The six-session seminar starts at 9: a.m. and ends at 11:30 a.m. It is a 15-hour program that cost each participant $75.
“This project first came to the idea of a friend of mine a couple of months ago, it sounded fun and so I said sure,” said Jones, a graduate of Brooks Institute of Santa Barbara California.
Jones was a “special projects” photographer in Houston, Texas for over 25 years.
“I talked with a lot of people in the community about this idea for the kids, and then I talked to Tom Weindl, the principal of Whispering Palms School, and he said I could use a classroom here which was great,” Jones said.
The students were told to develop their abilities to view themselves and everything around them with an open mind and heart.
They were taught how to look at a world of infinite possibilities.
The students had various assignments on the basic use of cameras, capturing moments of scenery and the use of light when taking a photograph.
For their homework, the students took photos that showed a unique perspective of viewing various things.
Yesterday was the final day of the seminar and students had make a folder of their work in a CD.
Then they had to choose their three best photos and present them to the class.
Jones said they are thinking about holding an exhibit of the students’ photographs. They are now looking for a venue.
The students, in additional, would like to publish a book of photos representing poems.
Jones advises his students to “think outside the box.”
A similar seminar may be offered this fall, he said. It will be for teens and pre-teens again, and students from any school.
“Students whose first language isn’t English can also join the class,” said Jones.
His summer students included Jesse Hardt, Ravan Rayphand, Rio Cuellar, Maddie Schultz, Katharyn Tuten-Puckett, Dyenina Diaz, Steve and Mimi Yamashita.
Call Bryan Jones at 322-5545 or e-mail [email protected] for more details.
