Andrea Johnston Photography

Sara at MOCA NYC

2011-08-27T23:11:00.001-07:00

Photo illustration of Sara B. at the MOCA, NYC.

Krishna's Birthday

2011-08-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Krishna had a birthday. On this day, to celebrate, the Indian people crawl on top of each other to make towers to reach pots of yogurt suspended above the crowd. Legend says that Krishna, as a child, was forced to elicit the help of his friends to help him get the hanging treat.

A bit of Mumbai

2011-08-21T04:35:00.001-07:00

I recently moved to Mumbai, India. Here are a few things I've seen.

Kevin's Art

2011-06-20T14:22:00.001-07:00

My brother, along with being an amazing singer/songwriter is also quite an accomplished artist. Here are a few of my favorites.

Dinner with the Family

2011-06-05T17:15:00.001-07:00

Saaron

2011-06-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

New York

2011-05-26T21:20:00.000-07:00

Pit stop on the way to Mumbai.

Field Day

2011-05-17T16:17:00.001-07:00

2011-05-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

My little bro.

Easter

2011-05-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

The Jonny Age

2011-04-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

I made up Jonny today.

Allie Mae Turns 1

2011-03-07T17:03:00.000-08:00

Dad

2011-02-27T14:20:00.001-08:00

Just Because I Love Hawaii

2011-02-20T19:00:00.000-08:00

The Mandala Project

2011-02-01T19:34:00.000-08:00

My gifted readers learned about Mandalas this week. They studied how Mandalas tell a story, starting in the center and moving out, using only symbols and color to evoke movement and mood. Our theme in reading this year is Cyclic Patterns of Change. I asked each student to make compare themselves to color, animals, songs, numbers and other symbols that they believe represent who they really are. I took their Mandalas and created this, a sort of Mandala quilt that showcases how we, as a class, are all connected and vital to the success of our shared learning. As we move into reading Madeleine L'Engle's brilliant book "A Wrinkle in Time," students will examine what makes them tick. How they fit into our global community, and what really is at their core; their center, and what they stand for.

The Taj

2011-01-23T11:37:00.000-08:00

Resumé Builder

2011-01-09T19:18:00.001-08:00

Commerce

2010-12-29T11:33:00.000-08:00

New camera.

Boys Don't Date Girls With Dead Mothers

2010-12-19T10:33:00.001-08:00

This is an amazing documentary project my good friend Beth is working on. Please donate and help her vision come true! Every penny counts!

2010-12-12T18:09:00.000-08:00

Kevin Johnston's Band

2010-11-08T17:01:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2010

2010-10-31T10:15:00.001-07:00

Move

2010-10-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

Rivers that turn into ponds, start to breed mosquitoes.
Time to get moving again.

My Brother's Music

2010-10-22T20:39:00.001-07:00

2010-09-26T14:24:00.001-07:00

Kirbie

2010-08-29T20:50:00.001-07:00

The Taj

2010-08-29T19:55:00.001-07:00

From last summer, still not done with my India edit.

Baby Pinky Collection

2010-08-13T19:34:00.001-07:00

Headshots

2010-08-10T21:42:00.000-07:00

Allie Mae

2010-08-08T15:08:00.000-07:00

6 months old!

Welcome Post-Card

2010-07-23T16:45:00.003-07:00

My 5th graders are coming soon, so I thought I'd design a postcard to send them.

New York

2010-07-21T22:04:00.001-07:00

Train Station

2010-06-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Relay 4 Life

2010-06-04T21:28:00.000-07:00

Dharmsala

2010-06-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

Ranous Family

2010-06-02T22:11:00.001-07:00

Palliative

2010-05-17T18:24:00.000-07:00

My friend Beth has the most amazing job. She's a Palliative Nurse.
That means she helps people die. She makes them comfortable, surrounds them with the things and people they love, gets them whatever food they like to eat, keeps them company when they are lonely, and provides them with comfort and love.
I think everyone should have a Palliative nurse. But all the time. Not just when they are dying.
I think dear friends are like Palliative nurses. They help you transition through tough times with ease and grace.
They surround you with the people and things you love so that when your old self dies, your new self will be filled with the happy.

