Steak frites at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Profiteroles at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

Thao Nguyen AMERICAN-STATESMAN 06/09/06
Sour lemon tart at the Capitol Brasserie located on 310 Colorado Street.

Friday, May 26, 2006

A few pics from the past weeks

Rain during Tessa's graduation at Syracuse.

Shot by Kirk in Central Park.

Frown.

These guys were shooting an Italian advertisment for winter clothing in the park.

Katz Deli. The deli where "When Harry met Sally" did the orgasm scene... pic of Kirk and Dan.

Dan in pretty light at a bar.

Cyberduckie and parents in the background. (Dad has a practicing sword in his hand)

Overachieving bro who graduated with a mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and a philosophy major. (I think I got em right)

Harbor in Boston.

Dinner with Valerie and Roderick.
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