Zarait, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Zarait at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Jennifer at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: The Peace Grass to see the original photo.

Christian, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Christian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Taylor at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Kangaroo Kid to see the original photo.

Joen, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Joen at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Taylor at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Only Shadows Tell The Truth to see the original photo.

Fidel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Fidel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Andrew at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Shadow to see the original photo.

Jennifer G., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Jennifer G. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Danny at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Flying Shoe to see the original photo.

Melitza, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Melitza at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Lexie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Pinecones to see the original photo.

Kimberly, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Kimberly at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Savannah at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: The Long Bench to see the original photo.

Jennifer F., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Jennifer F. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Teardrops From A Stoop to see the original photo.

Raul, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Raul at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: No Escape to see the original photo.

Daniel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Daniel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Cylinder Spotlight to see the original photo.

Cathy, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Cathy at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Fish Going Crazy to see the original photo.

Ana, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Ana at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Chris at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Pledge From Below to see the original photo.

Adrian, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Adrian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Alex at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: The Great Flag to see the original photo.

Jocelyne, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

Digital art by Jocelyne at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Maggie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.

Go to: Window Reflection to see the original photo.

Alex, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

When I was looking for a cool picture, I saw the flag in Mr. L's room. I noticed there was a slight fold on the flag. So I took the picture of the part of the flag that was folded. So in conclusion, I created a great picture, probably my best ever.

Maggie, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

When I took this picture, I put the camera at the bottom of a slanted window, facing upwards. Then, when I took the picture, my head was reflecting off the window. I like this picture because it was fun to take, and I think it is really cool.

Matt, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

Andrew, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

Taylor, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

I thought this picture was good. To tell the truth, I don't know what makes this picture so special but apparently it's pretty good. What I can't explain is why the shadows speak to me so much. They almost seem... symbolical for some reason. This is what makes it a great picture.

Lexie, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

Brendan, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

When I took this picture, I had to close the gates to that hallway as much as I could. Then I walked up to take the picture instead of zooming in so that it wouldn't get blurry. It was interesting to see this picture because you only see these gates closed at night (i know this because at school concerts they block off the area) and it sort of made it look like they were closing.

Brendan, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

I took this picture in our school's band room. If you didn't know it already, this is a picture of the bottom of an xylophone. I sat down underneath the xylophone when I took the picture. The cover was over the xylophone, making it easier for me to pick which area of the xylophone I would take a picture of. This picture was interesting to me because many people don't know what the bottom of an xylophone looks like, so they didn't know what the picture was. It makes people think.

Savannah, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

This picture is from a different point of view. It shows what life is like from a strange point of view. I got down on the ground and looked at the bench from many different points of view and I found the one that I thought looked the best and I got this!

Taylor, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

Matt, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

Chris, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

When I took this picture I got at an angle that not many people see of a flag, the underside. I got down on the ground and took around 10 or so pictures and choose my best.

Jennifer, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

This is my straight photo. It was through a window and I was wearing a peace sign on my shirt so it showed up on the grass through the window.It was the reflection of my shirt on the grass. It वास a complete straight photography from a different point of view.

Danny, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS

In my picture "The Flying Shoe" I know what you are thinking. It's just a shoe. Well of course its just a shoe. But the way the image is captured is what makes it so cool. I did exactly what you think I did. I took my shoe off and threw it up to the trees and quickly took a picture. I wanted to make it seem like it is high so I got the shoe right in the sky with a tree on its side. This way it looked like it was as high as the tree.

Lauren, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

When I made this picture, I copied and pasted the back picture, which was a picture that Van Gogh painted of his bedroom. Then I took a picture of Sam in that certain pose. Next I erased the walls in the picture of Sam. Then I copied and pasted Sam into Van Gogh's painting. Finally I got my finished picture.

Paul, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

Tommy, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

Sam, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

This image started with a simple picture of one of my friends in front of a white wall. I used a pattern tool in the background and put a filter on top of everything.
I think that this picture is very cool because it is what a normal picture looks like with all of the colors messed up.

Tim, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

I chose this picture to manipulate because I liked how each blade of grass looked in a pile like that. I had planned to put a bug in the picture and make it look like it was in the grass. Before I did that I used a filter to make the picture look better. I was surprised that just one filter could make such a big difference. I thought that adding a bug could wreck the picture so stopped with one filter.

Kelly, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

Brendan, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

When I took this picture of some of my friends were talking in the hallway, I had to take the picture quickly before they moved. After taking the picture, I imported it and colored each person's clothes and body on different layers. Then for the background, I clicked one spot to color and then let go. Next, I held the shift key down and clicked another spot to make a straight line. This allowed me to successfully re-draw the background. Lastly, I added filters and layer styles. I copied the background's layer and made the copy partially transparent. By making the copy a partially transparent, I was able to see and mix the original background with the layer style.

Susie, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student

Zarait, 8th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture shows a leaf that is dying. It makes me feel sad because the old leaf is about to fall to the ground. Probably the fence is the reason that the leaf is dying faster. I would like to do something about the leaf's situation, but I just can't do anything about it. The colors of the leaf are green and brown. The shape is strange because it looks like a piece of paper that has been burned. And it has holes. The leaf also has lines that are going in different directions.

