Monday, October 13, 2008

Jazlyn, 7th Grade, RYSS


I like this picture because of the warm bright colors. The flowers have a mysterious shape to them. They look spunky and unique. I felt like I had to take this picture because it just opened my eyes with the colors. It is really cool because the smell of it is fresh. You can see the flower has five different layers of shapes. One looks like diamonds, then a yellow spot on top of a white spot, and pink big circles with a spot of orange-red. These colors make me happy because they remind me of summertime. The green, fresh look of the leaves make the flowers stand out. Nature is so pretty.



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

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

i like this picture and the way that jazlyn described her "pic." i think that she enjoyed what she was doing and i think that she had a good point.

October 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Anonymous said...

I like the shape and the color looks so cool

October 15, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Anonymous said...

I like this picture, because the flower is pretty. It looks like it smells good!

October 15, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Anonymous said...

This picture looks so beautiful. It has warm colors, and it makes me feel happy.

October 15, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Anonymous said...

I really like this picture because it's a beautiful picture of flowers.

October 15, 2008 at 10:58 AM
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October 15, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Anonymous said...

I like your picture because I like flowers.And my favorite color is pink.You did a great job.

October 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Anonymous said...

I like this picture because it looks so natural, and the flower looks so pretty... and again, it's so cool.

October 15, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Anonymous said...

i like this picture because it looks so natural, and the flower looks so pretty....and again cool picture. good job Jazlyn

October 15, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Anonymous said...

It's awesome! I like the colors of those flowers.

October 15, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Anonymous said...

I think this picture is cool because it looks nice and fantastic. It looks like mother nature. It makes me feel fresh and good. The light of it makes me see something unique in it. I really like your picture. It makes me feel happy.

October 15, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Anonymous said...

I like this picture because it is colorful. These colors make the flower stand out. I have never seen that kind of flower. Jazlyn did a great job!

October 15, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Anonymous said...

I love this picture, it to reminds me of summertime. I like how all of the colors are different in their own way, but yet they all go together. I really like this picture and I think you did a great job!

January 14, 2009 at 8:41 AM

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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.