Hand-Off
Senior Cole Harms reads the Lampassas defense before handing the ball off to Senior running back Jailen Tealer during the middle of the 2nd quarter Friday. “Even though we lost”, said Tealer, “it was a good game that we can learn from”. Taylor loss 42 to 20.
Photo by Seth Chavana
Complementing her Being
Alize Dominguez is modeling for Meredith Tate's tight shot on Wednesday, August 29th at Taylor High School. During that time, the class was learning how to take wide and tight shots for Ms. Zavala's class. “I like how I good this tight shot looks” said Tate. “The background really does compliment her being."
Photo by Meredith Tate
Photo by Meredith Tate
The Small Things
Light passing through a crystal glass bottle is refracted through the magnifying glass, and it is in focused in the macro view of the magnifying glass. In Ms. Zavala’s Principles class on Tuesday, September 18 we learned about refraction and reflection of light. “It is a cool picture,” Abigail Reyna said. “You can see the light refraction on both objects.”
Photo by Pedro Navarro
Photo by Pedro Navarro
Packed Team
Coach John Brockway stands in the CTE hallway Wednesday, September 20. Brockway is both our soccer coach and ESL teacher. He and Ms. Zavala will host an ESL night to discuss how Taylor High School is addressing the needs of its ESL students. “For soccer, we are expecting a big season with a lot of wins,” said Brockway. “We achieved high successes last season and we have returned many players with currently 12 seniors on the soccer team.”
Photo by Izaak Smith
Photo by Izaak Smith
Stairwell of Dreams
Alyssa Schweiger changes her camera settings while taking pictures on Tuesday, September 18. Students were assigned to take pictures using the golden mean. “This stuff is fairly easy,” said Schweiger. “Finding something to take a picture of is the complicated part.”
Photo by Erin Scott
Photo by Erin Scott
Golden Spiral
Freshman Juana Polo looks down at the ground while being photographed on Monday, September 17. The way her eye centers the attention in the photo, it is easy to see how the golden mean spirals around her face. “Learning to use the golden mean,” said Juana “helps me organize my pictures.”
Photo by Eric Iannone
Photo by Eric Iannone
Sparkling
Elsa Corpus blows glitter outside the school on September 11. She was blowing glitter to complete a refraction assignment for Ms. Zavala's class. “This is fun," said Elsa "I like capturing refraction with glitter."
Photo by Alma Garcia
Photo by Alma Garcia
A Horse Stuck in Time
Refraction is surreal and inspiring. When we stop to look, our imagination is set free. For example, in this visual exploration Junior Israel Aguirre went on a exhibition with a group of scientist in a hidden underground cave in Scotland on Friday, September 14. While exploring the cave, Israel Aguirre mange to take a photo of what he discovered. It was a horse stuck in ice for what could have been a century. “While in the moment, I came to realize that time itself," said Aguirre “will most likely be out of our control as humans.”
Photo by Israel Aguirre
Photo by Israel Aguirre
Smiling Reaction
Freshmen Kianna Gains and Cameron Head have a good time in Ms. Zavala's Principles class on Monday, August 27. While learning how to use a camera, student photographer Kelsey Middleton captured this reaction photo. “Learning this technique was fun and interesting experience because we got to take many pictures and have a good time,” said Kelsey Middleton. “I feel like taking pictures opens up a whole other world.”
Photo by Kelsey Middleton
Photo by Kelsey Middleton
Bubbling Refraction
Eric Iannone blows bubbles, and captures refraction of light. Refraction occurs when there is change in direction of light. “The bubbles are a beautiful way,” said Iannone “to represent refraction."
Photo by Iris Ramirez
Photo by Iris Ramirez
Following Her Photography Path
Student photographer, Krista Ortiz, shows Jazmine her new photo taken in Ms. Zavala’s 3rd period class. Students learn how to photograph wide, medium, tight, action, and reaction photographs on August 31. “It’s been a while,” said Ortiz “since I’ve photographed someone.”
Photo by Jesus Sanchez
Photo by Jesus Sanchez
Stay Cheesy
School record holder, Senior Eli Ortiz, poses for the camera in the cafeteria the day before his cross country meet. Eli Ortiz holds a record of 4.37” for his mile run. He has been a state qualifier and head track runner. During this photo encounter, Eli said that he lives by his saying “Stay cheesy."
Photo by Alyssa Rios
Photo by Alyssa Rios
Lighting the Way
A gold necklace of Jesus reflects differently because the photographer used two different lights. In the first image, the light is aimed directly on the necklace, and in the second, the light is reflecting off the necklace. “I can see more emotion in the face with reflected light (second picture)," said David Meyer. “The diamonds get to bustin' more in the direct light (they shine more),” said Kade Salazar.
Photo by David Meyer
Photo by David Meyer
Smiles
Max Wilson poses for the picture during Ms. Zavala’s 8th period photography class, on Thursday, September 6. The Principles students were learning how to use a tripod for slow shutter speeds on the cameras. “Oh wow,” Wilson said “I actually look good!”
Photo by Erin Scott
Photo by Erin Scott
Wonderment
Alyssa Schweiger tries to catch a bubble for students to photograph. The students in Ms. Zavala’s Principles class practiced taking pictures of refracting light in the CTE hallway on Tuesday, September 11th. “Bubbles are so difficult to catch,” said Schweiger. “They sure are pretty though!”
Photo by Erin Scott
Photo by Erin Scott
Elevating Awareness
Heather Robles elevates the heart flower glass to show refraction. Refraction is when light changes in speed or direction. “This was one of my favorite projects,” Robles said. “It was so much fun and pretty.”
Photo by Adrian Badillo
Photo by Adrian Badillo
The Invisible Door
Sophomore Daniel Gonzales finds the hidden images of light in the foyer on Tuesday, September 11. In this photo, the door is reflected from the prism to give the effect that it’s right there. “These doors can be entered by other people," Gonzales says "and especially you.”
Photo by Daniel Gonzales
Photo by Daniel Gonzales
More Than a Door
Sophomore Daniel Gonzales observes refraction by a holding prism to reflect the wall in front of him. Refraction is when light changes speed or direction causing the human eye to see reflections and shapes. Gonzales says “There are more doors than we can imagine that lead us to the future.”
Photo by Daniel Gonzales
Photo by Daniel Gonzales
Reflection and Refraction
Connecting bubbles show refraction outside of Taylor High School during 2nd period on Thursday, September 12. “You can see the bending of light through the bubbles on the tables,” said Adrian Badillo ”this shows us refraction.”
Photo by Heather Robles
Photo by Heather Robles