Thanks to my Palliative Nurses:
Kevin J.
Beth W.
Jill V.
Beth E.
Cortney W.
Mom J.
Susan S.
Greg G.
Jaime E.
Jacinda E.
Dana B.
Dustin S.
Ellen W.
Stephanie N.
Sara C.
Martin F.
Misty D.
Aaron B.
Atom V.
Katrine B-G.
Sandy C.
Susan G.
Mary M.
Amy C.
Jonny S.
Kendra L.
Susan E.
Auntie G.
Uncle J.
Joanna G.
Bill B.
A.J Jacobs
David S.
Elizabeth G.
Deepak C.
H.H.D.L
Sidney B.
Geshe-la

and countless others.

Destiny

2010-05-16T19:05:00.000-07:00

Many people don't give the notion of destiny the credit it deserves. There are, in fact, critics who completely dismiss the idea of fortune, claiming life doesn't have a grand scheme. I however, have hard evidence to the contrary.
Consider this: In 1994 I entered college and opted not for a degree in the art of lucrative business, but rather a degree in the art of, well, art. I couldn't bear the thought of working behind a desk crunching numbers. I longed for a life full of excitement and adventure! One in which I could inspire students and famous people to save the world.
So, I picked up my life in Colorado and headed west to California where I learned to surf, badly. Finding a job where I could inspire all of humanity in LA with little to no experience was virtually impossible, unless you personally knew the cast of Beverly Hills 90210. Which I did not. And anyway I missed the mountains. The real ones. So, after a year of pouring coffee and dazzling my friends with my wit and charm, I packed up the Honda and headed back to Colorado.
In order to live the life of excitement and adventure I so desired, I decided that teaching would be the best avenue to get there. My parents are both teachers, and so are my grandparents so I figured I’d have a genetic disposition for the profession. Turns out I was right. I LOVE teaching! What a treasure to interact with students. Immediately, I was hooked and taught for 5 years until the economy tanked. I needed to find supplemental income. STAT. Slinging coffee didn’t appeal to me so I wanted to learn a trade that I could eventually teach and one that would make me extra cash. I headed back to California to learn how to be a journalist.
My second experience in the Sunshine State far exceeded my first. I still surfed badly, but this time a community of creative people surrounded me. I thrived in journalism school and couldn’t wait to share my new passion with students.
Little did I know then that my passion for teaching journalism would lead me to Arkansas. The deep south. The deep deep south. All I'd ever heard of the deep south was that that's where people who sleep with their sisters live. In Arkansas, I worked with university students teaching them how to film and photograph people. We traveled to India where we worked closely with the Tibetan people who lived there. I found my heart in India. I was finally doing what I was destined to do: tell stories.
My time in India was one of the most amazing teaching and learning experiences I’ve ever had. Excited to share my travel experiences with my family, I headed back to Colorado where, as fate would have it, a teaching position opened at the school where my mother taught for 10 years. I immediately applied and was hired.
My year at McAuliffe Elementary turned out to be the best teaching experiences I’ve had. Most people claim to have only one soul-mate, I have at least 85: I met and fell in love with 80 4th graders, 3 team teachers, and 2 administrators. I grew professionally in a way I’d never imagined I could. Unfortunately, as destiny would have it, a budget crisis eliminated my position.
Fate, as they say, has opened a new window and it’s up to me to follow the path destiny has laid out for me. Where that path leads, I am not certain: Brazil, Ft. Collins, Franklin Middle School?

The 34th

2010-04-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

Easter Sunday

2010-04-04T20:12:00.001-07:00

Allie Mae

2010-02-27T20:13:00.001-08:00

President's Day

2010-02-15T15:56:00.000-08:00

Self

2010-02-01T16:23:00.000-08:00

Author

2010-01-24T11:22:00.001-08:00

Family

2010-01-21T20:44:00.000-08:00

Paige

2009-12-05T08:38:00.000-08:00

The Hamiltons

2009-11-21T22:12:00.001-08:00

Drepung Loseling

2009-11-16T19:44:00.001-08:00

Identity 2

2009-11-16T16:34:00.001-08:00

Ok, second attempt at finding identity. Simple is better I think. Also, I like green.

