Hello everyone! I’m the new girl to OWIP! My name is Alex and so far I’ve only gotten to meet a few kids and take a few pictures but I’m super pumped about what the future holds. I haven’t been around long but I already adore the program and will be posting blogs to share my experiences with anyone and everyone! (sorry in advance for typos, misspellings, or incorrect punctuation usage…I’m definitely not an English major)
Tonight Courtney, Matt, and myself met at Jeff and Christina’s house for a delicious dinner and to edit the OWIP book. It’s going to be awesome! After looking through many magazines and flagging a ton of pages, we narrowed the cover of the book down to one particular idea. Ideas started flying after that! I think it will be fabulous and can’t wait to see what comes from doodles, stars, and arrows on the back of a piece of paper. Of course, this messy table wouldn’t be complete with out the always delicious M&M cookies and super cool Darth Vader napkins. I always love getting to watch an idea turn into something bigger. Sometimes its hard to know where to start and where to go with it but I was reminded today to look around for ideas and inspiration and the possibilities for your creation are endless.
Now that I’m an official blogger, I’m gonna go search other blogs to see what other people do. This will be exciting and interesting and I’m pumped to get to share my new experiences with everyone
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized
What: OWIP in Gallery Hop
Where: Downtown Arts Center on Main Street
When: Friday, November 20, 5-8pm
The OWIP kids have been working hard on this terrific exhibit and are very excited to show off their beautiful artwork! The show, entitled “Peace Through Perspective” consists of about 50 matted photographs taken by the kids from all three workshops. Food, drinks, music and fun will also be provided.
If you scare easily, turn back! Halloween at Kid’s Cafe this year was quite a fright!
On September 18th you’ll have a chance to come and see all of the children’s work in person! During Gallery Hop visit the Mary Rezny Gallery located at 903 Manchester Street in the Distillery District. Check back soon for more details!
Our latest adventure for OWIP was on self-portraiture. The kids were given a questionnaire to fill out before the lesson that asked some things about themselves:
1. What makes you unique? What is the best thing or feature about yourself?
2, What features or interests about yourself make you who you are?
3. Are you into music, sports, movies? How can you show your own individual
personality and character in your photos?
Juwaun said this about himself in response:
1. My personality is my best feature.
2. My imagination and my style make me who I am.
3. Yes I am into sports and I could take a picture of me playing basketball.
After the questions were answered all of the kids went out with their mentors and directed them on how they wanted their self-portraits taken. As I am sure most of the mentors are not used to having people tell them how to take a picture, it was a lesson for them as well! Here are Juwaun’s-
Juwaun didn’t mention this as one of his best features but he also has a great smile
Capturing the self-portrait can be a very telling yet mysterious endeavor. It can reveal a lot of who a person is or create an even deeper dialogue into who the person is and what the photograph means.
This week’s assignment for the kid’s was just that to take a Self-Portrait, to capture oneself in a photograph. The photograph, whether it be telling or mysterious, was to form an expressioin of the kids’ individual styles, personalities, and interests.
Janae found her expression through photographing her hands and friends. Two things very telling about Janae. She always has hugs to give and a smile that lights up the world. Her hands she says “can do several things” and her friends mean a lot to her. It was amazing how she conveyed her love of people and her true kind self in her images.
The second adventure with the kids at the East 7th Street Center included a lesson on perspective. Misty put together a short power point presentation to show the kids work from other photographers that were good examples of perspective. We really emphasized moving around the subjects to gain a different view point and to use line to help draw attention to the subject or create visual interest.
(Photo by Juwaun)
(Photo by Lulu)
(Photo by Janae)
(Photo by Tez. Pictured are Pablo, Tay and Ya’el)
(Photo by Tay)
(Photo by Ya-el)
Today is another exiting day at the the center so stay tuned for pics from today’s lesson and for photos from the perspective of our mentors. Please feel free to leave feedback, we welcome the suggestions and support!
The first adventure for the kids and their cameras was a scavenger hunt. Who doesn’t enjoy a scavenger hunt? The children were given a list of things to find designed to help them take a closer look at the things around them in their community. Mentors and kids set out into the neighborhood around the center and let their creativity run wild. Here is what they found-
Item #1. Something yellow that is smaller than your hand:
(Photo by Tex)
Item #2. Find something shiny on the ground:
(Photo by Lulu)
(Photo by Gus)
Item #3. Crawly Critters:
(Photo by Juwaun)
Item #4. Soft Billowy Clouds:
(Photo by Ya’ El)
Item #5. Leaves or grass is various shades of green:
(Photo by Tay)
Item #6. Something Orange:
(Photo by Lulu)
Item #7. Capture something moving on two wheels or legs.
(Photo by Tyree)
Item #8. In Flight:
(Photo by Frankie)
(Photo by Juwaun)
Item #9. Pets are nature too! Photograph a neighborhood pet:
Seeing the neighborhood through the eyes of the kids was very cool. As humans we can only take in so much at a time but looking at these photographs helps us realize that there is so much more to the world around us. Plus, the kids had a blast! Stay tuned for pics from the next adventure!
I always love getting to watch an idea turn into something bigger. Sometimes its hard to know where to start and where to go with it but I was reminded today to look around for ideas and inspiration and the possibilities for your creation are endless.
(Photo by Juwaun)
(Photo by Lulu)
(Photo by Janae)
(Photo by Tez. Pictured are Pablo, Tay and Ya’el)
(Photo by Tay)
(Photo by Ya-el)
(Photo by Tex)
(Photo by Lulu)
(Photo by Juwaun)
(Photo by Ya’ El)
(Photo by Tay)
(Photo by Lulu)
(Photo by Tyree)
(Photo by Frankie)
(Photo by Juwaun)