A New View

New and old students have joined together for another photography class.  Exploring the View Finder Project lessons together, former students are guiding newer students in the process.  Please stay tuned as we post photos from this class.

Incredible Evening at the Photography Show

Mayson sharing her work

Ryan sharing his work

A great turn out!

Ashley's mom and daughter

On Friday, August 20th we had our first Photography show and fundraiser.  With a crowd of over 150 people coming to the LYN House, the students impressed each individual with what they learned over the course of the class.  Thanks to Canvas on Demand (http://canvasondemand.com/) for donating canvases to each child.  The canvases added to the quality of the show.  We also would like to thank Roberts Imaging for helping us with the cost of the prints.  Each child sold multiple prints and we are still taking orders!  As Director I could not be more proud of the students and volunteers.  The success of the evening was because of many dedicated loving individuals who have put in countless hours of their time.  Please continue to follow us as we plan to have more classes and expand this exciting ministry. If you are interested in ordering prints contact Heidi Lyda at heidilynnlyda@gmail.com

Photography Show

Click on the photo album and see ALL the photos that will be at our photography show and fundraiser. I hope that you will join us on Friday, August 20th from 6-8 pm, here at the LYN House!

Buildings

We took some of the students from both classes downtown to take pictures of all our buildings in our great city of Indianapolis.  Just two miles from our own neighborhood, the students had the chance to explore downtown with a camera and all the knowledge they have learned about picture taking these past months.

Mayson: Buildings

I think this picture looks cool, it has the rule of three and I like all the cars, shapes, and patterns.

Amir: Buildings

I liked this picture because of the water and flowers.  I also like the brick pattern and all the lines, also the symmetry.

Ryan: Buildings

I like this picture because it has another building in it and it is on the circle.

Shapes and Patterns: Take Two

This group of students set off to the same neighborhood as the last to take pictures of Shapes and Patterns.  Woodruff Place a neighborhood close to ours with a unique and beautiful history provided students with many different shapes and patterns to take.  Unlike last time, this day was hot and dry and made for very different pictures.  The reactions to this topic were as mixed as the time before.  For some this was their favorite topic for others they found this topic too be too challenging.

Courtney: Shapes and Patterns

I did not like this topic because it was hard, ugly, weird, and I was to short to take pictures of the tall signs. (Director Heidi choose this photo)

Mayson: Shapes and Patterns

I like this because they are cats and you can see a lot of shapes.  Their ears are triangles and those whiskers are cylinders.

Ryan: Shapes and Patterns

I like this picture because it has shapes and patterns and it is a nice fence.

Alisha: Shapes and Patterns

I like the colors, the randomness and how it filled the frame. I also liked that it looked faded.

Canvas on Demand

What is Beautiful? Part Two

Our second set of photography students went out in the same neighborhood to look for subjects they found to be beautiful. Some students found this subject to be more difficult as shown by less pictures being taken than when they took pictures of What is Ugly?. One student shared that she did not find it to be difficult because she would rather focus on the good things in life than the bad. Some students shared that they wish they could focus on the good things more easily. Our hope is that this class will empower the teens to make changes in their own neighborhood. Some of our teens have helped plant a community garden and landscape the LYN House in an effort to make our neighborhood more beautiful.

Ryan: What is Beautiful?

I like it because the dark clouds frames the photo.