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New Members Needed!

For the 2016-2017 school school year, students who were in Photojournalism last year are continuing this year.  We are in need of representatives from Marino’s and Sircy’s classrooms in 4th grade and Byrd’s and Carlson’s classrooms in 5th grade.  You can find the application for a position on the Photojournalism Team here: Application and Talent Release.  All applications are due by Friday, September 23rd.

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Practicing…

This week, a few of us met with Amy Cooper again to practice taking pictures and learning how to make the photos interesting and fun to look at.  (It started to rain, so we didn’t get much practice this week!)  Here are a couple…

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Learning about Photography

Today Amy Cooper, a kindergarten parent and professional photographer, met with us to share some ideas for taking interesting and focused pictures.  She shared a document with us that outlined some things to think about.  (You can download it here: Photography instructional sheet.)  We’re excited about trying out her ideas!

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We will meet again on May 12th and we’re supposed to bring our cameras to that meeting, so that we can put what we learned to use!

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New Photojournalism Leadership Team

We’ve had our first meeting and are excited about getting started!

Here is our 3rd grade team:

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Here’s our 4th grade team:

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And here is our 5th grade team:

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Tomorrow we’re meeting with an amazing mom and volunteer, Amy Cooper, who is going to teach us how to take interesting photos.

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