Identity

2009-11-15T20:34:00.000-08:00

I need to find my identity. My indecision is represented here with the Alice theme. Argh.

Cody

2009-09-26T18:28:00.001-07:00

Jesse

2009-09-20T16:22:00.000-07:00

Dylan

2009-09-13T20:20:00.001-07:00

Dylan is a senior!

Blackhawk

2009-09-12T19:48:00.001-07:00

Lory State Park, CO

2009-08-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

2009-08-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

Because I tried to copy this on a copy machine and was unsuccessful. Because I want my parents to be able to view it in its entirety. Because we don't have endless color ink at school. AND Because the district has yet to get me up on the school's website...I am posting my class' newsletter.

Delhi, India

2009-08-15T15:52:00.000-07:00

Photowalk

2009-06-03T19:51:00.001-07:00

I took myself on a photo walk today while Josh was at work.

Spring in Rocky Mountain National Park

2009-04-22T17:50:00.000-07:00

My dad and I took a trip to the mountains today. It was 75 in Greeley, and snowing in Estes Park!

Thunderstorm in the Plains

2009-04-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

This was my drive through Eastern Colorado on my way home. They are the perfect illustration of springtime in Colorado. Black as night one hour, bright as day the next.

What I Found In Kansas, Part II

2009-04-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

Evidently you can get free kids at Spangles, and you can park them for free!

2009-03-09T11:57:00.000-07:00

This is an ad I placed in a play program.

Poster

2009-03-01T19:10:00.000-08:00

This is the poster I designed for the show I am in.

What I Found In Kansas

2009-02-27T15:57:00.000-08:00

This is a collection of images from my most recent trip through the great state of Kansas!

The Streamy Awards

2009-01-22T08:39:00.000-08:00

This is a plug for my brother's online show The All For Nots. If you haven't seen it yet PLEASE go to http://www.theallfornots.com to watch the hilarity. Also, please take the time to nominate them for best comedy series and best ensemble cast! Follow the link!

Family

2009-01-09T15:16:00.001-08:00

Dinner in Denver

2008-11-16T12:52:00.000-08:00

This my good friend and colleague, Daniel Mendies. I was fortunate enough to spend an afternoon with him as he passed through town on his way back to Nepal.

Christmas Card

2008-11-11T14:21:00.000-08:00

Here is a Christmas card I designed for a client. I cannot believe it's that time of year already.

2008-10-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

New hat for fall.

The Drive

2008-10-12T21:24:00.001-07:00

These are some images I shot during my 12 hour drive back to Colorado. My, a camera, and my iPod. Good times were had.

The Office

2008-10-06T19:31:00.000-07:00

This is my office. Where I grade papers, edit photos, and design things.

Kylie

2008-10-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

This is Kylie. She had an amazing shoot today and I am so proud of her!

Tyler

2008-10-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

This is Tyler, yet another of my kids whose gone and grown into a young adult! I've known Tyler since he was a five-year-old at Starline Preschool. He is now an all star hitter for Eaton High School, and handsome to boot! I was blessed with the cutest fifth grade class in the world!

Leah and Nathan

2008-10-03T21:28:00.001-07:00

These two are very special to me: I used to babysit them when they were five-years-old! Oh how the time does fly! I am not any older, really.

Rocky Mountain National Park

2008-09-28T16:12:00.001-07:00

New Couch, New Dress

2008-09-25T21:57:00.000-07:00

I bought a new couch for my studio. And a new black dress.

Briana

2008-09-25T20:27:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Briana, a senior at Northridge High School in Greeley. Isn't she lovely?

Work

2008-09-07T21:24:00.000-07:00

This is me, at the computer working. I wanted to include a picture of me so that I can fulfill my narcissistic tendencies. And to follow Ellen's trend.

Mikey

2008-09-07T13:15:00.000-07:00

This is Mike. He too is a member of my first class of fifth graders way back in 2001. Now he plays first base at Northridge High School in Greeley, CO. He was always very photogenic!

DNC Days 2-4

2008-08-30T15:06:00.001-07:00

Life was busy this week. Here are some pictures of my experience at the DNC this week.

