Monday, October 13, 2008

Daniel, 7th Grade, RYSS


I took this picture because it really shows the sport I like. It shows sports in life and how the human body works. The cool thing about this picture is that this boy is running in a kind of slanted way. His shadow is on the concrete. As you can see, he is not looking at the ball. He is looking at the goalie to trick him. If he looks at the goalie, the goalie is going to get confused on which direction the ball will go. So, the boy is looking straight at the goalie to shoot the ball in only one direction, and score a goal. As he runs, there is nothing he could do but to fool the goalie and run faster. The sun is hitting behind to the side of the boy and the ball, so the picture looks really cool to the point it looks really artistic. This picture makes me feel good because I like soccer. I actually like football too, but soccer is my favorite.



Daniel, 7th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like this picture because its very unique...i like how you put a picture of a little kid playing your favorite sport...good job

Anonymous said...

I think this picture is amazing on how you use your art in your own way and descibing one of the things you like in life.

Anonymous said...

It had to be Daniel taking a picture of a little boy playing soccer. You really love soccer don't you? I think it's great of you taking a picture of your favorite sport.

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Anonymous said...

I really like this picture that you took because it shows the shadow of the ball and the little kid playing with it. Also because it's very unique. And you can see the reflection of the sun.

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Anonymous said...

What did you feel when you took this picture?
Is the little boy your friend or your brother?
Is the ball yours or waht?

Anonymous said...

I like this picture too, it is pretty cool of how the boy is moving to kick the ball. It's also my favorite sport too.

Cool picture!

Anonymous said...

I think that this person really likes to play the game in the picture, and that's cool. I like soccer too.

Anonymous said...

I like your picture. It's amazing! I wonder who the kid is. But, good picture though! Good job.

Anonymous said...

Its so cool how you like soccer! What is your favorite second sport?. I really like this picture because its shows your emotion and how much you love sports. I really like how you took a picture of someone playing your favorite sport! Bye have fun and good luck with soccer!!

Instructors and LTP

Instructors:

Harold Olejarz is Art and Technology teacher at Eisenhower Middle School, Wyckoff, New Jersey, U.S.A. He began his career as a sculptor and exhibited in Soho, NYC, in the early 1980s. His work evolved into Performance Art and his living sculptures installed themselves in museums and public spaces in the US and Europe from 1985 to the early 1990s. He has been exploring digital media as both an artist and an educator since 1997. “Capturing the Moving Present,” an essay by Harold Olejarz, is included in Video Art for the Classroom, a National Art Education Association publication. Olejarz has made presentations on the use of digital media at state and national educational conferences.

Tom Chambers is Technology Applications teacher at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [Junior Academy], Houston, Texas, U.S.A. He was Visiting Lecturer in Digital/New Media Art for the Fine Arts Department at Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China, 2005-2007. He was Executive Committee Member and Juror (2003 - 2005) for the International Digital Art Awards (IDAA), and was instrumental in expanding the content of the IDAA to include New Media Art, and served as on-line New Media Director (2004 - 2005). Chambers has been a documentary photographer and visual artist for over thirty years, and he is currently working with the pixel as Minimal Art (Pixelscapes) which begins to approach a true, abstract, visual language in Digital Art.

Tanya Heard is Art/Photo teacher at T. H. Rogers School, Houston, Texas.

2007 - 2008 school year participant:

Dorian Gillespie is Art teacher at Southmore Intermediate School in Pasadena Texas. Prior to coming to Southmore, he taught at Bailey Elementary. He decided to teach and mentor students in the arts in order to give them an opportunity to learn and advise them of the many career choices an artist has. Although he did not teach art at Bailey, he was able to incorporate many art lessons into the curriculum. He has taught after school art classes for the University of Houston Clear Lake as well. Rather than become a professional artist, he decided to mentor as a teacher.

This blog was a part of the FotoFest LTP process:

2007 - 2008
2008 - 2009
2009 - 2010

Literacy Through Photography (LTP), the educational component of FotoFest International (Houston, Texas), is a writing program designed to help classroom students achieve better communication skills through the use of digital or film-based photography.

FotoFest has combined with the instructors and schools to pursue a pilot program ... blog approach ... for LTP.

Students increase visual and verbal literacy while building cognitive thinking skills, self-esteem, and awareness of each other. The LTP curriculum provides students with meaningful subject matter to help them write about their own photographs, their own lives, with confidence.

This blog, founded by Harold Olejarz and Tom R. Chambers continues to be a significant tool to help students with their written expression.