Day 87 - Monochrome Polar Bear

Today's assignment was to make a black and white photograph and go monochrome. I was 'bearly' able to complete this assignment today. After searching around the house for possibilities I spied this fellow on the shelf in the office. I like the speckles in the stone and the smoothness of the surface.

Day 316 - Visiting Photographer

My students are quite excited about being published later this year. We've made a good start on the writing and they're ALWAYS ready to take out the cameras and shoot some photos. I think the hardest part of this project for me is going to be choosing ONLY 12 photos. Actually, I get to choose 25 before Christmas and Monique gets to narrow it down further. We've only been out a couple of times and I've already seen quite a few good pictures.
This one caught my eye because Chloe, with the help of 'A' was able to set up a photo that shows emotion. The importance of emotion was something Monique talked about a lot while visiting our class. It's nice to see the students taking what they learn and applying it. Although this is my photo blog, I hope to post more pictures from young visiting photographers as they capture the world around them.

Day 312 - Story Hunting

The Moniques, Monique Polak and Monique Dykstra, came to our class today to share their expertise of writing and photography. They are part of the Quebec Roots program and are mentoring my class. My class is working towards completing a twelve page photo essay about their community. The pages will include different types of writing, poems, interviews, lists, with complimentary photos. The Moniques were very inspiring and helpful today and we're well on our way.
I captured 'S' as she was listening intently about 'hunting' for stories. I've put two versions of the photo here. I prefer the black and white and Peg likes the colour. What about you?