Excitement. Bitter sorrow. Love. Joy.

A photograph is a moment in time. It tells a story, captures an emotion, creates an experience for the viewer in a way that words cannot.

Those that love photography know that it’s an art and passion that can always catch someones eye.

And, for student photographers, the newly revived photography club offers a place to grow and improve.

“I think [this club] has helped each of us expand our comfort areas when it comes to taking new pictures,” junior member Sofia Ramirez said. “We are trying new things and learning new skills.”

Adviser Brian Reed, a math teacher, is glad the club is back.

“It’s been a few years since we’ve had the photography club,” advisor Brian Reed said, “but if I remember correctly, as passionate  as some of the students have been in the past about photography, a lot of them were using instamatic cameras.  So it’s nice to see students reaching out a little bit and getting themselves a good single lens camera and trying to learn how to use that. ”

Photography club started in the end of January. At the first meeting, Reed gave the students their assignment: to take a picture of something that shows the emotion “love.” They have meetings each month, in which they pick a theme and take pictures for that in the time until the next meeting.

Each month since has had a theme:

• February: Love, which was any picture showing the emotion of ‘love’
• March: Spring, which was any picture that you have taken showing that spring was on it’s way
• April: Portrait, which was any picture of a person , but showing something about them based on the image

At the following meeting, the club look over each others’ pictures and critique them.  Feedback included elements like brightness, and focus.  At the April meeting, for example, club members were asked to  guess what the story was behind the portrait assignment.

“I like showing others my pictures and also getting advice on how I can better my technique for the future,” said senior Jared Thomas.

And, according to Reed, that’s why the club is there.

“That’s what the club’s all about; trying to get students to be able to take better photographs,” he said.

In the future, Reed hopes to be able to do more things then just have meetings. He said he wants the club to participate in the district art show, the yearbook, the newspaper, and maybe take a trip and take photos together.