Mikayla in the City Pulse

Mikayla on TV

Mikayla's photo shoot was on the news. Check it out.

Congratulations to Mikayla!!

Ten-year-old NorthWest Initiative Photo student Mikayla Spyker won at the Perspective 2 photo competition. On Sunday, March 7, Mikayla won first place in viewers’ choice and second place in the amateur competition. She competed against professional photographers and college students. Her hard work and dedication have paid off. Congratulations
to Mikayla. We are so proud of you!

Below are her two winning images...

Nature and Composition

This month the youth took pictures around Gier Community Center while they volunteered at a Rummage Sale fund raiser. They were asked to focus on three elements of composition: Rule of Thirds, Simplicity and Framing. We also discussed nature and wrote about why trees are important.

From Mikayla, 10


From Brianna, 14

From Darius, 10

From Lauren, 10

From JaQuan, 13

From Judy, 16

From Tatyanna, 14

"Without trees everything would die. It would be boring and we wouldn't be able to breathe," - Tatyana, 14, and Lauren, 10

From Paul, 13

From David, 10

"Without trees, the world would look like a rock," - David, 10

Video on Working with Shadows and Light

(Taken by Priscila, 10, and Michelle, 6)

Shadows

"My hand looks like a baby hand when I put it out by the tree," - Michelle, 6

"If the world didn't have any trees, it would be plain, not nice and not pretty. I love the snow on the trees and how they're made - like a craft... and the swirls," - Priscila, 10

Film photos from January 2010

From Mikayla

From David