Democratic National Convention Day 1

2008-08-25T22:34:00.000-07:00

Invitation Design

2008-08-21T11:08:00.000-07:00

One of my clients has hired me to design his invites, thoughts?

2008-08-18T19:41:00.001-07:00

Robert

2008-08-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

This is Robert, he is a senior at Greeley West High School and also happens to be an award-winning baseball player, could you tell?

Darcy

2008-08-09T20:37:00.000-07:00

So...my babies have grown up. This is Darcy, she is one of my former students; a member of my first ever class, 5th grade at Meeker Elementary School in Greeley. I can hardly believe that she is graduating from high school.

Work

2008-08-01T10:12:00.001-07:00

This was my job this week: pictures of dirty things.

Celebrating Zack

2008-07-26T20:14:00.000-07:00

Zack's shower! And a picture of me walking home.

Rain Storm

2008-07-25T08:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday there was an amazing thunderstorm at my mom's house.

Babies

2008-07-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to spend my week with little ones. They are Charlie (2) and Zack (7 weeks) by Jill and Matt VanAbbema, and Charlie (2 weeks) by Adam and Heather Mordecai. Oh, and the little ones in the house are growing in my dad's backyard!

All For Nots kickin' it in LA

2008-07-03T16:36:00.000-07:00

A collection of photos from The All For Nots most recent jaunt in sunny Los Angeles, California!

Wedding

2008-06-08T20:33:00.001-07:00

University of Arkansas

2008-05-28T21:44:00.000-07:00

This is a video I edited using footage shot by the university students and my own stills. This was their second day of shooting and I assigned them to tell a story using only B-Roll! I am so proud of their success in such a short time. Keep up the great work!

These are a few photos from my week at the University of Arkansas where I've been teaching a group of honor's students how to make a documentary film. They've been studying Tibetan Buddhism for several months and are about to embark on a 3 week journey to Southern India to document the dying oral history of the Tibetan monks living in exile.

Mepham-La

2008-05-26T14:48:00.001-07:00

Greeley's Tornado

2008-05-22T21:16:00.000-07:00

These are images from today's tornado that ripped through Weld County including my town Greeley, and a neighboring town Windsor.

Mother's Day

2008-05-09T19:20:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Jill and her son Charlie. Happy Mother's Day!

San Francisco

2008-04-11T17:05:00.000-07:00

Beth's 30th!

2008-04-11T16:27:00.000-07:00

My friend Beth turned 30 at Disneyland yesterday! Much fun.

Oakland, California

2008-04-02T22:29:00.001-07:00

Graduation part 2

2008-03-07T00:43:00.001-08:00

Graduation

2008-03-07T00:37:00.000-08:00

I graduated!

Andrea Johnston Photography

Sara at MOCA NYC

Krishna's Birthday

A bit of Mumbai

Kevin's Art

Dinner with the Family

Saaron

New York

Field Day

Easter

The Jonny Age

Allie Mae Turns 1

Dad

Just Because I Love Hawaii

The Mandala Project

The Taj

Resumé Builder

Commerce

Boys Don't Date Girls With Dead Mothers

Kevin Johnston's Band

Halloween 2010

Move

My Brother's Music

Kirbie

The Taj

Baby Pinky Collection

Headshots

Allie Mae

Welcome Post-Card

New York

Train Station

Relay 4 Life

Dharmsala

Ranous Family

Palliative

Destiny

The 34th

Easter Sunday

Allie Mae

President's Day

Self

Author

Family

Paige

The Hamiltons

Drepung Loseling

Identity 2

Identity

Cody

Jesse

Dylan

Blackhawk

Lory State Park, CO

Newsletter

Delhi, India

Photowalk

Spring in Rocky Mountain National Park

Thunderstorm in the Plains

What I Found In Kansas, Part II

Ad

Poster

What I Found In Kansas

The Streamy Awards

Family

Dinner in Denver

Christmas Card

The Drive

The Office

Kylie

Tyler

Leah and Nathan

Rocky Mountain National Park

New Couch, New Dress

Briana

Work

Mikey

DNC Days 2-4

Democratic National Convention Day 1

Invitation Design

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