At the 2010 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, my brother and I placed 6th out of 45 competitors in the nation.

Last year, I was conned by Mike Mattson into helping present a speech regarding a Promotional Bulletin Board at SkillsUSA State. Our team happened to get second place. We were slightly disappointed that we were unable to go to Nationals. But when we got back to school we had an email telling us that first had dropped out and we were being allowed to go to Nationals in their place to represent Idaho. We didn’t so so well, but I decided that the next year, we would do great… so this year, my brother, Stephen Sturges, and I were on a team to design a new one, and with the knowledge of last year, we created a masterpiece bulletin board and wrote a great speech that gave us First place at state, and qualified us to go to Nationals in Kansas City, Missouri.

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While at a SkillsUSA conference in Kansas City, MO, there was a nice big t-storm one night, so Mike and I skipped out on some studying and went to take some photos. Here are some edited ones from the shoot.

Gear:

• Canon 40D
• Canon 50mm, f/1.8

Details:

• Aperture: f/1.8
• Shutter: 1/80^th, 1/25^th, 1/30^th, 1/100^th

Drury Inn & Suites in Kansas City, MO