First Day Of Summer / Photography

Yes, it is. It is the glorious, sunshine, happy day... NOT. Well, It's pretty happy..kinda. Nevermind.

The weather outside is gloomy. Grey, cloudy, sprinkling (and pouring.. this town's weathering is on and off.)

Oh! My bad. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Miranda Perez. I'm a sophomore at THS. Man, That sounds so good to say! I hated being the baby in classes. Teachers would blame us for everything! Especially Mr.Bui. An old-ish Japanese Earth Science teacher. Which is pretty dumb because freshmen are supposed to take Earth Science. "Stupid Freshmen" "Immature Freshmen!" and so on...

Even my favorite teacher, Mr.Cruz, nagged at us. "You guys are freshmen right? Figures!" 

Boy did I prove them both (Mr.Cruz and Mr.Bui) wrong! Got an A in their classes. 

 Oh, right! Mr.Cruz! He's my photography teacher. Think of an art teacher and he fits the image! Nice clothing.. glasses.. and that chin beard. He's like those teachers who's all chill...but strict if he has to. Like, in the last days of school he let us use our phones and cameras to take photos. Also use the studio! 

 He's also the creator of FotoClub. Which I'm in... of course! FotoClub is amazing. We get open darkroom sessions and field trips. This year, we went to Downtown Lodi and walked around... and pit stopped at A&W. I got the amazingg orange soda float! It was amazing.. like I said. We also went to Yosemite! It was gorgeous.. perfect weather.. not really crowded. It was just beautiful. We went to Yosemite Falls, Mirror Lake... and saw the Bridalveil Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, and squirrels. Mr. Cruz claimed he saw a bobcat eating a prey! I ate a Lunchables... secretly cause.. Well when you're a high schooler... Lunchables are for little kids! But It was pretty satisfying. I gotta say. 

 There's not really a photography Class.. There's "Intro Photography" & "Advanced Photography."

Intro Photo is learning how to use film, darkroom, techniques, toning, learning about the history of photography. Intro Photo not only unleashes  your talent... but your photographs you take..or your attitude towards the class shows a lot of your personality. I love this class because it changed me. It not only helped me with photography... but to break out of my shell. At first I was super shy.. never spoke to anybody. But then, I opened up, and bam! By the time the year ended.. I made new friends! It's just all-and-all a fantastic class.

 Well I'm going to Write In Here Later... [WIHL] 

~ no longer a freshman, now a sophomore, 

Miranda.