Zarait, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Raul, 8th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture is very mysterious because of all the trees, branches and leaves. When you seriously look at the picture, all of nature looks like a forest. The reason why it is mysterious for me is because I can imagine people hidden looking at me, but I can't see them. What I like in the picture is the angle because I took it by some branches covering the view so it would look like a warning sign to keep out.

Raul, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Melitza, 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

You can see my shadow. The picture makes me feel happy, but it also shows sadness. It shows rocks on the side that make me feel like I am at the beach. And it shows emotion. I think it shows the mood that I had when I took the picture. I think it's very interesting to take a picture of a shadow of a person because it shows emotion ... sadness. I really like this picture. I like the way that my whole body came out and that the shadow looks very good. The colors are much like shadow colors like black and gray. Also, the red line is cutting through my shadow, and I think this is very interesting.

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

Kimberly, 8th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture is amazing, and it represents Mexican Culture. It is filled with different colors. It's bright. It represents Mexican art. I took this picture in my school, and it was the first thing that caught my attention because of the bright colors. It makes me feel happy. The colors just go so well with one another. It's very artistic. The picture represents a symbol that has meaning. Part of it is darker than the other part, which gives it a cool effect.

Kimberly, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Joen, 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture shows that the world can be sad and cruel. I can also feel a lot of hate and love. The car shows how people are easily attracted by the gravity in the world. One of the reasons the painting of the world is on the wall is to show how much energy it has. The picture is called THE EMOTIONAL WORLD. It has wonderful lighting. The perimeter of the picture is a clean white. The picture has a lot of bright colors like light blue, royal blue, orange, yellow and light purple. The car shows the twenty-first century, and its color is plain.

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

Jocelyne, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

The sun is hitting the ball in a cool way. On one side of the ball, the sun is shining strongly and on the other side, the ball looks darker or in the shade. This represents the darkness and the light in the world. When it is day on one side of the world, it's night on the other side. The ball looks tiled like the world. The grass looks very shiny and pretty. I like this picture because I like basketball. This picture is cool because you usually see a basketball on a court, not on the grass.

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

Jennifer G., 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture shows trees and the sun. I like this picture because if you look close, you can see that the sun's rays have a little bit of a rainbow color. And you can see all of the tree branches. When I look at this picture, I think that in between all the dark trees,
there's a burst of light.

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

Jennifer F., 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture shows sadness because it is something growing in the middle of nowhere. And it's something new that is growing on the planet. I think nature is wonderful. I like to see something small that later is going to grow bigger. This picture has a little plant that is surrounded by leaves and rocks. The green color makes it more interesting because the plant is on a gray background. This picture does not show shadows. This picture was taken in early October, but it looks like it is winter time. It looks like the plant is the only thing to survive from the cold. It also looks like it needs more water and sunlight to survive. I think this is a wonderful picture about nature.

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

Fidel, 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture is of the American flag, and it's moving one way which means that the wind is blowing the opposite way from me. In the background, there are wires, a transformer and brown power poles.

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

Daniel, 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture shows no smoking. This smoking sign is for the school, and there can be no smoking inside. It is for the junior academy. Smoking can cause a lot of problems like yellow teeth, bad odor and lung problems. Smoking is deadly. That is why it has a red line across a picture of a cigarette. The red line means stop, don't do it. It is not allowed. The smoking sign is in a square shape. It is on top of a door and on a brown, brick wall. The lighting is even since it was cloudy. This picture is really cool. I feel great about it.

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

Christian, 8th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This Picture is when we went out to take some pictures. We were going back inside the school. I like this picture. It's awesome because it shows you that kids go to school and get an education instead of doing drugs. And as you can see at the top, the roof was blown off by Hurricane Ike.

Christian, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Cathy, 8th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This hiking keychain is very special to me because of the star and the word, Army. It makes me feel like wanting to be in the Army to save our country, to be there for the ones who died just like they risked their lives for us. When you are in the Army, you can be recognized. The picture is dark and light around it. It's also silver and awesome. The star is very cool, and I like it.

Cathy, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Ana, 8th Grade, RYSS

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I really like this picture because it represents the friendship between me and my friend. This also tells you a little about us. For example, you can tell that my friend is an outgoing, happy person who's always smiling by the bright circles and colors. I'm not as outgoing, and you can see my black shoe and skull laces. Either way, it just shows that we are close friends and happy with each other. I also see a gray background that makes the shoes seem more focused. At the top where our shoes meet, you can kind of see a triangular shape.

Ana, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas

Adrian, 7th Grade, RYSS

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Student photographer's analysis of the photo:

This picture looks kind of funny. I really like funny stuff like this, and it makes me feel really funny inside. I have a good feeling when I see it. It also reminds me of Jack In The Box and how good the food is there. The funny part about it is that it has a pointy hat and a pointy nose. It has the smile marked there, but you can barely see it. I focused on the head. I took the picture from the side a little bit and tried to focus on the picture until I got a good shot. Other people might like this picture, especially those who have this on their car. People who put this on their car probably like to eat at Jack In The Box. I really like this picture because of the mixed colors. Mixed colors always look cool. I also like the shape and the yellow hat. I also like the lines because straight lines usually lead people to places. I really like this picture.

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