Student Entry: First Day - Arsenia

This is my first time coming to photography class and I enjoyed it very much - there isn't a club after school that I have looked forward to staying for. I like this class because it allows different people to come together and be involved in different types of projects that catch our interest and revolves all around photography and this class is going to also help us develop different types of techniques and skills that can help us take more professional pictures. The First Day in this club I learned that pictures could express strong messages that can better the world and impact everyone on a personal level.

By Arsenia Cabrera

Student Entry: Hope - Yazmin

Today in my creative writing class I learned about the HOPE chronicles. The HOPE chronicles is a program where anyone can write their hopes down.  We, the students in the creative writing class, have to interview different people and hear their stories they have to write down their hope. Any type of hope, whether it's for the world, friends, family, neighbors, or school, anything.  In the photography class there was a question that said, “If you can tell the world one message, what would it be?” and I think it relates to what I learned in creative writing class. It’s a difficult question to answer but I think the answer is to have hope, because without hope you can’t pursue anything, it's like giving up.  I think I’m going to like this class because one picture can send out multiple messages, there’s no right or wrong answer. Also we get to share out our perspectives, the way I’m doing right now, and I really like that.

By Yazmin Escalera

Recap: Photos That Tell Stories

Today's topic was on how photography can communicate strong messages and stories. Certain photographs in history have changed the world. During journaling, students thought about the question, "If you could communicate one message to the world, what would it be?"

We looked at and discussed a 10 photographs that had significant impact on the world. Here are a few of them:







Students also had the opportunity to roam through their school taking photographs of anything they wanted, as an initial dive into the world of photography. Here are some their pictures:


Anuly N.                                                                   Arsenia C.


Jackie S.



Mayra S.