Farewell 180!

Photo by Ricky Frias

It's official!  180 is over!  These are the survivors.  We worked crazy hours, didn't sleep much and spent countless dollars to just get to this point here.  Last night was the last meeting of our class.  It was a great night.  Looked at each others calendars, ate some pizza, laughed, took pictures then went out for a drink to toast to our success.  I was fortunate enough to make life long friends during this class.  Lan, Mau, Ricky, Jerod, Courtney and of course our amazing teacher Agatha Ibranossian all made this tough class one of the best experiences of my life.  I've never enjoyed and been tortured by one single class so much.  It seems like the harder something is the more you get out of it.  I feel proud and privileged to be able to say I successfully made it through 180.  I feel like my skills have been sharpened and elevated to an entirely new level.  Thank you Agatha for knowing your subject so well and sharing so much of your knowledge with us.  You are the gatekeeper of the photography program for a reason.  You have a knack for teaching and we are all better for it.